Current Status
The ABE team is working mission and design trades in preparation for resubmission.

20 March 2003
ABE not selected for MIDEX on this opportunity.

30 January 2003
ABE Site Visit at Ball Aerospace, TMCO review.

16 October 2002
ABE Concept Study Report (AO 01-OSS-03) Submitted for review.

17 April 2002
ABE is one of four MIDEX proposals selected for Phase A study. It is one of the few mission concepts selected for a concept study on the first submission. NASA Ames Research Center Press Release.

30 October 2001
The AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) MIDEX Mission: Understanding Organic Molecules in Space, Step 1 proposal submitted in response to A0 01-OSS-03.