Announcements

Announcing the "First UVEX Community Workshop: Synergies and New Opportunities"

Project News • January 3rd, 2023

The UVEX team is pleased to announce the "First UVEX Community Workshop: Synergies and New Opportunities," which will be held in Pasadena, CA on the Caltech campus from 13 to 15 March, 2023.

New Data in NED - 2022 Release Highlights

Project News • December 22nd, 2022

NED had two data releases since Chandra data were integrated in April. More than 200K object links to 1800 new articles, 160K redshifts, and 153K new sources have been added.

Moon Water Imager Integrated With NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer

Project News • December 22nd, 2022

Lunar Trailblazer is one step closer to launching next year. Earlier this month, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory delivered a key science instrument to Lockheed Martin Space in Colorado, and the teams integrated it with the small satellite, or SmallSat. The instrument, called the High-resolution...

Best Wishes from Caltech / IPAC for 2023 and Beyond!

IPAC News • December 22nd, 2022

Best wishes for 2023 from your friends and colleagues at IPAC!

Assembly Begins on NASA’s Next Tool to Study Exoplanets

Project News • December 21st, 2022

The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study planets around other stars. Putting it together will require a highly choreographed dance.

IPAC Names New Deputy Director

IPAC News • December 19th, 2022

Dr. Rachel Akeson, a senior science staff member at IPAC, has been appointed Deputy Director of IPAC. Her new appointment was announced on December 2, 2022, effective immediately. She succeeds Dr. Roc Cutri, who served as the Deputy Director for nearly two decades.

NASA’s NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone

Project News • December 7th, 2022

Agency officials have completed a rigorous technical and programmatic review, known as Key Decision Point C (KDP-C), and confirmed NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) – the next flight mission out of the agency’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) – ...

NASA’s Roman Mission Completes Key Optical Components

Project News • December 6th, 2022

Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of the industrial partners for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, have installed and aligned the element wheel assembly (pictured above) into the telescope’s Wide Field Instrument.

Comings and Goings 2022: New Leaders, New Roles, New Staff

IPAC News • December 1st, 2022

There were many changes in the IPAC team in 2022. We filled 24 positions with people who either joined IPAC afresh or with existing staff who transitioned to new roles. There were also leadership changes with Rachel Akeson becoming the IPAC Deputy Director, Harry Teplitz assuming the role of...

IPAC Names New Deputy Head of Science Staff

IPAC News • November 5th, 2022

Dr. Harry Teplitz, IPAC Scientist since 2002 and Task Lead for the Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC (ENSCI) since 2014, has been appointed the new Deputy Head of Science Staff (DHoSS) at IPAC.