NASA
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
(includes space-based astronomy research)
NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
is the USA government organization for space technology and research.
Among its astronomy and planetary science programs:
- Explorers Program - science missions, both astronomy and Earth science, including Small Explorer Program (SMEX) for Small Explorers, and Medium-class Explorer Program (MIDEX) for Medium Explorers, and for putting scientific payloads on other NASA missions that have the extra capacity, MO for Mission of Opportunity.
- Large Strategic Science Missions aka Flagship Missions - costly programs such as Cassini and JWST.
- New Frontiers Program (NF) - "medium-scale" planetary exploration missions: NF1, NF2, etc.
- Discovery Program - low cost missions, particularly exploring the solar system.
See list of NASA astronomy projects.
NASA was formed in 1958, incorporating the older
US agency, NACA, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics,
which dated from 1915.
(organization,USA)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_strategic_science_missions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Frontiers_program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_Program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Program
https://www.nasa.gov/
https://www.astro.umd.edu/~peel/CPSP119D_101/content/NASA_Mission_Planning.pdf
https://smd-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/science-red/s3fs-public/atoms/files/Hertz_AAS_Townhall_Jun2018_V3_POST.pdf
Referenced by pages:
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ADEC
Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)
AMPTE
Arcus
Ariel 5
Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
ATLAS survey
AXIS
BUSS
CAESAR
Cassini
Catalog of Infrared Observations (CIO)
CHIPS
Cos-B
COSI
Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
Cosmic Dawn Intensity Mapper (CDIM)
DAVINCI
Dawn
decadal survey
decadal survey
Deep Impact
Deep Space 1 (DS1)
Dragonfly (NF4)
Einstein Probe (EP)
Einstein Telescope (ET)
Enceladus Life Finder (ELF)
Enceladus Orbilander
EURECA
Europa Clipper
European Space Agency (ESA)
EXCLAIM
ExoMars
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE)
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)
Fermi (FGST)
FINESSE
Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer (FAME)
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Gamow Explorer
Genesis
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
GOODS
GRAIL
HabEx
HEAO-1
HEAO-2
High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE)
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
IMAGE
IMAP
InSight
International Space Station (ISS)
International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)
Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)
IPAC
IRSA
IRTF
IXPE
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Juno
LAMBDA
LCROSS
LISA
Lunar Prospector
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
LUVOIR
Lynx
Magellan
Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS)
Mars
Mars 2020
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Observer (MO)
Mars Odyssey
Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
Mars Polar Lander (MPL)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
MAST
MAVEN
MDR/SRR
memorandum of understanding (MOU)
Mercury
MESSENGER
Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX)
MMRTG
NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)
NASA Deep Space Network (NASA DSN)
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
NEAR Shoemaker (NEAR)
NEAT
NEO Surveyor
New Horizons (NF1)
NuSTAR
OpenSpace
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO)
OSAM-1
OSIRIS-REx
OSO 7
OSO 8
Phoenix
PIXIE
POEMMA
PRIMA
principal investigator (PI)
Psyche
Psyche
PUNCH
ROCKE-3D
Roman Space Telescope (RST)
Rosalind Franklin
Roscosmos (RKA)
RXTE
Small Astronomy Satellite 2 (SAS 2)
Small Astronomy Satellite 3 (SAS 3)
SOFIA
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Space Launch System (SLS)
SPHEREx
STAR-X
STROBE-X
SUNRISE
Suzaku
Swift
Table Mountain Observatory (TMO)
Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF)
THEMIS
TIM
TRACE
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Uhuru
Ulysses
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)
Venus
VERITAS
VERITAS
Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE)
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
Wind
XRISM
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