欧洲航天局挑选美国科学团队参与探索黑暗宇宙的任务

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欧洲航天局(European
美国国家航空航天局是“欧几里德”任务的合作伙伴。“欧几里德”是一个用来探测神秘的暗能量和暗物质的太空望远镜,计划在2020年发射升空。上图展现的是艺术家构思的欧几里德太空望远镜在轨道中运行时的图景。
最大的一支美国团队由喷气推进实验室(Jet
罗兹还被美国国家航空航天局任命为欧洲航天局“欧几里德科学团队”(Euclid
罗兹说:“了解宇宙所隐藏的内容以及暗能量的性质将需要世界各地的天文学家和工程师的合作。”
另外两支美国科学团队的领队分别是:帕萨迪纳市加州理工学院(California
欲了解有关“欧几里德”任务的更多信息,请查阅美国国家航空航天局新闻稿和欧洲航天局欧几里德任务网站(英文)。
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ESA Picks U.S. Science Teams for Dark Universe Mission
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected three NASA-nominated science teams to participate in its planned Euclid mission.
NASA is a partner in Euclid, a space telescope designed to probe the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter. Euclid is scheduled to launch in 2020. Above is an artist's conception of Euclid in orbit.
The largest U.S. team is led by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist Jason Rhodes. JPL will provide 16 advanced infrared detectors and four spare detectors for one of two instruments planned for the mission.
Rhodes also was appointed by NASA to be a member of ESA’s principal 12-member Euclid Science Team and the U.S. representative for the Euclid Consortium’s governing body. The Euclid Consortium is an international body of 1,000 members, including the U.S. science team members, and will build the instruments and analyze the science data jointly.
“Understanding the hidden contents of the universe and the nature of the dark energy will require the collaboration of astronomers and engineers around the world,” Rhodes said.
The other two U.S. science teams are led by Ranga-Ram Chary of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; and Alexander Kashlinsky of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
For more on Euclid, see
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