NASA Scientist Dr. Gerald Soffen, who led the Viking science team that performed the first experiments on the surface of the planet Mars and a guiding force in NASA’s effort […]
NASA Astrobiology Program
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“What The Hell Is Astrobiology?” Asks The Secret Service
Day One at the Astrobiology Science Conference Last Sunday evening, President Clinton’s airplane landed at Moffett Field adjacent to NASA’s Ames Research Center. This is a standard procedure each time […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, NASA Astrobiology Program, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
First Astrobiology Workshop
Astrobiology is defined in the 1996 NASA Strategic Plan as “The study of the living universe.” At NASA’s Ames Research Center, this endeavor encompasses the use of space to understand […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Habitable Zones, Mars, NASA Astrobiology Program, Origin & Evolution of Life, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
Biology And The Exploration Of Mars
PREFACE Until recent years the origin of life and its possible occurrence elsewhere in the universe have been matters for speculation only. The rapid growth of molecular biology since 1940 […]