Introduction to the NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program Gary Blackwood, Program Manager July 27, 2015 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop Exoplanetary System Demographics: Theory and Observations Copyright 2015 California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged.
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Introduction to the
NASA Exoplanet Exploration
Program
Gary Blackwood, Program Manager
July 27, 2015
Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop
Exoplanetary System Demographics: Theory and Observations
Copyright 2015 California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer
Kepler
JWST
TESSMissions
New Worlds
Telescope
WFIRST
Gaia
PLATO
CHEOPS
NASA
Missions
ESA/European
Missions
1 NASA/ESA Partnership2 CNES/ESA
Hubble1
CoRoT2
3
Habitable Exoplanet Imager
L-UV-OIR
NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program
Purpose described in
2014 NASA Science Plan
1. Discovering planets around other stars
2. Characterizing their properties
3. Identifying candidates that could
harbor life
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The Search for Life in our Galaxy
Kepler,K2
Probe-Scale
Space Missions and Mission Studies Public Engagement
Supporting Research & Technology
Key Sustaining Research
Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer
Keck Single ApertureImaging and RV
High Contrast Imaging
Technology Development
DeployableStar Shades
Archives, Tools, Sagan Fellowships, Professional Engagement
CoronagraphMasks
NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program
WFIRST-AFTA
Coronagraph
Starshade
5
Decadal Studies
NN-EXPLORE
Question: What is Kepler?
WFIRST / AFTA Microlensing for ExoplanetsCompletes the Census Begun by Kepler
WFIRST / AFTADark Energy, IR Survey, Exoplanet Census, Imaging and Spectroscopy