NASA Planetary Program and Project life cycles

Project life-cycles• Missions/projects are separated into different phases A to E,

in most cases.

• Pre-Phase A usually has small studies leading into seed funding for Phase A studies, were concepts are being studied/proven.

• No hard ware is being built until Phase B

• Phase C/D are the main hardware implementation phases

• Phase E is the execution phase, with highest costs on the operations and science side.

Landsat 9 mission phases

Resources

• NASA SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS

• https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/policy_letters/NM_7120-81_.pdf

NASA Organizational charts

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Note: Administrator may delegate direct reports to Deputy Administrator at his/her discretion. * Center functional office directors report to Agency functional AA or Chief. Deputy and below report to Center leadership. ** NMO oversees the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other Federally Funded Research and Development Center work

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

November(2015(

Human Exploration and Operations

Mission Directorate

Chief, Safety and Mission Assurance

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Langley Research Center

Stennis Space Center

Johnson Space Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Glenn Research Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Ames Research Center Mission Support

Directorate

Administrator Deputy Administrator

Associate Administrator

Chief of Staff Deputy Associate Administrator Associate Deputy Administrator

Associate Administrator for Strategy and Plans

Chief Engineer

Chief Health and Medical Officer

Chief Financial Officer*

Chief Information Officer*

Chief Scientist

Chief Technologist

Diversity and Equal Opportunity

Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs*

International and Interagency Relations

Education Communications*

Small Business Programs

Advisory Groups NAC and ASAP

Inspector General

Human Capital Management

Strategic Infrastructure

Headquarters Operations

NASA Shared Services Center

Procurement

Protective Services

Aeronautics Research Mission

Directorate

www.nasa.gov

Repor&ng))Structure)Administrator&

Associate&Administrator&

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Office of Strategy and Policy

Office of Agency Council Staff

NASA Management Office**

General Counsel

Science Mission Directorate

Associate Administrator (AA)Thomas Zurbuchen

Deputy AADennis Andrucyk

Deputy AA - ManagementRoy Maizel

Deputy AA - ResearchMichael New (Acting)

SMD Chief TechnologistM. Seablom

JWST Program Office

DirectorE. Smith

Executive Officer E. Gertsen

Resource Management Division

Strategic Integration & Management Division

DirectorC. TupperDeputyK. Wolf

DirectorD. WoodsDeputy

J. Feeley

Earth Science Division

DirectorM. Freilich

DeputyS. Cauffman

Joint Agency Satellite Division

DirectorS. Smalley

DeputyJ. Lee

Heliophysics Division

DirectorM. Luce (Acting)

DeputyM. Luce

Planetary Science Division

DirectorJ. GreenDeputy

D. Schurr

Astrophysics Division

DirectorP. HertzDeputy

A. Razzaghi

FlightE. Ianson

Applied ScienceL. Friedl

ResearchJ. Kaye

Technology (GSFC) G. Komar

Solar Systems ExplorationD. Schurr (Acting)Mars Exploration

J. WatzinPlanetary Research:

J. Rall

Embeds / POCs

Chief Engineer: J. Pellicciotti

Safety & Msn Assurance: P. Panetta

General Counsel: J. Jackson

Office of Legislative & Intergovernmental Affairs: G. Adler

Public Affairs: D. Brown

Office of International & Interagency Relations: G. Kirkham

Updated: September 1, 2017

Science Engagement & Partnerships Division

DirectorK. Erickson

Planetary Protection OfficerC. Conley

Deputy AA - ProgramsGreg Robinson

Planetary Science Division

Status Report

Jim Green

NASA, Planetary Science Division

June 12, 2017

Presentation at SBAG

Planetary Science Missions Events2016March – Launch of ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas OrbiterJuly 4 – Juno inserted in Jupiter orbitSeptember 8 – Launch of Asteroid mission OSIRIS – REx to asteroid BennuSeptember 30 – Landing Rosetta on comet CGOctober 19 – ExoMars EDM landing and TGO orbit insertion

2017January 4 – Discovery Mission selection announcedFebruary 9-20 - OSIRIS-REx began Earth-Trojan searchApril 22 – Cassini begins plane change maneuver for the “Grand Finale” August 21 – Total Solar Eclipse across the USSeptember 15 – Cassini crashes into Saturn – end of mission September 22 – OSIRIS-REx Earth flyby

2018May 5 - Launch InSight mission to MarsAugust – OSIRIS-REx arrival at BennuOctober – Launch of ESA’s BepiColomboNovember 26 – InSight landing on Mars

