BIRCHES: Broadband InfraRed Compact High Resolution Exploration Spectrometer
PI:
Dennis Reuter, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
The Broadband InfraRed Compact High Resolution Exploration Spectrometer (BIRCHES) is a central instrument of Lunar IceCube, a mission led by Ben Malphrus of Morehead State University that has been recently selected for a 2018 launch by NASA’s NextSTEP Program. BIRCHES will conduct an infrared spectroscopic investigation to improve our understanding of the distribution of volatiles, including water, on the Moon’s surface.
Recent News
- On September 26th, the 2nd Planetary CubeSat Science Symposium was held at NASA GSFC, attended by over 100 scientists and engineers. Three sessions of oral talks covered: flight opportunities and programmatics; mission concepts; and hardware systems including buses, propulsion, communications and instrumentation. There was lively Q&A periods at the end of each session, and an afternoon poster session that gave mission proposers the opportunity to meet with vendors and suppliers. Presentations and posters have now been posted.
- Registration for the 2nd Planetary CubeSat Science Symposium, September 26, 2017, is now closed.
Upcoming events
- Small Sat Symposium, Silicon Valley, Feb 5-7, 2018
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