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Published August 1, 2018 | Version Published
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Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx)

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  • 1. ROR icon The Ohio State University
  • 2. ROR icon Jet Propulsion Lab
  • 3. ROR icon Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 4. ROR icon Boston University
  • 5. ROR icon Goddard Space Flight Center
  • 6. ROR icon University of Arizona
  • 7. ROR icon University of Hawaii at Hilo
  • 8. ROR icon Princeton University
  • 9. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 10. ROR icon University of Tokyo
  • 11. ROR icon French National Centre for Scientific Research
  • 12. ROR icon Northern Arizona University
  • 13. ROR icon University of Chicago
  • 14. ROR icon Arizona State University
  • 15. ROR icon Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • 16. ROR icon Space Telescope Science Institute
  • 17. ROR icon National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • 18. ROR icon SAS Institute (United States)

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Abstract

The Habitable-Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) is a candidate flagship mission being studied by NASA and the astrophysics community in preparation of the 2020 Decadal Survey. The first HabEx mission concept that has been studied is a large (~4m) diffraction-limited optical space telescope, providing unprecedented resolution and contrast in the optical, with extensions into the near ulttraviolet and near infrared domains. We report here on our team's efforts in defining a scientifically compelling HabEx mission that is technologically executable, affordable within NASA's expected budgetary envelope, and timely for the next decade. We also briefly discuss our plans to explore less ambitious, descoped missions relative to the primary mission architecture discussed here.

Additional Information

© 2018 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Part of this research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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91555
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CaltechAUTHORS:20181207-083716481

Funding

NASA/JPL/Caltech

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2018-12-07
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Astronomy Department
Series Name
Proceedings of SPIE
Series Volume or Issue Number
10698