SH33C:
The Interstellar Probe Mission: Study Findings and Next Steps Posters


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Session ID#: 48708

Session Description:
The Interstellar Probe would be first dedicated mission to venture in to the unknown space between our star and other potentially habitable planetary systems. In 2016, congress recommended NASA to take the enabling steps for an Interstellar scientific probe. NASA has now funded a study of an Interstellar Probe targeting 1000 AU within 50 years. The study objectives are to identify science targets, develop mission concepts and evaluate critical technologies. Science targets include exploration of the Very Local Interstellar Medium and its interaction with the heliosphere, characterization of the circum-solar dust, flybys of unexplored Kuiper Belt Objects, and putting these observations in the context of other exoplanetary systems and astrospheres. This session reports on the findings spanning the science discoveries enabled by an Interstellar Probe and its mission design, but also seeks contributions on other scientific targets, enabling technologies, mission concepts and programmatic challenges.
Primary Convener:  Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Richard Mewaldt, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber, University of Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany and Kathleen Mandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, United States
Primary Liaison:  Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Chairs:  Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Richard Mewaldt, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States and Kathleen Mandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Co-Organized with:
SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics, and Planetary Sciences

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • P - Planetary Sciences
Index Terms:

2126 Heliosphere/interstellar medium interactions [INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS]
6015 Dust [PLANETARY SCIENCES: COMETS AND SMALL BODIES]
6224 Kuiper belt objects [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6285 Trans-Neptunian objects [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Plasma Heliopause was like a Sphere: Evidence from Voyager 2-3 kHz radio emission (1992-1994) (435567)
Edmond C Roelof, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Critical Subsystem Analysis for a 1000 AU Interstellar Pathfinder Mission (413970)
Bradley Boone, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Adam L. Beck, US Air Force, Arlington, United States and Katelyn Kufahl, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States
Mechanical considerations for Interstellar Probe. (451538)
David Napolillo, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Pragmatic Maximization of Asymptotic Fly Out Speed for Near-Term Exploration of the Interstellar Medium (395301)
Brian Wesley Lathrop1, Ralph L McNutt Jr2, Michael Vincent Paul3, Vikas Vepachedu4, Steve Vernon R.3 and Robert Stough5, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Space Exploration Section, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)NASA Marshal Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Johnson Thermo-Electrochemical Converter (JTEC), An Innovative Power Source For The Interstellar Mission (408031)
Lonnie Johnson, Atlanta, GA, United States
Electrostatic Sail Propulsion Systems Can Enable Heliospheric or Solar Orbital Missions Very Quickly (< 10 years to Heliopause) (467307)
Bruce M Wiegmann, Retired, Huntsville, AL, United States and Anthony DeStefano, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Space Science, Huntsville, AL, United States
Interstellar Probe: The Compelling Science Case, Strawman Payload and Resources (399944)
Pontus C. Brandt1, Ralph L McNutt Jr2, Kathleen Mandt3, Michael Vincent Paul4, Elena Provornikova1, Carey Michael Lisse5 and Abigail M Rymer1, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, United States, (4)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)JHU-APL, Laurel, United States
Using Energetic Neutral Atoms to study the structure of the Outer Heliosphere from Vantage Points Several Hundred AU from the Sun (413903)
Robert Demajistre1, Pontus C. Brandt2, Edmond C Roelof2, Joe H Westlake3, Mike Gruntman4 and Ralph L McNutt Jr5, (1)Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)JHUAPL, Laurel, United States, (4)Univ of So California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States
An Analytical Model to Predict Directional Distribution of the Secondary ISN O Atoms at the Heliopause Derived From IBEX-Lo Observations (384445)
Jeewoo Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, Harald Kucharek, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, United States and Nikolaos Paschalidis, NASA/GSFC-Heliophysics Sci, Greenbelt, MD, United States
What Does Our Heliosphere Look Like in Energetic Neutral Atoms? Some Recommendations for a Low-Energy ENA Camera Onboard the Interstellar Probe (367082)
Andre Galli, University of Bern, Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Bern, Switzerland, Peter Wurz, University of Bern, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Bern, Switzerland, Jens Kleimann, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Horst Fichtner, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Yoshifumi Futaana, IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna, Kiruna, Sweden and Stanislav V Barabash, Swedish Inst Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Energetic Neutral Atom Maps from the “Croissant-like” Heliosphere (450630)
Marc Zachary Kornbleuth, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Merav Opher, Boston University, Astronomy, Boston, MA, United States, Adam Michael, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Gabor Toth, University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States
The Case for a Radio and Plasma Wave Receiver on an Interstellar Probe (436766)
D L Kirchner and William S Kurth, University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States
Planetary Science with an Interstellar Probe (410390)
Kathleen Mandt1, Pontus C. Brandt1, Ralph L McNutt Jr2, Michael Vincent Paul3, Kirby Runyon1, Abigail M Rymer1 and Alan Stern4, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, United States
Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) and Energetic Particle Observations from an Interstellar Probe (436652)
Alexander B Crew1, Joe H Westlake2, Donald G Mitchell3 and Pontus C. Brandt3, (1)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)JHUAPL, Laurel, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Payloads Introduction for Chinese Interstellar Express Mission (400890)
Aibing Zhang and Hui Li, NSSC National Space Science Center, CAS, Beijing, China
The Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) for the Interstellar Probe Mission (460479)
Don E George1, Mihir Indrajit Desai2, Keiichi Ogasawara2, David J McComas3, Frederic Allegrini2, Scot Weidner4, Steven C Persyn1 and Stefano A Livi5, (1)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States, (3)Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, (4)Office of the Vice President for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States, (5)SwRI, San Antonio, United States
Ion and Neutral Gas Mass Spectrometer Instrument for the Future NASA Interstellar Probe Mission (439341)
Nikolaos Paschalidis, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Park Jeewoo, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Sarah Jones, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, John F Cooper, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Emeritus), Heliospheric Physics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Alex Glocer, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States and Adam Szabo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
A Compact, Low Resource, Energetic Electron Instrument for Interstellar Probe (465733)
Charles Parker, George C Ho, Alexander B Crew, G Andrews, Donald G Mitchell and Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States

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