The New Frontiers Program Library (NFPL) includes documents available electronically via the Internet; many documents are also available as a paper copy from their original source. Note that not all documents are actually located in the NFPL. For these documents, an internet hyperlink has been provided via the NFPL to allow download of the documents from their home location.
 
It is incumbent upon the proposer to ensure that the documents used in proposal preparation are of the date and/or revision as listed in this NFPL.

 

 

1. NASA 2003 Strategic Plan (February 2003)
   Describes strategy and goals for achieving NASA's mission and vision.
2. Solar System Exploration
   Web site describing NASA's Solar System exploration programs and missions.
3. Solar System Exploration 2003 Roadmap
   Describes NASA's Solar System exploration roadmap.
4. The Space Science Enterprise Integrated Technology Strategy (October 1998)
   Describes efforts to manage technology infusion into future Office of Space Science (OSS) missions and to promote technology transfer to the private sector.
5. The Space Science Enterprise Strategic Plan (October 2003)
   Describes the goals and outlook of NASA's Space Science Enterprise, and of the major ideas described in the context of the overall NASA Strategic Plan.

 

1. NRC Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration: Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System (1998)
   Presents NRC recommendations for the exploration of the Trans-Neptunian Solar System.
2. NRC Planetary Science Decadal Survey (July 2002)
   Presents NRC decadal recommendations for Solar System exploration.
3. The NRC Committee for Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX) Report (November 2001)
   Presents COMPLEX's assessment of planetary exploration science and priorities.

 

1. NASA's Mission Operations and Communications Services (November 2003)
   Describes the functions and costs of Ground Data Systems and Mission Operations and Data Analysis available via NASA.
2. New Frontiers Launch Services Information Summary (December 2003)
   Describes capabilities and costs of launch services that are available to launch New Frontiers spacecraft selected pursuant to this Announcement of Opportunity (AO).
   • NASA Launch Services Program Generic Mission Plan
3. Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility Services for New Frontiers Missions (August 2003)
   Describes the NASA Ancillary Information Facility and the Spacecraft Planet Instrument C-matrix Events (SPICE) capability for mission design, mission planning, observation planning, and interpretation of scientific observations.
   • Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility Services
   • SPICE Overview
4. Criteria and Guidelines for the Phase A Concept Study (PDF or WORD) (August 2004)
   Provides proposers who are selected via the AO with guidelines and criteria for preparation of the Concept Study Report.
5. Announcement of Opportunity Acronym List (September 2003)
   Provides a list of acronyms used in the AO.
6. Solar Power for Outer Planets Study
   Presentation to Outer Planets Assessment Group.
7. New Frontiers Program Plan (March 2006)
   Provides the objectives and performance goals, the program-level requirements and interfaces, and the management structure and authority for the overall New Frontiers Program. It is the commitment between the New Frontiers Program Manager and the SMD Associate Administrator.

 

1. Policy and Requirements for the Education and Public Outreach Programs of SMD Missions (January 2010)
    
2. Explanatory Guide to the NASA Science Mission Directorate Education & Public Outreach Evaluation Factors (April 2008)
    
3. Explanatory Guide to the NASA Science Mission Directorate Educational Merit Evaluation Factors for Student Collaboration Elements (September 2007)
    

 

1. Example Mission Definition and Requirements Agreement
   Provides an example of a mission definition and requirements agreement between principal organizations for supporting an OSS mission.
2. NPG 7120.5B  NASA Program and Project Management Processes and Requirements (November 2002)
   Provides information on typical activities, milestones, and products in the development and execution of NASA missions.
3. NPD 8730.4A  Software Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Policy (August 2001)
   Provides information on the NASA IV&V policy.
4. NPD 8610.7A  Launch Services Risk Mitigation Policy for NASA-Owned Or NASA-Sponsored Payloads (February 1999)
   Provides information on NASA's launch services mitigation policy.
5. NPD 7100.10D  Curation of Extraterrestrial Materials (February 2003)
   Provides information on the curation of extraterrestrial materials via NASA's Curatorial Facility at JSC.
6. Planetary Data System (PDS)
   Web site describing the basic formats and requirements used for the archiving of planetary data products by the NASA PDS.
7. Planetary Protection Requirements
   A series of documents describing Planetary Protection Requirements for NASA spacecraft missions.
   • NPD 8020.7F  Biological Contamination Control For Outbound And Inbound Planetary Spacecraft (Revalidated October 23, 2003)
     
