Discovery Program Acquisition.

Discovery Program Acquisition.

Two Columns


Introduction

This website is designed to answer your questions about current and upcoming Announcements of Opportunity (AO) to propose a Discovery Mission and/or Mission of Opportunity. It will be updated regularly. Questions may also be addressed to the Discovery Program Lead Scientist, Dr. Tom Wagner, at thomas.wagner@nasa.gov.

The Discovery Program currently consists of Discovery Missions (NEAR, Mars Pathfinder, Lunar Prospector, Stardust, Genesis, CONTOUR, MESSENGER, Deep Impact, Kepler, Dawn, GRAIL, InSight, Psyche, and Lucy), five Missions of Opportunity (ASPERA-3, Moon Mineralogy Mapper, NExT, EPOXI, and Strofio), the Discovery Data Analysis Program, the Sample Return Laboratory Instruments and Data Analysis Program, and planning for future mission announcements of opportunity.
 
We welcome your input.

Contact Us:
Dr. Tom Wagner
Discovery Program Lead Scientist
EMail: thomas.wagner@nasa.gov
Odilyn S. Luck
Discovery Acquisition Manager
EMail: odilyn.luck@nasa.gov

 

Discovery 2019 AO News
  • June 2, 2021 …. NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. These investigations are the final selections from four mission concepts NASA picked in February 2020 as part of the agency’s Discovery 2019 competition. (NASA Press Release 21-073)
  • February 13, 2020 .... NASA announced the science investigations selected for the 2019 Discovery Announcement of Opportunity (AO) (NASA Press Release 20-016)
  • April 1, 2019 .... The final Discovery 2019 Announcement of Opportunity has been released. It has been posted at the linked location for " Discovery 2019 AO" under "Site Index" to the left.
  • March 20, 2019 .... Program Library updated, including provision of the ELV Launch Services Information Summary. NASA Response to Draft Discovery 2019 AO Feedback posted at the linked location for "DRAFT AO Q&A" under "Site Index" to the left.
  • December 12, 2018 .... The DRAFT Discovery 2019 Announcement of Opportunity has been released. It has been posted at the linked location for "DRAFT Discovery 2019 AO" under "Site Index" to the left.