NASA Internal use only

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033

Masten SS MISSE-X CPST LCRD SST (ORB) TDM (ORB) SST (ORB) TDM (ORB) SST (ORB) TDM (ORB) SST (ORB) TDM (ORB) SST (ORB) TDM (ORB) SST (ORB) TDM (ORB) SST (ORB) TDM (ORB) SST (ORB)

Armadillo SST (ORB) DSAC SST (ORB) GCD (SR) FO (SR) - 4 GCD (SR) FO (SR) - 4 GCD (SR) FO (SR) - 4 GCD (SR) FO (SR) - 4 GCD (SR) FO (SR) - 4 GCD (SR) FO (SR) - 4 GCD (SR) FO (SR) - 4 GCD (SR) FO (SR) - 4

SST (ORB)

Nanocomposite 

Fairing GPIM FO (SR) - 4 SST (ORB) FO (GT) - 4 SST (ORB) FO (GT) - 4 SST (ORB) FO (GT) - 4 SST (ORB) FO (GT) - 4 SST (ORB) FO (GT) - 4 SST (ORB) FO (GT) - 4 SST (ORB) FO (GT) - 4 SST (ORB) FO (GT) - 4

UP Aerospace FO (SR) - 4 IRVE-4 FO (GT) - 4 FO (SR) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (SR) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (SR) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (SR) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (SR) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (SR) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (SR) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (SR) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4

WhittingHill FO (GT) - 4 SST (ORB) FO (A/C) - 4 FO (GT) - 4 FO (GT) - 4 FO (GT) - 4 FO (GT) - 4 FO (GT) - 4 FO (GT) - 4 FO (GT) - 4 FO (GT) - 4

FO (A/C) - 4 FO (SR) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4 FO (A/C) - 4

Virgin Galactic FO (GT) - 4

XCOR FO (A/C) - 4

TDRS-L TDRS-M***** TDRS-N** TDRS-4G-1 TDRS-4G-2 TDRS-4G-3 TDRS-4G-4

International Space Station Operations*

EFT-1 EM-1^ EM-2^ EM-3^ EM-4^ EM-5^ EM-6^

SpaceX CRS Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo

SpaceX CRS SpaceX CRS SpaceX CRS Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo

SpaceX CRS SpaceX CRS SpaceX CRS Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo

Orbital CRS SpaceX CRS SpaceX CRS Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo

Orbital CRS Orbital CRS Orbital CRS Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo Future Cargo

C. Crw 

Dev/Test**** Orbital CRS Orbital CRS

C. Crw 

Dev/Test  C. Crw Services C. Crw Services C. Crw Services C. Crw Services

C. Crw Dev/Test** **

C. Crw 

Dev/Test**** C. Crw Services C. Crw Services C. Crw Services

GPM Core ICESat-2 SWOT L-Band SAR ESDS ESDS ESDS ESDS ESDS

LDCM OCO-2 SMAP GRACE FO OCO-3 MoO& PACE ASCENDS

EVS-1* CYGNSS EVS-2* EVM-2 EVS-3* EVM-3 EVS-4* EVM-4 EVS-5*

SAGE-III*** TEMPO EVI-2 MoO& EVI-3 MoO& EVI-4 MoO& EVI-5 MoO& EVI-6 MoO& EVI-7 MoO& EVI-8 MoO& EVI-9 MoO& EVI-10 MoO& EVI-11 MoO&

25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air 25-Air

Solar Orb SPP LWS-7 LWS-8 LWS-9 LWS-10

MMS STP-5 STP-6 STP-7

BARREL-2* SET-1 Helio MoO Helio EX-1 Helio MoO Helio SMEX Helio MoO Helio EX-2 Helio SMEX Helio MoO Helio EX-3 Helio MoO

IRIS (Jun)

20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 20-SR 24-SR 24-SR 24-SR 24-SR 24-SR 24-SR 24-SR

Strofio

MAVEN Mars 2018# Mars-2020 Mars-2024 Mars-2028

InSight Disc-13% Disc-14% Disc-15

OSIRIS-Rex NewFront4% NewFront5% NewFront6%

LADEE

40-SOF 55-SOF(FOC) 80-SOF 85-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF 96-SOF

