Announced last week, the PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics, or PRIMA, is advancing to the next phase of development. This space telescope is the first in a new class of NASA astrophysics missions, called Probe Explorers, within the agency’s longstanding Explorers Program.
“This will be a transformative NASA mission,” said Edwin “Ted” Bergin, professor in U-M’s Department of Astronomy and a co-investigator on the mission who will aid the development of the scientific program to use PRIMA’s data to pioneer new understanding of how planets like Earth are formed.
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