NEOWISE – Spaceflight Now

September 1, 2026

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NASA sends final command to its NEOWISE spacecraft, ending more than a decade of asteroid observations

August 9, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

The spacecraft launched in 2009 as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission before making the pivot to become NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) in 2010. NEOWISE is expected to safely burn up in the atmosphere by late 2024.

NASA to proceed with asteroid surveillance mission

October 2, 2019 Stephen Clark

After years of studies, NASA plans to move forward with a space-based telescope that could launch as soon as 2025 to scan the solar system for asteroids that could be on a collision course with Earth.