THE DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HAS ESTABLISHED MULTIPLE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) TO CONDUCT MISSION SPECIFIC RESEARCH IN THE PLANETARY SCIENCES. THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO FACILITATE UNINTERRUPTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEXT GENERATION SPECTROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION USED IN EARTH-BASED AND SPACE-BASED STUDIES OF PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES BY AN EXPERIENCED SCIENTIST NAMELY DR. TILAK HEWAGAMA. DR. HEWAGAMA HAS BEEN WORKING ON THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IS WELL AWARE OF THEIR SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS AND THE ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. DR. HEWAGAMA A UMD EMPLOYEE WORKING AT GSFC WILL ALSO SUPPORT TWO PROGRAMS NEW TO HIM THE OSIRIS-REX AND JUNO MISSIONS. DR. HEWAGAMA WILL SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT THE CALIBRATION OF THE OSIRIS-REX VISIBLE AND INFRARED SPECTROMETER (OVIRS) WORKING WITH THE TEAM TO CONSTRUCT MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE AS NECESSARY A MASTER CALIBRATION TO BE DELIVERED TO THE OSIRIS-REX SCIENCE PROCESSING AND OPERATIONS CENTER FOR USE IN PIPELINE PROCESSING OF ASTEROID BENNU MEASUREMENTS. DR. HEWAGAMA WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE JUNO MISSION ATMOSPHERIC VOLATILE STUDIES OF JUPITER BY ACQUIRING NEW HIGH SPECTRAL AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION GROUND-BASED INFRARED OBSERVATIONS OF JUPITER. DR. HEWAGAMA VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES WILL IMPLEMENT RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS TO AID IN INTERPRETING THE OBSERVATIONS.