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January 31, 2008 - 50th Anniversary of Explorer 1

Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of America’s first satellite, Explorer 1. Explorer 1 was designed and built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Following the establishment of NASA an Explorer program was developed to provide frequent flight opportunities for scientific investigations from space and has had over 70 successful missions. WISE is one of the latest in the Explorer line, a Medium Class Explorer (MIDEX), which is managed by JPL.

Learn more about Explorer 1 at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/explorer.


January 25, 2008 - 25th Anniversary of IRAS

Today marks the 25th anniversary from the launch of IRAS (January 25, 1983). The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) is WISE's predecessor, successfully conducting a ten month all-sky survey. For more information about the IRAS mission, visit NASA's IRAS page.


December 2007 - The eyes of WISE

The "eyes of WISE," four infrared focal plane assemblies (FPAs), have completed testing at the suppliers DRS and Teledyne Instrument Systems and have been delivered to the builder of the WISE Payload, Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory. These FPAs will make it possible for WISE to realize it's objective of improving on the sensitivity of the previous all sky survey at these wavelengths by about a factor of 1000.


August 1, 2007 - NASA provides WISE "Approval to Proceed"

NASA has provided the WISE with "Approval to Proceed" (ATP) with the construction of the WISE launch vehicle. WISE will be launched on a Delta 7320 from the Western Test Range in November, 2009. The WISE Delta will be built and launched by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin Corporations.


June 21, 2007 - WISE completes design review

The WISE project has successfully completed its Mission Critical Design Reveiw (CDR). The CDR is an important milestone in the development of the WISE project. It marks the formal completion of design work and the transition to construction and test of the WISE flight and ground systems.



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