The two small spacecraft, which were supposed to launch with the agency's Psyche asteroid probe, will be put in storage.
probes' science targets — two binary near-Earth asteroid systems — out of reach. And the agency has now decided to shelve the ride-along probes.
"After considering the opportunities and requirements for alternative missions using the twin spacecraft, and the expected resources available to planetary science in the next few years, NASA has decided to stand down further work on the Janus mission," NASA officials"The project will complete the contracted work remaining on the two spacecraft and then prepare them for storage in the event that future funding may enable an opportunity to utilize the spacecraft," they added.
"These lower-cost missions serve as an ideal platform for technical and architecture innovation, contributing to NASA's science research and technology development objectives," agency officials wrote in the Tuesday update, referring to SIMPLEx projects.
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