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2004 Annual Science Report

University of California, Los Angeles Reporting  |  JUL 2003 – JUN 2004

Organic Molecule Detection Using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

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Project Progress

Team members ordered filters and GRISMS for the UCLA First Light Infrared Test Experiment Camera (FLITECAM) instrument to carry out Astrobiological research on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The fruits of this work should occur in 2006 and will allow detection in space of dust composed of organic compounds.

  • PROJECT INVESTIGATORS:
    Eric Becklin Eric Becklin
    Project Investigator
  • PROJECT MEMBERS:
    Ian McLean
    Co-Investigator

  • RELATED OBJECTIVES:
    Objective 3.1
    Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts