PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS AND PROMISE
CONTENTS: NASA PLANETARY EXPLORATION PLANS: SIGNIFICANT EVENTS PLANETARY 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 compiled by Dr. Leonard Srnka, Staff Scientist Lunar and Planetary Institute 3303 NASA Road One Houston, Texas 77058
Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 297 (June 1978 update> NASA PLANETARY EXPLORATION PLANS SIGNIFICANT EVENTS MISSION EVENTS
PIONEER VENUS ORBITER ORBIT INSERTION, DECEMBER 1978 PIONEER VENUS MULTIPROBE VENUS ENCOUNTER/ENTRY, DECEMBER 1978 PIONEER 11 SATURN ENCOUNTER, SEPTEMBER 1979 VOYAGER 1 JUPITER ENCOUNTER, MARCH 1979 SATURN ENCOUNTER, NOVEMBER 1980 VOYAGER 2 JUPITER ENCOUNTER, JULY 1979 SATURN ENCOUNTER, AUGUST 1981 URANUS ENCOUNTER, JANUARY 1986 SOLAR MAXIMUM MISSION LAUNCH, OCTOBER 1979 VENUS ORBITAL IMAGING RADAR VENUS ENCOUNTER, SPRING 1985 SOLAR POLAR MISSION JUPITER ENCOUNTER, 1984 SOLAR POLES PASSAGE, 1986 GALILEO MISSION MARS FLYBY, APRIL 1982 JUPITER ENCOUNTER (ORBIT INSERTION/ PROBE ENTRY), 1985
COMET HALLEYlTEMPEL, . 2'J MISSION• HALLEY ENCOUNTER, NOVEMBER 1985 TEMPEL 2 ENCOUNTER, JULY 1988 or COMET ENCKE RENDEZVOUS ENCKE ENCOUNTER, 1987 MARS GEOCHEMICAL ORBITER MARS ENCOUNTER, 1987 MARS SAMPLE RETURN MARS ENCOUNTER, 1989 EARTH RETURN, 1991 SATURN ORBITER DUAL PROBE SATURN ENCOUNTER, 1992
from NASA Headquarters 5-year plan May 1978 PLANETARY EXPLORATION -- PROGRESS AND PROMISE
CONTENT S: Planetary exploration progress - 1977 fig. 1 The future fig. 2 Inner planets plan fig. 3 Outer planets plan fig. 4 Small bodies plan fig. 5
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 PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS - 1977
(\({/] ACCOMPLISHED � APPROVED UNDER STUDY EXTENDED EXPLORATION, MANNED D DETAILED STUDY, RESOURCE UTILIZATION LANDING �USSR MINERALOGY. PETROLOGY, SAMPLE AGE DATING, EXOBIOLOGY RETURN EXTENDED SURFACE MEASUREMENTS ROVER SURFACE COMPOSITION, GEOLOGY, EXOBIOLOGY LANDER DETAILED ATMOSPHERIC ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE. COMPOSITION PROBE GLOBAL GEOLOGY. GEOCHEMISTRY. POLAR GEOPHYSICS, ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS ORBITER SURFACE MAPPING, PRELIMINARY ATMOSPHERIC & MAGNETOSPHERIC SURVEY ORBITER GROSS CHARACTERISTICS, SURFACE FEATURES FLYBY SOLAR SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT INTERPLANET ARV PROBE GENERAL SURVEY TELESCOPES THE FUTURE
RECONNAISSANC.E COMETS ASTEROIDS URANUS HALLEY MULTIPLE VOYAGER RENDEZVOUS ASTERIOD EXTENDED RENDEZVOUS MISSION
EXPLORATION VENUS SATURN MERCURY VOIR SOP2 MeO
INTENSIVE STUDY MARS MOON MARS 84 MSR LPO
SPACE UTILIZATION MOON LPO 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
CURRENT PROGRAMS
VIKING A DEVELOPMENT START 6 �AUN�H I I PIONEER VENUS Q TARGET-ENCOUNTER
FY 79-83 NEW STARTS
MARS 1984
VENUS ORB. IMAG. RADAR
LUNAR POLAR ORBITER
MERCURY ORBITER
MARS SAMPLE RETURN
NASA ltU SL 111121111 J , .. ,, OUTER PLANETS PLAN
FY 71 FY 71 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 FY 18 FY 17 FY II FY h FY IO FY 91 FY 92 FY 13 FY 14
CURRENT PROGRAMS PIONEER 10 & 11 A DEVELOPMENT START VOYAGER 6 �AUN+ I I lf � Q TARGET ENCOUNTER JUPITER ORBITER/PROBE � ,0
FY 79-83 NEW STARTS ...... SATURN ORB/DUAL PROBE . .... I
VOYAGER• URANUS HUl
NAIA HO SL 71 2121 ltl 3-24·11 SMALL BODIES PLAN
FY 71 FY 71 FY IO FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 115 FY 16 FY 17 FY II FY 11 FY 90 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 CURRENT PROGRAMS I I I I NONE A DEVELOPMENT START 6 :LAUNfH I I Q FY 79-83 NEW STARTS TARGET-ENCOUNTER HALLEY RENDEZVOUS I® ...... ASTEROID MUL T, REND
NASA HQ IL 1111n ltt :112t n NASA-JSC PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRESS - 1978 □ ACCOMPLISHED
APPROVED �
EXTENDED EXPLORATION, MANNED UNDER STUDY DETAILED STUDY, RESOURCE UTILIZATION LANDING □ MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY, SAMPLE, AGE DATING, EXOBIOLOGY RETURN
EXTENDED SURFACE ROVER MEASUREMENTS
SURFACE COMPOSITION, LANDER GEOLOGY, EXOBIOLOGY
DETAILED ATMOSPHERIC ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION 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 NASA SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAM FUNDING 5 - YEAR PLAN 1200
Cl) a: <( 1000 _J _J 0 0 I- I.LI 800 TOTAL PROGRAM 0 :::> \ Ill O> SCIENCES ,.._ � 600 >- I&. I&. 0 400 zCl) 0 SOLA R TERRESTRIAL _J _J i 200 ASTROPHYSICS
0 1 1 1 1 '78 '79 80 81 82 83 FISCAL YEAR
NASA 5-YR PLAN PLANETARYoss PROGRAM FUNDING 450
375 SATURN ORBITER
<(/)- DUAL PROBE :e 300 a::
I- 225
Cl ::) Ill 150 GALILEO O>,.._ R
75 MISSION OPERATIONS a DATA ANALYSIS RESEARCH a ANALYSIS 0 1 7 1 7 1 1 1 1 8 9 80 81 82 83 FISCAL YEAR
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