UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX) is a new NASA Medium Explorer mission to explore the ultraviolet sky, with an expected launch date in 2030. With a wide-field, two-band ultraviolet imager and long, multi-width slit spectrometer, UVEX is equipped to address key scientific themes identified in Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy & Astrophysics for the 2020s (Astro2020). UVEX will address outstanding questions in our understanding of the Universe, including the nature of the low-mass, low-metallicity galaxy population and the early ultraviolet emission of explosive transients. UVEX will also leave a rich legacy of all-sky ultraviolet data.

Website
www.uvex.caltech.edu
Location

Low-Earth orbit

Type

Engineering, Operations, Research

Schedule

Launches in 2030

Status

Active

Partners

California Institute of Technology, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

PI

Fiona Harrison (CalTech)

Team

William Craig, Kodi Rider, Jason McPhate, Brian Thompson, Abhishek B Tripathi, Daniel Weisz

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