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IRAS abbreviation for (Astronautics) Infrared Astronomical Satellite, a pioneering international earth-orbiting satellite that during 1983 made an all-sky survey at infrared wavelengths How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I went from running a group of 10 people doing research to running an organization with about 750 people, doing work on the U-2 high altitude spyplanes, the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (an infrared flying telescope built on a modified cargo jet), the infrared astronomical satellite, the Galileo probe to Jupiter. Using the Infrared Astronomical Satellite as their guide, the researchers identified two other neighboring stars that looked to be equally young. During its 1983 mission, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite flew above the confounding glow of Earth's atmosphere, enabling it to survey the distant reaches of the cosmos at four mid-infrared wavelengths. |
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