NASA shuts down NEOWISE asteroid hunter after almost 15 years in space

NASA’s asteroid-hunting mission NEOWISE has officially ended after nearly 15 years in orbit. Engineers sent a final command to shut down the spacecraft on August 8.

Originally launched in 2009 as WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) to scan the infrared sky, the mission was later extended and renamed NEOWISE to focus on tracking near-Earth objects.

Over its extended mission, NEOWISE discovered over 3,000 near-Earth objects and 25 comets, including the notable Comet NEOWISE in 2020, Space.com has reported.

read more: https://www.space.com/nasa-shuts-down-neowise-asteroid-hunting-spacecraft

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