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Exo-C: a probe-scale space mission to directly image and spectroscopically characterize exoplanetary systems using an internal coronagraph| Format | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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Paper Abstract
“Exo-C” is NASA’s first community study of a modest aperture space telescope designed for high contrast observations of exoplanetary systems. The mission will be capable of taking optical spectra of nearby exoplanets in reflected light, discover previously undetected planets, and imaging structure in a large sample of circumstellar disks. It will obtain unique science results on planets down to super-Earth sizes and serve as a technology pathfinder toward an eventual flagship-class mission to find and characterize habitable exoplanets. We present the mission/payload design and highlight steps to reduce mission cost/risk relative to previous mission concepts. At the study conclusion in 2015, NASA will evaluate it for potential development at the end of this decade.
Paper Details
Date Published: 28 August 2014
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 91432K (28 August 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2057115
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9143:
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Jacobus M. Oschmann Jr.; Mark Clampin; Giovanni G. Fazio; Howard A. MacEwen, Editor(s)
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 91432K (28 August 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2057115
Show Author Affiliations
Karl R. Stapelfeldt, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Michael P. Brenner, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Keith R. Warfield, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Frank G. Dekens, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Ruslan Belikov, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (United States)
Paul B. Brugarolas, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Geoffrey Bryden, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Kerri L. Cahoy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
Supriya Chakrabarti, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (United States)
Serge Dubovitsky, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Robert T. Effinger, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Brian Hirsch, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Michael P. Brenner, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Keith R. Warfield, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Frank G. Dekens, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Ruslan Belikov, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (United States)
Paul B. Brugarolas, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Geoffrey Bryden, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Kerri L. Cahoy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
Supriya Chakrabarti, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (United States)
Serge Dubovitsky, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Robert T. Effinger, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Brian Hirsch, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Andrew Kissil, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
John E. Krist, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Jared J. Lang, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Mark S Marley, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (United States)
Michael W. McElwain, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Victoria S. Meadows, Univ. of Washington (United States)
Joel Nissen, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Jeffrey M. Oseas, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Eugene Serabyn, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Eric Sunada, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
John T. Trauger, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Stephen C. Unwin, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
John E. Krist, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Jared J. Lang, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Mark S Marley, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (United States)
Michael W. McElwain, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Victoria S. Meadows, Univ. of Washington (United States)
Joel Nissen, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Jeffrey M. Oseas, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Eugene Serabyn, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Eric Sunada, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
John T. Trauger, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Stephen C. Unwin, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9143:
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Jacobus M. Oschmann Jr.; Mark Clampin; Giovanni G. Fazio; Howard A. MacEwen, Editor(s)
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