Editing IRAS (section)

== Later surveys ==
Several infrared space telescopes have continued and greatly expanded the study of the infrared Universe, such as the [[Infrared Space Observatory]] launched in 1995, the [[Spitzer Space Telescope]] launched in 2003, and the [[Akari (satellite)|Akari]] Space Telescope launched in 2006.

A next generation of infrared space telescopes began when NASA's [[Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer]] launched on 14 December 2009 aboard a [[Delta II]] rocket from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]]. Known as WISE, the telescope provided results hundreds of times more sensitive than IRAS at the shorter wavelengths; it also had an extended mission dubbed [[NEOWISE]] beginning in October 2010 after its coolant supply ran out.

A planned mission is NASA's [[Near-Earth Object Surveillance Mission]] (NEOSM), which is a successor to the NEOWISE mission.