Exploration Science

The Spitzer Warm Mission focused on a new type of observing program called Exploration Science (ES) which required more than 500 hours of Spitzer observing time. Exploration Science programs provided an opportunity for large-scale investigations not possible during the cryogenic mission.

	Nickname PIDs	Title Primary Investigator - Institution
	Cycle 6
	IRAC_LENS 60034	The IRAC Lensing Survey: Achieving JWST depth with Spitzer Eiichi Egami - University of Arizona Abstract
	SEDS 60022, 61040, 61041, 61042, 61043	The Spitzer Extended Deep Survey Giovanni Fazio - Smithsonian Astrophysical Obs. Abstract Primary Article Team's Site
	CHP 60010, 61000, 61001, 61002, 61003, 61004, 61005, 61006, 61007, 61008, 61009	The Hubble Constant (The Carnegie Hubble Program) Wendy Freedman - Carnegie Observatories Abstract Primary Article Team's Site
	SERVS 60024, 61050, 61051, 61052, 61053	The Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey Mark Lacy - NRAO Abstract Primary Article Team's Site Data Deliveries
	S4G 60007, 61060, 61061, 61062, 61063, 61064, 61065, 61066, 61067, 61068	The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies Kartik Sheth - NRAO Abstract Primary Article Data Deliveries
	Cycle 8
	S-CANDELS 80057, 80215, 80216, 80217, 80218	Spitzer Very Deep Survey of the HST/CANDELS Fields Giovanni Fazio - Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Abstract Primary Article Data Deliveries
	SHELA 80100	Spitzer-HETDEX Exploratory Large Area (SHELA) Survey Casey Papovich - Texas A&M University Abstract Primary Article Data Deliveries
	SSDF 80096	The SPT-Spitzer Deep Field Spencer Stanford - University of California, Davis Abstract Primary Article Data Deliveries
	EDGES 80025	Stellar Distributions in Dark Matter Halos: Looking Over the Edge Liese van Zee - Indiana University Abstract Primary Article
	Cycle 9
	SURFSUP 90009	Spitzer UltRaFaint SUrvey (SURF'S Up): Cluster Lensing and Spitzer Extreme Imaging Reaching Out to z >~ 7 Marusa Bradac - UC Davis Abstract Primary Article
	SPLASH 90042	SPLASH: Spitzer Large Area Survey with Hyper-Suprime-Cam Peter Capak - SSC-IPAC Abstract Primary Article Team's Site
	SpIES 90045	SpIES: The Spitzer-IRAC Equatorial Survey Gordon Richards - Drexel Abstract Primary Article Data Deliveries
	Cycle 10
	SPLASH2 10042 10159	SPLASH: Spitzer Large Area Survey with Hyper-Suprime-Cam Peter Capak - California Institute of Technology Abstract
	Cycle 11
	SMUVS 11016	SMUVS: Spitzer Matching survey of the UltraVISTA ultra-deep Stripes Karina Caputi - University of Groningen Abstract Primary Article Data Deliveries
	SPIRITS11 11063	SPIRITS: SPitzer InfraRed Intensive Transients Survey Mansi Kasliwal - Carnegie Institution of Washington Abstract Primary Article
	GREATS 11134	GREATS: GOODS Re-ionizaton Era wide-Area Treasury from Spitzer Ivo Labbe - University of Leiden Abstract
	DEEPDRILL 11086	A warm Spitzer survey of the LSST/DES "Deep drilling" fields Mark Lacy - NRAO Abstract
	Cycle 6
	KEPLER 60028	Confirmation and Characterization of Kepler Mission Exoplanets: The Era of Rock and Ice Exoplanets David Charbonneau - Harvard University Abstract Primary Article Team's Site
	DYNAMIC_PLANETS 60021	Dynamic Studies of Exoplanet Atmospheres: From Global Properties to Local Physics Heather Knutson - University of California Berkeley Abstract
	YSOVAR 60014, 61020, 61021, 61022, 61023, 61024, 61025, 61026, 61027, 61028, 61029, 61030	Young Stellar Object Variability: Mid Infrared Clues to Accretion Disk Physics & Protostar Rotational Evolution John Stauffer - Spitzer Science Center Abstract Primary Article Team's Site Data Deliveries
	ExploreNEOS 60012, 61010, 61011, 61012, 61013	The Warm Spitzer NEO Survey: Exploring the history of the inner Solar System and near Earth space David Trilling - Northern Arizona University Abstract Primary Article
