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A--SECOND STAND ALONE MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITYINCLUDING A PROPOSAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER PROGRAM: EARTHVENTURE INSTRUMENT - 1

Solicitation ID NNH12ZDA006O
Posted Date 24 Jan 2012 at 3 PM
Archive Date 24 Jan 2013 at 5 AM
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Contracting Office Office Of Procurement (Hq)
Agency National Aeronautics And Space Administration
Location United states
NNH12ZDA006OSecond Stand Alone Mission of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-2)Notice Type: SolicitationRelease Date: February 7, 2012NNH12ZDA006O-EVI1Program Element Appendix: Earth Venture Instrument-1 (EVI-1)Notice Type: SolicitationRelease Date: February 7, 2012Notice of Intent to propose Due: March 22, 2012Proposals Due: May 8, 2012The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate(SMD) is releasing a NASA Announcement of Opportunity (NNH12ZDA006O), entitled SecondStand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-2). SALMON-2 is an omnibus AO thatenables independent proposal opportunities that support the science, exploration, andtechnology objectives of NASAs Science Mission Directorate (SMD), Human Exploration andOperations Mission Directorate (HEOMD), and Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT).Proposal opportunities will be added to SALMON-2 in the future through amendments andsynopsized. This initial release of SALMON-2 includes one proposal opportunity for EarthVenture Instruments-1.Concurrent with the release of SALMON-2, SALMON-1 (NNH08ZDA009O) is closed. The closingdate of SALMON-1 is amended to be February 7, 2012, and no more program elementappendices will be added to SALMON-1.Earth Venture Instruments-1 is an element within the Earth System Science Pathfinder(ESSP) Program that conducts Principal Investigator (PI)-led Earth science investigationsrelevant to SMD's Earth Science Division. This solicitation calls for proposals forcomplete PI-led science investigations requiring spaceflight instrument development. Whendeployed on a satellite selected by NASA, these spaceflight instruments will be used toconduct innovative, integrated, hypothesis- or scientific question-driven investigationsaddressing pressing Earth system science issues. This solicitation solicitsinvestigations addressing any of the science focus areas in NASAs Earth Science program.This solicitation will be open from February 7, 2012, through May 8, 2012. Upon therelease date, the full text of the AO and all appendices will be available electronicallyat http://nspires.nasaprs.com and at http://go.nasa.gov/SALMON2-AO . Apreproposal conference will be held in mid-March 2012 in the Washington, DC, area; seehttp://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EV-I for details.Participation is open to all categories of organizations (U.S. and non-U.S), includingeducational institutions, industry, not-for-profit organizations, Federally FundedResearch and Development Centers (FFRDCs), NASA Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL), and other Government agencies.Direct questions specifically regarding this solicitation to: Dr. Kenneth Jucks, EVI-1Program Scientist, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASAHeadquarters, Washington, DC 20546; Tel.: (202) 358-0476; E-mail:[email protected] (subject line to read "EVI-1 AO").This notice constitutes a NASA Research Announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2).
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