Photo: EYE FOR THE INVISIBLE: Technicians prepare the WISE satellite for launch. NASAFrom Scientific American:
NASA's latest space surveyor should be able to peer at distant galaxies and uncover dim objects right in our own celestial backyard.
Nestled into the payload of a Delta 2 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is a satellite that should open new targets for astronomical study both near and far. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), slated for launch no earlier than 6:09 A.M. Pacific Standard Time on December 11, is charged with mapping the sky in the mid-infrared to create an atlas of objects whose emitted light is invisible to human eyes and largely absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.
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