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NASA’s Carruthers Observatory, designed to study Earth's geocorona, reaches targeted 'halo orbit'

The observatory, in fact, took its "first light" pictures on November 17, 2025, thereby confirming that both its Wide Field ...
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NASA's powerful new Roman Space Telescope is complete — and will soon begin mission to find 100,000 alien worlds

New photos show off NASA's newly constructed Roman Space Telescope, which will soon help researchers unravel the mysteries of ...
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NASA seeks to accelerate development of Habitable Worlds Observatory

NASA is ramping up work on one large space telescope while also laying the groundwork for future observatories.
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Locked in: NASA’s observatory reaches one-million-mile orbit to study Earth’s UV glow

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has reached its target orbit, marking a major milestone for the mission. The ...
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L3Harris supports NASA’s hunt for habitable worlds

NASA has selected L3Harrist o develop advanced optics and mirror systems for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a flagship space telescope searching for life beyond Earth.
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NASA funds new tech for upcoming 'Super Hubble' to search for alien life: 'We intend to move with urgency'

"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government ...

First sky map from NASA's SPHEREx observatory

NASA's SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18, ...
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NASA advances ambitious mission to search for life beyond Earth

NASA has taken a major step toward one of its most ambitious science goals as it searches for signs of life on planets beyond ...

L3Harris Technologies to develop tech for NASA's new telescope project

NASA selected tech proposals from L3 Harris and six other companies to advance technologies for its Habitable Worlds ...
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NASA Takes Major Step Toward Finding Life Beyond Earth With Habitable Worlds Observatory Telescope

NASA announced the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept.
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To save aging space observatory, NASA taps startup to push it farther in space

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA has tapped startup Katalyst to save a $500 million orbiting observatory from falling into Earth's atmosphere by launching a spacecraft meant to push it farther in space, a ...