Exploring our Solar System and Beyond

Larry James, Deputy Director February 18, 2016

AFCEA

January 17, 2016

Jason 3 Launch

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JPL Science and Exploration Thrusts

Journey to Mars

1

Formation of and

life in our solar

system

2

Life outside our

solar system and

how the Universe

formed

3

Our home planet

4

Curiosity’s Selfie

Indicates the flow of water before the mountain formed

Strata at Base of Mt Sharp

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Curiosity Near Large Sand Dunes

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Mars Exploration Program

MRO

Mars Express

Collaboration

Odyssey

MER

2013 2011 Operational

Phoenix

(completed) Mars Science

Laboratory

2001-2007

MAVEN

Aeronomy Orbiter

2009 2020 & Beyond

‘20 Mars Rover Mission

Mars Orbiter

2018

InSIGHT (?)

InSight

Launch: 2018 (?)

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Mars 2020

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Cassini 10 Years at Saturn

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Saturn’s Moon Titan

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Titan Lakes Titan Sea

Thrust

Coast

Vesta departure

Sep '12

Launch

Sep '07

Vesta

arrival

Jul '11

Mars gravity assist

Feb '09

Ceres arrival

Mar '15

Dawn

& Ceres

today

Vesta

Ceres

Ceres

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Occator Crater Ahuna Crater Yalode Crater

Arriving July 4, 2016 Juno

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Asteroid Retrieval Mission

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2 Search for Life in the Oceans of Icy Satellites

Enceladus Europa Titan Callisto

… and, learn how planetary systems formed

Venus Uranus Vesta 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

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Sampling and Exploring

Enceladus

Ice Particles

Ocean of Europa Exotic Titan Lakes

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Next Outer Planet Flagship Mission

Europa

Europa Orbiter & Lander

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Understanding our Universe and our place in it

3 Exoplanets & Origins of the Universe

How did our

universe begin

and evolve?

How did galaxies,

stars, and planets

come to be?

Are We Alone?

Are there Earth-like planets elsewhere? Earth Size Planets in Habitable Zone: 13

Confirmed Planets: 1,937

Planet Candidates: 3,701

Image credit: Kepler Project, ARC

WFIRST / AFTA Microlensing for Exoplanets Completes the Census Begun by Kepler

WFIRST-AFTA Coronagraph

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WFIRST Coronagraph

Instrument

Exoplanet

Direct imaging

Exoplanet

Spectroscopy

Starshade

Will sea level continue to rise at the

current rate?

How are carbon storage and

biodiversity changing?

Will water availability change in the

future?

How can we better prepare for

extreme events such as

earthquakes, floods and hurricanes?

4 Understanding our Planet

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Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2)

OCO-2 Continues the CO2 Record

Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 Launch Possible as

Early as 2018

OCO-3 Payload

OCO-3 to operate

on the ISS

FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018

Extended Phase B Phase C Phase D Ph. E

Project Restart and Confirmation Process

Subsystem Development

Payload Integration & Test and Launch Site Processing

Launch, ISS Installation, and In-Orbit Checkout

Launch Services (TBC)

Mapping the LA Basin

Notional Schedule

Soil Moisture Active Passive

(SMAP)

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Data from GRACE

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Surface Water and Ocean Topography

(SWOT)

SWOT will use a Ka-band

interferometric SAR with 2 swaths,

60 km each to characterize the

ocean circulation at a spatial

resolution of 10 km and provide a

global inventory of terrestrial water

bodies.

Mesoscale Ocean Circulation

Fresh Water Storage

And Discharge

SWOT measurements will be

critical to determining surface

water availability, flooding

potential, and the ocean's

capacity to absorb heat and

carbon from the atmosphere.

NASA India Synthetic Aperture Radar

(NISAR)

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Under consideration for the Mars 2020 payload

Mars Helicopter

Externally

mounted

antenna

Helicopter

Interface &

Radio Box

Helicopter &

Deployment

Systems

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JPL scientists working collaboratively

Virtual Mars

LUNAR FLASHLIGHT

NEA SCOUT

MARCO

INSPIRE

LMRST

MCUBED/COVE2

IPEX

NEA DETECTION

ISARA

118 GHz Receiver

183 GHz Receiver

Dual-frequency Feed Horn

Reflector

Calibration

Target

Back-end Electronics

Motor

Mechanism

IF filter-bank

LO Chain

Mixer Module

Earth Scene

Nadir

Direction of

Satellite

MotionCold Sky

GR

IFEX

DISCOVERY TDO

Rai

nC

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e

MASC

CubeSat Development Lab

Tempest

RELIC

DISCOVERY

The Quest

Dare Mighty Things