Proposed Missions
* Mission list begins with the earliest proposed launch.

Outrigger Telescopes Project First Light: 2006    The Outrigger Telescopes Project will combine the light of multiple telescopes using a technique called interferometry to search for planets around nearby stars, make images of newborn stars, and study faint, dim and distant objects beyond our galaxy. Mission home page

Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Proposed Launch: 2010    If selected, this mission will observe gravitational waves from binary stars both inside and beyond our galaxy, including gravitational waves generated in the vicinity of the very massive black holes found in the centers of many galaxies. The mission will consist of three spacecraft forming an equilateral triangle while traveling in space. Mission home page

Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Proposed Launch: not before 2011    This proposed mission would orbit three planet-sized moons of Jupiter -- Callisto, Ganymede and Europa -- to make extensive investigations of their makeup, their history and their potential for sustaining life. Mission home page

Mission to Mars Proposed Launch: not before 2013    A mission to bring a geological sample back from Mars to Earth is proposed for launch in 2013. Mars Exploration site

Terrestrial Planet Finder Proposed Launch: 2014    This mission will use multiple telescopes working together to take family portraits of stars and their orbiting planets. It will also determine which planets may have the right chemistry for life. Mission home page Mission description

Single Aperture Far-Infrared Observatory Proposed Launch: 2015    The Single Aperture Far-Infrared Observatory is a large cryogenic space-based telescope optimized for observations in the mid-infrared to submillimeter wavelength range. Mission home page

Advanced Radio Interferometry between Space and Earth Proposed Launch: to be determined    If selected, this mission will further the study of supermassive black holes by obtaining images with resolutions 3,000 times greater than NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The mission will consist of a radio telescope in space operating with many radio telescopes on the ground. Mission home page

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