Robotic missions only to service NASA's upcoming HWO space telescope
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA's upcoming space telescope designed to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets, will be maintained in space exclusively by robotic systems. This decision stems from the fact that the HWO will function approximately 1.5 million km from Earth, a distance to which NASA currently lacks the spacecraft to transport human astronauts. The launch of the HWO is projected to take place in the 2040s.
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