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Issue 106, May 2006
37 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference THE CONFERENCE IN REVIEW Attendance at the 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) set yet another record for this conference, with 1546 participants from 24 countries attending the meeting held at the South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center in League City, Texas, on March 13–17, 2006 (see inset for attendance statistics). Rearrangement of the confi guration of the meeting rooms, along with additional overfl ow seating, allowed conference organizers and staff to accommodate the marked increase in attendance, thereby being able to maintain the current meeting venue and hence the low registration fee, which enables the high number of student attendees. LPSC continues to be recognized among the international science community as the most important planetary conference in the world, and this year’s meeting substantiated the merit of that reputation. More than 1400 abstracts were submitted in consideration for presentation at the conference, and hundreds of planetary scientists and students attended both oral and poster sessions focusing on such diverse topics as the Moon, Mars, Mercury, and Venus; outer planets and satellites; meteorites; comets, asteroids, and other small bodies; Limpacts; interplanetary dust particles and presolar grains; origins of planetary systems; planetary formation and early evolution; and astrobiology. Sunday night’s registration and reception were again held at the Center for Advanced Space Studies, which houses the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Featured on Sunday night was an open house for the display of education and public outreach activities and programs. Highlights of the conference program, established by the program committee under the guidance of co-chairs Dr. -
LISA, the Gravitational Wave Observatory
The ESA Science Programme Cosmic Vision 2015 – 25 Christian Erd Planetary Exploration Studies, Advanced Studies & Technology Preparations Division 04-10-2010 1 ESAESA spacespace sciencescience timelinetimeline JWSTJWST BepiColomboBepiColombo GaiaGaia LISALISA PathfinderPathfinder Proba-2Proba-2 PlanckPlanck HerschelHerschel CoRoTCoRoT HinodeHinode AkariAkari VenusVenus ExpressExpress SuzakuSuzaku RosettaRosetta DoubleDouble StarStar MarsMars ExpressExpress INTEGRALINTEGRAL ClusterCluster XMM-NewtonXMM-Newton CassiniCassini-H-Huygensuygens SOHOSOHO ImplementationImplementation HubbleHubble OperationalOperational 19901990 19941994 19981998 20022002 20062006 20102010 20142014 20182018 20222022 XMM-Newton • X-ray observatory, launched in Dec 1999 • Fully operational (lost 3 out of 44 X-ray CCD early in mission) • No significant loss of performances expected before 2018 • Ranked #1 at last extension review in 2008 (with HST & SOHO) • 320 refereed articles per year, with 38% in the top 10% most cited • Observing time over- subscribed by factor ~8 • 2,400 registered users • Largest X-ray catalogue (263,000 sources) • Best sensitivity in 0.2-12 keV range • Long uninterrupted obs. • Follow-up of SZ clusters 04-10-2010 3 INTEGRAL • γ-ray observatory, launched in Oct 2002 • Imager + Spectrograph (E/ΔE = 500) + X- ray monitor + Optical camera • Coded mask telescope → 12' resolution • 72 hours elliptical orbit → low background • P/L ~ nominal (lost 4 out 19 SPI detectors) • No serious degradation before 2016 • ~ 90 refereed articles per year • Obs -
Epo in a Multinational Context
→EPO IN A MULTINATIONAL CONTEXT Heidelberg, June 2013 ESA FACTS AND FIGURES • Over 40 years of experience • 20 Member States • Six establishments in Europe, about 2200 staff • 4 billion Euro budget (2013) • Over 70 satellites designed, tested and operated in flight • 17 scientific satellites in operation • Six types of launcher developed • Celebrated the 200th launch of Ariane in February 2011 2 ACTIVITIES ESA is one of the few space agencies in the world to combine responsibility in nearly all areas of space activity. • Space science • Navigation • Human spaceflight • Telecommunications • Exploration • Technology • Earth observation • Operations • Launchers 3 →SCIENCE & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION TODAY’S SCIENCE MISSIONS (1) • XMM-Newton (1999– ) X-ray