NASA's New Frontiers Mission Priorities

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NASA’s fifth New Frontiers mission will likely be a probe to Saturn, a network of sensors across the Moon, and a daring attempt to bring material from a dwarf planet to Earth

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The National Academies of Sciences , Engineering, and Medicine published its proposed science themes for NASA ’s fifth New Frontiers mission.

Some of the promising candidates are a probe to Saturn , a network of sensors spread across the Moon , and a daring attempt to take material from a dwarf planet and bring it to Earthâreminiscent of the OSIRIS -REx mission.

The timing of the mission announcement of opportunity is delayed to no earlier than 2026 , which has it overlapping with the timeframe for the sixth iteration of the program.

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