NASA's future plans for space astronomy and astrophysics
Abstract
NASA's plans in the field of space astronomy and astrophysics through the first decade of the next century are reviewed with reference to specific missions and mission concepts. The missions discussed include the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, the Submillimeter Intermediate Mission, the Astrometric Interferometry Mission, the Greater Observatories program, and Mission from Planet Earth. Plans to develop optics and sensors technology to enable these missions are also discussed.
- Publication:
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Engineering, Construction, and Operations in space - III: Space 1992
- Pub Date:
- 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992ecos.proc.1789K
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics;
- Nasa Space Programs;
- Space Infrared Telescope Facility;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Technological Forecasting;
- Cryogenic Cooling;
- Galactic Evolution;
- Infrared Imagery;
- Infrared Photometry;
- Planetary Evolution;
- Solar System Evolution;
- Astronautics (General)