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The Space Inteferometry Mission has selected 10 key projects and five other proposals for studying planetary systems, stars, the Galaxy, and external galaxies.

The Search for Young Planetary Systems and the Evolution of Young Stars
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • Discovery of Planetary Systems with SIM
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • Extrasolar Planets Interferometric Survey (EPIcS)
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • A MASSIF Effort to Determine the Mass-Luminosity
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • Anchoring the Population II Distance Scale: Accurate Ages for Globular Clusters
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • Taking the Measure of the Milky Way
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • Stellar, Remnant, Planetary and Dark-Object Masses from Astrometric Mircolensing
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  • Full proposal
  • Binary Black Holes, Accretion Disks and Relativistic Jets: Photocenters of Nearby AGN and Quasars
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • Dynamical Observations of Galaxies
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • Synthesis Imaging at Optical Wavelength with SIM
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • Exceptional Star Origins, Companions, Masses and Planets
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  • Full proposal
  • Masses and Luminosities of X-ray Binaries
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • A New Approach to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry with SIM Allowing Early Mission Narrow Angle Measurements of Compelling Astronomical Targets
  • Summary
  • Full proposal
  • Open and Globular Cluster Distances for Extragalactic, Galactic and Stellar Astrophysics
  • Summary
  • Full proposal

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