Series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA
For other uses, see New Frontier (disambiguation).
Header of the New Frontiers program website, as of January 2016.[1]
The New Frontiers program is a series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA with the purpose of furthering the understanding of the Solar System.[2] The program selects medium-class missions which can provide high science returns.
NASA is encouraging both domestic and international scientists to submit mission proposals for the program.[3] New Frontiers was built on the innovative approach used by the Discovery and Explorer Programs of principal investigator-led missions. It is designed for medium-class missions that cannot be accomplished within the cost and time constraints of Discovery, but are not as large as Large Strategic Science Missions (Flagship missions).
There are currently three New Frontiers missions in progress and one in development. New Horizons, which was launched in 2006 and reached Pluto in 2015, Juno, which was launched in 2011 and entered Jupiter orbit in 2016, and OSIRIS-REx, launched in September 2016 towards asteroid Bennu for detailed studies from 2018 to 2021 and a sample return to Earth in 2023.
On June 27, 2019, Dragonfly was selected to become the fourth mission in the New Frontiers program.[4][5]
^"New Frontiers Program Official Website (June 2016)". National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). January 15, 2016. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
^Harbaugh, Jennifer (June 18, 2019). "New Frontiers Program". NASA. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^Cite error: The named reference six themes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Bridenstine, Jim (June 27, 2019). "New Science Mission to Explore Our Solar System". Twitter. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
^Brown, David W. (June 27, 2019). "NASA Announces New Dragonfly Drone Mission to Explore Titan - The quadcopter was selected to study the moon of Saturn after a "Shark Tank"-like competition that lasted two and a half years". The New York Times. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
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