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.

Identity

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

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.
Start Date: 2014

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Creation Time: July 29, 2026 at 16:06:46 UTC
Updated Time: July 29, 2026 at 16:06:46 UTC

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Leads
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
Participants: -
Types: explorationscience