The recommendations from Astro2020, the 2018 Exoplanet Science Strategy and the 2018 An Astrobiology Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe reports are all factored into the 2025 ExEP Science Gap List .The “ highest priority for space frontier missions ” is a future large near- infrared/optical/ultraviolet space telescope optimized for observing habitable exoplanets and general astrophysics, nominally with diameter ~6 meters and capable of high-contrast (~10 -10 ) imaging and spectroscopy, and which is now referred to as the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO).The Astro2020 recommendation aligned well with the 2018 ESS recommendation that NASA lead “ a large strategic direct imaging mission capable of measuring the reflected-light spectra of temperate terrestrial planets orbiting Sun-like stars,”