ISS-CREAM ST-7 JWST Euclid Astro-1 HST Disposal Astro-2 Astro-3 Astro-4

Astro EX-1 Astro SMEX Astro EX-2 Astro SMEX ESA-L2 Astro EX-3 Astro SMEX

Astro-H Astro MoO Astro MoO Astro MoO Astro MoO Astro MoO Astro MoO

18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal 18-Bal

TCTE DSCOVR GOES-R GOES-S GOES-T GOES-U

JPSS-1 Metop-C JPSS-2

Jason-3 Freeflyer-1 Freeflyer-2

Aviation Safety

Airspace Systems

Fundamental Aeronautics

Integrated Systems 

Research

Rev 4-30-13

* Ground-based elements (includes suborbital) ** Option

*** Instrument only   Content TBD ** *** No Launch Service

% Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) planned & MoO dates are for instrument delivery to spacecraft

# Mars program being redefined; next may be 2018 or 2020 

^ EM flight include SLS and MPCV vehicle only; exludes destination elements

Aligned with FY14 Congressional Request (excludes effects of Sequester)

FY14 Agency Mission Planning Model (AMPM)

NOTIONAL

NOTIONAL

OUT YEARS, TENTATIVE

OUT	YEARS,	TENTATIVE

CY

Joint Agency Satellite 

Div.

LEGEND

Earth Sciences

Heliophysics

Planetary Science #

Astrophysics

Human Exploration & 

Operations Science Aeronautics

Milestones	on	Page	2 Milestones	on	Page	2 Milestones	on	Page	2 Milestones	on	Page	2

Human Exploration & 

Operations

STMD

STMD
NASA Internal use only

Rev 4-30-13 FY14 Agency Mission Planning Model (AMPM) Page 2

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 3033

Applying data mining capabilities, develop technologies toward the design, development, and demonstration of a reasoning system that assesses the instantaneous health state of an aircraft

Demonstrate resilient multi-functional sensor for aircraft lightning protection and composite material lightning-damage diagnosis

Use compositional reasoning to verify software safety for a complete flight critical system

Demonstrate generic transport model-based, integrated, high-fidelity simulation of loss-of-control precursor conditions with validated upset models

Demonstrate engine diagnostic systems based on expanded sensor suite to detect faults

Demonstrate a verifiable prognostic algorithm on a flight vehicle

Develop and evaluate guidance, control, and system technologies for loss of control prevention

Demonstrate an experimental Lidar system capable of detecting kinetic air hazards that establishes performance capabilities for Lidar systems using practical technologies

Demonstrate automated discovery of precursors to aviation safety incidents through automated analysis of massive, heterogeneous data sets

 Complete and provide methods and tools that incorporate the limitations of human performance throughout the design lifecycle of human-automation systems to increase safety and reduce validation costs

 Develop unified safety assurance processes for ground-based and airborne systems that significantly reduces time and cost of testing Next Gen systems

 Eliminate turbofan engine interruptions, failures, and damage due to flight in high ice-crystal content clouds

 Achieve acceptance of aircraft icing simulation tools for design and certification of swept wing configurations over an expanded range of icing conditions

Develop conflict alert capability for terminal operations to increase throughput and safety

Define allocation of air traffic control functions between air and ground based on human-in-the-loop simulation studies involving nominal and off-nominal scenarios

Complete integrated testing involving ground-based scheduling and flight deck based merging and spacing

Determine trajectory accuracy and precision requirements to support NextGen concepts and technologies

Determine gate-to-gate trajectory based operations technology and architecture requirements

Characterize system architecture requirements for RNP in the Terminal Area

 Identify improvements for National Airspace System Operations yet to be achieved for NextGen in areas of RNP and TBO

 Complete analysis of capabilities still needed to further increase NextGen performance, safety and efficiency

Validate high-fidelity analysis tools and design methods applicable to the creation of supersonic aircraft with low sonic bom over the full extent of area exposed to boom noise during overflght

Demonstrate the noise reduction and performance benefits of active rotor contol concepts for rotary wing aircraft through wind tunnel testing

Characterize in flight gaseous and particulate cruise emissions of alterative fuels such as hydroprocessed esters and fatty acid (HEFA) blended jet fuels and zero-sulfur jet fuel

Validate high fidelity analysis tools and design techniques applicable to the creation of low sonic boom supersonic aircraft, including all key relevant features such as inlet and nozzle flow

Develop high-temperature materials for turbine engines that enable a 6% reduction in fuel burn for commercial aircraft, compared to current state-of-art materials

Characterize potential benefit of vehicle-integrated boundary-layer ingesting propulsion systems for a representative vehicle at TRL3

Demonstrate significant advances in variable speed power turbine technology and two-speed drive systems to enable fast and more efficient advanced rotorcraft configurations

Demonstrate lightweight aircraft quieting technologies and characterize the potential benefits/trades of an active flow control system that provides hight lift for subsonic fixed wing aircraft

Demonstrate indoor and outdoor noise metrics, surey tools and test protocols required for the study of community response to overflight of low boom supersonic aircraft

