NASA Large Strategic Science Missions
NASA's large strategic science missions or large strategic missions, formerly known as Flagship missions or Flagship-class missions, are the costliest and most capable NASA science spacecraft. Flagship missions exist within all four divisions of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD): the astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science divisions.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Titan IIIE | Viking 1
Lockheed Martin
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Titan IIIE | Viking 2
Lockheed Martin
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Titan IIIE | Voyager 2
Lockheed Martin
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Titan IIIE | Voyager 1
Lockheed Martin
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-34
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-37
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Titan IVB/Cenatur | Cassini-Huygens
Lockheed Martin
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93
United Space Alliance
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Atlas IIAS | Terra
Lockheed Martin
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Delta II | Icesat
United States Air Force
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Delta 7920-10L | Aura
United States Air Force
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Atlas V 401 | SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)
United Launch Alliance
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Atlas V 541 | MSL (Curiosity)
United Launch Alliance
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Atlas V 401 | Radiation Belt Storm Probe A
United Launch Alliance
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Delta II 7920-10 | JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1)
United Launch Alliance
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar Probe
United Launch Alliance
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Atlas V 541 | Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter)
United Launch Alliance
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Ariane 5 ECA+ | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Arianespace
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Atlas V 401 | JPSS 2 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 2) & LOFTID
United Launch Alliance
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)
SpaceX
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Related Events
Europa Clipper Update Briefing
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NASA will hold a media teleconference to provide an update on Europa Clipper, a mission that will study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could be hospitable to life. The teleconference will occur after a key decision point meeting earlier that day regarding next steps for the mission. Participants in the teleconference include: - Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Laurie Leshin, center director, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Curt Niebur, Europa Clipper program scientist, NASA Headquarters - Jordan Evans, Europa Clipper project manager, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Europa Clipper News Conference
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NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to discuss the upcoming Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