	GLIMPSE360 60020, 61070, 61071, 61072, 61073	Completing the Spitzer Galactic Plane Survey Barbara Whitney - Space Science Institute Abstract Team's Site Data Deliveries
	Cycle 8
	KEPLER2 80117	Validating the First Habitable-Zone Planet Candidates Identified by the NASA Kepler Mission David Charbonneau - Harvard Abstract Primary Article Team's Site
	EXTREME_PLANETS 80073,80219 80220	Life on the Edge: Planetary Atmospheres in Extreme Environments Heather Knutson - UC Berkeley Abstract
	SNAPCURVES 80016	Comparative Atmospheric Study of Exoplanets Jessica Krick - Spitzer Science Center Abstract Primary Article
	METCHEV 80179	Weather on Other Worlds: A Survey of Cloud-Induced Variability in Brown Dwarfs Stanimir Metchev - State University of New York, Stony Brook Abstract
	CSI-2264 80040	YSOVAR II: Mapping YSO Inner Disk Structure in NGC 2264 with Simultaneous Spitzer and CoRoT Time Series Photometry John Stauffer - Spitzer Science Center Abstract Primary Article Team's Site Data Deliveries
	DEEPGLIMPSE 80074, 80253	Deep GLIMPSE: Exploring the Far Side of the Galaxy Barbara Whitney - University of Wisconsin, Madison Abstract Team's Site Data Deliveries
	Cycle 9
	STORMS 90063	Extrasolar Storms: The Physics and Chemistry of Evolving Cloud Structures in Brown Dwarf Atmospheres Daniel Apai - Arizona Abstract Primary Article
	MICHAEL.CUSHING 90015	Brown Dwarf and Exoplanet Weather Forecasts: Are Y Dwarfs Partly Cloudy? Michael Cushing - Toledo Abstract
	KEPLERATMO 90092	New Frontiers for Comparative Exoplanetology In the Era of Kepler Jean-Michel Desert - Caltech Abstract
	CARRLYRAE 90002,90088 90089,90090	The Carnegie RR Lyrae Program Wendy Freedman - Carnegie Obs. Abstract
	ECCENTRIC_PLANETS 90032	The Eccentric Exoplanets: A Survey of Atmospheric Heating and Variability Heather Knutson - Caltech Abstract
	SFR_PM 90071	A Proper-Motion Census of Star-Forming Regions in the Solar Neighborhood Adam Kraus - SAO Abstract
	Cycle 10
	SMASH2013 10015,10160, 10161	SMASH: Spitzer Merger History and Shape of the Galactic Halo Kathryn Johnston - Columbia University Abstract
	Cycle 11
	ANDREWGOULD 11006,11190, 11191,11192, 11193,11194 11195	Galactic Distributon of Planets from Spitzer Microlens Parallaxes Andrew Gould - Ohio State University Abstract
	GEOMETRY 11174	A Paradigm Shift in Substellar Classification: Understanding the Apparent Diversity of Substellar Atmospheres through Viewing Geometry Stan Metchev - The University of Western Ontario Abstract
	NEOSURVEY 11002	An Exploraton Science Survey of Near Earth Object Properties David Trilling - Northern Arizona University Abstract Primary Article Team's Site
	Cycle 13
	BEST_OF_BEST 13044	Transits and Eclipses of the Best of the Best: 23 Hot Jupiters for Atmospheric Characterization by Spitzer, Hubble, and JWST Drake Deming - University of Maryland at College Park Abstract
	RED_WORLDS 13067	Red worlds: Spitzer exploration of a compact system of temperate terrestrial planets transiting a nearby Jupiter-sized star Michael Gillon - University of Liege Abstract
	ULENS2017 13005,13169, 13170,13171, 13172,13173, 13176,13177, 13178,13179, 13180,13181	Galactic Distribution of Planets Spitzer Microlens Parallaxes Andrew Gould - The Ohio State University Abstract
	KBS-PC 13038	The Ultimate Spitzer Phase Curve Survey Kevin Stevenson - University of Chicago Abstract

Frontier Legacy

Frontier Legacy programs were introduced in Cycle-13. The Spitzer mission began with Legacy programs - large, coherent science investigations that would provide a lasting legacy for the Spitzer mission in addition to the primary science goals of the program. The Frontier Legacy category was introduced to solicit programs that require substantially more time than the typical Exploration Science programs (which were introduced in Cycle-6). These programs were designed to create an important component of the legacy of the Spitzer mission.