NASA Concepts for the Next NASA X-ray Astronomy Mission

Solicitation number: NNH11ZDA018L
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Response Date: October 28, 2011

NASA is seeking information that can be used to develop concepts that meet some or all of the scientific objectives of the International X ray Observatory (IXO). Information being sought includes relevant mission concepts, instrument concepts, enabling technologies, or any aspect of flight, ground or launch systems architecture.

Through this Request for Information (RFI), NASA is seeking information relevant to an X-ray astronomy mission concept or mission concepts that will satisfy some or all the scientific objectives listed in Table 1. The RFI also requests standalone instrument concepts as well as relevant key enabling technologies for such missions or instruments. Mission concepts should range in cost from ~ $300M to $2,000M in FY12 dollars.

The full text of the Dear Colleague Letter is posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

select “Solicitations” then “Open Solicitations” then “NNH11ZDA018L”

For further information, please contact:
Jean Cottam, PCOS Chief Scientist
jean.cottam@nasa.gov

NASA HQ PCOS program officers:
Jaya Bajpayee, PCOS Program Executive
jaya.bajpayee-1@nasa.gov

Rita Sambruna, PCOS Program Scientist
rita.m.sambruna@nasa.gov

PCOS Program Information: http://pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov/