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Project life-cycles• Missions/projects are separated into different phases A to E,
in most cases.
• Pre-Phase A usually has small studies leading into seed funding for Phase A studies, were concepts are being studied/proven.
• No hard ware is being built until Phase B
• Phase C/D are the main hardware implementation phases
• Phase E is the execution phase, with highest costs on the operations and science side.
Resources
• NASA SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
• https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/policy_letters/NM_7120-81_.pdf
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Status Report
Jim Green
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June 12, 2017
Presentation at SBAG
Planetary Science Missions Events2016March – Launch of ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas OrbiterJuly 4 – Juno inserted in Jupiter orbitSeptember 8 – Launch of Asteroid mission OSIRIS – REx to asteroid BennuSeptember 30 – Landing Rosetta on comet CGOctober 19 – ExoMars EDM landing and TGO orbit insertion
2017January 4 – Discovery Mission selection announcedFebruary 9-20 - OSIRIS-REx began Earth-Trojan searchApril 22 – Cassini begins plane change maneuver for the “Grand Finale” August 21 – Total Solar Eclipse across the USSeptember 15 – Cassini crashes into Saturn – end of mission September 22 – OSIRIS-REx Earth flyby
2018May 5 - Launch InSight mission to MarsAugust – OSIRIS-REx arrival at BennuOctober – Launch of ESA’s BepiColomboNovember 26 – InSight landing on Mars
2019 January 1 – New Horizons flyby of Kuiper Belt object 2014MU69
* Completed
Discovery ProgramMars evolution:
Mars Pathfinder (1996-1997)NEO characteristics:NEAR (1996-1999)
Lunar formation:Lunar Prospector (1998-1999)
Comet internal structure:Deep Impact (2005-2012)
Mercury environment:MESSENGER (2004-2015)
Lunar Internal StructureGRAIL (2011-2012)
Comet diversity:CONTOUR (2002)
Solar wind sampling:Genesis (2001-2004)
Nature of dust/coma:Stardust (1999-2011)
ESA/Mercury Surface: Strofio (2017-TBD)
Mars Interior:InSight (2018)
Lunar surface: LRO (2009-TBD)
ExoplanetsKepler (2009-TBD)
Main-belt asteroids: Dawn (2007-TBD)
Trojan Asteroids:Lucy (2021)
Metal Asteroids:Psyche (2022)
JAXA: Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission
• Phobos sample return, Deimos multi-flyby
• Launch 2024, Return sample in 2029 or 2030
• NASA to provide (pending formal agreement) a neutron &
gamma-ray spectrometer (NGRS)
• Proposals for NGRS instrument solicited through Stand-Alone
Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-3).
• Proposals due June 20, 2017.
• NASA & JAXA continue to discuss additional roles and mission
responsibilities
New Frontiers Program
1st NF mission
New Horizons:
Launched January 2006
Flyby July 14, 2015
PI: Alan Stern (SwRI-CO)
2nd NF mission
Juno:
3rd NF mission
OSIRIS-REx:
Launched August 2011
Arrived July 4, 2016
PI: Scott Bolton (SwRI-TX)
Asteroid Sample Return
Launched September 2016
PI: Dante Lauretta (UA)
Jupiter Polar OrbiterPluto-Kuiper Belt
New HorizonsMU69 Next KBO Target
NASA, NH team, and the IAU
Will be working together to
Name MU69 this year. More
Details to Follow.
Flyby January 1, 2019
Juno reveals Jupiter’s Surprising Poles
• Juno has been in orbit since July 4,
2016 – first fully analyzed science
results are now being published of
which this is one example
• Unprecedented view of Jupiter’s poles - doesn’t look like equatorial view of bands and belts
• Colors stretched to emphasis details
but the blue hue is real
• Cyclones nearly the size of the Earth
are the dominate structure
• Huge circumpolar cyclones suggest
numerous science mysteries
• What are their formation
mechanisms?
• Is this situation stable on long
timescales or are we seeing a brief
snapshot in time?
• Why do the north and south poles
have different numbers of storms?
• Why are Jupiter’s poles different than Earth’s and Saturn’s?
Reference: Bolton et al., Science, 2017
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles
Image processed by citizen scientists who used raw
data to produce a more aesthetically pleasing image.
OSIRIS-REx
• Return and analyze a sample of Bennu’s surface
• Map the asteroid & document the sample site
• Measure the Yarkovsky effect
Launched Sept 2016
• February 9-20 - First Science Results: Earth-
Trojan Asteroid Search
• Approx. two-week survey of L4 Region
• Excellent rehearsal for science and ops teams
• No new Trojans discovered; Imaged Jupiter and
four of its moons, plus 17 Main Belt asteroids
• Camera performance better than expected –imaging up to two magnitudes fainter than
anticipated
• March - Six-month instrument calibration and
check-out complete; all instruments nominal
• March 6 - Spacecraft reached furthest
distance from Earth prior to Earth Gravity
Assist (126 million km) and began returning
for flyby on September 22
OSIRIS-REx Mission Highlights
New Frontiers 4 AO
Investigations (listed without priority):
– Comet Surface Sample Return
– Lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin Sample Return
– Ocean Worlds (Titan, Enceladus)
– Saturn Probe
– Trojan Tour and Rendezvous
– Venus In Situ Explorer
Received 12 proposals in response to AO
Proposal review by science and TMC panels is underway
We are on schedule for Step 1 announcement by Christmas for
~3 competitive Phase A studies by Christmas
Announcement of flight selection remains scheduled for May 2019
Launch Readiness Date is NLT Dec. 31, 2025
Final Mars 2020 Candidate Landing Sites
COLUMBIA HILLS• Ancient hot springs of
carbonate, sulfate, and silica-rich material
• Potential biosignatures identified
• Previously explored by Spirit rover
NE SYRTIS• Extremely ancient volcanic
and hydrothermal environments
• Large diversity of hydrated minerals
• Potential subsurface habitability
JEZERO• Ancient lava and water
deposition region• Evidence for hydrous and
clay minerals21
Final site selection targeted for end of 2018
Cassini’s Final Orbits
April 22 – Cassini began the “Grand Finale” September 15 – Cassini crashes into Saturn
• Conduct ~45 low altitude flybys
with lowest 25 km (less than the ice
crust) and a vast majority below 100
km to obtain global regional
coverage
• KDP-C scheduled: October 2018
Europa Clipper Overview
Science
Objective Description
Ice Shell &
Ocean
Characterize the ice shell and any subsurface water, including their
heterogeneity, and the nature of surface-ice-ocean exchange
CompositionUnderstand the habitability of Europa's ocean through composition
and chemistry.
GeologyUnderstand the formation of surface features, including sites of recent
or current activity, and characterize high science interest localities.
ReconCharacterize scientifically compelling sites, and hazards for a potential
future landed mission to Europa
Community Input on Lander SDT
Report
• Given the challenging goal of the lander mission, NASA and the SDT are
eager to hear feedback from the science community on the science
content and science implementation for the mission concept.
• NASA hosted interactive town hall meetings at the primary conferences
for the planetary science and astrobiology communities (LPSC 3/19 and
AbSciCon 4/23) to provide an extended opportunity to communicate the
science content of the report and, equally importantly, to engage in
constructive discussion with the scientific community.
• An executive board collected findings from these town halls and presented
them to NASA for consideration prior to the Mission Concept Review.
• The Europa Lander SDT considered this feedback and has submitted a
response to NASA.
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• 16,188 near-Earth asteroids discovered as of June 3, 2017, by NEO surveys, led by
Catalina Sky Survey and Pan-STARRS and followed up by numerous projects
• Setting a new record with 1,888 NEAs discovered in 2016
• NEOWISE continues in extended mission
• Ground-based characterization continues
• Increased IAWN signatories to eight nations/international entities
• Held third NASA-FEMA Table Top Exercise with FEMA Region 9 in Los Angeles and follow-
on communications exercise with FEMA-NASA HQs public communications officers
• NASA Policy Directive approved for Notification and Communications Regarding
Potential Near-Earth Object Threats
• Established Interagency Working Group for Detecting and Mitigating Impacts of Earth-
bound NEOs (DAMIEN) with Office of Science & Technology Policy
• DAMIEN published the White House National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy
• Convened the NEO Science Definition Team to update 2003 NEO Report – report in final
stages of completion
• Organizing a campaign to recover and characterize 2012 TC4 this year as a way to
exercise the planetary defense system
PDCO Status Report
PDCO Mission Projects
NEOCam: Near-Earth Object Camera
• Selected by Discovery Program for an
extended Phase A effort for FY17 to
define as planetary defense mission
• Delta MCR scheduled for June 26
DART: Double Asteroid Redirection Test
• KDP-B decision memo in signature
process
• Congressional funding via NEOO Program
through FY17
Congratulations to the New SSERVI Teams
Jack Burns,
University
of Colorado
Boulder
Amanda
Hendrix,
Planetary
Science
Institute
Thomas
Orlando,
Georgia
Tech
Alex Parker, SwRI Boulder
Our Most Recent Missions
1. Formation of larger bodies in the Solar System
– New Horizons flyby of MU69, Dawn at Vesta, Psyche
2. Tracers in the evolution of the Solar System
– New Horizons, Dawn at Ceres, MMX, NEO Survey
3. Delivery of elements to initiate and sustain life
– ANSMET, OSIRIS-REx, Hayabusa-2
4. Processes in an evolving Solar System
– New Horizons, Rosetta
5. Hazards to life and human population
– NEOWISE, NEO Survey, NEO Radar observations, DART
6. Resources for exploration and habitation into the future
– ANSMET/characterization, ISRU studies, Commercial ventures