SH032
Interstellar Probe Meets the Future: Inspiring Generations of  Space Scientists by Exploring the Unknown

Session ID#: 159573

Session Description:
Interstellar Probe has the potential to be NASA’s next large strategic mission for space physics. A scientific dream for the past 60 years, it is a heliophysics mission to capture a unified view of our heliosphere and its interstellar neighborhood. Providing complementary opportunities for astrophysical and planetary observations, it connects our heliosphere, Sun, and planets to other astrospheres, stars, and potentially habitable worlds throughout the Universe. Interstellar Probe inspires us to step beyond the current horizon of human understanding, taking our next step into the stars. It will transform space physics and drive careers for generations by answering game-changing scientific questions. We encourage abstracts addressing the opportunities of space exploration with Interstellar Probe’s science, technology readiness level, and the open questions it will answer. Topics discussing the feasibility of supporting a robust and thriving scientific community for 50 years also are welcome.
Index Terms:

2144 Interstellar gas [INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS]
2164 Solar wind plasma [INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS]
6224 Kuiper belt objects [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
7594 Instruments and techniques [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]


Primary Convener:  Elena Provornikova, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Justyna M Sokol, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, B L L Alterman, Southwest Research Institute, Space Science and Engineering, San Antonio, MI, United States and Parisa Mostafavi, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
 
Unveiling the Ionized Interstellar Medium with Interstellar Probe (Invited) (1056552)
Stella Ocker, James Cordes and Shami Chatterjee, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
 
Opportunities to Directly Observe the Interaction of Interstellar Dust with our Heliosphere with an Interstellar Probe (Invited) (1060673)
Jamey R Szalay1, Pontus C. Brandt2, Bruce Draine3, Priscilla C Frisch4, Eberhard Gruen5, Brandon Hensley3, Mihaly Horanyi6, Hsiang-Wen Hsu7, Silvan Hunziker8, Sascha Kempf7, Harald Krüger9, Carey Michael Lisse10, Andrew R Poppe11, Frank Postberg12, Jonathan D Slavin13, Ralf Srama14, Veerle J Sterken8, Zoltan Sternovsky15, Peter Strub16 and Michael B. Zemcov17, (1)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins Univ/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)Princeton University, Princeton, United States, (4)University of Chicago, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chicago, IL, United States, (5)Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany, (6)University of Colorado, Physics Department, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)LASP/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (9)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany, (10)JHU-APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (11)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (12)University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, (13)Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, Cambridge, MA, United States, (14)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Space Systems, Stuttgart, Germany, (15)University of Colorado, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department, Boulder, CO, United States, (16)MPIK / Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany, (17)Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Physics & Astronomy, Rochester, NY, United States
 
To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before: Exploration for the Generations Enabled by Interstellar Probe (1061537)
Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and The Interstellar Probe Study Team
 
Evidence that Earth was exposed to Cold Dense Interstellar Medium 2 Myrs Ago as a result of the Encounter with Local Lynx Cold Clouds (1064021)
Merav Opher, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Abraham Loeb, Harvard University, Astronomy, Cambridge, MA, United States and Joshua Peek, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, United States
 
Interstellar Probe: a Goldmine for Interstellar Dust Research and Synergies with Heliosphere Science (1075386)
Veerle J Sterken1, Silvan Hunziker1, Peter Strub2, Pontus C. Brandt3, Aigen Li4, Harald Krüger5, Hsiang-Wen Hsu6, Lennart R. Baalmann7, Ralf Srama8, Mihaly Horanyi9, Jamey R Szalay10, Andrew R Poppe11, Carey Michael Lisse12 and Kostas Dialynas13, (1)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)MPIK / Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany, (3)Johns Hopkins Univ/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)University of Missouri Columbia, Physics and Astronomy, Columbia, United States, (5)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany, (6)LASP/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Regensdorf, Zurich, SWITZERLAND, (8)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Space Systems, Stuttgart, Germany, (9)University of Colorado, Physics Department, Boulder, CO, United States, (10)Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, (11)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (12)JHU-APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (13)Office for Space Research and Technology, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
 
