NASA inspects sunshade structure for Near Earth Object Surveyor spacecraft
Technicians have completed clean room inspections of the large sunshade and integrated solar cells for NASA's uncrewed Near-Earth Object Surveyor spacecraft in Colorado.
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NASA News, NASA Earth Observatory, and Mirage News report that technicians inspected the large sunshade structure for NASA's uncrewed Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission in a clean room at BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado. The inspections took place in July 2026. [1][2][4]
According to NASA News, the sunshade structure stands 20 feet or six meters tall and measures eight feet or 2.4 meters wide at its base. NASA News also reported that the structure consists of two flat panels joined at a 23.5-degree angle. [1]
NASA Earth Observatory reported that Applied Aerospace in Stockton, California, built the sunshade structure. NASA News and NASA Earth Observatory both reported that the structure was outfitted with 864 interconnected solar cells by SolAero Technologies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before undergoing testing. [1][2]
In short
- Inspections of the NEO Surveyor sunshade took place at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in July 2026.
- The sunshade structure stands 20 feet tall and is eight feet wide at the base.
- Applied Aerospace built the structure, and SolAero Technologies installed 864 solar cells.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets InspectedNASA News, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Solar Cells Inspected on NASA’s NEO SurveyorNASA Earth Observatory, 4h ago
- [3]NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets InspectedNASA Science (.gov), 4h ago
- [4]Solar Cells Inspected On NASA's NEO SurveyorMirage News, 2h ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 4 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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