Report of the 2012 Senior Review of the Astrophysics Division Operating Missions
All missions continue operations after the 2012 Senior Review. HST continues at their currently funded levels. Chandra’s Guest Observer budget is increased to account for decreases in FY11. Swift and Kepler mission operations are extended through FY16 with funding for data analysis. Planck will support one year extended operations of the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI). Spitzer’s operations are extended through FY14 with closeout in FY15. U.S. science support of Suzaku is extended to March 2015, to provide one-year overlap with Astro-H. Funding for U.S. support of XMM-Newton is also extended through March 2015. Fermi operations are extended through FY16, with a 10 percent per year reduction starting in FY14. All FY15-FY16 decisions are for planning purposes and will be revisited in the 2014 Senior Review.
2012 Senior Review Report
Report of the 2012 Senior Review of the Astrophysics Division Operating Missions
Supporting Documents
Astrophysics Division Senior Review 2012 – Call for Proposals
Report of the 2010 Senior Review of the Astrophysics Division Operating Missions April 6 - 9, 2010
Report of the 2008 Senior Review of the Astrophysics Division Operating Missions
Report of the 2006 Senior Review of the Astrophysics Division Missions Operations and Data Analysis (MO&DA) Programs
2011 Senior Review of Data Archives
2011 Senior Review of data archives