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Discovery Program

The Discovery Program is a series of Solar System exploration missions funded by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through its Planetary Missions Program Office. The cost of each mission is capped at a lower level than missions from NASA's New Frontiers or Flagship Programs. As a result, Discovery missions tend to be more…

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Discovery Program

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related to Missions of opportunity · 87
Discovery Program → ASPERA-3, Brown University, Carle Pieters, Center, Characterization, CNES NetLander Mars, Comets, Cornell University, David, David Winningham, December, Deep Impact, Deep Impact Extended Investigation, Deimos, DIXI, Drake Deming, EPOCh, EPOXI, ESA, ESA's BepiColombo
related to Discovery 13 and 14 · 22
Discovery Program → AO, Chemistry, DAVINCI, December, Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation, Draft Announcement, Imaging, In February, InSAR Topography, LucyPsyche, NASA, Near-Earth Object Camera, NEOCam, Noble, November, Opportunity, Radio Science, September, Spectroscopy, The
related to history · 15
Discovery Program → December, Discovery, Division, February, In, Mars, Mars Pathfinder, NASA, NASA's Solar System Exploration, NEAR Shoemaker, Small Mission Program Group, Sojourner, Solar System, The, This
related to Discovery 17 and beyond · 14
Discovery Program → Announcement, Astrobiology, Discovery, Discovery Program's, Fiscal Responsibility Act, In October, Lori Glaze, NASA, National Academies' Committee, New Frontiers, On August, Opportunity, Planetary Science, Planetary Science Division Director
related to Discovery 7 and 8 · 11
Discovery Program → Both, Deep Impact, In, In July, Mariner, Mercury, MESSENGER, NASA, The, Those, US
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Discovery Program → Official NASA, Spaceflight
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Discovery Program → series of Solar System exploration missions funded by the U.S

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Discovery Programis aseries of Solar System exploration missions funded by the U.S0.90text
outgassing.Titan Mare Explorerinstance ofa mission to comet 46P/Wirtanen that would've utilised multiple short flights to repeatedly land on the comet's nucleus in order to map various geological processes0.80text
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14In February0.60section
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14NASA0.60section
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14Draft Announcement0.60section
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14Opportunity0.60section
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14December0.60section
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14The0.60section
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14AO0.60section
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14November0.60section
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14September0.60section
Discovery Programrelated to Discovery 13 and 14Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation0.60section

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