Get information, facts, photos, news, videos, and more about the future of spaceflight and upcoming NASA missions from National Geographic. NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial sea on one of Saturn's moons; or study in unprecedented detail the surface of a comet's nucleus. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., would lead the Mars investigation. NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first mission.Each investigation team will receive $3 million to conduct its mission's concept phase or preliminary design studies and analyses.
After another detailed review in 2012 of the concept studies, NASA will select one to continue development efforts leading up to launch. The selected mission will be cost-capped at $425 million, not including launch vehicle funding. It will be very interesting to follow this project to see what possible mission NASA deems most valuable for them and thus where to invest time and money.NASA's Discovery Program requested proposals for spaceflight investigations in June 2010. A panel of NASA and other scientists and engineers reviewed 28 submissions. The selected investigations could reveal much about the formation of our solar system and its dynamic processes. Three technology developments for possible future planetary missions also were selected. NASA space plans include trips to Mars, Jupiter, Pluto and the Sun as well as climate change operations.
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