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{{About|the NASA science center at [[Caltech]]|the [[Personal Digital Assistant]]|iPAQ}}

The '''Infrared Processing and Analysis Center''' (IPAC) provides science operations, data management, data archives and community support for astronomy and planetary science missions. IPAC has a historical emphasis on infrared-submillimeter astronomy and exoplanet science. IPAC has supported NASA, NSF and privately funded projects and missions. It is located on the campus of the [[California Institute of Technology]] in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Infrared Processing and Analysis Center|url = http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/about|website = www.ipac.caltech.edu|accessdate = 2015-10-06}}</ref>.

IPAC was established in 1986 to provide support for the joint European-American orbiting infrared telescope, the [[Infrared Astronomical Satellite]], or IRAS. The IRAS mission performed an unbiased, sensitive all-sky survey at 12, 25, 60 and 100&nbsp;µm during 1983. After the mission ended, IPAC started the [[Infrared Science Archive]] (IRSA) to make the data available to anyone who needed it.

Later, NASA designated IPAC as the U.S. science support center for the European [[Infrared Space Observatory]] (ISO), which ceased operations in 1998. About that same time, IPAC was designated as the science center for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) -- renamed the [[Spitzer Space Telescope]] after launch. IPAC also assumed the lead role in various other infrared space missions, including the [[Wide-field Infrared Explorer]] (WIRE) and the [[Midcourse Space Experiment]] (MSX). IPAC also expanded its support to include ground-based missions with the assumption of science support responsibilities for the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey ([[2MASS]]), a near-infrared survey of the entire sky conducted by twin observatories in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

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In 1999, IPAC formed an interferometry science center, originally called the Michelson Science Center (MSC) after interferometry pioneer Albert A. Michelson. MSC was renamed the [[NASA Exoplanet Science Institute]] (NExScI) in 2008.

Today, the greater IPAC includes the [[Spitzer Science Center]], the NExScI and the [[NASA Herschel Science Center]]. In 2014, NASA  established the [http://www.euclid.caltech.edu/ Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC] (ENSCI) in order to support US-based investigations using Euclid data.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Missions - Euclid - NASA Science|url = http://science.nasa.gov/missions/euclid/|website = science.nasa.gov|accessdate = 2015-10-06}}</ref>. The combined efforts of these centers support more than a dozen science missions and archives. IPAC is also a participating organization in the [[Virtual Astronomical Observatory]] (VAO).

== External links ==

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* [http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu/ Montage Image Mosaic Software official Web site]

* [http://www.euclid.caltech.edu/ Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC official Web site]

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