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Community Announcement: Release Status of an Earth Venture Orbital Solicitation
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This is a Community Announcement and presolicitation notice from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD), Earth Science Division (ESD), announcing the upcoming release of the Earth Venture Orbital (EVO-1) solicitation. NASA is soliciting innovative, Principal Investigator (PI)-led, cost-capped investigations for operations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) through this first solicitation in the Earth Venture Orbital series. The solicitation will emphasize faster time-to-science, strategic use of commercial capabilities, and promotion of partnerships among interested parties.

Questions and comments on this Community Announcement must be submitted by April 23, 2026, and will be posted on the EVO-1 Acquisition Homepage at https://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EVO-1. Interested parties should direct inquiries to Michael Kaszyca, NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program Office Deputy Program Manager (michael.kaszyca@nasa.gov), or Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, Program Scientist (nadya@nasa.gov). The formal solicitation details, timeline, cost caps, and evaluation criteria have not yet been released and will be available through the EVO-1 Acquisition Homepage upon official solicitation release.

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Subject: Community Announcement: Release Status of an Earth Venture Orbital Solicitation

Dear Colleagues, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD), Earth Science Division (ESD), is pleased to announce the release of a Community Announcement as an advanced notice of NASA’s intention to solicit Earth Venture (EV) investigations. The full announcement can be found on the EVO-1 Acquisition Homepage (https://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EVO-1).

This will be the first solicitation in the Earth Venture Orbital (EVO) series and will be soliciting innovative, Principal Investigator (PI)-led, cost-capped investigations for operations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

The solicitation will focus on:

• Faster time-to-science

• Strategic use of commercial capabilities

• Promoting partnerships

NASA encourages feedback in response to this Community Announcement to help shape release of the first EVO solicitation. Questions or comments about this EVO-1 Community Announcement should be submitted by April 23, 2026. The received questions and answers will be posted on the EVO-1 Acquisition Homepage (https://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EVO-1).

For questions or comments, please contact:

• Michael Kaszyca, NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program Office Deputy Program Manager, michael.kaszyca@nasa.gov

• Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, Program Scientist, nadya@nasa.gov

We look forward to engaging with interested partners to continue advancing Earth Science through innovative collaborations.

Sincerely, NASA Earth Science Division https://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EVO-1 https://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EVO-1 mailto:michael.kaszyca@nasa.gov@nasa.gov mailto:nadya@nasa.gov

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