New Frontiers
Committee praises NASA’s planetary science program but raises some concerns
NASA has done a good job implementing the recommendations of its latest planetary science decadal survey despite past budget problems, but needs to improve some programs, a recent report concluded.
NASA selects comet and Titan missions as New Frontiers finalists
NASA has selected missions to return samples from a comet and to explore Titan with a drone as finalists for the next New Frontiers medium-class planetary science mission.
NASA begins next New Frontiers competition ahead of schedule
NASA released an announcement of opportunity (AO) for the agency’s next New Frontiers planetary science mission Dec. 9, kicking off a multi-year competition at least a month earlier than widely expected.
Two Discovery Missions Now Means Fewer Later, NASA Official Says
The agency has said it could select two of the five finalists for the latest of its Discovery-class planetary missions — including two Venus concepts and three asteroid concepts — next year for full-scale development.
NASA To Jump-start New Frontiers Competition With ‘Homesteader’ Awards
Competition for NASA’s fourth New Frontiers class of medium-sized robotic solar-system missions won’t start for at least a month, but the agency is planning to give some would-be competitors a head start with a small round of technology development funding.
NASA Sets Next $1 Billion New Frontiers Competition for 2016
NASA's next New Frontiers competition will begin in 2016, NASA's Jim Green, director of planetary science, said Feb. 20. At stake: $1 billion in funding for a new robotic solar-system mission that would launch in 2021.
