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Radiation is a real threat to astronauts operating on the moon or potentially farther, according to Nicky Fox, the associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

GeneralGovernanceValue 1.6Sep 25, 2025SpaceX launches 3 probes for NASA, NOAA to study space weather

NASA's Perseverance rover is managed by Caltech and operates under the Science Mission Directorate as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.6Sep 10, 2025Mars Rover discovers potential biosignature

Joel Kearns is the deputy associate administrator for exploration in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

GovernanceValue 3.5Mar 3, 2025Firefly lands on the Moon

Nicky Fox, head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, emphasized the need to return samples quickly for investigation in advanced facilities.

GovernanceCapabilityValue 3.2Jan 8, 2025NASA will zwei Missionsszenarien für Mars-Probenrückholmission prüfen

NASA's Science Mission Directorate indicated that if VIPER did not launch by November 2025, it would have to wait another 9 to 12 months for optimal landing conditions.

PlanValue 4.0Jul 22, 2024Snakebit rover

NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Nicky Fox and ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander signed the agreement on the Rosalind Franklin mission at ESA headquarters in Paris, France on 2024-05-16.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0May 16, 2024NASA + ESA unite for work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover

BurstCube is led by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and funded by the Science Mission Directorate’s Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters.

FinancialRelationshipsGovernanceValue 3.4Mar 24, 2024NASA’s Tiny BurstCube mission launched to study cosmic blasts

Space Tango was awarded approximately $5,000,000 to support the Biological and Physical Sciences division within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate for the Artemis II mission.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Feb 22, 2024Space Tango Receives $5 Million Award from NASA to Provide Support for Artemis II Mission

Space Tango received an award of approximately $5,000,000 to support the Biological and Physical Sciences division within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate for the Artemis II mission.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.7Feb 21, 2024Space Tango Selected by NASA for Key Role in Artemis II Mission

The Apophis 2029 Innovation Listening Workshop is led by NASA’s chief technologist within the Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy rather than by the Science Mission Directorate.

GeneralGovernanceValue 1.0Feb 1, 2024NASA workshop to examine options for Apophis asteroid mission

JPL managed the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate until the mission was retired in January 2020.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.8Jan 2, 2024Key Infrared Telescopes that Set the Stage for NASA’s James Webb

NASA’s New Frontiers Program is managed by Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

GovernanceValue 3.0Oct 16, 2023NASA’s Bennu Asteroid sample contains carbon, water

The CSDA Program will acquire Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data under a five-year multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract in support of the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD), Earth Sciences Division (ESD).

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Oct 5, 2023NASA Selects Umbra as a Commercial SAR Data Provider for their CSDA Program

The CSDA Program will acquire Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data under a five-year, multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the NASA Science Mission Directorate Earth Sciences Division.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.3Oct 3, 2023NASA selects Umbra for its CSDA Program

NASA's biological and physical sciences division moved from the Space Operations directorate to the Science Mission Directorate three years ago.

GovernanceValue 3.0Oct 2, 2023An ambitious decadal survey for research in space

The decadal survey stated that a budget nearer to $1,000,000,000 would raise the profile of BPS science within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

FinancialGeneralValue 3.0Sep 13, 2023Decadal survey recommends massive funding increase for NASA biological and physical sciences

CADRE will launch as a payload on Intuitive Machines’ third lunar lander mission, IM-3, under NASA’s CLPS initiative managed by the Science Mission Directorate.

PlanValue 4.3Aug 7, 2023NASA’s Trio of Mini Rovers to Demonstrate New Autonomous Robotic Technology

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is a partner in the TechFlights 2023 solicitation to support development of transformative research capabilities with the commercial space industry.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 2.6Feb 27, 2023NASA TechFlights 2023 Pre-Solicitation summary released

The programs transferred to the Science Mission Directorate received nearly $7,800,000,000 in the fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill enacted in December.

FinancialValue 4.2Feb 27, 2023Heliophysics director named NASA associate administrator for science

NASA’s Explorers Program is the agency’s oldest continuous program designed to provide frequent, low-cost access to space using principal-investigator-led space science investigations relevant to the Science Mission Directorate’s astrophysics and heliophysics programs.

GeneralValue 1.8Nov 15, 2022MMA Design’s HaWK solar arrays to empower NASA’s SunRISE Mission
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