2019 January 1 – New Horizons flyby of Kuiper Belt object 2014MU69

* Completed

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/subject-matter-experts

Discovery Program

Discovery ProgramMars evolution:

Mars Pathfinder (1996-1997)NEO characteristics:NEAR (1996-1999)

Lunar formation:Lunar Prospector (1998-1999)

Comet internal structure:Deep Impact (2005-2012)

Mercury environment:MESSENGER (2004-2015)

Lunar Internal StructureGRAIL (2011-2012)

Comet diversity:CONTOUR (2002)

Solar wind sampling:Genesis (2001-2004)

Nature of dust/coma:Stardust (1999-2011)

ESA/Mercury Surface: Strofio (2017-TBD)

Mars Interior:InSight (2018)

Lunar surface: LRO (2009-TBD)

ExoplanetsKepler (2009-TBD)

Main-belt asteroids: Dawn (2007-TBD)

Trojan Asteroids:Lucy (2021)

Metal Asteroids:Psyche (2022)

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NEW Discovery Missions

Launch in 2022

Launch in 2021

JAXA: Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission

• Phobos sample return, Deimos multi-flyby

• Launch 2024, Return sample in 2029 or 2030

• NASA to provide (pending formal agreement) a neutron &

gamma-ray spectrometer (NGRS)

• Proposals for NGRS instrument solicited through Stand-Alone

Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-3).

• Proposals due June 20, 2017.

• NASA & JAXA continue to discuss additional roles and mission

responsibilities

New Frontiers Program

New Frontiers Program

1st NF mission

New Horizons:

Launched January 2006

Flyby July 14, 2015

PI: Alan Stern (SwRI-CO)

2nd NF mission

Juno:

3rd NF mission

OSIRIS-REx:

Launched August 2011

Arrived July 4, 2016

PI: Scott Bolton (SwRI-TX)

Asteroid Sample Return

Launched September 2016

PI: Dante Lauretta (UA)

Jupiter Polar OrbiterPluto-Kuiper Belt

New HorizonsMU69 Next KBO Target

NASA, NH team, and the IAU

Will be working together to

Name MU69 this year. More

Details to Follow.

Flyby January 1, 2019

Stellar Occultation of MU69

MU69

Distant StarEarth

June 3, 2017 July 10, 2017 July 17, 2017

Juno reveals Jupiter’s Surprising Poles

• Juno has been in orbit since July 4,

2016 – first fully analyzed science

results are now being published of

which this is one example

• Unprecedented view of Jupiter’s poles - doesn’t look like equatorial view of bands and belts

• Colors stretched to emphasis details

but the blue hue is real

• Cyclones nearly the size of the Earth

are the dominate structure

• Huge circumpolar cyclones suggest

numerous science mysteries

• What are their formation

mechanisms?

• Is this situation stable on long

timescales or are we seeing a brief

snapshot in time?

• Why do the north and south poles

have different numbers of storms?

• Why are Jupiter’s poles different than Earth’s and Saturn’s?

Reference: Bolton et al., Science, 2017

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles

Image processed by citizen scientists who used raw

data to produce a more aesthetically pleasing image.

OSIRIS-REx

• Return and analyze a sample of Bennu’s surface

• Map the asteroid & document the sample site

• Measure the Yarkovsky effect

Launched Sept 2016

• February 9-20 - First Science Results: Earth-

Trojan Asteroid Search

• Approx. two-week survey of L4 Region

• Excellent rehearsal for science and ops teams

• No new Trojans discovered; Imaged Jupiter and

four of its moons, plus 17 Main Belt asteroids

• Camera performance better than expected –imaging up to two magnitudes fainter than

anticipated

• March - Six-month instrument calibration and

check-out complete; all instruments nominal

• March 6 - Spacecraft reached furthest

distance from Earth prior to Earth Gravity

Assist (126 million km) and began returning

for flyby on September 22

OSIRIS-REx Mission Highlights

New Frontiers 4 AO

Investigations (listed without priority):

– Comet Surface Sample Return

– Lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin Sample Return

– Ocean Worlds (Titan, Enceladus)