telescope • Cluster (2000– ) four spacecraft studying the solar wind • Integral (2002– ) observing objects in gamma and X-rays • Hubble (1990– ) orbiting observatory for ultraviolet, visible and infrared astronomy (with NASA) • SOHO (1995– ) studying our Sun and its environment (with NASA) 5 TODAY’S SCIENCE MISSIONS (2) • Mars Express (2003– ) studying Mars, its moons and atmosphere from orbit • Rosetta (2004– ) the first long-term mission to study and land on a comet • Venus Express (2005– ) studying Venus and its atmosphere from orbit • Herschel (2009– ) far-infrared and submillimetre wavelength observatory • Planck (2009– ) studying relic radiation from the Big Bang 6 UPCOMING MISSIONS (1) • Gaia (2013) mapping a thousand million stars in our galaxy • LISA Pathfinder (2015) testing technologies -
LISA and ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Programme
LISA and ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Programme J. Clavel Head, Astrophysics Mission Division, Science Directorate of ESA 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 Missions in preparation HeHerschel-rschel- Planck Planck BBeepipi-C-Cololombomboo 2008 CoroCorott 2008 20132013 (CNES-ESA)(CNES-ESA) Lisa-Pathfinder 20062006 Lisa-Pathfinder 20102010 Chandrayan GaiaGaia Chandrayan SolarSolar (ISRO-ESA) 20112011 (ISRO-ESA) JWSJWSTT OrbiterOrbiter 20082008 (NASA-ESA-CSA)(NASA-ESA-CSA)(ESA-NASA)(ESA-NASA) MicroscopeMicroscope 20132013 20152015 (CNES-ESA)(CNES-ESA) 20102010 20052005 20062006 20072007 20082008 20092009 20102010 20112011 20122012 20132013 20142014 20152015 20162016 20172017 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 ESA’sESA’s newnew longlong termterm planplan forfor spacespace sciencescience 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 process • Call for Science Themes in Spring 2004 • Responses analysed by ESA’s advisory structure in July 2004 • Workshop with community in Paris in September 2004 (400 participants) • Spring 2005: the Cosmic Vision Plan was presented to the community • Plan should cover one decade, with 3 Calls for Missions planned 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 Four “Grand Themes” identified 1. What are the conditions for life and planetary formation? 2. How does the Solar System work? 3. What are the fundamental laws of the Universe? 4. How did the Universe originate and what is it made of? 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 Cosmic Vision process • First “Call for Missions” issued in 1st Q 2007 • 50 proposals received by June 2007 deadline • Selection process by advisory structure on behalf of scientific community during summer 2007 • Final recommendation from SSAC in October 2007 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 The ESA program is chosen by the Scientific Community…. -
IEEE 2018 Paper Sunrise Draft7
2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, Montana, USA 3-10 March 2018 Pages 1-740 IEEE Catalog Number: CFP18AAC-POD ISBN: 978-1-5386-2015-1 1/6 Copyright © 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. All Rights Reserved Copyright and Reprint Permissions: Abstracting is permitted with credit to the source. Libraries are permitted to photocopy beyond the limit of U.S. copyright law for private use of patrons those articles in this volume that carry a code at the bottom of the first page, provided the per-copy fee indicated in the code is paid through Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923. For other copying, reprint or republication permission, write to IEEE Copyrights Manager, IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854. All rights reserved. *** This is a print representation of what appears in the IEEE Digital Library. Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version. IEEE Catalog Number: CFP18AAC-POD ISBN (Print-On-Demand): 978-1-5386-2015-1 ISBN (Online): 978-1-5386-2014-4 ISSN: 1095-323X Additional Copies of This Publication Are Available From: Curran Associates, Inc 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 USA Phone: (845) 758-0400 Fax: (845) 758-2633 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.proceedings.com TABLE OF CONTENTS DEFECT TREND ANALYSIS OF C-130 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM BY DATA MINING OF MAINTENANCE HISTORY............................................................................................................................................................................1 -
