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A -- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR NASA EXPLORER MISSIONS AND STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY FOR INFRARED ASTRONOMY SOL NRA-98-OSS-10 DUE 112398 POC Glenn H. Mucklow, Program Executive, Phone (202) 358-2235, Fax (202) 358-4166, Email Glenn.Mucklow@hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#NRA-98-OSS-10. E-MAIL: Glenn H. Mucklow, Glenn.Mucklow@hq.nasa.gov. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Office of Space Science is releasing a NASA Research Announcement (NRA 98-OSS-10) entitled Technology Development for NASA Explorer Missions and Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. This NRA solicits proposals for developing technologies that will enhance the science productivity and lower the cost of future nonspecific Explorer missions and for detector systems for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Participation is open to all categories of organizations, foreign and domestic, including educational institutions, profit and nonprofit organizations, NASA Centers, and other Government agencies. Upon the release date, specific guidance for proposal preparation will be available electronically from the World Wide Web by selecting "Research Opportunities" at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oss/. Further information about this solicitation may be obtained from the program executive, Glenn Mucklow, Advanced Technology and Mission Studies Division, Code SM, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; TEL: (202) 358-0828; E-mail: <Glenn.Mucklow@hq.nasa.gov>. This notice constitutes a NASA Research Announcement as specified in FAR 6.102 (d)(2). Posted 10/03/98 (D-SN258152). (0276)

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