DRAFT Announcement of Opportunity (AO) -- 2025 Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX)

Location: Federal
Posted: Jan 13, 2025
Due: Feb 21, 2025
Agency: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Type of Government: Federal
Category:
  • A - Research and development
Solicitation No: NNH25ZDA008J
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DRAFT Announcement of Opportunity (AO) -- 2025 Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX)
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General Information
  • Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
  • Original Published Date: Jan 13, 2025 08:51 am EST
  • Original Response Date: Feb 21, 2025 11:59 pm EST
  • Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
  • Original Inactive Date: Mar 08, 2025
  • Initiative:
    • None
Classification
  • Original Set Aside:
  • Product Service Code: AR11 - SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH
  • NAICS Code:
    • 54171 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
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Description

On or after the publication date of this SAM.gov special notice, the DRAFT full text for the Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the 2025Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) will be available for download from the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) at https://nspires.nasaprs.com. When you reach NSPIRES, click on the word “Solicitations” at the top of the NSPIRES landing page and then on the next page enter the number “NNH25ZDA008J” in the search box or use the direct URL provided below to the SMEX page on NSPIRES. The attached file entitled “1stNSPIRESemail” is a copy of text from an NSPIRES email sent to Science Mission Directorate List Serv subscribers.





After reading the full SMEX draft AO text available from NSPIRES, please address any comments and questions only via email to both the listed primary and secondary points of contact and use "DRAFT 2025 SMEX AO" in the subject line. This SAM.gov notice is not a complete or verbatim summary of the draft AO.




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Contact Information
Contracting Office Address
  • WASHINGTON DC 20546-0001
  • WASHINGTON , DC 20546
  • USA
Primary Point of Contact
  • Doris Daou -- Astrophysics Small Explorers Program Lead Scientist - Science Mission Directorate
  • Doris.Daou@nasa.gov
Secondary Point of Contact
  • E. Lucien Cox – Astrophysics Small Explorers Program Executive - Science Mission Directorate
  • elbert.l.cox@nasa.gov
History
  • Jan 13, 2025 08:51 am ESTSpecial Notice (Original)

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