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Scanning for Asteroids and Comets
This movie shows asteroids observed so far by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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First Medley of WISE Pictures
Treat yourself to some of the first images from NASA's recently launched Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope.
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Infrared Launch of WISE
The launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) as seen in infrared light. The all-sky mapping mission launched on Dec. 14, 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
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WISE Spacecraft Separation
With spacecraft separtion confirmed NASA's WISE space telescope beings its mission to to map the entire sky in infrared light.
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Launch Manager Interview
NASA Commentator Tracy Young caps the WISE launch coverage with an interview with Chuck Dovale.
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Liftoff of WISE!
A Delta II lofts the WISE space telescope into space to view the universe with infrared eyes.
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Delta II: "Go" for Launch
Launch Manager Chuck Dovale gets a "go" for launch from the flight team.
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Welcome to Launch Day
Launch Commentator Tracy Young opens coverage for liftoff of the Delta II rocket carrying the WISE space telescope.
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Celestial Treasure Hunt
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer will provide a map to the universe’s hidden treasures.
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Views of WISE in Space
This artist's animation shows NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, rotating in space, revealing all sides of the spacecraft.
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WISE's Survey Strategy
This animation illustrates the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer's 11-second data-taking exposure cycle.
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Penetrating a Starburst Galaxy
Galaxy NGC 253 as viewed from visible to infrared light. This galaxy, called a starburst, is one of the most spectacularly resolved "barred" disk galaxies owing to its size, star formation activity, and proximity to the Milky Way galaxy (distance less than 15 million light-years).
 "First Medley of WISE Pictures")
 "Infrared image of WISE launch")
 "WISE Mission Control")
 "NASA Commentator Tracy Young and WISE Launch Manager Chuck Dovale")
 "Launch of the WISE space telescope on a Delta II rocket")
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 "Delta II with WISE atop ready to launch")
 "Still frame of Celestial Treasure Hunt video")