By Baruch S. Blumberg, Nobel Laureate and Director, NASA Astrobiology InstituteKeith Cowing, editor Astrobiology.com Note: this article first appeared in Ad Astra Magazine, National Space Society, Jan/Feb 2002.
NASA Astrobiology Program
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NASA Ames to Host Astrobiology Science Conference 2002
NASA Ames Research Center and the NASA Astrobiology Institute will host the second biennial Astrobiology Science Conference April 7-11. The conference will be held in Hangar One and at the […]
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Dedication Of The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos
On Friday, November 9, 2001, on what would have been Carl Sagan’s 67th birthday, the NASA Ames Research Center dedicated the site for the Carl Sagan Center for the Study […]
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The Role Of Astrobiology in Solar System Exploration
A Report from the NASA Astrobiology Institute to the National Research Council Solar System Exploration Decadal Strategy Working Group
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The Role Of Astrobiology in Solar System Exploration
A Report from the NASA Astrobiology Institute to the National Research Council Solar System Exploration Decadal Strategy Working Group
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NASA Astrobiology Architect, Dr. Gerald Soffen, Dies
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]