Astrophysics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astrophysics Committee on NASA Science Paul Hertz Mission Extensions Director, Astrophysics Division NRC Keck Center Science Mission Directorate Washington DC @PHertzNASA February 1-2, 2016 Why Astrophysics? Astrophysics is humankind’s scientific endeavor to understand the universe and our place in it. 1. How did our universe 2. How did galaxies, stars, 3. Are We Alone? begin and evolve? and planets come to be? These national strategic drivers are enduring 1972 1982 1991 2001 2010 2 Astrophysics Driving Documents http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/documents 3 Astrophysics Programs Physics of the Cosmos Cosmic Origins Exoplanet Exploration Program Program Program 1. How did our universe 2. How did galaxies, stars, 3. Are We Alone? begin and evolve? and planets come to be? Astrophysics Explorers Program Astrophysics Research Program James Webb Space Telescope Program (managed outside of Astrophysics Division until commissioning) 4 Astrophysics Programs and Missions Physics of the Cosmos Cosmic Origins Exoplanet Exploration Program Program Program Chandra Hubble Spitzer Kepler/K2 XMM-Newton (ESA) Herschel (ESA) WFIRST Fermi SOFIA Planck (ESA) LISA Pathfinder (ESA) Astrophysics Explorers Program Euclid (ESA) NuSTAR Swift Suzaku (JAXA) Athena (ESA) ASTRO-H (JAXA) NICER TESS L3 GW Obs (ESA) 3 SMEX and 2 MO in Phase A James Webb Space Telescope Program: Webb 5 Astrophysics Programs and Missions Physics of the Cosmos Cosmic Origins Exoplanet Exploration Program Program Program Missions in extended phase Chandra Hubble Spitzer Kepler/K2 XMM-Newton (ESA) Herschel (ESA) WFIRST Fermi SOFIA Planck (ESA) LISA Pathfinder (ESA) Astrophysics Explorers Program Euclid (ESA) NuSTAR Swift Suzaku (JAXA) Athena (ESA) ASTRO-H (JAXA) NICER TESS L3 GW Obs (ESA) 3 SMEX and 2 MO in Phase A James Webb Space Telescope Program: Webb 6 Astrophysics Mission Portfolio • NASA Astrophysics seeks to advance NASA’s strategic objectives in astrophysics as well as the science priorities of the Decadal Survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics. -
The Future of X-Rayastronomy
The Future of X-rayAstronomy Keith Arnaud [email protected] High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center University of Maryland College Park and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Themes Politics Efficient high resolution spectroscopy Mirrors Polarimetry Other missions Interferometry Themes Politics Efficient high resolution spectroscopy Mirrors Polarimetry Other missions Interferometry How do we get a new X-ray astronomy experiment? A group of scientists and engineers makes a proposal to a national (or international) space agency. This will include a science case and a description of the technology to be used (which should generally be in a mature state). In principal you can make an unsolicited proposal but in practice space agencies have proposal rounds in the same way that individual missions have observing proposal rounds. NASA : Small Explorer (SMEX) and Medium Explorer (MIDEX): every ~2 years alternating Small and Medium, three selected for study for one year from which one is selected for launch. RXTE, GALEX, NuSTAR, Swift, IXPE Arcus, a high resolution X-ray spectroscopy mission was a finalist in the latest MIDEX round but was not selected. Missions of Opportunity (MO): every ~2 years includes balloon programs, ISS instruments and contributions to foreign missions. Suzaku, Hitomi, NICER, XRISM Large missions such as HST, Chandra, JWST are not selected by such proposals but are decided as national priorities through the Astronomy Decadal process. Every ten years a survey is run by the National Academy of Sciences to decide on priorities for both land-based and space-based astronomy. 1960: HST; 1970: VLA; 1980: VLBA; 1990: Chandra and SIRTF; 2000: JWST and ALMA; 2010 WFIRST and LSST. -
THOMAS H. ZURBUCHEN Associate Administrator NASA Science Mission Directorate @Dr Thomasz September 10, 2020
