(Editor’s note: originally published on NASAWatch.com) Today, a group of scientists sat before the world on TV and said “I don’t know”; “I am confused”; and “I laid awake at […]
Missions & Hardware
Posted inMissions & Hardware, Panspermia, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Policy, Sample Return, Status Report
NASA Policy Directive: NPD 8020.7E Biological Contamination Control for Outbound and Inbound Planetary Spacecraft
POLICY DIRECTIVEDirective: NPD 8020.7EEffective Date: February 19, 1999Expiration Date: February 19, 2004Responsible Office: S /Office of Space Science
Posted inAstrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Viking 1 Examines Martian Soil
Operations have begun at the Viking landing site to dig foot-deep trench in the Martian soil and distribute samples to three instruments.
Posted inJupiter
Particles, Environments And Possible Ecologies In The Jovian Atmosphere
The eddy diffusion coefficient is estimated as a function of altitude, separately for the Jovian troposphere and mesosphere. Complex organic molecules produced by the Ly alpha photolysis of methane may […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Tricorders & Sensors
Viking 2 Oven Has Failed
One of three small ovens on an experiment aboard NASA’s Viking 2 Lander apparently did not operate during recent checkout tests of the instrument.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Desert Worlds, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Tricorders & Sensors
Mars Viking Program Press Kit
The 1975-1976 Viking Mars Mission is described in detail, from launch phase through landing and communications relay phase.
Posted inPress Release
Mariner 9 Orbital Study of Mars
Will the “wave of darkening” soon go the way of Martian canals during the Mariner 9 orbital study of the red planet?
Posted inMars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release
Mariner 9 Hopes to Answer Long Awaited Questions
Is Mars totally bleak and inhospitable to life? Or could water still be found on the planet? What role do dust storms play in forming Martian clouds?
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release
Prospects For Martian Life
If there is life on Mars, it may be a microbial form no more complex than blue-green algae, according to Dr. Roy E. Cameron, head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s […]
