MatISSE
Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE)
Next-Generation Cold Object Radiometer (COBRA)
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Ice giants, icy satellites, the Moon, or any cold targets in the solar system.
V-WiSHeS: Venus Wideband Submillimeter Heterodyne Spectrometer
As a remote sensing spectrometer on board a Venus orbiter, V-WiSHeS will observe the gaseous chemical composition, aerosol capacity, thermal structure, and dynamics of Venus’ middle atmosphere.
Atomic Drag-free Accelerometer
Gravity measurements with flyby or orbiter around planetary bodies with heavy atmosphere or strong solar radiations, emphasized in 2013-2020 planetary decadal
Mars Sonic Anemometer
Mars primarily, but also Titan and Venus surface/aerial platforms, Earth stratosphere, Saturn/Ice Giant Probes with adaption
Advanced Resolution Organic Molecular Analyzer
Enceladus, Europa, Ceres, Primitive bodies, Inner Planets
Water Exploration
Water Hunting Advanced Terahertz Spectrometer on an Ultra-small Platform (WHATSUP)
Comets fly-by on a CubeSat/SmallSat
Icy Body Spectrometer
Maturation of a Hypertunable IR Laser Spectrometer for In Situ Planetary Exploration
Europa, Enceladus, and other icy bodies with extensions to planetary atmospheres.
Chemical Identification
in-Situ Spectroscopic Europa Explorer (iSEE)
Planetary surface (landers, rovers), orbiters, and flythrough configurations.
Gravity Measurement
Superconducting Gravity Gradiometer for Planetary Dynamics
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- Primary: gravity missions for Mars and Venus
- Secondary: gravity missions to small bodies
Mapping
Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR): A Digital Beamforming Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Subsurface Imaging
Mars, Moon, Venus, airless body orbital radar for surface and subsurface mapping.
Martian Water
WASSR: WAter Sounding Short-range Radar
Mars surface
Mapping Lidar
Swath Mapping Lidar with Fiber Lasers and PN Code Modulation
Airless body surfaces, asteroids, comet core, or planets.
Chromatography
Ion/Liquid Chromatography for Exploration of Solar System (ILCESS)
Mars (sub)surface; airless body surfaces, planetary body flyby or orbiter.
X-ray Spectrometer
Mapping X-ray Spectrometer (MapX)
Mars surface, airless body surfaces, Ocean Worlds.
Organic Analysis
Enceladus Organic Analyzer (EOA)
Icy moon e.g. Enceladus plume fly-by / orbiter; icy moon lander; comet in situ organic analysis
Heterodyne Spectrometers
Reflective spatial heterodyne spectrometers for high-resolving power emission line characterization from orbital and remote missions
All planetary and satellite atmospheres and space weather. Weakly to strongly active small bodies. Active water environments.
Remote Observation
A Maturation Project for a Submillimeter Enceladus Life Fundamentals Instrument (SELFI)
SELFI will remotely observe the chemical composition and dynamics of Enceladus’ plumes Before, During, and After in situ plume encounters thus proving both context and targeting data for a sampling mission.
Broadband Seismometer
A Planetary Broadband Seismometer (PBBS) for the Lunar Geophysical Network and the Ocean Worlds
Lunar Geophysical Network (LGN), Ocean Worlds landers.
Vector Magnetometer
Miniature Absolute Vector Magnetometer for Resource-Constrained Solar System Body Exploration
Planetary bodies and satellites with remanent and/or induced magnetic fields.
Building Rb Lasers
Partial Maturation of CDEX: Building Rb Lasers for CDEX
The Moon Mars
Global Climate Measurements
MARLI: MARs LIdar for global climate measurements from orbit
Mars and Titan atmospheres from orbit