Sentences with phrase «planetary science directorate»

«The implications for this result are that the current small satellites are the last generation of many previous generations of satellites,» said Dr. Kevin Walsh, another investigator and a research scientist in SwRI's Planetary Science Directorate.

But at the same time, they had a long - term beneficial effect in stabilizing surface temperatures and delivering key elements for life as we know it,» said Dr. Simone Marchi, a senior research scientist at SwRI's Planetary Science Directorate in Boulder, Colo..

Not exact matches

Within NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD), the budget provides Planetary Science with a 4.5 percent increase, including a $ 150 million boost above FY 2017 omnibus funding, to $ 425 million total, for a planned mission to Jupiter's moon Europa.

Within the directorate, funding for planetary science, astrophysics and heliophysics would increase, while Earth science would take a slight hit.

As director of the Planetary Exploration and Space Astronomy directorate of the Space Science branch, I lead the group that has sponsored this project.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the NEOWISE mission for NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office within the Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot has named the Science Mission Directorate's Planetary Science Division director as the agency's new chief scientist, effective 1 May 2018.

In addition to planetary science, the new budget also allocates $ 1.243 billion for Commercial Crew (sending U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station starting in 2017), $ 2 billion for the Space Launch System (SLS), $ 1.921 billion for Earth Science studies, and $ 686 million for the Space Technology Mission Directorate science, the new budget also allocates $ 1.243 billion for Commercial Crew (sending U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station starting in 2017), $ 2 billion for the Space Launch System (SLS), $ 1.921 billion for Earth Science studies, and $ 686 million for the Space Technology Mission Directorate Science studies, and $ 686 million for the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD).

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This work was supported in part by the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Program, and the NASA Science Mission Directorate's Planetary Science Division.