Portal:Spaceflight/Selected article/Week 21 2010

The Space Interferometry Mission, also known as "SIM Lite" (and formerly known as "SIM PlanetQuest"), is a planned space telescope being developed by NASA in conjunction with contractor Northrop Grumman. One of the main goals of the mission is the hunt for Earth-sized extrasolar planets in the habitable zones of nearby stars. The project is being managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. (more...)