{"id":771571,"date":"2023-11-09T15:25:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T19:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=771571"},"modified":"2023-11-09T15:25:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T19:25:03","slug":"construction-on-nasa-mission-to-map-450-million-galaxies-is-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=771571","title":{"rendered":"Construction on NASA Mission to Map 450 Million Galaxies Is Under Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\">\n<div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\">\n<p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">6 min read<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">Construction on NASA Mission to Map 450 Million Galaxies Is Under Way<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Sara Susca, deputy payload manager and payload systems engineer for NASA&#x2019;s SPHEREx mission, looks up at one of the spacecraft&#x2019;s photon shields\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Sara Susca, deputy payload manager and payload systems engineer for NASA\u2019s SPHEREx mission, looks up at one of the spacecraft\u2019s photon shields. These concentric cones protect the telescope from light and heat from the Sun and the Earth, which can overwhelm the telescope\u2019s detectors.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Part of one of the protective photon shields for NASA&#x2019;s SPHEREx telescope\" style=\"object-position: 50% 66%;object-fit: cover\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">SHPEREx Photon Shield Fabrication at Applied Aerospace Structures Corp. in Stockton CA Requester: Kaitlyn Soares Photographer: Gregory M. Waigand Date: 2023-07-12 Photolab order: 107469-11.02.03<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">AACS<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Key elements are coming together for NASA\u2019s SPHEREx mission, a space telescope that will create a map of the universe like none before.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s SPHEREx space telescope is beginning to look much like it will when it arrives in Earth orbit and starts mapping the entire sky. Short for Specto-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx resembles a bullhorn, albeit one that will stand almost 8.5 feet tall (2.6 meters) and stretch nearly 10.5 feet (3.2 meters) wide. Giving the observatory its distinctive shape are its cone-shaped photon shields, which are being assembled in a clean room at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Three cones, each nestled within the other, will surround SPHEREx\u2019s telescope to protect it from the light and heat of the Sun and Earth. The spacecraft will sweep over every section of the sky, like scanning the inside of a globe, to complete two all-sky maps every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSPHEREx has to be quite agile because the spacecraft has to move relatively quickly as it scans the sky,\u201d said JPL\u2019s Sara Susca, deputy payload manager and payload systems engineer for the mission. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t look that way, but the shields are actually quite light and made with layers of material like a sandwich. The outside has aluminum sheets, and inside is an aluminum honeycomb structure that looks like cardboard \u2013 light but sturdy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NASA\u2019s SPHEREx will create a map of the sky like no other. Check out some of the special hardware the mission uses to do cutting-edge science. Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it launches \u2013 no later than April 2025 \u2013 SPHEREx will help scientists better understand where water and other key ingredients necessary for life originated. To do this, the mission will measure the abundance of water ice in interstellar clouds of gas and dust, where new stars are born and from which planets eventually form. It will study the cosmic history of galaxies by measuring the collective light they produce. Those measurements will help tease out when galaxies began to form and how their formation has changed over time. Finally, by mapping the location of millions of galaxies relative to one another, SPHEREx will look for new clues about how the rapid expansion, or inflation, of the universe took place a fraction of a second after the big bang.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cool and Stable<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"V-groove radiator\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Amelia Quan, mechanical integration lead for NASA\u2019s SPHEREx mission, is seen with a V-groove radiator, a piece of hardware that will help keep the space telescope cold.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SPHEREx will do all this by detecting infrared light, a range of wavelengths longer than the visible light human eyes can see. Infrared light is also sometimes called heat radiation because all warm objects emit it. Even the telescope can create infrared light. Because that light would interfere with its detectors, the telescope has to be kept cold \u2013 below minus 350 degrees Fahrenheit (about minus 210 degrees Celsius).