Editing Discovery Program (section)

=== Discovery 5 and 6 ===
In October 1997, NASA selected ''[[Genesis (spacecraft)|Genesis]]'' and ''[[CONTOUR]]'' as the next Discovery missions, out of 34 proposals that were submitted in December 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/text/discovery_pr_971020.txt |format=TXT |title=Missions to Gather Solar Wind Samples and Tour Three Comets Selected as Next Discovery Program Flights |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |access-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref>

The five finalists were:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/lpib82/nspace82.html |title=News from Space – LPIB 82 |website=Lpi.usra.edu |date=September 30, 2002 |access-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref>
* Aladdin (Mars moon sample return)
* Comet Nucleus Tour ([[CONTOUR]])
* ''[[Genesis (spacecraft)|Genesis]]'' (Solar wind sample return)
* Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging mission ([[MESSENGER]])
* Venus Environmental Satellite (VESAT)