{"id":309551,"date":"2019-06-18T15:06:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-447237"},"modified":"2023-12-28T15:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T20:36:52","slug":"new-frontiers-program","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/planetarymissions\/new-frontiers-program\/","title":{"rendered":"New Frontiers Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/planetarymissions\/planetary-missions-program-media-resources\/\">Media<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"basic-nav-section-one\"><span>Educational Resources<\/span><svg class=\"hds-desktop-submenu-toggle-icon display-none tablet:display-none desktop:display-block\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><svg class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon display-block tablet:display-block desktop:display-none\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle cx=\"8\" cy=\"8\" r=\"7.5\" fill=\"#0B3D91\" stroke=\"white\"\/><rect x=\"4\" y=\"7.6001\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" 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href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/kids\/do-it-yourself\/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at+desc&search=&category=139\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar System Exploration DIY Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/marsatschool.ethz.ch\/en\/mission\/1\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">MARS@School<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Frontiers Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Missions in NASA\u2019s New Frontiers Program tackle specific solar system exploration goals identified as top priorities by the planetary science community. The strategy is to explore the solar system with medium-class spacecraft missions that conduct high-science-return investigations that add to our understanding of the solar system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Frontiers builds on the innovative approaches used in NASA\u2019s Discovery Program, but provides a mechanism for identifying and selecting strategic missions that cannot be accomplished within the cost and time constraints of Discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The following missions have been competitively selected under the New Frontiers Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#new hor\">New Horizons<\/a>  |  <a href=\"#juno\">Juno<\/a>  |   <a href=\"#osiris\">OSIRIS-REx<\/a>   |   <a href=\"#dragonfly\">Dragonfly<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/new_horizons_square_0.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/new_horizons_square_0.jpg?w=750\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"New Horizons spacecraft\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/new_horizons_square_0.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/new_horizons_square_0.jpg?resize=300,234 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/new_horizons_square_0.jpg?resize=400,312 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/new_horizons_square_0.jpg?resize=600,468 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/newhorizons\/main\/index.html\">New Horizons<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Launch date: January 19, 2006<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA’s New Horizons mission is the first scientific investigation to obtain a close look at<br>Pluto and its moons (Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx; 2015) and fly by a distant<br>Kuiper Belt Object (Arrokoth; 2019). Currently, New Horizons is venturing deep into the<br>distant, mysterious Kuiper Belt \u2013 a relic of solar system formation. The Kuiper Belt stretches<br>at least two billion miles beyond Neptune\u2019s orbit and there is evidence that it extends even<br>farther.<br>Thus far, Arrokoth is the farthest world ever explored by mankind; a planetary building block<br>~4 billion miles from earth. Analyzing the data gathered during the spacecraft\u2019s New Year\u2019s<br>2019 flyby of Arrokoth, the mission team discovered an object far more complex than<br>expected \u2013 a well-preserved planetesimal, an ancient relic from the era of planet formation.<br>New Horizons continues its journey out into the Kuiper Belt studying both the Kuiper belt<br>objects themselves and the space environment they reside in; it is also making unique<br>observations of other planets and the universe. Sending a spacecraft on this long journey is<br>helping us to answer basic questions about the ancient, icy mini-worlds in this vast region<br>that can uncover secrets of how planets and planetary systems are formed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/osiris-rex_square_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/osiris-rex_square_0.jpg?w=750\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"OSIRIS-REx\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/osiris-rex_square_0.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/osiris-rex_square_0.jpg?resize=300,234 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/osiris-rex_square_0.jpg?resize=400,312 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/osiris-rex_square_0.jpg?resize=600,468 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/missions\/osiris-rex\/in-depth\/\" rel=\"noopener\">OSIRIS-REx<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Launch date: September 8, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith EXplorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission is the first U.S. mission to retrieve a pristine sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for further study. \u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>The goal of this sample analysis is to help scientists understand the potential origins of how early Earth might have formed as well as help aid in future understanding of asteroids which could impact the Earth.\u00a0The OSIRIS-REx capsule returned to Earth just outside of Salt Lake City in September of 2023. The sample has since been transported\u00a0to Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX for study and curation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OSIRIS-APEX<br><\/strong>After successfully returning the OSIRIX-REx capsule, the mission becomes OSIRIS-APEX as it begins the journey to a new asteroid.\u00a0\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx PI, will remain in place for the primary mission, while DellaGiustina begins her role as the newly named PI for OSIRIS-APophis EXplorer (OSIRIS-APEX). With a new name to reflect the extended mission\u2019s new goals, the OSIRIS-APEX team will redirect the spacecraft to encounter Apophis, an asteroid roughly 1,200 feet (roughly 370 meters) in diameter that will come within 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth in 2029. OSIRIS-APEX will enter orbit around Apophis soon after the asteroid\u2019s Earth flyby, providing an unprecedented close-up look at a S-type asteroid. \u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>It plans to study changes in the asteroid caused by its close flyby of Earth and use the spacecraft\u2019s gas thrusters to attempt to dislodge and study the dust and small rocks on and below Apophis\u2019 surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dragonfly_square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dragonfly_square.jpg?w=750\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Illustration of NASA\u2019s Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander approaching a site on Saturn\u2019s exotic moon, Titan.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dragonfly_square.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dragonfly_square.jpg?resize=300,234 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dragonfly_square.jpg?resize=400,312 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dragonfly_square.jpg?resize=600,468 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/dragonfly\">Dragonfly<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Launch date: TBD<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragonfly is a unique spacecraft that will visit Saturn\u2019s richly organic moon Titan.<br>Dragonfly is an 8-bladed rotorcraft that will sample and examine dozens of sites around<br>Saturn\u2019s icy moon in the search for the building blocks of life.<br>During its two-year mission, Dragonfly will explore diverse environments from organic<br>dunes to the floor of an impact crater where liquid water and complex organic materials<br>key to life once existed together for possibly tens of thousands of years. Its instruments<br>will study how far pre-biological chemistry may have progressed. They also will<br>investigate the moon\u2019s atmospheric and surface properties and its subsurface ocean<br>and liquid reservoirs. Additionally, instruments will search for chemical evidence of past<br>or extant life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/juno_square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/juno_square.jpg?w=750\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"This illustration depicts Juno in an elliptical, polar orbit around Jupiter.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/juno_square.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/juno_square.jpg?resize=300,234 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/juno_square.jpg?resize=400,312 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/juno_square.jpg?resize=600,468 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/juno\/main\/index.html\">Juno<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Launch date: August 5, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016. Juno is studying the gas<br>giant\u2019s gravitational and magnetic fields, vast magnetosphere, intense aurora and the<br>swirling clouds that form Jupiter\u2019s colorful, trademark atmosphere. Juno’s study of<br>Jupiter will help us to understand the history of our own solar system and provide new<br>insight into how planetary systems form and develop in our galaxy and beyond.<br>Early Juno results have revealed Jupiter as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world with<br>Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the<br>gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated<br>closer to the planet\u2019s surface than previously thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Frontiers Program Missions in NASA\u2019s New Frontiers Program tackle specific solar system exploration goals identified as top priorities by the planetary science community. 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