Analog Studies Archives - Astrobiology

Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars

Analog Studies

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Glacier-like Features on Mars

Mars

Glacier-like Features on Mars

A Slice of Ice On Mars

Mars

A Slice of Ice On Mars

Characterizing Microbial Communities in >7000- and >180,000-Year-Old Antarctic Permafrost Using a Low-Biomass Decontamination Protocol

Microbiology & Virology

Characterizing Microbial Communities in >7000- and >180,000-Year-Old Antarctic Permafrost Using a Low-Biomass Decontamination Protocol

The NEID Earth Twin Survey. IV. Confirming An 89 d, msini=10 M-earth Planet Orbiting A Nearby Sun-like Star

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets

The NEID Earth Twin Survey. IV. Confirming An 89 d, msini=10 M-earth Planet Orbiting A Nearby Sun-like Star

Estimating The Local Hubble Parameter From The Thermal Evolution Of Earth And Mars

Habitable Zones

Estimating The Local Hubble Parameter From The Thermal Evolution Of Earth And Mars

Super Fungi Survive Extreme Mars-like Environments

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments

Super Fungi Survive Extreme Mars-like Environments

Teaching Robots To Walk On Mars From The Sand Of New Mexico

Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Teaching Robots To Walk On Mars From The Sand Of New Mexico

Exploring Organic Compound Preservation Through Long-term In Situ Experiments In The Atacama Desert And The Relevance For Mars

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Exploring Organic Compound Preservation Through Long-term In Situ Experiments In The Atacama Desert And The Relevance For Mars

Antarctic Offworld Analog: Aurora Australis Over Concordia Station

Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine

Antarctic Offworld Analog: Aurora Australis Over Concordia Station

Slow Radiolysis of Amino Acids in Mars-Like Permafrost Conditions: Applications to the Search for Extant Life on Mars

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Slow Radiolysis of Amino Acids in Mars-Like Permafrost Conditions: Applications to the Search for Extant Life on Mars

Unoccupied Aircraft Systems Sampling For Earth And Mars

Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Unoccupied Aircraft Systems Sampling For Earth And Mars

Tricorder Tech: ESA Away Team Portable Microscope Training

Astronauts and Explorers

Tricorder Tech: ESA Away Team Portable Microscope Training

Geology And Mars Analog Potential Of The < 2.7-billion-year-old Miralga Impact Structure, North Pole Dome, Pilbara Craton, Australia

Impact events

Geology And Mars Analog Potential Of The < 2.7-billion-year-old Miralga Impact Structure, North Pole Dome, Pilbara Craton, Australia

Studying Terrestrial Rocks To Prepare Techniques For Mars

Analog Studies

Studying Terrestrial Rocks To Prepare Techniques For Mars

Digital Twin for Analog Mars Missions: Investigating Local Positioning Alternatives for GNSS-Denied Environments

Away Teams & Field Reports

Digital Twin for Analog Mars Missions: Investigating Local Positioning Alternatives for GNSS-Denied Environments

Intact Polar Lipids As Organic Biomarkers Of Viable Extraterrestrial Life

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Intact Polar Lipids As Organic Biomarkers Of Viable Extraterrestrial Life

Planets Around Solar Twins/Analogs (PASTA) II: Chemical Abundances, Systematic Offsets, And Clues To Planet Formation

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets

Planets Around Solar Twins/Analogs (PASTA) II: Chemical Abundances, Systematic Offsets, And Clues To Planet Formation

Temperature-Sensitive Lipids Reveal Intraspecific Diversity in Bacteria Isolated from an Ancient Antarctic Microbial Mat

Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine

Temperature-Sensitive Lipids Reveal Intraspecific Diversity in Bacteria Isolated from an Ancient Antarctic Microbial Mat

The “Bagno dell’Acqua” Lake as a Novel Mars-like Analogue: Prebiotic Syntheses of PNA and RNA Building Blocks and Oligomers

Analog Studies

The “Bagno dell’Acqua” Lake as a Novel Mars-like Analogue: Prebiotic Syntheses of PNA and RNA Building Blocks and Oligomers