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ASTHROS

Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths

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Clean Room Live Cam

ASTHROS is a high-altitude balloon mission for studying astrophysical phenomena. Carried by a balloon the size of a football stadium, launched over Antarctica, ASTHROS will use a cutting-edge telescope to observe wavelengths of light that aren't visible from the ground.

Type

Balloon

Launch

TBD

Target

Universe

Objective

Research stellar feedback in the Milky Way
live from the clean room

ASTHROS Gets a Roomie!

We have a special treat: Two missions are sharing the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab— ASTHROS and NEO Surveyor. Watch the missions come together on our live cam.

Watch the Clean Room Live Cam
A color photo of a very large, white clean room, where two spacecraft are being assembled on the floor. A group of workers dressed head-to-toe in white sanitary suits is huddled in the foreground at left. Behind them is a large black enclosure, trapezoid-shaped, resting on its long side, with its angled side pointing to the right. On the angled face, the top half is covered in a bright, silvery white panel, while the bottom half is opened to the inside. On the far right of the room, the other spacecraft is inside a large white scaffold with a ring at its top, sitting on a car-sized blue cart with black wheels. About the only part of the craft visible is a very large gold dish, facing the viewer, with thin black supports criss-crossed in an X outside its opening, holding a small metallic box in the middle. On the floor between the two craft are various rolling chairs and carts, including a large red tool chest. High on the wall behind everything are arrayed 24 circles showing the insignias of previous spacecraft built in this room.
The view in the clean room at NASA's JPL: Components of NEO Surveyor and ASTHROS.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
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