Extra-heliospheric background near the Lyman-alpha wavelength as revealed by cross-analysis of SOHO/SWAN maps, IUE observations, and WawHelioGlow modeling results (1084957)
Marek Strumik, Maciej A. Bzowski, Marzena A. Kubiak and Izabela Kowalska-Leszczyńska, Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
 
Detecting and Analyzing Interstellar Dust Particles in the Local Interstellar Cloud (1095957)
Zoltan Sternovsky, University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, Mihaly Horanyi, University of Colorado, Physics Department, Boulder, CO, United States, Ethan Ayari, University of Colorado at Boulder, Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, Sascha Kempf, LASP/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, Rebecca Mikula, University of Colorado at Boulder, LASP, Boulder, CO, United States, Jon Hillier, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Berlin, Germany, Frank Postberg, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Ralf Srama, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Space Systems, Stuttgart, Germany and Jamey R Szalay, Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States
 
STELLA – A proposal for Europe’s contribution to a possible Interstellar Probe (1103345)
Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber, University of Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany, Stanislav V Barabash, Swedish Inst Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden, Robert T Wicks, Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, Benoit Lavraud, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Toulouse, France, Luciano Iess, Univ. La Sapienza, Roma, Italy, Nicolas André, IRAP, CNRS, Toulouse, France, Eric Quemerais, LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Paris Cedex 05, France, Martin Wieser, IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna, Kiruna, Sweden, Peter Wurz, University of Bern, Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Bern, Switzerland, Elena Provornikova, Catholic University of America, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins Univ/APL, Laurel, MD, United States and Ralph L McNutt Jr, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States
 
Analysis of Impact Ionization Mass Spectra of Anthracene Dust Particles – a Pilot Study Characterizing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Using Dust Analyzer Instrument (1115302)
Rebecca Mikula, University of Colorado at Boulder, LASP, Boulder, CO, United States, Zoltan Sternovsky, University of Colorado, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department, Boulder, CO, United States, Mihaly Horanyi, University of Colorado, Physics Department, Boulder, CO, United States, Steven Armes, University of Sheffield, Chemistry Department, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Jon Hillier, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Berlin, Germany, Frank Postberg, Free University of Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Berlin, Germany, Ralf Srama, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Space Systems, Stuttgart, Germany and Derek H. H. Chan, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
 
Refining the Science and Technology Case for an Astrophysical Imaging Spectrometer on the Interstellar Probe (1158891)
Michael B. Zemcov, Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Physics & Astronomy, Rochester, NY, United States, Carey Michael Lisse, JHU-APL, Laurel, MD, United States, Andrew R Poppe, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Charles Beichman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Jamey R Szalay, Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, Bruce Draine, Princeton University, Princeton, United States, Rosine Lallement, Paris Observatory Meudon, GEPI, Meudon, France, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, LATMOS/CNRS, UPMC (Sorbonne Univ.), Paris, France, Priscilla C Frisch, University of Chicago, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chicago, IL, United States, Jonathan D Slavin, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, Cambridge, MA, United States, Ralph L McNutt Jr, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States and Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins Univ/APL, Laurel, MD, United States
 
The Pragmatic Interstellar Probe Study: Completion and Results (1174711)
Ralph L McNutt Jr1, Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber2, Mike Gruntman3, Stamatios Mike Krimigis4, Edmond C Roelof5, Carey Michael Lisse6, Kirby Runyon5, Abigail M Rymer7, Steven R. Vernon5, Michael Vincent Paul8, Robert Stough9, James D Kinnison5, Pontus C. Brandt10, Alice Cocoros5 and The Interstellar Probe Study Team, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)University of Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany, (3)Univ of So California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)Academy of Athens, Space, Athens, Greece, (5)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (6)JHU-APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (7)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (8)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (9)NASA Marshal Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (10)Johns Hopkins Univ/APL, Laurel, MD, United States