20 December 2023
When it is solicited, the Artemis Deployed Instruments Program solicits proposals for instruments to be deployed on the surface of the Moon during the second crewed lunar south polar landing. Deployed instruments will consist of autonomous instrument packages installed on the lunar surface, either robotically or by astronauts during extravehicular activities. These science packages will enable a variety of geophysical and environmental investigations. Some measurements from deployed instruments may reduce risks to astronauts in addition to their intrinsic scientific value.
These proposed deployed instruments must be capable of addressing one or more scientific objectives in the Artemis Science Plan [PDF] as well as those identified in the Artemis III Science Definition Team (SDT) Report [PDF]. These objectives are:
ROSES-2023 Amendment 69 announces that F.21 Artemis Deployed Instruments Program — Second Crewed Landing, which was TBD, will not be solicited in ROSES this year. However, NASA anticipates that it will be solicited as F.12 Artemis IV Deployed Instruments Program in ROSES-2024.
Please direct questions concerning F.21 Artemis Deployed Instruments Program to Ryan Watkins and Amanda Nahm at HQ-ArtemisInstruments@mail.nasa.gov.