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COSI

COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) is a wide-field gamma-ray telescope that will study energetic phenomena in the Milky Way and beyond, including the creation and destruction of matter and antimatter and the final stages of the lives of stars.

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ESCAPADE

The two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft will study the transfer of solar wind energy and momentum through Mars’ unique hybrid magnetosphere.

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Illustration of the ESCAPADE spacecraft in orbit around Mars.

IMAP

The IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere.

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An artist's rendering of NASA's IMAP in space.

JPSS-4

JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite System) is the nation's advanced series of polar-orbiting environmental satellites. NOAA's JPSS-4 will be the next JPSS satellite to launch.

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a next-generation observatory that will answer pressing cosmic questions.

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NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope is now named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

PPE and HALO

The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) will be critical to Gateway, the agency's lunar outpost.

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Sentinel-6B

The second of two identical satellites, with the first launched November 21, 2020 (Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich), Jason-CS (Jason Continuity of Service)/Sentinel-6 will ensure continuity of sea level observations into a fourth decade.

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An illustration of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

SPHEREx

The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission will provide the first all-sky spectral survey. Over a two-year planned mission, the SPHEREx Observatory will collect data on more than 300 million galaxies along with more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way in order to explore the origins of the universe.

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Artist's rendering of the SPHEREx Observatory in space.
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