Research

Future Missions & Instruments

(left) a miniaturized visible and shortwave-infrared imaging imaging spectrometer developed by our JPL collaborators similar to that which will be flown as EMIT (Green/Mouroulis) (right) a miniaturized (2U) SWIR+MIR point spectrometer being developed by Ehlmann and JPL colleagues (Blacksberg/Ehlmann/Kenyon/Johnson/Raymond)

Guided by science questions about the evolution of the solar system and monitoring Earth, Professor Ehlmann also works with colleagues across the world to develop new instruments and missions of exploration. Current projects include:

• landed exploration of Mars, Venus, the Moon, Enceladus, and Europa
• Lunar Trailblazer
• Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
• a 2U SWIR+MIR infrared point spectrometer
• a 4U IR imaging spectrometer
• lander/rover based landscape-scale imaging and microimaging spectrometers
• Europa Lander Stereo Spectral Imaging Experiment (ELSSIE)
• Ultra-Compact Imaging Spectrometer (UCIS) and UCIS-Moon
• MLPS Point Spectrometer
• NASA future missions