Engineers on NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission commanded the spacecraft to turn its transmitter off for the last time Thursday. This concludes more than 10 years of its planetary defense mission to search for asteroids and comets, including those that could pose a threat to Earth. The final command was sent […]
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NEOWISE, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Headquarters, NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Space Telescope), Planetary Defense Coordination Office, Planetary Science Division, Science & Research, Science Mission Directorate, WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer)
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August 9, 2024
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