3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
The Habitable Worlds Observatory Technology Development Plan
Matthew Bolcar, Feng Zhao, Paul Scowen +5
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is NASA's next large space telescope, selected by the 2020 Decadal Survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics to search for and characterize habita…
astro-ph.IM2026
Early Architecture Concepts for the Habitable Worlds Observatory -- System Design, Modeling, and Analysis
Alice, Liu, Marie Levine +30
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA's next flagship science mission, follows in the tradition of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and other preceding great observator…
astro-ph.IM2026
Habitable Worlds Observatory's Concept and Technology Maturation: Initial Feasibility and Trade Space Exploration
Lee D. Feinberg, Breann N. Sitarski, Michael W. McElwain +10
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is the first telescope ever designed to search for life and will be a powerhouse of discovery across topics in astrophysics. The observatory was th…