Download the WISE Space mission 2 page PDF fact sheet

Mission overview for the Wide Angle Infrared Survey Explorer http://j.mp/8OuxEO

Watch WISE launch live via Spacevidcast or Spaceflight Now

The Wide-Angle Infrared Survey Explorer is scheduled to launch from the Vanderberg Air force Base in Pasadena, California today between 14:09hrs and 14:23hrs GMT/UTC.  WISE will look for dim objects that have yet to be discovered and map their location for further investigation by more analytical space missions in the future. http://j.mp/PUdak

WISE wll look for Dark Asteroids and Brown Dwarf Stars - NASA mission briefing

The purpose of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is to find hidden cosmic objects that are not detectable by natural light telescopes within our own Solar System and beyond.

WISE will look for Dark Asteroids within our own Solar System, Brown Dwarf Stars in our solar neighbourhood and Ultra-Luminous Galaxies in Deep Space.

The map generated by WISE will be used as a guide for other Space Telescopes such as Hubble, Spitzer, and upcoming Sofia and James Webb which will look more closely at these objects.