Publications (5)
Optical design for CETUS: a wide-field 1.5m aperture UV payload being studied for a NASA probe class mission study
Robert A. Woodruff, William C. Danchi, Sara R. Heap +12
As part of a study funded by NASA Headquarters, we are developing a Probe-class mission concept called the Cosmic Evolution Through UV Spectroscopy (CETUS). CETUS includes a 1.5-m…
The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept Study Final Report
B. Scott Gaudi, Sara Seager, Bertrand Mennesson +183
The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory, or HabEx, has been designed to be the Great Observatory of the 2030s. For the first time in human history, technologies have matured sufficient…
The Polstar High Resolution Spectropolarimetry MIDEX Mission
Paul A. Scowen, Ken Gayley, Coralie Neiner +7
The Polstar mission will provide for a space-borne 60cm telescope operating at UV wavelengths with spectropolarimetric capability capturing all four Stokes parameters (intensity, t…
PolStar -- An Explorer-Class FUV Spectropolarimetry Mission to Map the Environments of Massive Stars
Paul Scowen, Richard Ignace, Coralie Neiner +26
PolStar is an Explorer-class far ultraviolet (FUV) spectropolarimetry mission designed to target massive stars and their environments. PolStar will take advantage of resonance line…
The NASA Probe space mission concept, Cosmic Evolution Through UV Surveys (CETUS)
Sara Heap, Jonathan Arenberg, Tony Hull +2
The mission concept, Cosmic Origins Through UV Surveys (CETUS) is an all-UV space mission concept that was selected and funded by NASA for study in 2017. The main capabilities of C…