Project News

UArizona Looks Toward Work on NASA’s Potential Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope

NEOCam • News Release • December 10th, 2019

The University of Arizona is spearheading work that would begin efforts to construct a space-based infrared telescope that could provide the capabilities NASA needs to search for asteroids and comets that pose impact hazards to Earth, called near-Earth objects, or NEOs.

Space-Based Infrared Telescope for Planetary Defense Gets Boost From National Academies

NEOCam • News Release • June 19th, 2019

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today gives a boost to supporters of building a space-based infrared telescope to detect asteroids as part of NASA’s planetary defense goals as opposed to its science program. The distinction is important because NASA’s...

NEOCam funded for extended Phase A study

NEOCam • News Release • January 4th, 2017

NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar system - a time less than 10 million years after the birth of our sun. The missions, known as Lucy and Psyche, were chosen from five finalists and will proceed to...

NEOCam one of 5 mission proposals picked by NASA for further study

NEOCam • News Release • September 30th, 2015

NEOCam is one of 5 mission proposals picked by NASA for further study. NEOCam is an infrared asteroid-hunting telescope, which would discover 2/3 of near-Earth objects larger than 140m.

NASA-Funded Asteroid Tracking Sensor Passes Key Test

NEOCam • News Release • April 15th, 2013

An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test.

NASA announces three new mission candidates

NEOCam • News Release • May 5th, 2011

NASA has selected three science investigations to conduct concept studies as candidates for the next mission in the Discovery Program.

NEOCam: The Near-Earth Object Camera

NEOCam • Abstract • September 1st, 2006

The Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) is a space-based mid- infrared (IR) observing system, operating at the Earth-Sun L1 point. NEOCam's primary science goals are: - To assess the hazard to Earth from Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) - To study the origin and ultimate fate of our Solar System's...

UArizona Looks Toward Work on NASA’s Potential Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope

NEOCam • December 10th, 2019

The University of Arizona is spearheading work that would begin efforts to construct a space-based infrared telescope that could provide the capabilities NASA needs to search...

Space-Based Infrared Telescope for Planetary Defense Gets Boost From National Academies

NEOCam • June 19th, 2019

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today gives a boost to supporters of building a space-based infrared telescope to detect asteroids as...

NEOCam funded for extended Phase A study

NEOCam • January 4th, 2017

NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar system - a time less than 10 million years...

NEOCam one of 5 mission proposals picked by NASA for further study

NEOCam • September 30th, 2015

NEOCam is one of 5 mission proposals picked by NASA for further study. NEOCam is an infrared asteroid-hunting telescope, which would discover 2/3 of near-Earth objects larger...

NASA-Funded Asteroid Tracking Sensor Passes Key Test

NEOCam • April 15th, 2013

An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test.

NASA announces three new mission candidates

NEOCam • May 5th, 2011

NASA has selected three science investigations to conduct concept studies as candidates for the next mission in the Discovery Program.

NEOCam: The Near-Earth Object Camera

NEOCam • September 1st, 2006

The Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) is a space-based mid- infrared (IR) observing system, operating at the Earth-Sun L1 point. NEOCam's primary science goals are: - To...