Stellar Imager Mission Concept Development Team

The Stellar Imager mission concept is under development by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center in collaboration with experts from the following aerospace, academic, and international institutions:

  • Catholic University of America
  • Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Seabrook Engineering
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • State University of New York at Stonybrook
  • University of Colorado at Boulder
  • University of Texas (Arlington & San Antonio)
  • College de France
  • University of Aarhus
  • Arizona State University
  • Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
  • Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Northrop-Grumman Aerospace Systems
  • Sigma Space Corporation
  • Space Telescope Science Institute
  • Stanford University
  • University of Maryland
  • European Space Agency
  • Astrophysical Institute Potsdam

Institutional and topical leads from these institutions include:

K. Carpenter, C. Schrijver, M. Karovska, A. Brown, A. Conti, K. Hartman, S. Kilston, J. Leitner, D. Lakins, A. Lo, R. Lyon, J. Marzouk, D. Miller, D. Mozurkewich, J. Phillips, P. Stahl, F. Walter


Additional science and technical collaborators from these institutions include:

S. Baliunas, C. Bowers, S. Cranmer, M. Cuntz, W. Danchi, A. Dupree, M. Elvis, N. Evans, C. Grady, T. Gull, G. Harper, L. Hartman, R. Kimble, S. Korzennik, S. Kraemer, M. Kuchner, S. Leitch, M. Lieber, C. Lillie, J. Linsky, M. Marengo, R. Moe, S. Neff, C. Noecker, R. Reinert, R. Reasenberg, A. Roberge, D. Sasselov, S. Saar, E. Schlegel, J. Schou, P. Scherrer, W. Soon, G. Sonneborn, E. Stoneking, R. Windhorst, B. Woodgate. R. Woodruff


International Partners include:

J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, F. Favata, K. Strassmeier, A. Labeyrie