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NASA seeks partners for Earth Science extended missions, updates INNOVATE solicitation

NASA has issued solicitations to find partners for Earth Science extended missions and published Amendment 41 updating the A.10 INNOVATE solicitation, inviting proposals that apply NASA Earth observations and models to value‑added technologies, applications and societal benefits. The actions aim to accelerate operational use of satellite data.

Discovered 2026-01-26T11:46:32.427612-08:00 | 2026-01-26T11:46:32.427612-08:00

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NASA’s solicitations (including Amendment 41 to A.10 INNOVATE) create direct funding and partnership pathways to extend mission lifetimes and drive applied uses of Earth-observation data — prioritizing technology, value‑added applications and societal benefits.
This push into applied Earth science comes amid a busy 2026 science manifest and sustained demand for operational Earth-observation datasets, as seen in broader mission activity such as the year’s crowded space‑science schedule (source:aa2bdb74-8d3c-4179-a3d7-ef8382b4bd34) and ongoing programs like the Sentinel‑6B ocean‑mapping campaign (source:f2cd0236-b7a1-412e-b6bd-8cc213850db9).

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