An architecture and conceptual design for a robotically assembled, modular space
telescope (RAMST) that enables extremely large space telescopes to be conceived is …

Several starshade concepts for imaging exo-Earths would operate at the second Earth–Sun
Lagrange point (L2) and consist of a starshade flying in formation tens to hundreds of …

We present an analytical model for the desired kinematics of the starshade-telescope
relative motion during exoplanet direct imaging observations. We combine this model with …

Starshade missions offer a near-term capability to measure the spectra of Earth-sized
exoplanets, searching for possible bio-indicators. To function, a starshade and telescope …

Over the last two decades, a large number of exoplanets have been confirmed with the rate
of discovery increasing in recent years primarily as new instruments with improved …

Exoplanet imaging missions utilizing an external occulter (starshade) for starlight
suppression require precise alignment between the telescope and starshade, necessitating …

Guidance, navigation, and control of satellites–especially in the study of rendezvous and
formation flight–relies heavily on methods that leverage local linear approximations of …

Future space telescopes will require more demanding requirements—such as bigger
primary mirrors for higher resolution images and complex, cryo-cooled telescope designs for …

In the last twenty years, the existence of exoplanets (planets orbiting stars other than our
own sun) has gone from conjecture to established fact. The accelerating rate of exoplanet …