This directorate was not covered in the 2012 fiscal year data set.
The information you are viewing is based on the documentation provided in the 2013 fiscal year data set.
Budgeted Money
Fiscal Year 2012 Budgeted money in USD Millions.
FY2013
0.0*
$4,919.7**
$5,073.7
$4,911.2
$4,914.4
$4,914.4
$4,914.4
$29,647.8
* = Actual ** = Enacted
Historic Budgeted Money in Millions
0.0*
0.0*
0.0*
0.0*
$4,497.6
$5,005.6
$5,016.8
$5,016.8
$5,016.8
$5,016.8
$5,016.8
$34,587.2
$5,253.7*
$4,609.9*
$4,733.2*
$4,903.0*
$4,493.3
$5,005.6
$5,248.6
$5,509.6
$5,709.8
$5,814.0
0.0
$51,280.7
$5,253.7*
$4,609.9*
$4,733.2*
$4,903.0*
$4,477.2
$4,747.4
$4,890.9
$5,069.0
$5,185.4
0.0
0.0
$43,869.7
$5,253.7*
$4,609.9*
$4,706.2*
$4,441.5*
$4,482.0
$4,534.9
$4,643.4
$4,761.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
$37,433.2
$5,253.7*
$5,466.8*
$5,516.1*
$5,555.3*
$5,600.6
$5,656.9
$5,802.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
$38,852.1
$5,253.7*
$5,330.0*
$5,383.1*
$5,437.1*
$5,491.5
$5,546.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
$32,441.8
Detailed Information
Overview
NASAs Science Mission Directorate (SMD) conducts scientific exploration enabled by the use of space observatories and space probes that view the Earth from space, observe and visit other bodies in the solar system, and gaze out into the galaxy and beyond. NASAs science program seeks answers to profound questions that touch us all:
- How and why are Earths climate and the environment changing?
- How and why does the Sun vary and affect Earth and the rest of the solar system?
- How do planets and life originate?
- How does the universe work, and what are its origin and destiny?
- Are we alone?
Plans for FY 2012
NASA is planning to launch several missions in FY 2013. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), scheduled to launch in December 2012, will be the eighth in the series of Landsat satellites and will observe and measure Earths continental and coastal landscapes. The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) will orbit the Moon to characterize the atmosphere and lunar dust environment that is believed to be lofted above the surface at the sunrise or sundown on the moon.
NASA will continue making discoveries that change the way we view the Earth, our Sun, and the universe. In FY 2013, NASA will begin obtaining data from 2011 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). Operating under its own power, the Curiosity rover will use its ten instruments to analyze the environment remotely, find targets of interest, take samples, and analyze them to assess whether or not Mars could have sustained life.
Theme(s) in Directorate
Theme(s) included in this Directorate
Astrophysics
FY2012
$647.3*
$1,076.3**
$682.7
$758.1
$775.5
$779.8
$810.1
$5,529.8
* = Actual ** = Enacted
Earth Science
FY2012
$1,439.3*
$1,801.8**
$1,797.4
$1,821.7
$1,818.5
$1,858.2
$1,915.4
$12,452.3
* = Actual ** = Enacted
Heliophysics
FY2012
$608.0*
$641.9**
$622.3
$632.7
$653.0
$659.7
$658.7
$4,476.3
* = Actual ** = Enacted
James Webb Space Telescope
FY2012
$438.7*
0.0**
$373.7
$375.0
$375.0
$375.0
$375.0
$2,312.4
* = Actual ** = Enacted
Planetary Science
FY2012
$1,364.4*
$1,485.7**
$1,540.7
$1,429.3
$1,394.7
$1,344.2
$1,256.8
$9,815.8
* = Actual ** = Enacted
Percentage breakdown of allocated funds by Theme.
The chart above displays the budgeted $ in millions.
