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NASA's $100M NEO Surveyor to Hunt Dangerous Asteroids

2/22/2025

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NASA is set to launch the NEO Surveyor spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida in September 2027. With a budget of $100 million, this groundbreaking mission will spend five years scanning the skies for dangerous asteroids and comets, aiming to uncover two-thirds of the undiscovered near-Earth objects that measure at least 460 feet wide, bolstering our planetary defense.

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NASA is set to launch the NEO Surveyor spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida in September 2027. With a budget of $100 million, this groundbreaking mission will spend five years scanning the skies for dangerous asteroids and comets, aiming to uncover two-thirds of the undiscovered near-Earth objects that measure at least 460 feet wide, bolstering our planetary defense.