SpaceNews

NASA Approves Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Mission To Seek Nearest Stars, Brightest Galaxies

A new NASA mission will scan the entire sky in infrared light in search of nearby cool stars, planetary construction zones and the brightest galaxies in the universe. Called the Wide-field Infrared ...
SpaceNews

Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer Ready for Launch Dec. 9

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The launch of NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 9. Liftoff will ...
UPI

NASA near-Earth defense telescope retired after more than a decade

Aug. 9 (UPI) --After more than a decade of tracking asteroids and comets that could pose a threat to Earth, NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is now officially shut down.
Astronomy

NASA releases new infrared images from retired NEOWISE mission

Although it completed its mission in July, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) still has interesting archival data covering the solar system thanks to the team at ...
Forbes

Why NASA Will Now Destroy Its ‘Lockdown Comet’ Spacecraft

Comet Neowise, over a silhouetted Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, UK on the 12th July 2020. Discovered in March 2020 by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission, ...
Newsweek

NASA Asteroid-Hunting Telescope To Burn Up in Atmosphere

NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft is about to return to Earth in a blaze of glory after 15 years of service. The NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission has been using a space ...