The Sulfuric Acid Clouds of Venus The Volcanoes of Mars The Storms of Jupiter; the Sulfurous Hell of Io The Icy Oceans of Europa The 53 Moons of Saturn The Methane Seas of Titan The Geysers of Enceladus The Hazy Blue Skies of Pluto Snowballs from Space Hale-­‐Bopp C/1995 O1 Monsters from the Oort Cloud P/67 Churyumov–Gerasimenko The Birth of a Star M16 Where do we go from here? JUNO •
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Launch: August 5 2011 Jupiter Orbit InserWon: July 5, 2016 02:30 UTC EllipWcal polar orbit; 33 orbits Deorbit: October 2017 Science: •  study of Jovian atmospheric composiWon, structure, and moWons •  GravitaWonal mapping of interior •  ObservaWons of magneWc fields and aurorae Juno Flyby 9 October 2013 Earth from Juno 9 October 2013 InSight Interior ExploraWon using Seismic InvesWgaWons, Geodesy and Heat Transport •  Mars lander •  Launch: March 4-­‐30 2016 •  Landing: Sept 28, 2016 Science ObjecWves: •  Drill into crust to measure heat transport •  Measure Marsquakes Mars InSight Insight Landing Area in Elysium PlaniWa Ellipse: 130 x 27 km TESS TransiWng Exoplanet Survey Satellite •  Monitor 500,000 stars in the solar neighborhood for transits •  >27 days/target •  Launch: August 2017 TESS vs Kepler Kepler: •  fainter stars conWnuously for 3.5 years •  100 square degree field •  Could detect Earth at 1AU (3-­‐4 transits) TESS: •  Brighter stars for >27 days •  Full sky TESS ExpectaWons TESS ExpectaWons TESS operaWons Solar Probe Plus A mission to the Sun •  Launch 31 July 2018 Science objecWves: •  Approach to 0.04 AU, and survive [current record 0.3AU] –  determine the structure and dynamics of the magneWc fields at the sources of solar wind –  trace the flow of energy that heats the corona and accelerates the solar wind –  determine what mechanisms accelerate and transport energeWc parWcles –  explore dusty plasma near the Sun and its influence on solar wind and energeWc parWcle formaWon. hip://solarprobe.jhuapl.edu/mission/ Solar Probe Solar Probe Plus Technical Challenges: •  30 km/s Δv (12 km/s to escape solar system) •  7 Venus flybys to slow down Solar Probe Plus Technical Challenges: •  7 Venus flybys to slow down •  Solar flux up to 625 Wmes the Solar Constant •  Temperatures up to 2600K •  4.5 inch-­‐thick Carbon composite heat shield hip://solarprobe.jhuapl.edu/mission/ James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) •
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Followup to Hubble Space Telescope 6.5m mirror Orbits L2 point – not serviceable IR-­‐opWmized, 0.6 – 28 μm October 2018 launch JWST Overview JWST Deployment Osiris-­‐REX Origins-­‐Spectral InterpretaWon-­‐Resource IdenWficaWon-­‐Security-­‐Regolith Explorer •  Launch: September 2016 •  Sample return from asteroid 101955 Bennu (1996 RQ36) •  3 month mapping •  Scoop ~2 oz of material without landing •  Return to Earth 2023 101955 Bennu •
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B type asteroid (primiWve / carbon-­‐rich) Apollo / Earth-­‐crosser; 0.90 – 1.36 AU. Mean radius 250 m PotenWal impactor 2169 – 2199 (<0.1%) –  hip://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a101955.html hip://www.asteroidmission.org/ Radar images; Goldstone, 2010 Mars 2020 •  Launch: 2020 Science objecWves (under consideraWon): •  Search for biosignatures •  Sample collecWon and caching for future return mission •  Assess technologies for fuel and O2 producWon •  hip://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview/ JUICE Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (ESA) •  Launch: 2022 •  Mission: 2030-­‐2033 •  Science: 11 instruments focus on –  Europa –  Ganymede –  Callisto hip://sci.esa.int/juice/ Man in Space •  Successful Orion test flight 4 Dec 2014 •  First crewed flight 2021 Man in Space: Space Launch System SLS Man in Space Asteroid Redirect Mission 2020 •  RoboWc capure of small asteroid and placement in Lunar orbit •  Subsequent exploraWon by astronauts 2025 hip://mashable.com/2013/07/29/nasa-­‐55th-­‐anniversary/ Men on Mars Mars 2030 (but in theaters now!) Men on Mars •  Mars 2030 Steps to Mars Back to the Moon The Moon is Red