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    The Planetary Missions Program Office is a division of NASA headquartered at the Marshall Space Flight Center, formed by the agency's Science Mission Directorate...
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    Planetary Missions Program Office. The cost of each mission is capped at a lower level than missions from NASA's New Frontiers or Flagship Programs....
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    The Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) is a planetary defense organization established in January 2016 within NASA's Planetary Science Division...
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    remaining four missions. Apollo 15 had been planned to be the last of the H series missions, but since there would be only two subsequent missions left, it...
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    Missions to the Moon have been numerous and include some of the earliest space missions, conducting exploration of the Moon since 1959. The first partially...
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  • Kristen J Erickson Planetary Missions Program Office Discovery Program New Frontiers program NASA large strategic science missions Lunar Discovery and...
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    There have been 46 space missions to the planet Venus (including gravity-assist flybys). Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus...
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    project was funded through NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, managed by NASA's Planetary Missions Program Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center...
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    target celestial body and the Earth in the case of sample-return missions. Planetary protection reflects both the unknown nature of the space environment...
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    cannot be met. On January 25, 2021, NASA's Planetary Missions Program Office formally directed the mission team to "immediately cease efforts to maintain...
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    Janus (spacecraft) (category Missions to asteroids)
    fall under the 180 kg mass limit for SIMPLEx missions — will conduct stand-alone planetary science missions. The spacecraft is jointly developed by two...
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    fifth round of New Frontiers missions will occur no later than the fall of 2024. Missions in NASA's New Frontiers Program tackle specific Solar System...
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    planning and prioritizing of the Mars Exploration Program. Mars exploration missions, as do most NASA missions, can be fairly costly. For example, NASA's Curiosity...
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  • The New Frontiers program is a series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA with the purpose of furthering the understanding of the Solar...
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    of the Planetary Missions Program Office at Marshall Space Flight Center for the Planetary Science Division-Science Mission Directorate at NASA HQ.[citation...
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    those of the Apollo Program, Constellation program missions would involve its main vehicle, the Orion spacecraft, flying missions in low Earth orbit to...
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    observations. The program included a number of interplanetary firsts, including the first successful planetary flyby, the planetary orbiter, and the first...
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    The Pioneer programs were two series of United States lunar and planetary space probes. The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully...
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    The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of five uncrewed lunar orbiter missions launched by the United States in 1966 and 1967. Intended to help select...
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    Millennium Program were originally named "Deep Space" (for missions demonstrating technology for planetary missions) and "Earth Observing" (for missions demonstrating...
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  • in the future. The program was initially known as the Mars mission of China at the early stage. It was later announced as Planetary Exploration of China...
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    orbit (LEO) missions during 1965 and 1966. Gemini's objective was the development of space travel techniques to support the Apollo mission to land astronauts...
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  • The Planetary Data System (PDS) is a distributed data system that NASA uses to archive data collected by Solar System missions. The PDS is an active archive...
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    on a Minimum Scale. 3rd IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions. Pasadena, CA. hdl:2014/19161. Whitehead, J. C.; Guernsey, Carl S...
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    construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating...
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    on the Moon from then on. The Artemis program is organized around a series of SLS missions. These space missions will increase in complexity and are scheduled...
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    Harold Masursky (category American planetary scientists)
    contributing to the missions of the Galileo and Magellan spacecraft. He was often interviewed on television as his enthusiasm for the planetary discoveries of...
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  • The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is a scientific research institute dedicated to study of the Solar System, its formation, evolution, and current...
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    Manned Venus flyby (category Apollo program)
    have been in mutual planetary alignment with Venus approximately two weeks after the Venus flyby.[clarification needed] The mission would have been implemented...
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  • established in 2022. This office focuses on mobility platforms and rovers for robotic exploration and payload services on planetary bodies. Along with partner...
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