Quality Time with NEO Surveyor

Quality time with NEO Surveyor, NASA’s future asteroid hunting telescope, on the High Bay 1 clean room floor at JPL’s Spacecraft Assembly Facility.

Launching no earlier than September 2027, NEO (Near-Earth Object) Surveyor will feature a cutting-edge infrared space telescope built to seek out the hardest-to-find asteroids & comets that might pose a hazard to our planet.

JPL’s Spacecraft Assembly Facility (SAF) is where all JPL-built missions from 1962 onward have been assembled. (A second high bay facility was added in 1976 during the construction of the Voyagers.) Learn more about clean room protocols, the “bunny suits” worn on the floor, and more!