Self-Nominations Invited for Task Force 1 (TF1): Development of NASA-DARES 2025: The 2025 NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy
Policy
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Comets and Asteroids, Mars, Meteorites & Asteroids, Microbiology & Virology, Missions & Hardware, NASA Astrobiology Program, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Policy, Sample Return, Status Report
NASA’s Office of Planetary Protection Has A New Logo
Editor’s note: According to a LinkedIn post by James Benardini, Planetary Protection Officer at NASA: “NASA’s Office of Planetary Protection just released it’s new logo today! Excited to share this […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
NASA Call for Nominations to the Executive Committee of the Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG)
The Astrophysics Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is pleased to issue this open call for nominations to serve on the Executive Committee (EC) of NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Apps - Games, Commercial & Private Sector, Education and Outreach, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Nanotechnology & SynBio, NASA Astrobiology Program, Policy, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
Open Science at NASA – Data Management Policies for BPS (Biological and Physical Sciences)
To increase scientific research throughput and the transparency of government funded research, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) seeks to transform the collection, archival/preservation, curation, and distribution of science […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Career Opportunities, Courses, Education and Outreach, People Of Astrobiology, Policy, Societal Issues, Status Report
Dialogues between Astrobiology and Earth Pedagogy: A Proposal To The Continued Training Of Science Teachers
Introduction and Objective. Assuming the need to rethink Education and its function as an element of social transformation and generator of a profound ethical change and promoter of other ways […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Enceladus, Europa, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Panspermia, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report, Titan, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
The COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy for Missions to Icy Worlds: A Review of History, Current Scientific Knowledge, And Future Directions
Recent discoveries related to the habitability and astrobiological relevance of the outer Solar System have expanded our understanding of where and how life may have originated. As a result, the […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report, Terraforming & Geoengineering
Climate Change Task Force Report for the American Astronomical Society
The AAS Strategic Plan for 2021-26 called for the creation of a task force to identify how the AAS can meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, Policy, Press Release, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans
NASA Search for Life Science Analysis Group (SFL-SAG) Seeks Members
The Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) and the NASA Astrobiology program have chartered the Search for Life Science Analysis Group (SFL-SAG).
Posted inMicrobiology & Virology, Missions & Hardware, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
Planetary Protection: Updates And Challenges For A Sustainable Space Exploration
Planetary protection enables scientific return from solar system bodies investigations and at the same time protects life on Earth.
Posted inPlanetary Protection & Biosafety, Policy, Press Release, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans
Assessment of the Report of NASA's Planetary Protection Independent Review Board
The goal of planetary protection is to control, to the degree possible, the biological cross-contamination of planetary bodies. Guidelines developed by the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) are used by […]