Daniel Apai
@danielapai.bsky.social
Professor of Astronomy, Planetary Sciences, and Optics at The University of Arizona. I study exoplanets, build telescopes, and lead the NASA-funded Alien Earths astrobiology team. Fellow of AAAS and The Explorers Club. Own opinions.
Martin: It is a compact spacecraft. Built on existing Blue Canyon spacecraft bus and a telescope from Livermore. No propulsion. These article give a more technical overview of the mission:
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
Pandora Mission Launches to Explore Atmospheres on Alien Worlds
NASA's new, small observatory — launched successfully on January 11th — has a big mission: to characterize exoplanet atmospheres.
skyandtelescope.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Martin: It is a compact spacecraft. Built on existing Blue Canyon spacecraft bus and a telescope from Livermore. No propulsion. These article give a more technical overview of the mission:
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...