Exoplanet Program: Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) Awards

Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) Awards

Exoplanet technology research is funded through the Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) component of NASA ROSES - information can be found on the NASA NSPIRES website. Prior to the 2018 SAT solicitation, a sub-component of SAT was called Technology Development for Exoplanet Missions (TDEM). Beginning with the 2018 solicitation, there is a single SAT program but exoplanet technology development SAT awards are managed by the ExEP as before. Awards from solicitations from 2009 through 2017 are listed below, including links to the abstracts of the original proposals, to Milestone Whitepapers, and Final Reports, where available.

Please refer here for information on ExEP Resources Available to Proposers to SAT, including access to the High Contrast Imaging Testbed laboratory for coronagraph demonstrations.

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Download milestone process: Milestone Process

Abstract | Whitepaper

Year	PI	Institution	Proposal Title
CORONAGRAPH STARLIGHT SUPPRESSION DEMONSTRATIONS
2009	John Trauger	JPL/Caltech	Advanced Hybrid Lyot Coronagraph Technology for Exoplanet Missions Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2009	Olivier Guyon	Univ. of Arizona	Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization Coronagraphy Development and Laboratory Validation Abstract \| Whitepaper #1 \| Final Report #1 \| Whitepaper #2 \| Final Report #2
2009	Mark Clampin	NASA GSFC	Visible Nulling Coronagraph Technology Maturation: High Contrast Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanets Abstract \| Final Report
2010	Eugene Serabyn	JPL/Caltech	Demonstrations of Deep Starlight Rejection with a Vortex Coronagraph Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2010	Olivier Guyon	Univ. of Arizona	Advances in Pupil Remapping (PIAA) coronagraphy: improving Bandwidth, Throughput and Inner Working Angle Abstract \| Final Report #3
2010	Rick Lyon	NASA GSFC	Compact Achromatic Visible Nulling Coronagraph Technology Maturation Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2010	Jagmit Sandhu	JPL/Caltech	Visible Nulling Coronagraph (VNC) Technology Demonstration Program Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2010 **	Glenn Schneider	Univ. of Arizona	EXCEDE PIAA Coronagraph Contrast Demonstration Whitepaper #1 \| Final Report #1 \| Whitepaper #2 \| Final Report #2
2013	Brian Hicks	NASA GSFC	Nulling of an Actively-Controlled Segmented Aperture Telescope Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2014	Eugene Serabyn	JPL/Caltech	Broadband Light Rejection with the Optical Vortex Coronagraph Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2016	John Trauger	JPL	Super Lyot ExoEarth Coronagraph Abstract \| Whitepaper
2016	Ruslan Belikov	NASA ARC	Laboratory Demonstration of High Contrast Using PIAACMC on a Segmented Aperture Abstract \| Whitepaper
2016	Ruslan Belikov*	NASA ARC	Development of a Method for Exoplanet Imaging in Multi-Star Systems Abstract \| Whitepaper
2017	Remi Soummer	STScI	First System-level Demonstration of High-Contrast for Future Segmented Space Telescopes Abstract \| Whitepaper
2017	Eugene Serabyn	JPL	Vortex Coronagraph High Contrast Demonstrations Abstract \| Whitepaper
2018	Ruslan Belikov*	NASA ARC	Laboratory Demonstration of Multi-Star Wavefront Control in Vacuum Abstract \| Whitepaper
2018	Dimitri Mawet	California Institute of Technology	Optimal Spectrograph and Wavefront Control Architectures for High-contrast Exoplanet Characterization Abstract \| Whitepaper
2021	Kent Wallace	JPL	Dual-purpose coronagraph masks for enabling high-contrast imaging with an IR/O/UV flagship mission Abstract \| Whitepaper
2022	AJ Riggs	JPL/Caltech	Laboratory Demonstrations of High Contrast with Black Silicon Masks Abstract \| Whitepaper
2023	Eugene Serabyn	JPL/Caltech	Optical Vortex Phase Mask Development and Testing Abstract
2023	Kyle Van Gorkom	University of Arizona	Technology development in UV coronagraphy to enable characterization of Earth-like exoplanets Abstract \| Milestone Whitepaper
2023	Laurent Pueyo	Space Telescope Science Institute	Laboratory Demonstration of High Contrast Using PAPLC with High-Order Wavefront Sensor Abstract
STARSHADE TECHNOLOGY
2009	Jeremy Kasdin	Princeton University	Starshades for Exoplanet Imaging and Characterization: Key Technology Development Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2010	Jeremy Kasdin	Princeton University	Verifying Deployment Tolerances of an External Occulter for Starlight Suppression Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2012	Suzanne Casement	Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems	Starshade Stray Light Mitigation through Edge Scatter Modeling and Sharp-Edge Materials Development Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2012	Tiffany Glassman	Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems	Demonstration of Starshade Starlight-Suppression Performance in the Field Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2012	Jeremy Kasdin ***	Princeton University	Optical and Mechanical Verification of an External Occulter for Starlight Suppression Abstract \| Whitepaper #1 \| Re-programmed to the Starshade Technology Activity (S5)
