PLANET ARY EXPLORATION

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PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS AND PROMISE CONTENTS: compiled by Dr. Leonard Srnka, Staff Scientist Lunar and anetary Institute 3303 NASA Road One Houston, Texas 77058 NASA PLANETARY EXPLORATION PLANS: SIGNIFICANT EVENTS PLANETARY EXPLORATION PRRESS-1978 NASA SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAM FUNDING: 5 -YEAR PLAN NASA OSS 5-YEAR PLAN: PLANETARY PROGRAM FUNDING R E F E R E N C E CO PLêSE DO NOT REME Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 297 (June 1978 update>

Transcript of PLANET ARY EXPLORATION

PLANET ARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS AND PROMISE

CONTENTS:

compiled by

Dr. Leonard Srnka,

Staff Scientist

Lunar and Planetary Institute

3303 NASA Road One

Houston, Texas 77058

NASA PLANETARY

EXPLORATION PLANS:

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

PLANET ARY EXPLORATION

PROGRESS-1978

NASA SPACE SCIENCE

PROGRAM FUNDING:

5 -YEAR PLAN

NASA OSS 5-YEAR PLAN:

PLANETARY PROGRAM

FUNDING

REFERENCE COP'I

PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE

Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 297 (June 1978 update>

NASA PLANETARY EXPLORATION PLANS

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

MISSION

PIONEER VENUS ORBITER

PIONEER VENUS MULTIPROBE

PIONEER 11

VOYAGER 1

VOYAGER 2

SOLAR MAXIMUM MISSION

VENUS ORBITAL IMAGING RADAR

SOLAR POLAR MISSION

GALILEO MISSION

COMET HALLEYlTEMPEL 2 MISSION , . 'J •

or

COMET ENCKE RENDEZVOUS

MARS GEOCHEMICAL ORBITER

MARS SAMPLE RETURN

SATURN ORBITER DUAL PROBE

EVENTS

ORBIT INSERTION, DECEMBER 1978

VENUS ENCOUNTER/ENTRY, DECEMBER 1978

SATURN ENCOUNTER, SEPTEMBER 1979

JUPITER ENCOUNTER, MARCH 1979

SATURN ENCOUNTER, NOVEMBER 1980

JUPITER ENCOUNTER, JULY 1979

SATURN ENCOUNTER, AUGUST 1981

URANUS ENCOUNTER, JANUARY 1986

LAUNCH, OCTOBER 1979

VENUS ENCOUNTER, SPRING 1985

JUPITER ENCOUNTER, 1984

SOLAR POLES PASSAGE, 1986

MARS FLYBY, APRIL 1982

JUPITER ENCOUNTER (ORBIT INSERTION/ PROBE ENTRY), 1985

HALLEY ENCOUNTER, NOVEMBER 1985

TEMPEL 2 ENCOUNTER, JULY 1988

ENCKE ENCOUNTER, 1987

MARS ENCOUNTER, 1987

MARS ENCOUNTER, 1989

EARTH RETURN, 1991

SATURN ENCOUNTER, 1992

from NASA Headquarters 5-year plan

May 1978

PLANETARY EXPLORATION

-- PROGRESS AND PROMISE

CONTENT S: Planetary exploration progress - 1977 The future Inner planets plan Outer planets plan Small bodies plan

compiled by Dr. Leonard Srnka, Staff Scientist

LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE

3303 NASA Road One

Houston, TX 77058

September 1977

LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE CONTRIBUTION No. 297

fig. 1 fig. 2 fig. 3 fig. 4 fig. 5

PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS - 1977

EXTENDED EXPLORATION, DETAILED STUDY, RESOURCE UTILIZATION MINERALOGY. PETROLOGY, AGE DATING, EXOBIOLOGY EXTENDED SURFACE MEASUREMENTS SURFACE COMPOSITION, GEOLOGY, EXOBIOLOGY DETAILED ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE. COMPOSITION GLOBAL GEOLOGY. GEOCHEMISTRY. GEOPHYSICS, ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS SURFACE MAPPING,

MANNED LANDING SAMPLE RETURN

ROVER

LANDER

ATMOSPHERIC PROBE

ATMOSPHERIC & MAGNETOSPHERIC SURVEY

POLAR ORBITER

PRELIMINARY ORBITER

GROSS CHARACTERISTICS, SURFACE FEATURES

SOLAR SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT

GENERAL SURVEY

FLYBY

INTER PLANET ARV PROBE

TELESCOPES

(\({/] ACCOMPLISHED

� APPROVED

D UNDER STUDY

�USSR

THE FUTURE

RECONNAISSANC.E COMETS ASTEROIDS URANUS

EXPLORATION

INTENSIVE STUDY

SPACE UTILIZATION

HALLEY MULTIPLE

RENDEZVOUS ASTERIOD

RENDEZVOUS

VOYAGER

EXTENDED

MISSION

VENUS

VOIR

SATURN MERCURY

SOP2

MARS

MARS 84

MOON LPO

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MOON

MSR LPO

CURRENT PROGRAMS

VIKING

PIONEER VENUS

FY 79-83 NEW STARTS

MARS 1984

VENUS ORB. IMAG. RADAR

LUNAR POLAR ORBITER

MERCURY ORBITER

MARS SAMPLE RETURN

CURRENT PROGRAMS PIONEER 10 & 11

VOYAGER

JUPITER ORBITER/PROBE

FY 79-83 NEW STARTS SATURN ORB/DUAL PROBE

VOYAGER• URANUS

CURRENT PROGRAMS NONE

FY 79-83 NEW STARTS HALLEY RENDEZVOUS

ASTEROID MUL T, REND

INNER PLANETS PLAN

FY 71 FY 71 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY ll FY 114 FY 15 FY H FY 17 FY II FY II FY 90 FY 11 FY 92 FY IJ FY 14

OUTER PLANETS PLAN

A DEVELOPMENT START 6 �AUN�H I I Q TARGET-ENCOUNTER

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PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS - 1978

EXTENDED EXPLORATION,

DETAILED STUDY, RESOURCE UTILIZATION

MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY,

AGE DA TING, EXOBIOLOGY

EXTENDED SURFACE

MEASUREMENTS

SURFACE COMPOSITION,

GEOLOGY, EXOBIOLOGY

DETAILED ATMOSPHERIC

STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION

MANNED

LANDING

SAMPLE,

RETURN

ROVER

LANDER

ATMOSPHERIC

PROBE

GLOBAL GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, POLAR

GEOPHYSICS, ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS ORBITER

SURFACE MAPPING, PRELIMINARY

ATMOSPHERIC & MAGNETOSPHERIC SURVEY ORBITER

GROSS CHARACTERISTICS, FLYBY

SURFACE FEATURES

INTERPLANETARY SOLAR SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT PROBE

GENERAL SURVEY TELESCOPES

□ ACCOMPLISHED

� APPROVED

□ UNDER STUDY

NASA SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAM FUNDING

5 - YEAR PLAN 1200

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ASTROPHYSICS

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1 80 181 1 82 183

FISCAL YEAR

NASA oss 5-YR PLAN

PLANETARY PROGRAM FUNDING 450

375 SATURN ORBITER

<(/)-DUAL PROBE

:e 300

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75 MISSION OPERATIONS a DATA ANALYSIS

0 RESEARCH a ANALYSIS

1 78 1 791 80 1 81 182 183

FISCAL YEAR

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