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English: This artist's concept shows the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE spacecraft, in its orbit around Earth. In September of 2013, engineers will attempt to bring the mission out of hibernation to hunt for more asteroids and comets in a project called NEOWISE. From 2010 to 2011, the WISE mission scanned the sky twice in infrared light not just for asteroids and comets but also stars, galaxies and other objects. Back then, the asteroid-hunting portion of the mission was named NEOWISE, which combines the acronyms for near-Earth objects (NEOs) and WISE. NEOs are those asteroids with orbits that come relatively close to Earth. Now, in its second "lease on life", the mission will be dedicated to asteroid and comet surveying.
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Source http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17254 (image link)
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech
This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: PIA17254.

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Artist's concept of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE spacecraft

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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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current03:50, 30 December 2017Thumbnail for version as of 03:50, 30 December 20172,500 × 2,000 (726 KB)HuntsterUpdate to include sun shield.
23:17, 22 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 23:17, 22 August 20132,500 × 2,000 (735 KB)Huntster{{Information |Description={{en|1=This artist's concept shows the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE spacecraft, in its orbit around Earth. In September of 2013, engineers will attempt to bring the mission out of hibernation to hunt for more ...

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