# Community Announcement: Release Status of an Earth Venture Orbital Solicitation

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/nnh26zda005l

- Solicitation number: NNH26ZDA005L
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT
- Department: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Contracting office: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (n-NATIONALAERONAUTICSANDSPACEADMINISTRATION)
- NAICS: 54171 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Product or service code: AR11 Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research And Supporting Activities; Basic Research
- First posted: March 24, 2026
- Last posted: August 1, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/758d887eab8d4b70840942d06f6744eb/view

## Description

NASA is releasing a Community Announcement (CA) as an advanced notice of NASA’s intention to solicit Earth Venture (EV) investigations. This will be the first solicitation in the Earth Venture Orbital (EVO) series and will be soliciting innovative, Principal Investigator (PI)-led, cost-capped investigations for operations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

On or after the publication date of this www.SAM.gov special notice, the full text for this CA will be available for download from the EVO-1 Acquisition Homepage listed under the links. The full text of the CA is also provided as the attached PDF file entitled “CA_EVO-1_FullText”. The attached PDF file entitled “1st_CA_Email_EVO” is a copy of the text of an email the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) sent to Science Mission Directorate (SMD) List Serv subscribers. Please send any questions or comments with a subject line “EVO-1 CA” to the listed point(s) of contact.

## Publications

- March 24, 2026: Special notice, due April 23, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT. Notice db8968b03d504db0a071e75e791867c5. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/db8968b03d504db0a071e75e791867c5/view
- August 1, 2026: Special notice, due August 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT. Notice 21500a888f634c49934c48b04eca141c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/21500a888f634c49934c48b04eca141c/view
- August 1, 2026: Special notice, due August 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT. Notice 758d887eab8d4b70840942d06f6744eb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/758d887eab8d4b70840942d06f6744eb/view

## Points of contact

- Michael Kaszyca, michael.kaszyca@nasa.gov
- Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, nadya@nasa.gov

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