NASA PICASSO Awards

NASA has made 10 new awards through the Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) program. The PISCASSO23 projects will expand NASA’s portfolio of technology available for the development of missions exploring a wide range of environments, from the hot surface of Mercury to the far-flung icy worlds on the edges […] The post NASA PICASSO Awards…

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