<ul><li>NASA has awarded SpaceX with a launch services contract for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission.</li><li>The total cost of the contract, including the launch service and mission-related costs, is approximately $100 million.</li><li>The NEO Surveyor mission aims to detect and observe asteroids and comets that could pose a potential impact threat to Earth.</li><li>The mission will launch no earlier than September 2027 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida.</li></ul>

NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract

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