Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- December 23, 2013
- Declared end
- December 31, 2020
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
In Galaxy
None of the targets this mission declares is in Galaxy’s catalogue.
A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
The NEOWISE mission reactivated the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorere (WISE) spacecraft to hunt for asteroids and comets, including those that could pose a threat to Earth. The NEOWISE mission ran from December 2013 to JUly 31, 2024. The WISE spacecraft burned up on reentry to Earth's atmosphere on November 1, 2024.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.neowise
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/