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This document is a special notice announcing the postponement of the 2025 Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) Program. NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has delayed the release of the final SMEX text from April 2025 to no earlier than April 2026, to provide more effective and efficient opportunities for the proposer community. The Astrophysics Division (APD) will use this additional time to refine the AO text.
Interested parties can submit comments and questions via email to Doris Daou (APD SMEX Program Scientist) and E. Lucien Cox (APD SMEX Program Executive) by June 20, 2025. The draft AO was originally released on January 13, 2025, with the solicitation identification number NNH25ZDA008J. Responses to inquiries may be provided by email or posted in the Questions and Answers section on the SMEX Program Acquisition website (https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/APSMEX25/SMEX/index.html). NASA remains committed to keeping the community informed of updates.
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2025 Announcement of Opportunity (AO) Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) Release Postponed
Dear Colleagues
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has determined that the Announcement of Opportunity (AO) Astrophysics Explorers Program 2025 Small Explorer release will be postponed until no earlier than April 2026. In the draft 2025 Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) AO published earlier this year, Section 3.
Proposal Opportunity Period and Schedule estimated the release of final SMEX text in April 2025.
In order to provide meaningful opportunities more effectively and efficiently for the proposer community, SMD’s Astrophysics Division (APD) will take additional time to refine the next SMEX AO. APD will ensure potential proposers are given adequate notice and preparation time to respond to any changes between the draft and any final AO text.
Comments and questions on the SMEX postponement will be accepted by email only.
Anonymity of persons/institutions who question/comment will be preserved. No later than June 20, 2025, please address inquiries to Doris Daou, APD SMEX Program Scientist at Doris.Daou@nasa.gov and E. Lucien Cox APD SMEX Program Executive at Elbert.l.Cox@nasa.gov.
Similar questions/comments may be aggregated and provided with a single response. Responses may be given by email or posted in the Questions and Answers (Q&A) section on the SMEX Program Acquisition website https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/APSMEX25/SMEX/index.html.
Draft AO Released: January 13, 2025 Identification Number: NNH25ZDA008J Short URL: https://go.nasa.gov/NNH25ZDA008J
SMD remains committed to keeping the community informed as updates become available.
mailto:Doris.Daou@nasa.gov mailto:Elbert.l.Cox@nasa.gov https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/APSMEX25/SMEX/index.html https://go.nasa.gov/NNH25ZDA008J
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