Demonstrate advanced low-emission, fuel-flexible (LE-FF) combustor concepts for emission reduction to 80% below CAEP6 standards via flametube tests

Demonstrate through analysis and component testing technologies that ebable a 50% fuel burn reduction/50% CO2 emissions reduction over current levels for fixed-wing aircraft

 Develop validated multidisciplinary analysis methods and tools to enable hight-fidelity physics-based modeling and improved design of complex integrated air vehicle systems

 Demonstrate through analysis and component testing technologies to enable at least 70% reduction in aircraft fuel burn over current levels for subsonic fixed wing aircraft 

 Demonstrate through analysis and component testing technologies to enable a 71dB cumulative noise level below Stage 4 for subsonic fixed wing aircraft

Complete flight evaluations to assess the capabilities of the Live, Virtual Constructive (LVC) distributed simulation environment

Complete flight test of the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge technology which contributes to weight reduction and therefore the fuel burn goal of the ERA project

Demonstrate the Geared Turbo Fan concept through low speed ground test contributing to the goal of the ERA project to reduce fuel burn by 50% at the air craft system level

 Evaluate concepts related to UAS for separation assurance, sense and avoid, and gtound contol stations with communication system performance estimates through an Integrated Human in the Loop (IHITL) simulation to provide data for futher technology development

Complete the Active Flow Control enhanced vertical tail flight test supporting the ERA drag reduction challenge

Demonstrate the Low NOx combustor in the full annular rig ground test to validate predicted reductions of Landing and Takeoff (LTO) and Cruise NOx emissions

Complete high-speed performance testing of an ultra high bypass engine integrated with a hybrid wing body (semi-span)

Flight test of the individual UAS-NAS subproject technologies integrated in a live flight environment representing the National Airspace System

Deliver final recommendation of hazard and risk data to stakeholders to enable rule-makers to develop classifiecation and certification standards for UAS

 Milestone Accomplished

Aviation 

Safety

Airspace 

Systems

Fundamental 

Aeronautics

Integrated 

Systems 

Research

Aeronautics

CY

Airspace 

Systems

Aviation Safety

Fundamental 

Aeronautics

Integtated 

Systems 

Research 

Aeronautics Research Milestones
Office of Chief Technologist (OCT) input 11-14-12

Mission 

Directorate

A/C Aircraft Launch OCT

Astro MoO-x Astrophysics Mission of Opportunity (via AO) (x = mission #) SMD

Armadillo Armadillo Aerospace OCT

ASCENDS Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days and Seasons, an ESD Decadal Survey mission (Medium ELV class) SMD

Astro-H SXS Instrument (Explorer Program Mission of Opportunity) [JAXA launch] SMD

Astro-x Astrophysics Decadal survey missions. (May be assigned to COR, PCOS or ExEP programs) (Medium or Intermediate) SMD

X-Air Estimated number of Aircraft Earth Science Flights SMD

X-Bal Estimated number of Scientific Balloon Flights SMD

BARREL-2 Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses (Two balloon campaigns of 20 flights each) SMD

CAEP6 International Civil Aviation Organization (sixth meeting) ARMD

CLARREO Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (Small) SMD

C.Crw Commercial Crew HEOMD

Comm Crew Commercial Crew HEOMD

CO2 Carbon Dioxide ARMD

CPST Cryogenic Propulsion Storage & Transfer OCT

CRS Commercial Resupply Services HEOMD

CYGNSS SMD

D Demonstration HEOMD

dB decibels ARMD

DESDynI Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice (Medium) SMD

Disc-xx Discovery Mission (xx- mission #) (Intermediate) SMD

DSAC Deep Space Atomic Clock OCT

DSCOVR Deep Space Climate ObserVatoRy (DoD launch) SMD

ERA Environmentally Responsible Aviation ARMD

ESDS-x Earth Science Decadal Survey Mission (x- mission # following ICESat-2, SMAP, ASCENDS & SWOT (Medium) SMD

Euclid SMD

EVS-x Earth science Venture class suborbital mission #x (Small) SMD

EVI-x Earth Science Venture Instrument Mission of Opportunity #x SMD

EVM-x Earth Science Venture class small mission #x SMD

EX-xx Explorer mission (Small) SMD

FO Flight Opportunities #= number of flights per year OCT

Freeflyer-1 SMD

GCD Game Changing Development OCT

GOES-R New series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (intermediate) SMD

GOES-S-T-U SMD

GPIM Green Propellant Infusion Mission OCT

GPM Core Global Precipitation Mission Core [JAXA HIIA launch] SMD

GRACE FO Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (Foreign launch) SMD

