Planet Quest: Missions - SIM PlanetQuest

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The paper 'Looking for Earth-like Planets with the SIM Planet Quest Light Mission' is now available.
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A major paper on SIM, "Taking the Measure of the Universe: Precision Astrometry with SIM PlanetQuest," was published in the January 2008 issue of PASP.
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MISSION

IN DEPTH

FOR SCIENTISTS

What is SIM?

Current Mission Status

Other Planet-Finding
Missions

Interferometry

Albert Michelson

Window to the Universe

Virtual Interferometer

Experiments to Try
at Home

Team

Science Team

JPL Management

Northrop Grumman

Contact Information

Science Goals

Galactic Astrophysics

Extragalactic Astronomy

Flight Segment

Extrasolar Planets

PlanetQuest Home Page

Feature Articles

Pursuing the Invisible

New Guide to the Galaxy

Prequel to Exoplanets

Keys to the Stellar
Kingdom

Technical development complete
SIM PlanetQuest has completed all five engineering milestones required prior to full-scale development. All technology milestones were previously retired.

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SIM Newsletter

Technical Resources

SIM Tech Expo Posters

Research Opportunities

Bibliography

SIM PlanetQuest Whitepaper

Library (restricted)

Astronomers' Site

Schedules

Project Schedule

SIM Science Is Compelling and Uncompromised

SIM represents an entirely new measurement capability in astronomy and a revolution in astrometry that will exceed all previous measurements by a factor of 100-1,000.
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