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WISE spacecraft opens its eyes
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... end when the coolant it needs to see infrared light evaporates away. WISE launched on Dec. 14 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The cover served as the top to a Thermos-like bottle that chilled the instrument -- a 40-centimeter (16-inch) telescope and ... Comment?
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New NASA satellite blasts off on space-map mission
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifts off atop a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Dec. Comment?
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Space telescope begins search for asteroids
... carried into a polar orbit 525km above Earth by a Delta II rocket that lifted off before dawn from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California. "All systems are looking good, and we are on our way to seeing the entire sky better than ever ... Comment?
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The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope jettisons its cover
... mission when the coolant it needs to see infrared light evaporates. WISE launched December 14 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Once it was thoroughly checked out in space, it was ready to "flip its lid." The cover served as the top to a ... Comment?
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NASA trains WISE eye on the sky
... from now, NASA said. The Delta II rocket carrying the telescope into Earth orbit lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on December 14. (The image here shows the WISE logo emblazoned on the payload fairing near the top of the Delta ... Comment?
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NASA's WISE Space Telescope Jettisons Its Cover
... when the coolant it needs to see infrared light evaporates away. WISE launched on Dec. 14 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Once it was thoroughly checked out in space, it was ready to "flip its lid." The cover served as the top to a ... Comment?
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... when the coolant it needs to see infrared light evaporates away. WISE launched on Dec. 14 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Once it was thoroughly checked out in space, it was ready to "flip its lid." The cover served as the top to a ... Comment?
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Wise Space Telescope Jettisons Its Cover
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... when the coolant it needs to see infrared light evaporates away. WISE launched on Dec. 14 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Once it was thoroughly checked out in space, it was ready to "flip its lid." The cover served as the top to a ... Comment?
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WISE Ready To Open Eyes And See The Universe... In IR
... Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which rocketed into the sky just before dawn on Dec. 14 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The mission will undergo a one-month checkout before beginning the most detailed survey yet of the entire sky in ... Comment?
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Prepping WISE to Pop Its Lens Cap
... Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which rocketed into the sky just before dawn on Dec. 14 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The mission will undergo a one-month checkout before beginning the most detailed survey yet of the entire sky in ... Comment?
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Future Nova; Removing The Lens Cap
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... A few weeks back, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft (WISE) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Prior to beginning its "all sky survey", it has to undergo a one-month calibration period. Shortly after arriving ... Comment?
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Shuttles' finale:NASA looks to satellites next
... Earth," said Barbara Thompson, SDO deputy project scientist. Aquarius: Launch: TBD in 2010 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Cost: $273 million (NASA contribution only; this is a joint U.S./Argentine mission) Mission duration: At least three ... Comment?
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3 probes will seek Earth, sun secrets
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... Combined, the three missions will cost more than $1.5 billion. Aquarius Launch: TBD in 2010 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Cost: $273 million (NASA contribution only; this is a joint U.S./Argentine mission) Mission duration: At least three ... Comment?
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Students play Santa for Vandenberg child
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In an effort to ensure Makaila Lubas, daughter of Senior Master Sgt. Comment?
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New Space Telescope to Begin Test Run
... image of the launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, on Dec. 14, 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech An artist's concept of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a new NASA ... Comment?
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US Plans for New ICBM-Killer Take Shape
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... used for the Ground- - - Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interA cepA tors at Ft. Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. EKV would be the kill vehiA cle today that would be used if an ICBM were launched at the United States. The SM- - - ... Comment?
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Getting WISE Ready To 'Pop Its Lens Cap'
... Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which rocketed into the sky just before dawn on Dec. 14 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The mission will undergo a one-month checkout before beginning the most detailed survey yet of the entire sky in ... Comment?
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Missile defense test will simulate attack by Iran
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... in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific while the interceptor missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, according to Lehner. Missile defense tests have been likened to hitting a bullet with a bullet. This test will ... Comment?
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... The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, finally left earth aboard a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, at 06:09 A.M. on Tuesday. The first launch attempt, which was scheduled for December 11th, was delayed due to ... Comment?
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US to 'simulate' technically impossible attack by Iran
... January a simulated missile will be launched from the Marshall Islands, aimed at California, but Vandenberg Air Force Base is expected to intercept it. "Missile defense tests have been likened to hitting a bullet with a bullet," CNN reported . "This ... Comment?
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