22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... “Its proximity to Earth makes it especially valuable as a proving ground for deeper space exploration.” NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) initiated the request for proposals leading to these selections as the first step in achieving a variety...
30 April 2018
NASA cancels its lunar Resource Prospector mission
... early 2020s, had started to suffer setbacks when it was moved from the Human Exploration and Operations Directorate to the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) within NASA. Due to funding issues and conflicting scheduling and priorities within the...
12 June 2020
NASA picks Astrobotic to fly VIPER to the Moon
... Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program managed by the agency’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The VIPER mission is part of SMDs Planetary Science Division. NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon...
October 2016
Unlocking the potential of annular ion engines
... by NEXT ion propulsion system The AIE has significant potential for application to NASA science missions, via the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) - which has supported, and continue to support, the maturation and transition-to-flight of the...