THOMAS H. ZURBUCHEN Associate Administrator NASA Science Mission Directorate @Dr_ThomasZ September 10, 2020 UPDATES PROGRAMS & DIVISION RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS 3 NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launched on the Atlas V-541 rocket from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on July 30, 2020, at 7:50 a.m. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope testing teams have successfully completed the Ground Segment Test, a critical milestone focused on demonstrating that Webb will respond to commands once in space. 5 The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has passed all tests and is ready for shipment to the Vanderburg launch site in California. 6 Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Updates • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Initiatives in SMD • Recognize as a long-term effort, but immediate action and problem solving will advance initiatives in parallel with systemic, enduring activity • Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration (DAAX), Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Research (DAAR), and Cyber/Enterprise Protection PE announcements closed, post announcement recruitment process underway, and selection forthcoming • All missions in Formulation are proceeding and most missions in Implementation are accomplishing some hands-on work • Mars Exploration Program (MEP) remains independent with strong focus on Mars science and the future: • Operating Mars missions, including Mars 2020/Perseverance • Sample Return Science (Mars Sample Return campaign managed outside of MEP) • Any future Mars development projects • Jim Watzin moving to new position to support Agency Mars exploration efforts. Director duties to be assumed by Eric Ianson, Michael Meyer to take on additional MEP science and strategic leadership responsibilities 7 Welcome to the Team, Dr. -
PROGRESS and PROSPECTS TOWARD a SPACE-BASED GRAVITATIONAL- WAVE OBSERVATORY John Baker 15Th Capra Meeting 13 June 2012 University of Maryland - College Park
PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS TOWARD A SPACE-BASED GRAVITATIONAL- WAVE OBSERVATORY John Baker 15th Capra Meeting 13 June 2012 University of Maryland - College Park 1 Plan: LISA past and future • No theory here • Extreme/Intermediate Mass-Ratio Inspirals (EMRI/ IMRI) are an astrophysical testbed for GR • Space-based GW observation (ie LISA) needed • Our old friend LISA before 2010 • LISA 2011-2012 • (based on GSFC activity and 9th LISA Symposium) • Activity in Europe (LISA Pathfinder, NGO, Consortium) • Activity in the US (SGO Study) • Activity in Asia • LISA in the future 2 LISA: PROBING THE UNIVERSE WITH GRAVITATIONAL WAVES LISA capabilities Sensitivity The sensitivity of LISA is shown in Figure 2-5 together with a comparable sensitivity curve for the future ground-based Advanced LIGO. Sensitivity over a logarithmic frequency interval is shown here in terms of the dimensionless strain f Sh( f ) (where Sh( f ) is the 1-! level of strain noise spectral amplitude), in order to facilitate comparison with the much higher measure- ment frequencies of LIGO. The LISA sensitivity curve divides into three regions: a low- frequency region where proof-mass acceleration noise dominates, a mid-frequency region where shot noise and optical-path measurement errors dominate, and a high-frequency region where the sensitivity curve rises as the wavelength of the GW becomes shorter than the LISA armlength. Additionally, a diffuse background of unresolved galactic binaries is expected to contribute to the measured strain level in the frequency range from 0.1 - 1 mHz; this component is indicated in Figure 2-5. Figure 2-5 illustrates also the different astrophysical sources that LISA will study, contrasted with those studied by ground-based interferometersLISA such as LIGO. -
6.3 LISA CNS MH.Indd
