Discovery Program Acquisition.
Two Columns
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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. Delia Santiago-Matrese, at delia.santiago-materese@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: | |
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Dr. Delia Santiago-Materese Discovery Program Lead Scientist EMail: delia.santiago-materese@nasa.gov |
Washito Sasamoto Discovery Acquisition Manager EMail: washito.a.sasamoto@nasa.gov |
- 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.