Artykuły o The fifth New Frontiers mission

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NASA to delay next New Frontiers competition
by 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/JHUAPL

WASHINGTON — 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.

Source: https://spacenews.com/nasa-to-delay-next-new-frontiers-competition/

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Next New Frontiers mission will retain same set of destinations
by Jeff Foust — May 26, 2021 [SN]


A comet sample return mission called CAESAR was a finalist in the most recent New Frontiers competition. That mission theme will be one of several that will be retained in the next New Frontiers competition despite a two-year delay. Credit: NASA

WASHINGTON — A delay of up to two years in the next New Frontiers planetary science mission competition won’t change the potential destinations for that mission.

NASA announced May 12 it was delaying the release of a draft announcement of opportunity for the fifth New Frontiers mission from this October to as late as October 2023. The agency said that the costs of missions currently in peak development and “COVID-related challenges” forced NASA to delay the competition.

Source: https://spacenews.com/next-new-frontiers-mission-will-retain-same-set-of-destinations/