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Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration

NASA competitive program for formulating and developing focused planetary and heliophysics investigations that can be flown on small spacecraft, accepting a higher risk posture and streamlined oversight to expand lower-cost science flight opportunities across the Solar System.

Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration
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Identity

Aliases
SIMPLExSmall, Innovative Missions for PLanetary Exploration
Domains
spaceflight
Name
Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration
Status
active
Types
explorationscience

Details

Description
NASA competitive program for formulating and developing focused planetary and heliophysics investigations that can be flown on small spacecraft, accepting a higher risk posture and streamlined oversight to expand lower-cost science flight opportunities across the Solar System.
Leads
Participants
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Start Date
2014

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Creation Time
July 29, 2026 at 16:06:46 UTC
Updated Time
August 21, 2026 at 13:10:40 UTC
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Official Urls
https://soma.larc.nasa.gov/simplex/https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-escapade-ready-to-study-space-weather-from-earth-to-mars/https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/grantstats0324.pdf