Data driven investigations of the Coronagraph Instrument
A report from Science outlines a proposal by Laurent Pueyo of the Space Telescope Science Institute to work with the Roman Coronagraph Instrument project to maximize the Coronagraph Instrument technology demonstration return and transfer knowledge to the Habitable World Observatory (HWO).
The proposal emphasizes that the Coronagraph Instrument is the only flight demonstrator of technologies critical to exo‑Earth detection and that lessons from its ground testing will inform GOMAP and HWO mission formulation. The proposed program would conduct data‑driven investigations using ground test measurements to inform HWO technology maturation and mission planning.