Trailblazer is a NASA Small, Innovative Mission for PLanetary Exploration, or SIMPLEx. These missions intend to provide practical operations experience at a lower cost. Each SIMPLEx mission is ...

This array of missions from NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin and partners for 2025 reflects a busy year—and a dynamic and collaborative era in space exploration.

Each SIMPLEx mission is capped at a budget of US$55 million – Trailblazer is slightly over budget at $80 million. Even over budget, this mission will cost around a quarter of a typical robotic mission ...

Each SIMPLEx mission is capped at a budget of US ... this mission will cost around a quarter of a typical robotic mission from NASA’s Discovery Program. Discovery Program missions typically ...