NASA Announcement of Flight Opportunities (AFO) #7: Now Open

For Payloads Maturing Crosscutting Technologies that Advance Multiple Future Space Missions to Flight Readiness Status

The NASA Flight Opportunities Program, one of the nine programs in the Space Technology Mission Directorate, intends to mature towards flight readiness status crosscutting technologies that advance multiple future space missions by testing the technologies in relevant flight environments. To facilitate this goal, NASA is providing access to certain flight opportunities available to the Agency, on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, to entities that have technology payloads meeting specified criteria.

This solicitation, AFO #7, provides access to a flight to Low Earth Orbit as secondary payloads on the Green Propellant Infusion Mission.

Applications are due on or before 11:59 PM Eastern Time on September 12, 2013, and selection notifications will be made in November 2013 (target).