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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | 10:00 AM ET - 11:30 AM ET
Session Title
NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory
Session Type
Special Session
Room
Potomac Ballroom C
Session Chair
Joshua Pepper
Summary
This Special Session is an update for the astrophysics community about the current activities and future plans of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), a future NASA flagship astrophysics mission concept in response to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. HWO will be a large-aperture ultraviolet/optical/infrared space telescope designed to search for signs of life on terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of nearby stars, and will be one the most versatile astronomical telescopes ever flown, capable of conducting transformative science across nearly all of astrophysics in the legacy of missions such as Hubble and Webb. In this Special Session, representatives from NASA Headquarters and the HWO Technology Maturation Project Office will share the community-driven development of the mission concept to date, avenues for future involvement, and plans for next steps. This session is open to all AAS attendees, and will feature an extended Q&A session for discussion and feedback from the community.
Presentations
10:00 AM ET - 10:05 AM ET
Intro from NASA HQ
Megan Ansdell, NASA Headquarters.
10:05 AM ET - 10:20 AM ET
HWO Project Office Update
Lee Feinberg.
10:20 AM ET - 10:30 AM ET
The Science Potential of HWO
Giada Arney, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center.
10:30 AM ET - 10:40 AM ET
Strategy for HWO Concept Maturation
John Ziemer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
10:40 AM ET - 10:50 AM ET
From Science to Engineering
Aki Roberge, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center.
10:50 AM ET - 11:00 AM ET
Technology Maturation Roadmap
Matthew Bolcar.
11:00 AM ET - 11:10 AM ET
Roman CGI and the HWO Coronagraph
Bertrand Mennesson.
11:10 AM ET - 11:30 AM ET
Open Q&A
Joshua Pepper, NASA Headquarters.