PLANET ARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS AND PROMISE
CONTENTS:
compiled by
Dr. Leonard Srnka,
Staff Scientist
Lunar and Planetary Institute
3303 NASA Road One
Houston, Texas 77058
NASA PLANETARY
EXPLORATION PLANS:
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
PLANET ARY EXPLORATION
PROGRESS-1978
NASA SPACE SCIENCE
PROGRAM FUNDING:
5 -YEAR PLAN
NASA OSS 5-YEAR PLAN:
PLANETARY PROGRAM
FUNDING
REFERENCE COP'I
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE
Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 297 (June 1978 update>
NASA PLANETARY EXPLORATION PLANS
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
MISSION
PIONEER VENUS ORBITER
PIONEER VENUS MULTIPROBE
PIONEER 11
VOYAGER 1
VOYAGER 2
SOLAR MAXIMUM MISSION
VENUS ORBITAL IMAGING RADAR
SOLAR POLAR MISSION
GALILEO MISSION
COMET HALLEYlTEMPEL 2 MISSION , . 'J •
or
COMET ENCKE RENDEZVOUS
MARS GEOCHEMICAL ORBITER
MARS SAMPLE RETURN
SATURN ORBITER DUAL PROBE
EVENTS
ORBIT INSERTION, DECEMBER 1978
VENUS ENCOUNTER/ENTRY, DECEMBER 1978
SATURN ENCOUNTER, SEPTEMBER 1979
JUPITER ENCOUNTER, MARCH 1979
SATURN ENCOUNTER, NOVEMBER 1980
JUPITER ENCOUNTER, JULY 1979
SATURN ENCOUNTER, AUGUST 1981
URANUS ENCOUNTER, JANUARY 1986
LAUNCH, OCTOBER 1979
VENUS ENCOUNTER, SPRING 1985
JUPITER ENCOUNTER, 1984
SOLAR POLES PASSAGE, 1986
MARS FLYBY, APRIL 1982
JUPITER ENCOUNTER (ORBIT INSERTION/ PROBE ENTRY), 1985
HALLEY ENCOUNTER, NOVEMBER 1985
TEMPEL 2 ENCOUNTER, JULY 1988
ENCKE ENCOUNTER, 1987
MARS ENCOUNTER, 1987
MARS ENCOUNTER, 1989
EARTH RETURN, 1991
SATURN ENCOUNTER, 1992
from NASA Headquarters 5-year plan
May 1978
PLANETARY EXPLORATION
-- PROGRESS AND PROMISE
CONTENT S: Planetary exploration progress - 1977 The future Inner planets plan Outer planets plan Small bodies plan
compiled by Dr. Leonard Srnka, Staff Scientist
LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE
3303 NASA Road One
Houston, TX 77058
September 1977
LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE CONTRIBUTION No. 297
fig. 1 fig. 2 fig. 3 fig. 4 fig. 5
PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS - 1977
EXTENDED EXPLORATION, DETAILED STUDY, RESOURCE UTILIZATION MINERALOGY. PETROLOGY, AGE DATING, EXOBIOLOGY EXTENDED SURFACE MEASUREMENTS SURFACE COMPOSITION, GEOLOGY, EXOBIOLOGY DETAILED ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE. COMPOSITION GLOBAL GEOLOGY. GEOCHEMISTRY. GEOPHYSICS, ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS SURFACE MAPPING,
MANNED LANDING SAMPLE RETURN
ROVER
LANDER
ATMOSPHERIC PROBE
ATMOSPHERIC & MAGNETOSPHERIC SURVEY
POLAR ORBITER
PRELIMINARY ORBITER
GROSS CHARACTERISTICS, SURFACE FEATURES
SOLAR SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
GENERAL SURVEY
FLYBY
INTER PLANET ARV PROBE
TELESCOPES
(\({/] ACCOMPLISHED
� APPROVED
D UNDER STUDY
�USSR
THE FUTURE
RECONNAISSANC.E COMETS ASTEROIDS URANUS
EXPLORATION
INTENSIVE STUDY
SPACE UTILIZATION
HALLEY MULTIPLE
RENDEZVOUS ASTERIOD
RENDEZVOUS
VOYAGER
EXTENDED
MISSION
VENUS
VOIR
SATURN MERCURY
SOP2
MARS
MARS 84
MOON LPO
MeO
MOON
MSR LPO
CURRENT PROGRAMS
VIKING
PIONEER VENUS
FY 79-83 NEW STARTS
MARS 1984
VENUS ORB. IMAG. RADAR
LUNAR POLAR ORBITER
MERCURY ORBITER
MARS SAMPLE RETURN
CURRENT PROGRAMS PIONEER 10 & 11
VOYAGER
JUPITER ORBITER/PROBE
FY 79-83 NEW STARTS SATURN ORB/DUAL PROBE
VOYAGER• URANUS
CURRENT PROGRAMS NONE
FY 79-83 NEW STARTS HALLEY RENDEZVOUS
ASTEROID MUL T, REND
INNER PLANETS PLAN
FY 71 FY 71 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY ll FY 114 FY 15 FY H FY 17 FY II FY II FY 90 FY 11 FY 92 FY IJ FY 14
OUTER PLANETS PLAN
A DEVELOPMENT START 6 �AUN�H I I Q TARGET-ENCOUNTER
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FY 71 FY 71 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 FY 18 FY 17 FY II FY h FY IO FY 91 FY 92 FY 13 FY 14
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SMALL BODIES PLAN
FY 71 FY 71 FY IO FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 115 FY 16 FY 17 FY II FY 11
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A DEVELOPMENT START
6 �AUN+ I I Q TARGET ENCOUNTER
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FY 90 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14
I I I I A DEVELOPMENT START 6 :LAUNfH I I Q TARGET-ENCOUNTER
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PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS - 1978
EXTENDED EXPLORATION,
DETAILED STUDY, RESOURCE UTILIZATION
MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY,
AGE DA TING, EXOBIOLOGY
EXTENDED SURFACE
MEASUREMENTS
SURFACE COMPOSITION,
GEOLOGY, EXOBIOLOGY
DETAILED ATMOSPHERIC
STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION
MANNED
LANDING
SAMPLE,
RETURN
ROVER
LANDER
ATMOSPHERIC
PROBE
GLOBAL GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, POLAR
GEOPHYSICS, ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS ORBITER
SURFACE MAPPING, PRELIMINARY
ATMOSPHERIC & MAGNETOSPHERIC SURVEY ORBITER
GROSS CHARACTERISTICS, FLYBY
SURFACE FEATURES
INTERPLANETARY SOLAR SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT PROBE
GENERAL SURVEY TELESCOPES
□ ACCOMPLISHED
� APPROVED
□ UNDER STUDY
NASA SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAM FUNDING
5 - YEAR PLAN 1200
Cl) a:
<( 1000 _J _J
0 0
I-I.LI 800 TOTAL PROGRAM
\0 :::> Ill
O> SCIENCES ,.._ 600 � >-I&.
I&. 0 400 Cl) z SOLA R TERRESTRIAL 0
_J _J
200 i
ASTROPHYSICS
0 '78 '79
1 80 181 1 82 183
FISCAL YEAR
NASA oss 5-YR PLAN
PLANETARY PROGRAM FUNDING 450
375 SATURN ORBITER
<(/)-DUAL PROBE
:e 300
a::
225 I-
Cl ::) Ill
150 GALILEO O> ,.._ R
75 MISSION OPERATIONS a DATA ANALYSIS
0 RESEARCH a ANALYSIS
1 78 1 791 80 1 81 182 183
FISCAL YEAR
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1978-771-083/ 2244
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