Closed Solicitation · NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

    REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI): TERRA, AQUA, AND AURA (TAA) MISSIONS

    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
    Sol. NNH26ZDA003LSpecial NoticeWASHINGTON, DC
    Closed
    STATUS
    Closed
    closed Jan 30, 2026
    POSTED
    Jan 8, 2026
    Publication date
    NAICS CODE
    54171
    Primary industry classification
    PSC CODE
    AR12
    Product & service classification

    AI Summary

    NASA is seeking partnerships for the operations and data collection of Earth Science satellite missions, specifically the Terra, Aqua, and Aura missions. This RFI aims to gather information on interest and innovative partnership arrangements to maintain these missions. Interested parties should regularly check the NSPIRES for updates and submit questions via email.

    Contract details

    Solicitation No.
    NNH26ZDA003L
    Notice Type
    Special Notice
    Posted Date
    January 8, 2026
    Response Deadline
    January 30, 2026
    NAICS Code
    54171AI guide
    PSC / Class Code
    AR12
    Issuing Office
    NASA HEADQUARTERS
    State
    DC
    ZIP Code
    20546
    AI Product/Service
    service

    Description

    NASA is exploring partnerships with external organizations for the operations and data collection of Earth Science satellite missions to enable more impactful exploitation of NASA resources and to advance the commercial remote sensing industry. This RFI specifically seeks information on interest in the Terra, Aqua, and/or Aura missions and information on potential innovative partnership arrangements to maintain one or more of these on-orbit missions.  

    Depending on the responses to this RFI, NASA may 1) proceed to have discussions with individual respondents or 2) release an Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP) to compete this opportunity with NASA under a reimbursable or non-reimbursable (no exchange of funds) Space Act Agreement, or both 1 and 2. Any resultant agreement(s) from this RFI or potential future AFPP will define the full roles and responsibilities of NASA and the selected Partner(s).

    On or after the publication date of this SAM.gov special notice, the  full, final text for this Request for Information will be available for download from the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) at https://nspires.nasaprs.com by searching on the SAM notice ID (called a solicitation number on NSPIRES) or via the  link provided below.

    NASA may periodically update the NSPIRES landing page to add other documents such as questions and answers or to revise and amend this RFI. To stay up to date Interested parties must visit NSPIRES regularly to ensure that they have the latest information available.

    The attached PDF file entitled “1stEmail” is a copy of the text of an email NSPIRES sent to Science Mission Directorate (SMD) List Serv subscribers and includes other important dates not shown on this SAM.gov landing page.  After downloading and carefully reading the full text from NSPIRES, by email only address questions (or other comments) with a subject line to read “TAA RFI” to the listed point(s) of contact.

    Key dates

    1. January 8, 2026Posted Date
    2. January 30, 2026Proposals / Responses Due

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    REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI): TERRA, AQUA, AND AURA (TAA) MISSIONS is a federal acquisition solicitation issued by NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. Review the full description, attachments, and submission requirements on SamSearch before the response deadline.

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