Ten years after launching aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope continues to illuminate the dark side of the cosmos with its infrared eyes. Moving into its second decade of scientific scouting from an Earth-trailing orbit, Spitzer continues to explore the cosmos near and far. One additional task is helping NASA observe potential candidates for a developing mission to capture, redirect and explore a near-Earth asteroid.
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