After circling the sun for several million years a piece of Mars is about to land on Earth Could Mars life have hitched a ride?
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Astrobiology at T+5 Years
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.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Press Release
Prepared Comments by Keith Cowing at the Second Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center
Since tonight’s topic is SciFi – specifically, time machines, and we’re at an Astrobiology conference, I thought I’d borrow Dr. Davies time machine for a few minutes to go back […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
NASA Astrobiology Roadmap April 8, 2002 Draft
Goals and Objectives
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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 […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Icy Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
Terrestrial Analogs to Mars: Planetary Decadal Study Community White Paper Solar System Exploration Survey, 2003-2013
Planetary Decadal Study Community White Paper Solar System Exploration Survey, 2003-2013
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Fossils & Paleontology, Meteorites & Asteroids, Microbiology & Virology, Panspermia, Status Report
Doubts About ALH84001: The JSC Mars Meteorite Team Responds
Editor’s note: the following is a response provided to SpaceRef by the JSC Mars Meteorite Team (David McKay, Kathie Thomas-Keptra, and Everett Gibson) regarding a paper “Magnetite morphology and life […]
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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 […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Comets and Asteroids, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Meteorites & Asteroids, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Sample Return, Status Report
Determinative Mineralogy: An essential component of Planetary Exploration – Decadal White Paper of the Extraterrestrial Mineralogy Panel
INTRODUCTION Our existing knowledge of extraterrestrial mineralogy has been gained largely from analyses of returned or collected samples — returned samples and collected meteorites from the Moon, meteorites from Mars, […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments
Diversa Completes of Sequencing of Pyrolobus fumarii Genome – the World’s Highest Temperature Organism
[Diversa] Diversa Corporation today announced the completion of the sequencing of the Pyrolobus fumarii genome. The work was completed with Celera Genomics, an Applera Corporation business. The sequence of P. […]