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Emission Line Astronomy - Coronagraphic Tunable Narrow Band Imaging and...
We propose to continue our program of emission line astronomy featuring three areas of emphasis: 1) The distribution and nature of high redshift emission line galaxies, using... -
Free Form Mirrors for Ultra Compact High Speed Optical Systems Project
<p>This task is to collaboratively design and fabricate the free-form WIRIS telescope primary mirror with our partner Zygo as a technology demonstration. Fabricating the... -
Autonomous Deep-Space Optical Navigation Project
<p>Every one of the future exploration architectures being considered by NASA have, at their core, the need to rendezvous and dock with other vehicles or bodies. ... -
Transformational Tools and Technologies Project
<p>The Transformational Tools and Technologies (TTT) Project advances state-of-the-art computational and experimental tools and technologies that are vital to aviation... -
Infrared Interferometry of Auroral Ionosphere-Thermosphere Energetics Project
<p> <span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"> The FWMI prototype development is underway at USU/SDL. To... -
High Thrust-Density Electrostaic Engines Project
<p>These issues are addressable by: increasing the thrust, power, and thrust-to-power ratio capability of EP systems; reducing the non-recurring engineering systems costs;... -
Leading Edge Aeronautics Research for NASA Project
<p>The LEARN Project explores the creation of novel concepts and processes with the potential to create new capabilities in aeronautics research through awards to the... -
Sounding rocket payload systems for in-situ measurements of...
<p> The methodology developed under this grant is primarily an effort to develop new sub-payload technologies and an inexpensive method of testing them. The three... -
Development of a Low Mass, Low Power Deformable Mirror with Integrated Drive...
<p> "Deformable mirrors (DM) are key to achieving high contrast for any mission to image expolanets. Currently Northrup Grumman Xinetics is the only viable source... -
UAVSAR Global Hawk POLSAR Project
<p> Integrate the UAVSAR L-band radar to the Global Hawk UAV Bay 25<br /> Provide long range (~ 9000 nmi) to enable data collection of distant areas of interest... -
Nano Dust Analyzer Project
<p> We propose to develop a new highly sensitive instrument to confirm the existence of the so-called nano-dust particles, characterize their impact parameters, and... -
Rapid Advanced Heliocentric Mission Design for L3, L4, L5, NEO Rendezvous,...
<p>Provide fast, new capability for Loose SmallSat Constellation with solar sail and impulsive propulsion to nonlinear heliocentric orbits, high inclination, low energy... -
A 2-Micron Pulsed Laser Transmitter for Direct Detection Column CO2...
<p> Develop a compact, efficient 2µm pulsed laser for a lidar instrument to make accurate, high-resolution atmospheric CO2 column measurements in support of the... -
Design and Fabrication of a Breadboard, Fully Conductively Cooled, 2-Micron,...
<p> Design and fabricate a space-qualifiable, fully conductively cooled, 2-micron pulsed laser breadboard meeting the projected 3-D Winds mission requirements.<br />... -
Superconducting Resonator Spectrometer for Millimeter- and...
"We propose to develop a novel ultra-compact spectrograph-on-a-chip for the submillimeter and millimeter waveband. SuperSpec uses planar lithographed superconducting... -
Amorphous Metals for Opto-Mechanical Fixtures and Mechanisms Project
<p>The new JPL Metallurgy Facility is a small-scale foundry-type laboratory with capabilities for fabricating new metal alloys and metal-matrix-composites, casting... -
Advanced Multiplexed TES Arrays Project
X-ray measurements are critical for the understanding of cycles of matter and energy in the Universe, for understanding the nature of dark matter and dark energy, and for...