KECK INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES

       


Keck Institute for Space Studies

Final Reports:

Towards a US Framework for Continuity of Satellite Observations of Earth’s Climate and for Supporting Societal Resilience

doi: 10.1029/2023EF003757

Final Report

Venus In Situ Transfer and Analysis (VISTA)

doi: 10.26206/78tbr-5ta74

Final Report


Data-Driven Approaches to Searches for the Technosignatures of Advanced Civilizations

doi: 10.26206/gvmj-sn65

Final Report


Next-Generation Planetary Geodesy

doi: 10.7907/y1m4-ek67

Final Report


Development of a Compact, All-Photonic, Dynamic Laser Frequency Comb Spectrum Flattener (Technical Development)

Final Report

Meeting with the Goddess: Venus Science Enabled by Human Proximity

Final Report



Non-Nuclear Exploration of the Solar System

doi:10.7907/h62p-6328

Final Report

Revolutionizing Access to the Martian Surface

doi: 10.7907/d1smmj77

Final Report

Nebulae: Deep-Space Computing Clouds

doi:10.7907/yqde-dj03

Final Report

Societal Shifts due to COVID-19 Reveal Large-Scale Complexities and Feedbacks Between Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change

Final Report

Detecting Forest Response to Droughts with Global Observations of Vegetation Water Content

Final Report

Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks: Next-Generation Approach for Space-Based Integration of OCS, CO2, and SIF

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Space Science Opportunities Augmented by Exploration Telepresence

Final Report



The Architecture of the LISA Science Analysis

Final Report

Tidal Heating: Lessons from Io and the Jovian System

Final Report

The Next Frontier for Planetary and Human Exploration

Final Report



Unlocking the Climate Record Stored within Mars' Polar Layered Deposits

Final Report

Methane on Mars and Habitability: Challenges and Responses

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Optical Frequency Combs for Space Applications

Final Report

Techniques and Technologies for Investigating the Interior Structure of Venus (Technical Development)

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Asteroid Retrieval Technology Development From the Asteroid Return Mission Study (Technical Development)

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PhotoSpec - Measuring Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (Technical Development)

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Science-Driven Autonomous & Heterogeneous Robotic Networks: A Vision for Future Ocean Observations (Technical Development)

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Addressing the Mars ISRU Challenge: Production of Oxygen and Fuel from CO2 using Sunlight

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Optical Communication on SmallSats: Enabling the Next Era in Space Science

Final Report

Exploring New Multi-Instrument Approaches to Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space

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In Situ Science and Instrumentation for Primitive Bodies: Constraining the Origin of the Jupiter Trojans by in situ Measurement of Volatiles, Minerals, and Ices
(Technical Development)

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Coherent Arrays for Astronomy and Remote Sensing (Technical Development)

Final Report

Planetary Magnetic Fields: Planetary Interiors and Habitability

Final Report

Next Generation UV Instrument Technologies
(Technical Development)

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Mapping the Epoch of Reionization with C+ Line Tomography
(Technical Development)

Final Report



Science and Enabling Technologies to Explore the Interstellar Medium

Final Report

Bridging the Gap: Observations and Theory of Star Formation Meet on Large and Small Scales

Final Report

Gazing at the Solar System: Capturing the Evolution of Dunes, Faults, Volcanoes and Ice from Space

Final Report

Adaptive Multi-Functional Space Systems for Micro-Climate Control

Final Report

Venus Seismology

Final Report

The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica

Final Report

Satellites to the Seafloor: Autonomous Science to Forge a Breakthrough in Quantifying the Global Ocean Carbon Budget

Final Report



Airships: A New Horizon for Science

Final Report

New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping

Final Report

Small Satellites: A Revolution in Space Science

Final Report



Inferring Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Celestial Bodies Regolith Using (Simple) Low-Tech Tools

Final Report

New Methods to Measure Photosynthesis from Space

Final Report

In Situ Science and Instrumentation for Primitive Bodies

Final Report

Engineering Resilient Space Systems

Final Report

Tools and Algorithms for Sampling in Extreme Terrain

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Development of Ultrasensitive Photon Detectors and Microwave Amplifiers Using Superconducting Nitride Thin Films
(Technical Development)

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Single Photon Counting Detectors

Final Report

Robotic Exploration and Sampling of Mars

Final Summary Paper



Quantum Communication, Sensing and Measurement in Space

Final Report

Asteroid Return Mission Study

Final Report

Digging Deeper: Algorithms for Computationally-Limited Searches in Astronomy

Final Report

Next Generation UV Instrument Technologies Enabling Missions in Astrophysics, Cosmology and Planetary Sciences

Final Report

xTerramechanics - Integrated Simulation of Planetary Surface Missions

Final Report

High Altitude Ballooning for Space and Atmospheric Observation

Final Report

The First Billion Years

Final Report

Quantifying the Sources and Sinks of Atmospheric CO2

Final Report

Monitoring Earth Surface Changes from Space (Technical Development)

Final Report

Monitoring of Geoengineering Effects and their Natural and Anthropogenic Analogues

Final Report



Future Missions to Titan: Scientific and Engineering Challenges

Final Report

Coherent Arrays for Astronomy and Remote Sensing

Final Report