NASA's Planetary Science, Division sponsors a competitive program of small spacecraft missions with the goal of performing focused science investigations that complement NASA's larger planetary science explorations at relatively low cost. The goal of the Discovery program is to launch many smaller missions with fast development times to increase our understanding of the solar system by exploring the planets, dwarf planets, their moons, and small bodies such as comets and asteroids. Discovery missions are solicited from the broad planetary science community approximately every 2 years. Active missions within the Discovery program include several with direct scientific or engineering connections to potential future missions to the edge of the solar system and beyond.


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    Title :

    NASA's Discovery Program: Moving Toward the Edge (of the Solar System)


    Contributors:
    L. Johnson (author) / P. Gilbert (author)

    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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