NASAPlanetary ScienceNov 10, 20261 min
NASA’s Discovery Program: Competitive Planetary Exploration in the 21st Century
Source digest from NASA. Published by the source Nov 10, 2026.
Astroboat summary
By David W. Brown Velocity and audacity defined the Discovery Program at its inception in the early 1990s, when it emerged in response to limited flagship mission opportunities and budget uncertainty.
Topic context
Planetary science updates help explain how worlds, small bodies, and Solar System environments change over time.