GRAIL Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory SMD

GT Ground Vehicle Take-Off/Land OCT

Helio EX-x Heliophysics Division Explorer (x-mission#) (Small) SMD

HIAD Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator OCT

HST Disposal SMD

HST-Deorbit Hubble Space Telescope Deorbit (Medium?) SMD

ICESat 2 Follow-on to ICESat mission to measure Earth's ice levels, an ESD Decadal Survey mission (DoD launch or Medium) SMD

InSight SMD

IRIS SMD

IRVE-x Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment (x-mission #) OCT

Jason-3 Follow on to OSTM/Jason-2, but fully reimbursable from NOAA (Medium) SMD

JPSS-X Joint Polar Satellite System (x-mission#) (Medium) SMD

JUNO JUpiter Near-polar Orbiter (New Frontiers #2) SMD

JWST James Webb Space Telescope [ESA Arianne 5 launch] SMD

KDP Key Decision Point ARMD

LADEE Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer SMD

LANDSAT-x LANDSAT - (x-mission #) SMD

L-Band SAR SMD

LCRD Laser Communication Relay Demonstration OCT

LDCM Landsat Data Continuity Mission, partnered with USGS SMD

LWS-x Living With a Star (x- mission #) SMD

Mars-xx Mars Mission - 20xx where 20xx is launch year (May be an orbiter, lander or rover) (Intermediate) SMD

Masten Masten Space Systems OCT

MAVEN Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission (Mars Scout 2) SMD

MEDLI Mars Science Laboratory Entry Descent Landing Instrument OCT

Metop-C SMD

MISSE-X Materials International Space Station Experiment OCT

MMS Magnetospheric Multi-Scale mission SMD

MoO& SMD

MoO Mission of Opportunity (From mission AO or SALMON AO) SMD

MSL Mars Science Laboratory SMD

Nanocomposite 

Fairing

A newly designed rocket with a payload fairing made from nanocomposites. OCT

NAS National Airspace System ARMD

NewFront-x New Frontiers flight (x- mission #) SMD

NextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System ARMD

NPP NPOESS Preparatory Project SMD

NuStar Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array SMD

OCO-2 Replacement mission for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, lost on launch in 2009 (Small or Medium) SMD

OCO-3 SMD

ORB To Orbit OCT

OSIRIS-Rex SMD

PACE Pre-Aerosol, Clouds, and Ocean Ecosystem (Medium) SMD

PhoneSat Phone Satellite OCT

PMoO-x Planetary Mission of Opportunity-x (as yet unselected and unnamed) (May be Discovery, New Frontiers or Mars Scout) SMD

RBSP Radiation Belt Storm Probes SMD

RNP Required Navigation Performance ARMD

SAGE-III Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment, Instrument to fly on ISS SMD

SALMON Stand ALone Mission of Opportunity SMD

SARSAT Search and Rescue Satellite SMD

SET-x Space Experiments Testbeds (x-mission #) SMD

SMAP Soil Moisture Active-Passive, an ESD Decadal Survey mission SMD

SMEX-xx SMall-class Explorer (xx- mission #) SMD

SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy [Aircraft first science flight] SMD

SOFIA LOC LOC = Limited Operational Capability SMD

SOFIA FOC FOC = Full Operational Capability SMD

X-SOF Estimated number of SOFIA aircraft science flights per year SMD

Solar Orb Solar Orbiter Collaboration (Intermediate) SMD

SPP Solar Probe Plus mission (Intermediate) SMD

SR Sounding Rockets OCT

X-SR Estimated number of non-reimbursable sounding rocket launches SMD

SS Solar Sail OCT

SST Small Spacecraft Technology (launch or vehicle method) OCT

ST-7 Space Technology Mission #7 (US subsystem for ESA's LISA pathfinder SMD

Strofio PMoO - Mass spectrometer studing Mercury's exosphere on ESA's Bepi Colombo mission SMD

STP-x Solar Terrestrial Probe mission (x- mission #) SMD

SWOT Surface Water Ocean Topography, an ESD Decadal Survey mission (Medium) SMD

TBO Trajectory Based Operations ARMD

TCTE SMD

TDM Technology Demonstration Missions (launch or vehicle method) OCT

TDRS-X Tracking and Data Relay Satelite (X = next in sereies) HEOMD

TRL Technical Readiness Level ARMD

TSIS Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensors SMD

UAS Unmanned Aircraft Systems ARMD

Mission Data Sources

Mission Acronyms & Definitions

Version Rev 4-30-13

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) input 11-1-12

Human Exploration and Operations (HEOMD) input 3-26-12

Science Mission Directorate (SMD) input 4-2-12