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The Office of the Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate
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program in Earth and space science. The Directorate engages the external and
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to expand the frontiers of five broad scientific pursuits: Earth Science,
Planetary Science, Biological and Physical Sciences, Heliophysics, and
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DR. NICOLA FOX

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JEFF GRAMLING

Mars Sample Return Program Director

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