LUVOIR spacecraft in orbit

  • Released Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR) is a concept for a highly capable, multi-wavelength space observatory with ambitious science goals. This mission would enable great leaps forward in a broad range of science, from the epoch of reionization, through galaxy formation and evolution, star and planet formation, to solar system remote sensing. LUVOIR also has the major goal of characterizing a wide range of exoplanets, including those that might be habitable - or even inhabited.

LUVOIR is one of four Decadal Survey Mission Concept Studies initiated in Jan 2016. The study will extend over three years and will be executed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, under the leadership of a Science and Technology Definition Team (STDT) drawn from the community.



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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, March 28, 2018.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:46 PM EDT.