NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) intends to release a Program Element Appendix (PEA) to the Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-2) on or about June 1, 2016. This PEA will solicit proposals for one instrument investigation to be implemented on the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, which is being developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for launch in 2022.

NASA SMD intends to solicit proposals for one Principal Investigator (PI)-led science investigation involving the development of a Neutron and Gamma-Ray Spectrometer instrument, to be integrated with and deployed on the MMX spacecraft.

Questions regarding this announcement may be addressed to:

Dr. Thomas S. Statler
MMX Program Scientist
Science Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546-0001.

E-mail may be sent to: [email protected]

with the subject line should consist of the character string “MMX PEA” (without quotation marks).