The Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation (DALI) Program supports the advanced development of instruments that show promise for use in future lunar missions including NASA’s Artemis Program, lunar orbiters, lunar landers, and commercial ventures. The goal of the DALI program is to develop and demonstrate science instruments for lunar missions to the point where they may be proposed in response to future announcements of flight opportunities without additional extensive technology development. The proposed instrument must address specific scientific objectives of NASA’s future lunar missions.
The DALI Program seeks proposals for development activities leading to instrument systems in support of the Science Mission Directorate's science goals for the Moon. The objective of the program is to develop new technologies that significantly improve instrument measurement capabilities for lunar science missions (such as Discovery, New Frontiers, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) and Artemis). It is the responsibility of the proposer to demonstrate how their proposed instrument addresses significant scientific questions relevant to stated NASA goals and not for NASA to attempt to infer this.
The DALI Program is intended to enable technology infusion into NASA lunar science missions to take place in a timely and efficient manner. As such, the technology readiness levels (TRLs) that DALI supports are TRL 4-6.
Deadlines:
- REQUIRED Step 1 Proposals: Apr. 12, 2024
- Invited Step-2 Proposals: Jun. 26, 2024