Origins Space Telescope science drivers to design traceability
Journal article, 2021
The Origins Space Telescope (Origins) concept is designed to investigate the creation and dispersal of elements essential to life, the formation of planetary systems, and the transport of water to habitable worlds and the atmospheres of exoplanets around nearby K-and M-dwarfs to identify potentially habitable-and even inhabited-worlds. These science priorities are aligned with NASA's three major astrophysics science goals: How does the Universe work? How did we get here? and Are we alone? We briefly describe the science case that arose from the astronomical community and the science traceability matrix for Origins. The science traceability matrix prescribes the design of Origins and demonstrates that it will address the key science questions motivated by the science case.
biosignatures
spectroscopy
planet formation
cryogenic space telescope
infrared
galaxy evolution
Author
Margaret Meixner
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
NASA Ames Research Center
Johns Hopkins University
A. Cooray
University of California at Irvine (UCI)
David Leisawitz
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Johannes Staguhn
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Johns Hopkins University
Lee Armus
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
C. Battersby
University of Connecticut
James Bauer
University of Maryland
Dominic Benford
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
E. A. Bergin
University of Michigan
C. Matt Bradford
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Denis Burgarella
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
Sean Carey
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Elvire de Beck
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics
Kimberly Ennico-Smith
NASA Ames Research Center
Jonathan J. Fortney
University of California
M. Gerin
Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC)
F. Helmich
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
Tiffany Kataria
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Eric E. Mamajek
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
G. J. Melnick
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
S. Milam
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Samuel Harvey Moseley
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
D. Narayanan
University of Florida
Susan G. Neff
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Deborah Padgett
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Klaus Pontoppidan
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Alexandra Pope
University of Massachusetts
Thomas Roellig
NASA Ames Research Center
Itsuki Sakon
University of Tokyo
Karin Sandstrom
University of California
D. Scott
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Kartik Sheth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Kevin B. Stevenson
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
K. Y. L. Su
University of Arizona
Joaquin Vieira
University of Illinois
M.C. Wiedner
Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC)
Edward Wright
University of California
Jonas Zmuidzinas
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
2329-4124 (ISSN) 2329-4221 (eISSN)
Vol. 7 1 011012Subject Categories
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Other Humanities not elsewhere specified
DOI
10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011012