Editing Discovery Program (section)

===Discovery 17 and beyond===
On August 24, 2023, NASA announced that due to budgetary constraints enacted through the [[Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023]], the official release of the Announcement of Opportunity for the [[New Frontiers program#New Frontiers 5|fifth mission]] in the Discovery Program's "big sibling" program, New Frontiers, would be delayed to no earlier than 2026.<ref>{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-confirms-multi-year-delay-in-next-new-frontiers-competition/ |title=NASA confirms multi-year delay in next New Frontiers competition |work=[[SpaceNews]] |date=August 28, 2023 |access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref> In October 2023, Planetary Science Division Director [[Lori Glaze]] presented to the National Academies' Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science on the implications of these resource constraints, noting that there were unlikely to be solicitations for further Discovery missions until at least 2026 either.<ref>{{cite conference|title=Presentation to Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences Autumn 2023 Meeting|contribution=Planetary Science Division Update|date=24 October 2023|place=Irvine CA|url=https://www.nationalacademies.org/documents/embed/link/LF2255DA3DD1C41C0A42D3BEF0989ACAECE3053A6A9B/file/DB5A7F1704EF6D9AA343457C70C7D0477572C5D6EEA0?noSaveAs=1|last1=Glaze|first1=Lori|publisher=National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>