New Frontiers program

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NASA planetary exploration program planetary science mission line space exploration program

The New Frontiers program is a NASA initiative that funds mid-cost, competitively selected planetary science missions such as the New Horizons Pluto–Kuiper Belt mission.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
NASA New Frontiers Program	10
NASA New Frontiers program	7
New Frontiers program canonical	5
New Frontiers Program	2
NASA New Frontiers missions	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1274740 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Frontiers program
Context triple: [New Horizons, program, New Frontiers program]

A. Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
B. Voyager program
The Voyager program is a NASA mission that launched the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft in 1977 to explore the outer planets and interstellar space, becoming one of humanity’s most significant and long-lived space exploration efforts.
C. Space Station Freedom program
The Space Station Freedom program was a canceled NASA-led initiative from the 1980s–1990s to build a permanently crewed U.S. space station in low Earth orbit, whose plans and technologies were later folded into the International Space Station.
D. Pioneer program
The Pioneer program was a series of early NASA space missions that sent robotic probes to study the outer planets and the outer regions of the Solar System, including the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make direct observations of Jupiter and Saturn.
E. Mars Exploration Program
The Mars Exploration Program is NASA’s long-term robotic initiative to explore Mars’ climate, geology, and potential for past or present life using orbiters, landers, and rovers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Frontiers program
Target entity description: The New Frontiers program is a NASA initiative that funds mid-cost, competitively selected planetary science missions such as the New Horizons Pluto–Kuiper Belt mission.

A. Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
B. Voyager program
The Voyager program is a NASA mission that launched the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft in 1977 to explore the outer planets and interstellar space, becoming one of humanity’s most significant and long-lived space exploration efforts.
C. Space Station Freedom program
The Space Station Freedom program was a canceled NASA-led initiative from the 1980s–1990s to build a permanently crewed U.S. space station in low Earth orbit, whose plans and technologies were later folded into the International Space Station.
D. Pioneer program
The Pioneer program was a series of early NASA space missions that sent robotic probes to study the outer planets and the outer regions of the Solar System, including the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make direct observations of Jupiter and Saturn.
E. Mars Exploration Program
The Mars Exploration Program is NASA’s long-term robotic initiative to explore Mars’ climate, geology, and potential for past or present life using orbiters, landers, and rovers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA planetary exploration program ⓘ planetary science mission line ⓘ space exploration program ⓘ
costClass	less expensive than Flagship missions ⓘ more expensive than Discovery missions ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
emphasis	high science return within cost cap ⓘ
exampleTarget	Jupiter ⓘ Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ Pluto ⓘ Titan ⓘ asteroid Bennu ⓘ linked to: OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
field	planetary science ⓘ
focusesOn	Solar System exploration ⓘ
fundingAgency	U.S. federal government via NASA ⓘ linked to: NASA
fundingLevel	mid-cost missions ⓘ
goal	to address key objectives in the Planetary Science Decadal Survey ⓘ to conduct high-priority planetary science investigations ⓘ
includesMission	Dragonfly ⓘ Juno ⓘ New Horizons ⓘ New Horizons Pluto–Kuiper Belt mission ⓘ linked to: New Horizons OSIRIS-REx ⓘ linked to: OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
missionClass	medium-class planetary missions ⓘ
missionNumber	Dragonfly is New Frontiers 4 ⓘ linked to: Dragonfly Juno is New Frontiers 2 ⓘ linked to: Juno spacecraft New Horizons is New Frontiers 1 ⓘ linked to: New Horizons OSIRIS-REx is New Frontiers 3 ⓘ
missionSelectionMethod	Announcement of Opportunity competitions ⓘ
missionType	principal investigator–led missions ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ NASA Science Mission Directorate ⓘ
parentAgency	NASA Science Mission Directorate ⓘ
relatedProgram	Discovery Program ⓘ linked to: NASA Discovery Program Flagship Program ⓘ
scienceDiscipline	origins of the Solar System ⓘ planetary atmospheres ⓘ planetary surfaces ⓘ small bodies ⓘ
sciencePrioritySource	National Academies Planetary Science Decadal Survey ⓘ
selectionProcess	competitively selected ⓘ
sponsor	NASA Planetary Science Division ⓘ
startDate	early 2000s ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
typicalTargets	inner Solar System bodies ⓘ outer Solar System bodies ⓘ small bodies such as asteroids and comets ⓘ

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