Missions and Projects

• AEGIS - The All-wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey

A deep, extragalactic survey from X-ray to radio wavelengths.

• Herschel - ESA's Far-Infrared Space Observatory

Launched in May 2009, Herschel has the largest mirror ever launched on an astronomical telescope

• IXO: The International X-ray Observatory

The next generation space X-ray telescope, currently being planned by ESA, JAXA and NASA

• Planck Surveyor Satellite

Launched on the same rocket as Herschel, Planck is surveying the entire sky to examine fluctuations in the microwave background left behind by the Big Bang

• SPICA - A Future Far-Infrared Space Telescope

A joint Japanese-ESA project currently in the planning stage

• The SWIRE Infrared Survey

The largest legacy survey using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

• UKIDSS - The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey