AAS Goddard SymposiumMarch 30, 2011

Mr. Charles GayDeputy Associate Administrator for SMD

NASA Science

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MESSENGER At Mercury

After passing Earth once and Venus twice, MESSENGER successfully reached orbit insertion at Mercury on March 17, 2011.

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First MESSENGER Image of Mercury from Orbit

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Dawn Arrives at Vesta 07.16.11

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Juno Solar Array Deployment

Juno Nearing Completion for Launch08.05.11

Juno in Assembly

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GRAIL Nearing Completion for Launch 09.08.11

GRAIL-A in

Assembly

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Mars Science Laboratory11.25.11 Launch

SAM Installation

Assembled Spacecraft

Descent Stage

Rover Driving Test

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Aquarius: Measuring Sea Surface Salinity06.09.11

Artist Rendition of Observatory in orbit

Aquarius/SAC-D observatory in Brazil after Environmental Testing

Aquarius is being shipped this week from

Brazil to VAFB

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NPOESS Preparatory Project10.25.11

NPP data will both extend the record of key climate measurements from EOS feed weather forecasting models as part of the operational polar weather satellite system.

VIIRS

CrIS

ATMS

CERES

OMPS

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Radiation Belt Storm Probes – 05.18.12

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Two-spacecraft mission to study the Van Allen Belts and the Sun’s influence on near-Earth space

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SOFIA Science Flights Have Begun

First Science FlightDecember 1, 2010

SOFIA image of the Messier 42 nebula reveals cluster of high-luminosity stars (upper-right) hidden by dust from visible-light imagers

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Hardware Fabrication and Testing Continues on JWST

Cryogenic Test #5 at MSFC

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SMD Solicitations

TYPE: NAME OF SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE

PROPOSAL DUE DATE

TARGET SELECT DATE

OPEN SOLICITATIONSNRA: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES – 2010 (ROSES-2010) NNH10ZDA001N 74 due dates (72 have passed)

2/12/10 4/30/10 thru 3/25/11

Goal: ≤ 150 d after due date

NRA: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES – 2011 (ROSES-2011) NNH11ZDA001N 1 Amendments (as of 3/21/11) 61 due dates (0 have passed) + 1 pending + 4 TBDs

2/18/11 4/30/11 thru 4/30/12

Goal: ≤ 150 d after due date

CLOSED SOLICITATIONSAO: Discovery 2010 NNH10ZDA007O

6/7/10 9/3/10 April 2011

New Frontiers Downselect 1/28/11 June 2011

AO: Explorer 2011 and SALMON (Explorer Missions of Opportunity) Explorer AO NNH11ZDA002O Explorer MO PEA for SALMON NNH08ZDA009O-EXPMO11

11/1/10 2/16/11 August 2011

PLANNED SOLICITATIONSAO: SOFIA Second Generation Instruments (PEA for SALMON) Draft NNH11ZDA009J

Spring 2011 Summer 2011 Late 2011

AO: ESSP Earth Venture – 2: Small Missions Draft NNH11ZDA010J

Draft2/15/11

Comments due 3/11/11

AO: ESSP Earth Venture – Instruments (PEA for SALMON) Draft inSpring 2011

http://soma.larc.nasa.gov/StandardAO/

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NRC Decadal Surveys Shaping Future Plans

Earth Science – “Earth Science and Applications from Space” (NRC, 2007) influenced FY2011 request

Astrophysics – “New Worlds, New Horizons” (NRC, 2010) reflected in FY2012 budget request WFIRST Science Definition Team selected Explorer augmentation Technology development for medium-class missions

Planetary Science – “Visions and Voyages” (NRC, 2011) will be used to shape the FY2013 budget request

Heliophysics – New decadal survey expected in Spring 2012; will be used to shape the FY2014 budget request