Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program

The Earth System Science Pathfinder Program provides competitively selected Earth-science investigations for emerging priorities. Its portfolio spans orbital missions, instruments of opportunity, sub-orbital projects, development and operations, and science data analysis across atmosphere, oceans, land, ice, and solid Earth.

Identity

Aliases: Earth System Science PathfinderNASA ESSPEarth Venture Program
Domains: spaceflightaviation
Name: Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program
Status: active

Details

Description: The Earth System Science Pathfinder Program provides competitively selected Earth-science investigations for emerging priorities. Its portfolio spans orbital missions, instruments of opportunity, sub-orbital projects, development and operations, and science data analysis across atmosphere, oceans, land, ice, and solid Earth.

Assets & Meta

Creation Time: August 5, 2026 at 02:13:09 UTC
Updated Time: August 5, 2026 at 02:13:09 UTC

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Leads
Official Urls: https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/smd-programs-2/earth-system-science-pathfinder/https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/programs/flight-programs/https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/smd-programs-2/https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/missions/https://science.nasa.gov/mission/clarreo-pathfinder/
Participants: -
Types: scienceresearchdevelopmentoperations