@inproceedings{Brandt:2025:10.52202/083080-0006,
author = {Brandt, PC and McNutt, RL and Wimmer-Schweingruber, RF and Provornikova, EA and Cocoros, A and Bale, SD and Barabash, S and Blanc, M and Clarke, J and DeMajistre, R and Dialynas, K and Eriksson, S and Fountain, G and Galli, A and Gruntman, M and Hill, ME and Holler, B and Horanyi, M and Horbury, T and Hunziker, S and Kinnison, J and Kollmann, P and Krimigis, SM and Kucharek, H and Kurth, WS and Linskyi, J and Lisse, C and Magnes, W and Mayyasi, M and Mandt, KE and Miller, JA and Mostafavi, PS and Opher, M and Paxton, L and Plaschke, F and Poppe, A and Roelof, EC and Rogers, G and Runyon, KD and Sokol, JM and Redfield, S and Schwadron, N and Spilker, L and Spitzer, S and Sterken, V and Swaczyna, P and Szalay, JR and Turner, DL and Vannier, H and Wurz, P and Zirnstein, E},
doi = {10.52202/083080-0006},
pages = {37--49},
title = {Interstellar Probe: US Decadal Survey Recommendations and Strategic Next Steps},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.52202/083080-0006},
year = {2025}
}

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AB  - In 2022, a four-year, NASA-directed concept study on a pragmatic Interstellar Probe was completed by Johns Hopkins APL and submitted to the US Solar & Space Physics Decadal Survey. Released late 2024, the Decadal Survey Report recommended for the first time that the "NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) should develop a cross-divisional approach for planning, operation, and management of future projects and programs for interdisciplinary science. Specifically, ...support development of a mission to interstellar space". Interstellar Probe is a mission to escape the solar system to understand how the Sun upholds our protective magnetic bubble - the heliosphere. Targeting more than twice the distance of the Voyager mission, Interstellar Probe would explore completely new territory in the Very Local Interstellar Medium (VLISM) carrying a comprehensive suite of in-situ and remote instrumentation. On its escaping trajectory, flyby observations of unexplored dwarf planets and Kuiper Belt Objects would push our understanding of planetary system formation and evolution. Beyond the zodiacal cloud infrared measurements would uncover the extragalactic background light, providing new knowledge in to stellar and galactic formation. An Interstellar Probe is timely as recent findings indicate that the Sun is currently transitioning between two interstellar clouds. Furthermore, recent studies show that a few million years ago the heliosphere may have been wiped out for hundreds of thousands of years as it passed through a very dense interstellar cloud, pointing to a potentially game-changing role of the heliosphere in the evolution of our home in the galaxy. With Voyager going offline in the next few years, Interstellar Probe is also an urgent mission for NASA, for the US, and for the world as a whole. A trajectory through the forward hemisphere of the heliosphere would be accomplished by a launch in 2036-2042 using conventional chemical propulsion and a launch vehic
AU  - Brandt,PC
AU  - McNutt,RL
AU  - Wimmer-Schweingruber,RF
AU  - Provornikova,EA
AU  - Cocoros,A
AU  - Bale,SD
AU  - Barabash,S
AU  - Blanc,M
AU  - Clarke,J
AU  - DeMajistre,R
AU  - Dialynas,K
AU  - Eriksson,S
AU  - Fountain,G
AU  - Galli,A
AU  - Gruntman,M
AU  - Hill,ME
AU  - Holler,B
AU  - Horanyi,M
AU  - Horbury,T
AU  - Hunziker,S
AU  - Kinnison,J
AU  - Kollmann,P
AU  - Krimigis,SM
AU  - Kucharek,H
AU  - Kurth,WS
AU  - Linskyi,J
AU  - Lisse,C
AU  - Magnes,W
AU  - Mayyasi,M
AU  - Mandt,KE
AU  - Miller,JA
AU  - Mostafavi,PS
AU  - Opher,M
AU  - Paxton,L
AU  - Plaschke,F
AU  - Poppe,A
AU  - Roelof,EC
AU  - Rogers,G
AU  - Runyon,KD
AU  - Sokol,JM
AU  - Redfield,S
AU  - Schwadron,N
AU  - Spilker,L
AU  - Spitzer,S
AU  - Sterken,V
AU  - Swaczyna,P
AU  - Szalay,JR
AU  - Turner,DL
AU  - Vannier,H
AU  - Wurz,P
AU  - Zirnstein,E
DO  - 10.52202/083080-0006
EP  - 49
PY  - 2025///
SN  - 0074-1795
SP  - 37
TI  - Interstellar Probe: US Decadal Survey Recommendations and Strategic Next Steps
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.52202/083080-0006
ER  - 

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