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Construction Begins on NASA’s NEO Surveyor Asteroid Hunter

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Tom Patton
Dec 27, 2022
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NASA has begun construction of its NEO Surveyor asteroid hunter, a purpose-built space telescope that will advance NASA’s planetary defense efforts by finding and tracking hazardous near-Earth objects.

“NEO Surveyor represents the next generation for NASA’s ability to quickly detect, track, and characterize potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.”

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