   • NPR 8020.12C  Planetary Protection Provisions for Robotic Extraterrestrial Missions (April 27, 2005)
   • NASA-HDBK-6022 NASA Handbook for the Microbiological Examination of Space Hardware (Draft)
   • NRC Report Evaluating the Biological Potential in Samples Returned from Planetary Satellites and Small Solar System Bodies (1998)
8. ISO 9000 Series
   NASA ISO policy as well as current national standards of quality processes and procedures: ISO 9000:2000, Quality Management Systems – Fundamentals and Vocabulary, ISO 9001:2000, Quality Management Systems – Requirements, and ISO 9004:2000, Quality Management Systems – Guidelines for Performance Improvements.
    
   Note: These ISO 9000-related documents are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced without appropriate compensation. For copies contact:
   American Society for Quality (ASQ)
   P.O. Box 3005
   Milwaukee, WI 53201-3005
   U.S.A.
   Tel: (800) 248-1946
   URL: https://www.asq.org/portal
9. NASA Technology Transfer Resources
   Web site providing an integrated information resource for NASA technology transfer and commercialization.
10. Using Historical NASA Cost and Schedule Growth to Set Future Program and Project Reserve Guidelines

 

1. NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS) Library
   Provides online access to NASA Policy Directives (NPD's - formerly NMI's), NASA Procedures and Guidelines (NPG's - formerly NHB's) and NASA's Policy Charters (NPC's).
2. Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) General Services Administration
3. NASA FAR Supplement Regulations
4. NASA Financial Management Manual
5. NPG 5800.1  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook
6. Environmental Quality Regulations, 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508
7. Code of Federal Regulations

 

1. Discovery/New Frontiers Life-Cycle Cost Mangement Improvements
   Provides an assessment of the cost escapes that have occurred on recent DNF missions, and determine what reasonable things that can be done as a program to either prevent them or manage them better.
2. Using Historical NASA Cost and Schedule Growth to Set Future Program and Project Reserve Guidelines (September 2006)
   This paper looks at recent NASA cost and schedule growth history, categorizes the reasons for growth, isolates growth due to external programmatic reasons versus internal technical reasons, assesses relationships for causality and provides guidance for the proper cost and schedule reserves to be carried at both the Program and Project levels.
3. An Assessment of the Inherent Optimism in Early Conceptual Designs and its Effect on Cost and Schedule Growth (May 2008)
   This paper and presentation look at the effects of underestimation of resources such mass, power, and data rate in early conceptual designs on the cost and schedule growth of 10 NASA missions and make recommendations.

 

1. Specifications for Space Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) for New Frontiers (October 2003)
   A series of documents describing the technical specifications of RPS options for New Frontiers missions.
   • RPS Description
   • Space Radioisotope Power Systems Safety
2. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL's) Definitions
   Provides definitions for TRL's.

 

1. Anticipated Costs and Capabilities of the NASA Curatorial Facility (September 2003)
   Describes the NASA Curatorial Facility costs and capabilities.
2. Cost Elements Definitions (November 2002)
   Provides definitions for the major cost elements for proposals.
3. In Search of the Optimal Funding Profile: The Effect of Funding Profiles on Cost and Schedule Growth (May 2008)
   This paper and presentation look at the effects of front-loaded, back-loaded, and balanced funding profiles on the cost and schedule growth of 40 NASA missions to make recommendations on the optimal funding profile at the program and project level for competed and directed missions.
4. Final Report of the Life Cycle Cost Growth Study for the Discovery and New Frontiers Program Office  (February 2010)
   
    

 

1. The 2006 NASA Strategic Plan
2. The Science Plan for NASA Science Mission Directorate (2007-2016)
3. 2006 Solar System Exploration Roadmap
4. New Frontiers in the Solar System, an Integrated Exploration Strategy
5. Opening New Frontiers in Space: Choices for the Next New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity
6. NPR 7120.5D NID, interim NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Processes and Requirements
7. New Frontiers Program Plan
   
