Sentences with phrase «next flagship mission»

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The additional funds would support the administration's directive to reinvigorate human and robotic exploration of Earth's moon and other planets in the solar system but would also come at the expense of several other big - ticket items in NASA's portfolio — namely the International Space Station (ISS) as well as the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST), a «flagship» - class mission next in line for launch after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Led by John Casani of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., the Independent Comprehensive Review Panel attributed JWST cost growth to poor management and inadequate funding reserves needed to develop, launch and operate the next - generation flagship astronomy mission.

NASA recently assembled a team of scientists and engineers, based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to begin laying plans for its next, next generation flagship mission.

Jim Green, NASA's head of planetary sciences, announced Monday that the Jet Propulsion Lab will next study a flagship mission to Uranus or Neptune, or both, as a way of filling that gap.

Europa Clipper could become a flagship mission at NASA by next Spring, which would move it from the concept stage to active planning.