NASA Flagship Program

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The NASA Flagship Program is a class of large-scale, high-priority planetary science missions characterized by their ambitious scientific goals, advanced technology, and substantial budgets, exemplified by missions like Cassini–Huygens.

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instanceOf NASA mission program ⓘ
class of space missions ⓘ
planetary science mission category ⓘ
budgetClass multi-billion-dollar missions ⓘ
characteristic advanced technology ⓘ
ambitious scientific goals ⓘ
high-priority missions ⓘ
large-scale missions ⓘ
substantial budgets ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
distinguishedFrom NASA Discovery Program ⓘ
NASA New Frontiers Program ⓘ
NASA SIMPLEx missions ⓘ
exampleMission Cassini–Huygens ⓘ
Europa Clipper ⓘ
Europa Orbiter concepts ⓘ
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover ⓘ
linked to: Mars 2020

Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
Titan Saturn System Mission concepts ⓘ
Uranus Orbiter and Probe concepts ⓘ
field planetary science ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ
fundingSource U.S. federal budget ⓘ
goal address highest-priority planetary science questions ⓘ
demonstrate cutting-edge space technologies ⓘ
enable transformative scientific discoveries ⓘ
governedBy NASA Science Mission Directorate ⓘ
impact drives development of new space technologies ⓘ
shapes long-term direction of U.S. planetary exploration ⓘ
missionComplexity complex cruise and operations phases ⓘ
multi-instrument payloads ⓘ
missionScale flagship ⓘ
missionType planetary mission ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
planningHorizon long development timescales ⓘ
priorityLevel highest priority in NASA planetary portfolio ⓘ
riskLevel higher technical risk tolerance ⓘ
scienceReturn comprehensive datasets ⓘ
multi-disciplinary investigations ⓘ
selectionProcess NASA internal mission prioritization ⓘ
decadal survey recommendations ⓘ
stakeholder NASA Planetary Science community ⓘ
U.S. National Academies decadal survey committees ⓘ
subdivision Planetary Science Division ⓘ
technologyRequirement advanced spacecraft systems ⓘ
state-of-the-art instruments ⓘ
typicalLaunchVehicle heavy-lift launch vehicles ⓘ

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Cassini–Huygens → program → NASA Flagship Program ⓘ
NASA Discovery Program → comparedTo → NASA Flagship Program ⓘ