NEO Surveyor Program
NASA’s future infrared space telescope mission designed to discover and characterize potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids and comets, including dark objects and objects approaching from the Sun’s direction. The mission is in development with a launch planned no earlier than September 2027.
Identity
- Aliases
- NEO SurveyorNear-Earth Object SurveyorNear-Earth Object Surveyor Program
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- NEO Surveyor Program
- Status
- planned
- Types
- scienceresearchdevelopment
Details
- Description
- NASA’s future infrared space telescope mission designed to discover and characterize potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids and comets, including dark objects and objects approaching from the Sun’s direction. The mission is in development with a launch planned no earlier than September 2027.
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2027
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 19:17:44 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 19:17:44 UTC
Other
- Official Urls
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/neo-surveyor/https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/neo-surveyor/2026/05/05/nasas-next-gen-near-earth-asteroid-space-telescope-takes-shape/https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/nasa-approves-asteroid-hunting-space-telescope-to-continue-development/https://www.nasa.gov/missions/neo-surveyor/work-is-under-way-on-nasas-next-generation-asteroid-hunter/