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NASA Discovery Program

NASA’s Discovery Program provides frequent flight opportunities for focused, high-quality planetary science investigations that can be completed under a not-to-exceed cost cap. Its competitive series of missions and missions of opportunity addresses pressing planetary-science questions, supplies data to the Planetary Data System, expands investigator participation, and advances proven technologies.

NASA Discovery Program
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Discovery ProgramNASA DiscoveryDiscovery planetary missions
Domains
spaceflight
Name
NASA Discovery Program
Status
active
Types
researchsciencedevelopment

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Description
NASA’s Discovery Program provides frequent flight opportunities for focused, high-quality planetary science investigations that can be completed under a not-to-exceed cost cap. Its competitive series of missions and missions of opportunity addresses pressing planetary-science questions, supplies data to the Planetary Data System, expands investigator participation, and advances proven technologies.
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Creation Time
August 13, 2026 at 09:09:36 UTC
Updated Time
August 21, 2026 at 13:35:22 UTC
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Official Urls
https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/programs/discovery/https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/smd-programs-2/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/insight/launch/appendix/discovery/
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