NEO Surveyor Stories
After arriving at the Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in May 2025, the instrument enclosure for the agency's NEO Surveyor mission was inspected prior to thermal vacuum testing.
Technicians and engineers inspect NASA's NEO Surveyor's instrument enclosure at the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) in Logan, Utah, after it arrived from the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in May 2025.
The instrument enclosure for NASA's NEO Surveyor on May 22, 2025, is seen in a clean room at the Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah, shortly after arriving from the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where it was assembled.
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In March, 2025, components for NASA's NEO Surveyor and the agency's ASTHROS mission are sharing the same clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory while work continues on both missions.
The instrument enclosure of NASA's NEO Surveyor is prepared for critical environmental tests at the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston in December 2024.
The instrument enclosure for NASA's NEO Surveyor is prepared for environmental testing in the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston in December 2024.
This artist's concept depicts NASA's NEO Surveyor in deep space. The black-paneled angular structure in the belly of the spacecraft is the instrument enclosure that is being built at JPL.
A technician operates articulating equipment to rotate NEO Surveyor's aluminum optical bench in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on July 17, 2024.
A mirror that was later installed inside the telescope for NASA's NEO Surveyor shows a reflection of principal optical engineer Brian Monacelli during an inspection of the mirror's surface.