<\/p>\n<p>The outer photon shield will block light and heat from the Sun and Earth, and the gaps between the cones will prevent heat from making its way inward toward the telescope. But to ensure SPHEREx gets down to its frigid operating temperature, it also needs something called a V-groove radiator: three conical mirrors, each like an upside-down umbrella, stacked atop one another. Sitting below the photon shields, each is composed of a series of wedges that redirect infrared light so it bounces through the gaps between the shields and out into space. This removes heat carried through the supports from the room-temperature spacecraft bus that contains the computer and electronics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not just concerned with how cold SPHEREx is, but also that its temperature stays the same,\u201d said JPL\u2019s Konstantin Penanen, payload manager for the mission. \u201cIf the temperature varies, it could change the sensitivity of the detector, which could translate as a false signal.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eye on the Sky<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The telescope for NASA&#x2019;s SPHEREx\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The telescope for NASA\u2019s SPHEREx mission undergoes testing at JPL. It is tilted on its base so it can see as much of the sky as possible while remaining within the protection of three concentric cones that protect the telescope from light and heat from the Sun and Earth.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The heart of SPHEREx is, of course, its telescope, which collects infrared light from distant sources using three mirrors and six detectors. The telescope is tilted on its base so it can see as much of the sky as possible while remaining within the protection of the photon shields.<br \/>Built by Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, the telescope arrived in May at Caltech in Pasadena, California, where it was integrated with the detectors and the V-groove radiator. Then, at JPL, engineers secured it to a vibration table that simulates the shaking that the telescope will endure on the rocket ride to space. After that, it went back to Caltech, where scientists confirmed its mirrors are still in focus following the vibration testing.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SPHEREx\u2019s Infrared \u2018Vision\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1535\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA\u2019s SPHEREx will use these filters to conduct spectroscopy, a technique that scientists can use to study the composition of an object or measure its distance. Each filter \u2013 about the size of a cracker \u2013 has multiple segments that block all but one specific wavelength of infrared light.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The mirrors inside SPHEREx\u2019s telescope collect light from distant objects, but it\u2019s the detectors that can \u201csee\u201d the infrared wavelengths the mission is trying to observe.<\/p>\n<p>A star like our Sun emits the entire range of visible wavelengths, so it is white (though Earth\u2019s atmosphere causes it to <a href=\"https:\/\/eclipse2017.nasa.gov\/what-color-sun\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">look more yellow to our eyes<\/a>). A prism can break that light into its component wavelengths \u2013 a rainbow. <a>This is called spectroscopy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SPHEREx will use filters installed on top of its detectors to perform spectroscopy. Only about the size of a cracker, each filter appears iridescent to the naked eye and has multiple segments to block all but one specific wavelength of infrared light. Every object SPHEREx observes will be imaged by each segment, enabling scientists to see the specific infrared wavelengths emitted by that object, whether it\u2019s a star or a galaxy. In total, the telescope can observe more than 100 distinct wavelengths.<\/p>\n<p>And from that, SPHEREx will create maps of the universe unlike any that have come before.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More About the Mission<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>SPHEREx is managed by JPL for NASA\u2019s Astrophysics Division within the Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Ball Aerospace built the telescope and will supply the spacecraft bus. The science analysis of the SPHEREx data will be conducted by a team of scientists located at 10 institutions across the U.S. and in South Korea. Data will be processed and archived at <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.us\/v3\/__https:\/www.ipac.caltech.edu\/project\/spherex__;!!PvBDto6Hs4WbVuu7!Oz9sYEmxZK5HFIo5oa1jlNzI7W-u--wkp2gtkTVYrfAkwWby2Zy62PvQpwpDyDziD_bJT3plt8AXDqX0zxivB3DqpN3_$\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IPAC<\/a> at Caltech. The SPHEREx data set will be publicly available.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the SPHEREx mission visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/missions\/spherex\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/missions\/spherex\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News Media Contact<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Calla Cofield<br \/>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.<br \/>626-808-2469<br \/><a href=\"mailto:calla.e.cofield@jpl.nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">calla.e.cofield@jpl.nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2023-164<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 nasa_template_article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\t<!-- This should be a block --><\/p>\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n<div 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