Future Uncertain For WISE Spacecraft After Review Declines Extension

A repurposed spacecraft may be put out to pasture in the coming years following the results of a NASA Senior Review, released Friday (May 16). The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which is now in the midst of a three-year NEOWISE mission searching for potentially hazardous asteroids, has not been approved for another mission extension called MaxWISE. […]