NASA’s Heat-Seeking Space Telescope Is Almost Ready to Spot Killer Asteroids

NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a spacecraft specifically designed to detect asteroids that could threaten Earth, is on track for a 2027 launch. After passing environmental testing, its instrument enclosure returned to JPL for final assembly. The mission will use infrared technology to spot hard-to-see near-Earth objects, including those with dark surfaces. Once assembly at JPL is [...]

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