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

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 th