NEOWISE Spacecraft Ends Mission

Wraps Up 14 Years Surveying Near Earth Objects

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 NEOWISE mission has been…