Akari

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View of the sky taken by Akari, showing infrared sources at 9 micrometres in blue, at 18 micrometres in green, and at 90 micrometres in red. The image is arranged with the galactic centre in the middle and the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy running horizontally. Emission from the photospheres of stars dominates at 9 micrometres, where the galactic disc and nuclear bulge are clearly visible, whereas dust and star formation in the disc of the Galaxy are more prominent at 90 micrometres.

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US Skylab space station in orbit. After the Apollo missions, the next major NASA venture was the Skylab manned earth satellite program. The orbiting laboratory was launched on May 14, 1973, and during the year three separate crewsof three men were sent up

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Akari: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: European Space Agency - Cosmos - Akari.	Emily Rodriguez	Feb 13, 2019
	Add new Web site: European Space Agency - Cosmos - Akari.	Aakanksha Gaur	Nov 20, 2018
	Photograph of the entire sky as viewed by Akari added.	Erik Gregersen	Feb 01, 2012
	Updated for end of Akari observations in June 2011 and the end of the mission on November 24, 2011.	Erik Gregersen	Feb 01, 2012
	New article added.	Erik Gregersen	Apr 22, 2009