Habitable Worlds Observatory
NASA’s next flagship astrophysics observatory, designed to directly image potentially habitable planets around other stars, search their atmospheres for biosignatures, and advance transformational studies of the universe.
Identity
- Aliases
- HWOHabitable Worlds Observatory ProgramNASA HWO
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Habitable Worlds Observatory
- Status
- active
- Types
- explorationscienceresearchdevelopmentoperations
Details
- Description
- NASA’s next flagship astrophysics observatory, designed to directly image potentially habitable planets around other stars, search their atmospheres for biosignatures, and advance transformational studies of the universe.
- Leads
- Participants
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 07:13:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 07:13:48 UTC