– Saturn Probe

– Trojan Tour and Rendezvous

– Venus In Situ Explorer

Received 12 proposals in response to AO

Proposal review by science and TMC panels is underway

We are on schedule for Step 1 announcement by Christmas for

~3 competitive Phase A studies by Christmas

Announcement of flight selection remains scheduled for May 2019

Launch Readiness Date is NLT Dec. 31, 2025

Mars Exploration Program

Mars 2020 Landing Site Workshop

Final Mars 2020 Candidate Landing Sites

COLUMBIA HILLS• Ancient hot springs of

carbonate, sulfate, and silica-rich material

• Potential biosignatures identified

• Previously explored by Spirit rover

NE SYRTIS• Extremely ancient volcanic

and hydrothermal environments

• Large diversity of hydrated minerals

• Potential subsurface habitability

JEZERO• Ancient lava and water

deposition region• Evidence for hydrous and

clay minerals21

Final site selection targeted for end of 2018

Outer Planets Program

Cassini’s Final Orbits

April 22 – Cassini began the “Grand Finale” September 15 – Cassini crashes into Saturn

Saturn’s Small Bodies

Encke GapA ring A ring

Pan

• Conduct ~45 low altitude flybys

with lowest 25 km (less than the ice

crust) and a vast majority below 100

km to obtain global regional

coverage

• KDP-C scheduled: October 2018

Europa Clipper Overview

Science

Objective Description

Ice Shell &

Ocean

Characterize the ice shell and any subsurface water, including their

heterogeneity, and the nature of surface-ice-ocean exchange

CompositionUnderstand the habitability of Europa's ocean through composition

and chemistry.

GeologyUnderstand the formation of surface features, including sites of recent

or current activity, and characterize high science interest localities.

ReconCharacterize scientifically compelling sites, and hazards for a potential

future landed mission to Europa

Community Input on Lander SDT

Report

• Given the challenging goal of the lander mission, NASA and the SDT are

eager to hear feedback from the science community on the science

content and science implementation for the mission concept.

• NASA hosted interactive town hall meetings at the primary conferences

for the planetary science and astrobiology communities (LPSC 3/19 and

AbSciCon 4/23) to provide an extended opportunity to communicate the

science content of the report and, equally importantly, to engage in

constructive discussion with the scientific community.

• An executive board collected findings from these town halls and presented

them to NASA for consideration prior to the Mission Concept Review.

• The Europa Lander SDT considered this feedback and has submitted a

response to NASA.

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Planetary Defense Coordination Office

• 16,188 near-Earth asteroids discovered as of June 3, 2017, by NEO surveys, led by

Catalina Sky Survey and Pan-STARRS and followed up by numerous projects

• Setting a new record with 1,888 NEAs discovered in 2016

• NEOWISE continues in extended mission

• Ground-based characterization continues

• Increased IAWN signatories to eight nations/international entities

• Held third NASA-FEMA Table Top Exercise with FEMA Region 9 in Los Angeles and follow-

on communications exercise with FEMA-NASA HQs public communications officers

• NASA Policy Directive approved for Notification and Communications Regarding

Potential Near-Earth Object Threats

• Established Interagency Working Group for Detecting and Mitigating Impacts of Earth-

bound NEOs (DAMIEN) with Office of Science & Technology Policy

• DAMIEN published the White House National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy

• Convened the NEO Science Definition Team to update 2003 NEO Report – report in final

stages of completion

• Organizing a campaign to recover and characterize 2012 TC4 this year as a way to

exercise the planetary defense system

PDCO Status Report

PDCO Mission Projects

NEOCam: Near-Earth Object Camera

• Selected by Discovery Program for an

extended Phase A effort for FY17 to

define as planetary defense mission

• Delta MCR scheduled for June 26

DART: Double Asteroid Redirection Test

• KDP-B decision memo in signature

process

• Congressional funding via NEOO Program

through FY17

Upcoming Opportunities

And SSERVI Selections

Congratulations to the New SSERVI Teams

Jack Burns,

University

of Colorado

Boulder

Amanda

Hendrix,

Planetary

Science

Institute

Thomas

Orlando,

Georgia

Tech

Alex Parker, SwRI Boulder

Role of Small Bodies

Our Most Recent Missions

1. Formation of larger bodies in the Solar System

– New Horizons flyby of MU69, Dawn at Vesta, Psyche

2. Tracers in the evolution of the Solar System

– New Horizons, Dawn at Ceres, MMX, NEO Survey

3. Delivery of elements to initiate and sustain life

– ANSMET, OSIRIS-REx, Hayabusa-2

4. Processes in an evolving Solar System

– New Horizons, Rosetta

5. Hazards to life and human population

– NEOWISE, NEO Survey, NEO Radar observations, DART

6. Resources for exploration and habitation into the future

– ANSMET/characterization, ISRU studies, Commercial ventures

Questions?

Image by john doe

Photo: Ball Aerospace

Mike has made a lasting impact to our science.