NEWS FEATURE NATURE|Vol 452|6 March 2008 HEARING THE HEAVENS The cosmos is thought to be awash with gravitational waves to which humanity is, as yet, deaf. Trudy E. Bell reports on LISA, an experiment on an unprecedented scale designed to put that right. 18 NATURE|Vol 452|6 March 2008 NEWS FEATURE magine a new constellation — a narrow triangle about this way, as LISA is intended to do, is a three-step process. as deep as the scoop of the Big Dipper. But this constella- First you set up a situation in which masses can fall freely tion, unlike the familiar natural ones, moves through the along their geodesics without being disturbed by magnetic Isky, always appearing in the evening sky after sunset. The fields or other spurious forces. Then you must measure new constellation slowly rotates, each component circling with extraordinary precision how the distance between around the centre once every year. And as it does so, it also their geodesics changes when passing gravitational waves expands and contracts. distort the local curvature of space. The last step is analysing Unaided earthly eyes will never actually see the Laser these changes to determine the exact shape, frequency and Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), as this artificial con- intensity of the distortions to the curvature of space, so as to stellation is to be named. Its three component spacecraft learn about the nature of distant events producing them. will be too small, and the light with which they shine will be To provide Vitale’s geodesic-joining rays of light, LISA invisible infrared. -
NASA-JPL-AUDIO-CORE Moderator: Heather Doyle August 29, 2017
NASA-JPL-AUDIO-CORE Moderator: Heather Doyle August 29, 2017 Heather Doyle: Welcome everybody, my name is Heather Doyle from The Solar System Ambassadors and we have an exciting topic today, very timely topic as always. The Cassini end of mission update by Dr. Trina Ray. She’s been with the mission for 21 years and she’s got 50 some - no 62 slides to show us so there’s going to be a lot of great information. So I’m not going to take up too much time introducing, I’m just going to turn it on over to Trina. Thank you so much for being here and take it away. Trina Ray: So thanks so much for inviting me. When I was sitting in an executive Cassini meeting, and they said something about The Solar System Ambassadors had not gotten a talk recently about the grand finale, I said well that’s a problem I can solve. So an invite went out and I’m glad you all could make it today. So I’ll let you know, I’m running a PowerPoint slide in - sort of in show mode so if you downloaded the gigantic file all the animations and everything should play. So I’ll tell you when I’m going forward, and I’ll try to mention what slides I’m on as I go. So I'm forwarding on now to slide number two. I did want to at least, spend at least a few minutes just reminding everybody about the spacecraft. The Cassini orbiter is quite a large spacecraft in our family of spacecraft. -
Preparing for the 2020 Decadal Survey Large Mission
Setting the Agenda: Preparing for the 2020s Joint PAG Meeting at the IAU General Assembly Honolulu, HI August 7, 2015 Paul Hertz Director, Astrophysics Division Science Mission Directorate @PHertzNASA Astrophysics Driving Documents http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/documents 2 Astrophysics Missions Launched Fermi Fermi – June 2008 Kepler Kepler – March 2009 NuSTAR – June 2012 SOFIA – May 2014 (full operations) SOFIA NuSTAR 11/2015 11/2015 8/2016 NET NET 8/2017 10/2018 2020 4 4 Astrophysics Missions in Pre-Formulation MIDEX SMEX WFIRST-AFTA SMEX / MO – 2019/2020 SPHEREx (J. Bock) PRAXyS (K. Jahoda) IXPE (M. Weisskopf) LiteBIRD (A. Lee) GUSTO (C. Walker) MIDEX / MO – 2022/2023 WFIRST-AFTA – 2024/2025 Athena – 2028 Athena all launch dates notional Astrophysics SMEX/MO Missions in Formulation SPHEREx PRAXyS IXPE PI: J. Bock, Caltech PI: K. Jahoda, GSFC PI: M. Weisskopf, MSFC An All-Sky Near-IR Polarimeter for Relativistic Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Spectral Survey Astrophysical X-ray Explorer Sources PI: A. Lee, UC Berkeley US Participation in JAXA’s LiteBIRD CMB Polarization Survey PI: C. Walker, U. Arizona GUSTO: Gal/Xgal U/LDB Spectroscopic - Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory 7 8 Plan for WFIRST/AFTA Preformulation Widefield Infrared Survey Telescope using Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets 9 9 Progress Toward Decadal Survey Priorities The NASA FY15 Appropriation, the President’s FY16 Budget Request, and the notional out year budget planning guidance in the President’s FY16 Budget Request, support: Large-scale 1. WFIRST Preformulation and focused technology development for (wide-field infrared survey WFIRST-AFTA (a 2.4m version of WFIRST with a telescope) coronagraph) underway to enable a new start NET FY2017.