NASA NTRS · 20260005663
STABLE Study for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Abstract
We report on progress on the STABLE study, which was awarded on the NASA 2023 ROSES D.19 opportunity. In the study, we are developing technologies for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) in four areas: Micrometeoroid Impact Mitigation, Telescope Temperature Control, Ultra-Stable Telescope Structure Materials and Modeling, and Improvement of Thermal Expansion Test Capability. This study is a collaboration between Northrop Grumman, Kratos, NeXolve, JPL, STScI, NASA’s White Sands Test Facility, and NASA Goddard’s Ultra-Stable Test Facility. We will also discuss our plans for our follow-on study as part of NASA’s 2024 ROSES D.19. In this study, we will address additional technologies as well as perform analysis of HWO architecture options.
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Tiffany M Glassman, Jonathan W Arenberg, Andre Aroyan, Nick Burst, Suzanne Casement, Scott Tolby, Todd Lawton, Gordon Reese, Blake T Shepherd, James Tucker. STABLE Study for the Habitable Worlds Observatory. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20260005663
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