# NASA · Organisation > United States space agency. In 3I/ATLAS. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARX22D/nasa Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)[Organisations](https://mysteriesdept.com/organisations)NASA Organisation · agency · in 1 mystery # NASA United States space agency [3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)[10 events] NASA is a United States space agency, and appears in the record of 3I/ATLAS. Ten events on the site involve it, from TESS records 3I eight weeks before discovery (7 May 2025) to JPL orbit 55, for a new JWST programme (21 Oct 2026). Written from the site's records. [Improve it](https://mysteriesdept.com/developers) ## In the mysteries **3I/ATLAS** United States space agency · 10 events [The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas) ## Events 10 7 May 2025[TESS records 3I eight weeks before discovery](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70ARX2HQ/tess-records-3i-eight-weeks-before-discovery) 21 Jul 2025[Hubble limits the nucleus to under 2.8 km](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS3CXZ/hubble-limits-the-nucleus-to-under-2-8-km) with [David Jewitt](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARZX30/david-jewitt) · [European Space Agency](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARZRD6/european-space-agency) 6 Aug 2025[JWST finds a coma dominated by carbon dioxide](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS41KA/jwst-finds-a-coma-dominated-by-carbon-dioxide) with [Martin A. Cordiner](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARS7G7/martin-a-cordiner) 3 Oct 2025[Closest to Mars; orbiters image it](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS09YZ/closest-to-mars-orbiters-image-it) with [European Space Agency](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARZRD6/european-space-agency) 29 Oct 2025[Perihelion at 1.36 au](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS1M49/perihelion-at-1-36-au) 19 Nov 2025[NASA: "it looks and behaves like a comet"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS6X29/nasa-it-looks-and-behaves-like-a-comet) 15 Dec 2025[First methane in an interstellar object](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS0F8P/first-methane-in-an-interstellar-object) 22 Dec 2025[JWST measures the deuterium and carbon isotopes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS6MTH/jwst-measures-the-deuterium-and-carbon-isotopes) with [Martin A. Cordiner](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARS7G7/martin-a-cordiner) · [Nathan X. Roth](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARW3QY/nathan-x-roth) 22 Jun 2026[Nature: older than the Sun, from a cold birthplace](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS2M9D/nature-older-than-the-sun-from-a-cold-birthplace) with [Martin A. Cordiner](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARS7G7/martin-a-cordiner) · [European Space Agency](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARZRD6/european-space-agency) 21 Oct 2026[JPL orbit 55, for a new JWST programme](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS2WNG/jpl-orbit-55-for-a-new-jwst-programme) with [Davide Farnocchia](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARTC6Z/davide-farnocchia) ## People 4 [MA **Martin A. Cordiner** 3I/ATLAS ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARS7G7/martin-a-cordiner)[DF **Davide Farnocchia** 3I/ATLAS ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARTC6Z/davide-farnocchia)[DJ **David Jewitt** 3I/ATLAS ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARZX30/david-jewitt)[NX **Nathan X. Roth** 3I/ATLAS ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARW3QY/nathan-x-roth) ## Organisations 1 [European Space Agency](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARZRD6/european-space-agency) ORG ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). NASA [Organisation ORG0DFQ70ARX22D]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ORG0DFQ70ARX22D ``` Key **ORG** 0DFQ70ARX22D Record Organisation Kind Agency Identity United States space agency In [3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas) Version 1 Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) [ Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23548) **How this page is made.** The identity line comes from Wikidata (CC0). Everything else is the site's own record of the organisation's part in the mysteries. The record Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history. [JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/ORG0DFQ70ARX22D)