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Galactic survey reveals a new look for the Milky Way

...ata." The Spitzer Space Telescope was lofted into orbit in August of 2003. It consists of a telescope and three science instruments, including the Infrared Array Camera, the primary instrument used for the new survey, known as GLIMPSE for Galactic Legacy Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire. NASA's Jet Propul...

When innovation gets off track

...nk about all the tests, all the trips to low Earth orbit and then out to the moon before Neil Armstrong took that one small step. The current struggles of the program come not from lack of innovation, but rather from the inherent difficulty of translating innovation into reliable daily commodity and knowin...

Milky Way churning out new stars at a furious pace

...e was launched into an Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit in August of 2003. Churchwell's team, which uses the Infrared Array Camera, one of three scientific instruments aboard the telescope, is charged with creating an infrared mosaic of a swath of the inner Milky Way composed of 300,000 image frames of 1...

UW-Madison Laser Device to Study Polar Ice Caps

...by laser pulses calculated against the satellite's orbit and instrument orientation. The Arctic HSRL opera...ected by a telescope aboard the satellite from its orbit 420 miles above the Earth. The distance from the satellite to a reflecting surface will be determin...

How to Quit Your Midwest Technology Job

...many of these people will circle back through your orbit (maybe even your boss). If they conduct exit interviews, youll be asked what the company could improve on or what made you think about leaving. You can be honest, if you like. After all, they asked the question. If they dont do exit interviews, tha...