NASA begins construction on asteroid-detecting space telescope

Washington DC (UPI) Dec 23, 2021

Construction is set to begin on NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor, a space telescope designed to search for hard-to-find comets and asteroids that approach the area near Earth. The NEO Surveyor passed a technical programmatic review and will now move into the construction phase. "The mission supports the objectives of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) at NASA He