NASA to delay next New Frontiers competitionby Jeff Foust — May 18, 2021 [SN]
NASA said the one-year delay in the launch of the Dragonfly mission (above) to Saturn's moon Titan led it to postpone the call for the next New Frontiers program by two years to keep the budgets for the two missions form overlapping. Credit: NASA/JHUAPLWASHINGTON — NASA will delay the next call for proposals for the New Frontiers program of planetary science missions by two years, a move that could also change what missions will be eligible to compete.
In a May 12 statement, NASA said it was postponing the release of the announcement of opportunity (AO) for the fifth New Frontiers mission. NASA had planned to release a draft version of that AO in October, with the final version released a year later. The agency said the draft AO will now be released in October 2023, and the final version in October 2024. Proposals will be due to NASA 90 days after the release of the final AO.
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