Pandora Exoplanet Atmosphere Observatory
NASA’s Pandora is an active small space telescope launched on January 11, 2026 to characterize exoplanet atmospheres and their host stars. Its coordinated visible-light and near-infrared observations will study at least 20 planets, separating stellar activity from atmospheric signals during a one-year science mission.
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Identity
- Family Name
- Pandora
- Full Name
- Pandora Exoplanet Atmosphere Observatory
- Roles
- observatoryresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s Pandora is an active small space telescope launched on January 11, 2026 to characterize exoplanet atmospheres and their host stars. Its coordinated visible-light and near-infrared observations will study at least 20 planets, separating stellar activity from atmospheric signals during a one-year science mission.
- First Flight Year
- 2,026
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/pandora/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 03:01:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 24, 2026 at 08:05:09 UTC
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