Herschel Space Observatory is the European Space Agency's fourth "Cornerstone Mission". NASA is a partner in the Herschel mission, and the NASA Herschel Science Center is located at IPAC.

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) provides an all-sky survey from 3 to 25 microns which is up to 500 times more sensitive than the previous infrared all-sky survey from IRAS survey. WISE launched on 14 December 2009. The Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) is responsible for data processing and archiving, and preparing images for public release into the image gallery.

HIRES employs the Maximum Correlation Method (MCM) (H.H. Aumann, J.W. Fowler and M. Melnyk, 1990,AJ, 99,1674) to construct (resolution-enhanced) coadded images. HIRES images may be requested from IPAC using the e-mail based data request system.

IRSKY offers convenient and efficient access to the major released science products from the IRAS (Infrared Astronomical Satellite) mission. It is designed as an environment for astronomers to plan observations in the context of the known infrared sky, with special emphasis on observations using Spitzer.

IBIS is an electronic mail, batch version of IRSKY, the tool primarily intended for planning infrared observations.

Skyview is an image display and analysis program for the interactive analysis of astronomical data using the X-Windows user interface. Skyview is primarily intended for the analysis of flux/intensity and position calibrated scientific imagery.