NEO surveyor instrument enclosure tested inside historic chamber for Apollo spacecraft testing
The instrument enclosure of NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor was prepared for critical environmental tests inside the ...
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This Telescope Is So Badass It Could Answer Questions We Don't Know To Ask
The Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR) telescope has been imagined as a habitable planet hunter, but it could be so much ...
Dodging Doomsday: NASA’s $1.4 billion telescope will hunt city-killing asteroids, prevent ...
Surveyor, a $1.4-billion infrared telescope designed to detect asteroids and comets that could pose a threat to Earth. Expected to launch in 2027, the mission aims to identify 90% of potentially ...
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Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO (Near-Earth Object) Surveyor undergoes adjustments at JPL in Pasadena. The space-borne infrared telescope, to be housed in the enclosure at left, will look for asteroids and comets 459 ...
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SpaceX to Put an Asteroid Hunter in Orbit, Gets $100 Million for the Job
Over the past few weeks word of an asteroid called YR4 started making the rounds. Discovered in December last year, it made headlines because the math saying what are the odds of it hitting Earth ...
The Washington Post29 天
NASA telescope will study what put the bang in the big bang
How did the universe begin? A compact NASA space telescope that uses less power than a refrigerator is poised to chip away at that very large question. Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a ...
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NASA launches newest space telescope to seek life’s key ingredients
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. It’s a two-for ...