Michael Lampton

Michael L. Lampton
Born(1941-03-01)March 1, 1941
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 9, 2023(2023-06-09) (aged 82)
Oakland, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory
Space career
UC Berkeley Payload Specialist
MissionsSTS-9, STS-45
Mission insignia

Michael Logan Lampton (March 1, 1941 – June 9, 2023) was an American astronaut, scientist, and founder of the optical ray tracing company Stellar Software. He was also known for his paper on electroacoustics with Susan M Lea, The theory of maximally flat loudspeaker systems.[1]

Personal life

Michael Logan Lampton was born March 1, 1941, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[2] In 1961, while Lampton was attending Caltech he was one of the "Fiendish Fourteen", 14 students responsible for the Great Rose Bowl Hoax. He was married to San Francisco State University graduate professor and theoretical astrophysicist, Susan M. Lea,.[3] They had one daughter, Jennifer Lea Lampton.[4]

Michael Lampton died in Oakland, California, on June 9, 2023, at the age of 82.[5]

Education

SuperNova Acceleration Probe (SNAP) Project

Lampton was heavily involved with the SNAP project.[6] SNAP, the Supernova/Acceleration Probe, was to study exploding stars called supernovae, as well as the gentle smearing of the light from distant galaxies due to gravity — called weak gravitational lensing — and put limits on what may or may not be the force driving the outward pull on the Universe. SNAP was to investigate over one thousand square degrees of sky with a 500 megapixel camera.[7]

SNAP was part of the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM), a cooperative venture between NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy. SNAP collaborators John Mather and George Smoot were awarded the 2006 Nobel prize in physics.[8] The SNAP was superseded by the Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST).,[9] and now the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – or Roman Space Telescope, – a NASA observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. The telescope was initially developed as the WFIRST, and renamed in 2020 to honor Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first Chief of Astronomy. Roman has been called the “mother” of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.[10]

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Project

Lampton was heavily involved with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument project.[11]

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will measure the effect of dark energy on the expansion of the universe. It will obtain optical spectra for tens of millions of galaxies and quasars, constructing a 3D map spanning the nearby universe to 11 billion light years.

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) Project

Lampton was heavily involved with the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer project.[12]

The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer, a NASA explorer class satellite mission, was launched on June 7, 1992 and it operated till January 31, 2001. EUVE is entirely dedicated to observations in the wavelength range from 70 to 760 Å. The first phase of the mission (six months) was dedicated to an all-sky survey using the imaging instruments. The second phase instead is dedicated to pointed observations with mainly the spectroscopic instruments.

Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST) Project

Lampton was heavily involved with the Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope project.[13]

The Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope[14] is a compact, wide field-of-view, far ultraviolet instrument designed for observations of extended and point sources of astronomical interest. It was originally used in sounding rocket work by both French and American investigators. The instrument was modified for flight on the space shuttle and flew on the Spacelab 1 mission as a joint effort between the Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale and the University of California, Berkeley. The prime experiment objective of this telescope is to observe faint astronomical sources in the far ultraviolet with sensitivities far higher than previously available. The experiment will cover the 1300 to 1800 A band, which is inaccessible to observers on earth. The observing program during the mission consists of obtaining deep sky images during spacecraft nighttime. The targets will include hot stars and nebulae in our own galaxy, faint diffuse galactic features similar to the cirrus clouds seen by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), large nearby galaxies, nearby clusters of galaxies, and objects of cosmological interest such as quasars and the diffuse far ultraviolet background.

Fire Urgency Estimator in Geostationary Orbit (FUEGO) Project

Lampton participated in the Fire urgency estimator in geosynchronous orbit (FUEGO) project.[15]

The Fire Urgency Estimator in Geostationary Orbit (FUEGO) Mission[16] will continuously observe a large area of the Earth (primarily the western US) to rapidly identify the ignition of wildland fires and track their motions. FUEGO provides agencies and fire fighters on the ground with real-time actionable information that has vastly higher spatial resolution and is updated more frequently than is currently available. We envision that the imagery and notifications from FUEGO will feed into an integrated fire information and management system to help limit the destruction from wildfires.

