{{Refimprove|date=December 2009}} NASA's '''Origins program''' is a decades-long study addressing the origins of the universe, various astronomical bodies, and life. The Origins program was started in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution_of_Technology/NASA/Tech2.htm |title=United States Centennial of Flight Commission - NASA |access-date=2011-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014113034/http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution_of_Technology/NASA/Tech2.htm |archive-date=2011-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
So far, it consists of the following missions: * '''ground-based''' ** Keck telescopes* ** Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer* ** Keck Interferometer* * '''airborne''' ** Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)* * '''space based''' ** Hubble Space Telescope (HST)* ** Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) - completed ** Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) - completed ** Kepler Space Observatory - completed ** Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) - cancelled ** Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) - cancelled ** James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) * ** Single Aperture Far Infrared Observatory (SAFIR) ** Large UV/Optical Telescope ** Life Finder ** Planet Imager
Missions marked with * are operational.
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==External links== *[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/origins.pdf Origins Program - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]
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