VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, arrr, Calif. Begad! - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, me bucko, or WISE, ya bilge rat, lifted off over t' Pacific Ocean this mornin' on its way t' map t' entire sky in infrared light. Arrr! A Delta II rocket carryin' t' spacecraft launched at 9:09 am EST from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Blimey! T' rocket deposited WISE into a polar orbit 326 miles above Earth about 55 minutes later. Ya scallywag! Video courtesy NASA TV. www.spaceflightnews.net