NASA Astronaut Program

Lampton was a NASA payload specialist from 1978 to 1992.[2] Below is a list of the missions he was a part of.

Year Mission Position
1983 STS-9/Columbia selected and served as backup payload specialist[17]
1985 STS-51-H/Spacelab EOM 1 mission selected as payload specialist (mission cancelled after the technical problems)
1986 STS-61-K/Spacelab EOM 1-2 mission selected as payload specialist (mission cancelled after the Challenger accident)[18]
1989 STS-45/ATLAS-1 selected as payload specialist (the same mission as STS-61K—but renamed), replaced by backup payload specialist Dirk Frimout due to medical problems[19]

References

  1. ^ Lea, S.; Lampton, M. (1972). "The theory of maximally flat loudspeaker systems". IEEE Transactions on Audio and Electroacoustics. 20 (3). IEEE: 200–203. doi:10.1109/TAU.1972.1162374.
  2. ^ a b Joachim Becker. "Astronaut Biography: Michael Lampton". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  3. ^ SFSU | Dr. Susan Lea : https://physics.sfsu.edu/people/susan-lea
  4. ^ Dr. Susan Lea's biography: https://drsusanlea.com/bio.html
  5. ^ "Michael Logan Lampton". Neptune Society. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  6. ^ Lampton, M; Collaboration, SNAP (2002). "[astro-ph/0209549] The SNAP Telescope". arXiv:astro-ph/0209549.
  7. ^ "SNAP". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
  8. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  9. ^ Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/missions/wfirst/
  10. ^ What is the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope? https://www.space.com/nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope
  11. ^ Tie, Suk Sien; Kirkby, David; Martini, Paul; Poppett, Claire; Pappalardo, Daniel; Schlegel, David; Shover, Jonathan; Guy, Julien; Fanning, Kevin; Honscheid, Klaus; Lampton, Michael; Jelinsky, Patrick; Besuner, Robert; Zhang, Kai; Brooks, David; Doel, Peter; Duan, Yutong; Gastañaga, Enrique; Kehoe, Robert; Landriau, Martin; Levi, Michael; Prada, Francisco; Tarle, Gregory (2020). "The DESI sky continuum monitor system". In Evans, Christopher J.; Bryant, Julia J.; Motohara, Kentaro (eds.). Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII. Vol. 11447. p. 187. arXiv:2101.11736. Bibcode:2020SPIE11447E..85T. doi:10.1117/12.2561436. ISBN 9781510636811.
  12. ^ Lampton, Michael (1990). "The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Mission". Large-Scale Surveys of the Sky: 137. Bibcode:1990lsss.conf..137L.
  13. ^ Sasseen, T.P.; Bowyer, S.; Lampton, M.; Wu, X. (1993). "Results from the Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST)". Advances in Space Research. 13 (12): 631–634. Bibcode:1993AdSpR..13l.631S. doi:10.1016/0273-1177(93)90174-A.
  14. ^ The Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19890020055
  15. ^ Pennypacker, Carlton; Jakubowski, Marek; Kelly, Maggi; Lampton, Michael; Schmidt, Christopher; Stephens, Scott; Tripp, Robert (2013). "FUEGO — Fire Urgency Estimator in Geosynchronous Orbit — A Proposed Early-Warning Fire Detection System". Remote Sensing. 5 (10): 5173–5192. Bibcode:2013RemS....5.5173P. doi:10.3390/rs5105173.
  16. ^ FUEGO: https://fuego.ssl.berkeley.edu/
  17. ^ "home/hqnews/1990/90-072". nasa.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  18. ^ "flights/sts61k". astronautix.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2002. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  19. ^ "NASA - ATLAS-1: The First Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science". nasa.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-22.

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