Fly around NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope! This loop-able animation depicts the telescope against the night sky as it appears in visible light.
This animation depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope as it might appear in space if viewed in infrared light. The background image is derived from Spitzer's observations of our Milky Way.
Fly around NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope! This loop-able animation depicts the telescope against the night sky as it appears in infrared light.
A short motion graphic celebrating Spitzer Final Voyage.
This animation portrays NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space.
When Spitzer launched Monday, 25 August 2003 at 1:35:39 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, members of the Spitzer team were poised two miles away with an infrared camera. At that distance, the Delta II Heavy rocket carrying Spitzer was barely a speck, but in the infrared, the heat in the rocket's plume is extremely bright.
Spitzer's innovative Earth-trailing orbit is depicted.
View of Spitzer from the top
Spitzer ejects its dust cover.
Spitzer is portrayed here first in visible light, then against the same background in the infrared.
A flyaround of Spitzer in orbit.
Spitzer is portrayed here against an infrared sky.
An observation cycle is illustrated in this animation, with Spitzer obtaining data, transmitting that data to Earth, then receiving new instructions and continuing its observations.
Spitzer is portrayed here first in visible light, then against the same background in the infrared.
Spitzer speeds away from Earth after its separation from its Delta II rocket.