2013	Jeremy Kasdin ***	Princeton University	Formation Flying for External Occulters Abstract \| Final Report
2013	Webster Cash	University Of Colorado, Boulder	Development of Formation Flying Sensors Abstract \| Whitepaper
2014	Mark Thomson ***	NASA JPL	Optical Shield for the Starshade Inner Disc Subsystem Abstract \| Re-programmed to the Starshade Technology Activity (S5)
2022	Manan Arya	Stanford University	Starshade Petal Fabrication and Accuracy Demonstration at Full-Scale for IROUV Great Observatory Abstract
WAVEFRONT SENSING & CONTROL OF SCATTERED STARLIGHT
2009	Martin Noecker	Ball Aerospace	Advanced Speckle Sensing for Internal Coronagraphs and Methods of Isolating Exoplanets from Speckles Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2010	Jeremy Kasdin	Princeton University	Integrated Coronagraph Design and Wavefront Control using Two Deformable Mirrors Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2010	Paul Bierden	Boston Micromachines Inc.	MEMS Deformable Mirror Technology Development for Space-Based Exoplanet Detection Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2010	Michael Helmbrecht	Iris AO	Environmental Testing of MEMS Deformable Mirrors for Exoplanet Detection Abstract \| Whitepaper
2017	Olivier Guyon	University of Arizona	Linear Wavefront Control for High Contrast Imaging Abstract \| Milestone Whitepaper #1 \| Final Report #1 \| Milestone #2/#3 Whitepaper \| Final Report #2 \| Final Report #3
2021	Kerri Cahoy	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Adaptive High-order Wavefront Control Algorithms for High-contrast Imaging on the Decadal Survey Testbed Abstract \| Whitepaper
2022	Olivier Guyon	University of Arizona	Robust Deep Contrast Imaging with Self-Calibrating Coronagraph Systems Abstract
2022	Jonathan Tesch	JPL/Caltech	Demonstration of Advanced Wavefront Control for Segmented Aperture Telescopes Abstract \| Whitepaper
2022	John Trauger	JPL/Caltech	A Low-order Hardware Implementation for Sensing and Control in Exoplanet Imaging Abstract \| Whitepaper
2023	Timothy Cook	University Of Massachusetts, Lowell	A Novel Asynchronous Integrating Latching (NAIL) controller for MEMS deformable mirrors Abstract
CORONAGRAPH MODELING AND MODEL VALIDATION
2009	John Krist	JPL/Caltech	Assessing the Performance Limits of Internal Coronagraphs Through End-to-End Modeling Abstract \| Whitepaper #1 \| Final Report #1 \| Whitepaper #2 \| Final Report #2 Readme \| Milestone Report #1 Simulation Code (1.1 GB) \| Final Report Simulation Code (1.3 GB)
2010	Stuart Shaklan	JPL/Caltech	Coronagraph Starlight Suppression Model Validation: Coronagraph Milestone Report #3A Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2015	Jim Breckinridge	University of Arizona	Threshold raw retrieved contrast in coronagraphs is limited by internal polarization Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
EXTREME PRECISION RADIAL VELOCITY
2018	Stephanie Leifer	JPL/Caltech	A Novel Optical Etalon for Precision Radial Velocity Measurements Abstract \| Whitepaper
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
2009	Donald Figer	Rochester Inst. Tech.	A Photon-Counting Detector for Exoplanet Missions Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2013	Eduardo Bendek	NASA ARC	Enhanced direct Imaging exoplanet detection with astrometric mass determination Abstract \| Whitepaper \| Final Report
2017	Bernard Rauscher*	NASA GSFC	Radiation Tolerant, Photon Counting, Visible and Near-IR Detectors for Space Coronagraphs and Starshades Whitepaper
2018	Johannes Staguhn	Johns Hopkins University / NASA GSFC	Development of an Ultra-Stable Mid-Infrared Detector Array for Space-Based Exoplanet Transit Spectroscopy Abstract \| Whitepaper
2022	Colleen Marrese-Reading	JPL/Caltech	Colloid Thruster Life Testing and Modeling Abstract \| Whitepaper
2023	Felipe Guzman	University Of Arizona	Thermo-Optical Metrology for Exoplanet observatories Abstract
2023	Johannes Staguhn	Johns Hopkins University	Demonstration of an HgCdTe Detector-Based Ultra-Stable Mid- Infrared Spectrometer for Transit Spectroscopy and Phase Curve Observations of Habitable Planets Around M-Stars Abstract \| Whitepaper

* Funded by directed work package from NASA HQ (not SAT)

** Funded by the NASA Explorer program (not SAT) with a Category 3 award from NASA HQ (contract NNX12AH39G)

*** Re-programmed to the Starshade Technology Activity (S5).