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Transcript of NASA Science
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