Large Missions – History and Foundational Information

• Management Plan for Large Mission Concept Studies - UPDATED February 11, 2019
• Terms of Reference for the Large Mission Concepts Independent Assessment Team - November 30, 2018

• Large mission Concept Studies Interim Reports - Aug 2018:
  • LUVOIR | Habex | Lynx | OST

• CAA Report on NASA's Decadal preparations - Aug 2018
• FAQ - July 17, 2018
• Memo on NASA's Large Mission Concept Studies - June 14, 2018
• Charter for the Large Mission Concept Studies Report Team - UPDATED January 29, 2018
• Pause and Learn - October 20-21, 2016
• Decadal Studies Timeline - May 9, 2016
• Decadal Survey Mission Concept Studies Team Members - UPDATED April 13, 2016
• Planning for the 2020 Decadal Survey: An Astrophysics Division White Paper - January 2016
• Call for Nominations - Updated January 6, 2016
• Large Mission Concept Studies Kick Off by Hertz at AAS - January 2016
• Charter for the Mission Concept Study Science and Definition Teams - December 2015
• Establishment of Large Astrophysics Mission Concept Studies (Center Assignments) - November 2015
• Space Launch System Program Mission Planner's Guide - August 2014

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