8. New Frontiers Program Safety and Mission Assurance Guidelines and Requirements (March 2006)
   Provides the guidelines and requirements for the design, development, manufacturing, test, integration, flight operations, and pre- and post-mission ground operations phases of New Frontiers missions.
9. NPD 8020.7F, Biological Contamination Control for Outbound and Inbound Planetary Spacecraft
10. NPR 8020.12C Planetary Protection Provisions for Robotic Extraterrestrial Missions
11. NASA-HDBK-6022, NASA Handbook for the Microbiological Examination of Space Hardware (DRAFT)
12. NASA/CP-2002-211842, A Draft Test Protocol for Detecting Possible Biohazards in Martian Samples Returned to Earth
13. NASA Policy on Curation of Extraterrestrial Materials (September 2008)
14. NPD 7100.10E Curation of Extraterrestrial Materials
15. SMD Mission Extension Paradigm
16. NPR 7120.8, NASA Research and Technology Program and Project Management Requirements
17. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
18. 14 CFR Part 1216.3 Procedure of Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act
19. NPR 8580.1, Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act
20. Executive Order 12114 Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions
21. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508)
22. NPR 8715.3, NASA General Safety Program Requirements
23. ELV Launch Services Program Information Summary (September 26, 2008)
24. Final Environmental Assessment of NASA Routine Payloads on Expendable Launch Vehicles from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base California
25. Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
26. Radioisotope Heater Unit Information Summary
27. NASA’s Mission Operations and Communications Services (January 2009)
28. NPR 8705.4 Risk Classification for NASA Payloads
29. Guidelines and Criteria for the Phase A Concept Study  [Updated December 1, 2010]
30. NASA’s In-Space Propulsion Technology Project Overview, Near-term Products and Mission Applicability (Updated May 2009)
    Provides an overview of ISPT technologies (electric propulsion, advanced chemical propulsion, and aerocapture), describing their current status and potential applicability.
31. The NEXT Ion Propulsion System for Solar System Exploration (Updated April 2009)
    Provides a standard briefing package for the NEXT ion engine.
32. AMBR Engine for Science Missions (Updated May 2009)
    Provides a standard briefing package for the AMBR engine.
33. Advanced Materials Bi-propellant Rocket (AMBR) Engine Information Summary (Updated May 2009)
    The Advanced Material Bi-propellant Rocket (AMBR) engine is a high performance (Isp), higher thrust, radiation cooled, storable bi-propellant space engine of the same physical envelope as the High Performance Apogee Thruster (HiPAT TM). This document provides detailed information about the AMBR engine, performance, development, mission implementation, key spacecraft integration considerations, project participants and approach, contact information, system specifications, and a list of references.
34. In-Space Propulsion Technology Project Low-Thrust Trajectory Tool Suite (September 2008)
    Discusses a set of low thrust trajectory analysis tools developed by ISPT that can provide consistent results and be widely available for both proposers and reviewers.
35. NPR 5800.1, Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook
36. Draft Model Contract
37. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL's) Definitions
    Provides definitions for TRL's.
38. NPR 8715.6, NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris
39. NASA-STD-8719.14, NASA Process for Limiting Orbital Debris
40. Total Mission Cost Funding Profile Template (October 2008)
    EXCEL version of Table B3.
41. NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) Ion Propulsion System Information Summary (Updated May 2009)
    NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) is an advanced ion propulsion system oriented towards robotic exploration of the solar system using solar electric power. This document describes the development and status of the NEXT ion propulsion system (IPS) technology, its application to planetary missions, and the process anticipated to transition NEXT to the first flight mission.
42. Electric Propulsion Thruster Lifetime Qualification Standard Reccommendation(June 2009)
43. SPD-19, Meeting the 70% JCL Requirement in PI-led Missions (June 2010)
44. Draft International Agreement [NEW](Posted - Nov 2010)

 

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Document Categories

• I. NASA and Office of Space Science Strategies and Policies
• II. National Research Council (NRC) Documents
• III. New Frontiers Guidelines and Requirements Documents
• IV. Science Mission Directorate Education and Public Outreach Documents
• V. General Guidelines and Requirements Documents
• VI. Directives and Procurement-Related Information
• VII. New Frontiers Lessons Learned
• VIII. Technology Related Documents
• IX. Cost Related Documents
• X. NF-3 AO and Concept Study Guidelines