@inproceedings{c73c04c94b064b8090ce575d4b877df7,
title = "The ESCAPE mission overview: Exploring the stellar drivers of exoplanet habitability",
abstract = "The Extreme-ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution (ESCAPE) mission is an astrophysics Small Explorer employing ultraviolet spectroscopy (EUV: 80-825 {\AA} and FUV: 1280-1650 {\AA}) to explore the high-energy radiation environment in the habitable zones around nearby stars. ESCAPE provides the first comprehensive study of the stellar EUV and coronal mass ejection environments which directly impact the habitability of rocky exoplanets. In a 20 month science mission, ESCAPE will provide the essential stellar characterization to identify exoplanetary systems most conducive to habitability and provide a roadmap for NASAs future life-finder missions. ESCAPE accomplishes this goal with roughly two-order-of-magnitude gains in EUV efficiency over previous missions. ESCAPE employs a grazing incidence telescope that feeds an EUV and FUV spectrograph. The ESCAPE science instrument builds on previous ultraviolet and X-ray instrumentation, grazing incidence optical systems, and photon-counting ultraviolet detectors used on NASA astrophysics, heliophysics, and planetary science missions. The ESCAPE spacecraft bus is the versatile and high-heritage Ball Aerospace BCP-Small spacecraft. Data archives will be housed at the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). ESCAPE is currently completing a NASA Phase A study, and if selected for Phase B development would launch in 2025.",
keywords = "EUV, Exoplanets, Flares and CMEs, Small Explorer, Spectroscopy",
author = "Kevin France and Brian Fleming and Allison Youngblood and James Mason and Drake, {Jeremy J.} and Ute Amerstorfer and Martin Barstow and Vincent Bourrier and Patrick Champey and Luca Fossati and Cynthia Froning and Green, {James C.} and Fabien Grise and Guillaume Gronoff and Timothy Hellickson and Meng Jin and Koskinen, {Tommi T.} and Kowalski, {Adam F.} and Nicholas Kruczek and Linsky, {Jeffrey L.} and Lipscy, {Sarah J.} and McEntaffer, {Randall L.} and Miles, {Drew M.} and Tom Patton and Savage, {Sabrina L.} and Oswald Siegmund and Constance Spittler and Bryce Unruh and Marie Volz",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXII 2021 ; Conference date: 01-08-2021 Through 05-08-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1117/12.2593814",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Siegmund, {Oswald H.}",
booktitle = "UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXII",
}