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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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    Planetary Science Conference (2132): 1327. Bibcode:2019LPI....50.1327H. "Missions". Lunar Outpost. Retrieved 27 March 2024. "4 fully-funded missions on...
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    Strategic Science Mission, and funded under the Planetary Missions Program Office's Solar System Exploration program as its second flight. It is also supported...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • May 29, 2019. PMPO staff. "Solar System Exploration Missions List". Planetary Missions Program Office (PMPO). National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
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    There have been 46 (including gravity-assist flybys) space missions to the planet Venus. Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus. The...
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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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    close observations. The program included a number of interplanetary firsts, including the first planetary flyby, the planetary orbiter, and the first gravity...
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    abort, and crewed orbital test. Operational missions were initially planned to begin in 2017, with missions alternating between the two providers. Delays...
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    Whitehead, C.S. Guernsey, Third IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions, Pasadena CA, April–May 1998 and (August–November 1999) Acta Astronautica...
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    The Pioneer programs were two series of United States lunar and planetary space probes exploration. The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Moon thereafter. The Artemis program is organized around a series of Space Launch System (SLS) missions. These space missions will increase in complexity...
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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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  • 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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    pilot program, to demonstrate that high-quality space science can be carried out with small, low-cost missions. Of the three selected missions, SNOE was...
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    Luna programme (redirect from Luna program)
    Anatoly. "Planetary Spacecraft – Moon Missions". RussianSpaceWeb.com. "Comparison of US and Estimated Soviet Expenditures for Space Programs" (PDF). CIA...
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    The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of five uncrewed lunar orbiter missions launched by the United States from 1966 through 1967. Intended to help select...
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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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    Millennium Program were originally named "Deep Space" (for missions demonstrating technology for planetary missions) and "Earth Observing" (for missions demonstrating...
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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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    explored inner planet. As of 2015, the Mariner 10 and MESSENGER missions have been the only missions that have made close observations of Mercury. MESSENGER made...
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  • is the Mission Manager of the Lucy spacecraft at NASA's "Planetary Missions Program" office. IAU · 9270 9271 Trimble 1978 VT8 Virginia Louise Trimble...
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