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NASA’s NEO Surveyor Is Being Built to Find the Asteroids Earth Still Misses
NASA’s dedicated asteroid-hunting space telescope is being assembled for a planned September 2027 launch, aiming to find dark and sun-hidden near-Earth objects that ground-based surveys often miss.
Key Takeaways
- NASA’s NEO Surveyor is being assembled for a planned September 2027 launch.
- The mission will detect asteroids by infrared heat rather than reflected light.
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