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NASA: a programme to discover millions of stars and galaxies by four years

Washington, USA - Named Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, it will be based on a powerfull telescope provided with infrared sensors

NASA is developing a new space exploration programme, aimed to detect hundreds millions celestial bodies starting in 2008. The related project called Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer will be based on a space telescope able to find stars and planetary construction zones, besides galaxies, through the resort to a powerful infrared sensor, so able to point out what could not be detected by other devices....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 106041
Rome, Italy, 10/25/2004 20:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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