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DESCRIPTION:NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, which will celebrate its 9
 0th anniversary in 2026\, is at the forefront of building instruments for 
 NASA missions. NASA’s mission has always been to explore the universe an
 d our own planet Earth from space. This includes robotics missions like Vo
 yager\, which continues its journey beyond our solar system\, missions to 
 Mars and other planets\, and astrophysics missions exploring stars and gal
 axies.\nThe selection of NASA missions is driven by fundamental science qu
 estions\, and the development of innovative instruments to answer these qu
 estions. We design and build instruments that enable precise measurements 
 to help answer these scientific inquiries. In this presentation\, we will 
 provide an overview of the state of-the-art instruments we are currently d
 eveloping and detail the science questions they aim to address.\nRapid pro
 gress in various fields—such as commercial software for component and de
 vice modeling\, low-loss circuits and interconnect technologies\, cell pho
 ne technologies\, and submicron-scale lithographic techniques—is enablin
 g us to design and develop smart\, low-power yet highly capable instrument
 s that can even fit within SmallSat or CubeSat platforms. We will also dis
 cuss the challenges of future-generation instruments in addressing the nee
 ds of criticalscientific applications.\nThe research described herein was 
 carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, California Institute of Tec
 hnology\, Pasadena\, California\, USA\, under contract with National Aeron
 autics and Space Administration.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Staracom\n\nSpeaker(s
 ): Goutam Chattopadhyay \, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/4
 81410
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481410
ORGANIZER:tarek.djerafi@inrs.ca
SEQUENCE:24
SUMMARY:THz Science and Technology Seminar (TSTS) Series: Space Exploration
  and Our Place in the Universe
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481410
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>NASA&rsquo\;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, 
 which will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2026\, is at the forefront of
  building instruments for NASA missions. NASA&rsquo\;s mission has always 
 been to explore the universe and our own planet Earth from space. This inc
 ludes robotics missions like Voyager\, which continues its journey beyond 
 our solar system\, missions to Mars and other planets\, and astrophysics m
 issions exploring stars and galaxies.<br>The selection of NASA missions is
  driven by fundamental science questions\, and the development of innovati
 ve instruments to answer these questions. We design and build instruments 
 that enable precise measurements to help answer these scientific inquiries
 . In this presentation\, we will provide an overview of the state of-the-a
 rt instruments we are currently developing and detail the science question
 s they aim to address.&nbsp\;<br>Rapid progress in various fields&mdash\;s
 uch as commercial software for component and device modeling\, low-loss ci
 rcuits and interconnect technologies\, cell phone technologies\, and submi
 cron-scale lithographic techniques&mdash\;is enabling us to design and dev
 elop smart\, low-power yet highly capable instruments that can even fit wi
 thin SmallSat or CubeSat platforms. We will also discuss the challenges of
  future-generation instruments in addressing the needs of criticalscientif
 ic applications.&nbsp\;<br>The research described herein was carried out a
 t the Jet Propulsion Laboratory\,&nbsp\;California Institute of Technology
 \, Pasadena\, California\, USA\, under contract with National Aeronautics 
 and Space Administration.&nbsp\;</p>
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