The next sample request deadline for Antarctic Meteorites is December 5, 2025. Requests received by this deadline will be reviewed in the Fall meeting by the Antarctic Meteorite Allocation Panel. […]
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Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Icy Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Meteorites & Asteroids, Status Report
Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program (ANSMET) Report October 2024
Early last February, ANSMET returned home from a short but successful field season: we recovered 208 meteorites in just over two weeks in our first return to Antarctica since the […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Fossils & Paleontology, Habitable Zones, Microbiology & Virology, Missions & Hardware, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Sample Return, Status Report
How To Become Part Of The NASA Planetary Sample Science Community
How to Become Part of the NASA Planetary Sample Science Community is a series of virtual sessions scheduled for November 6, 13, and 20, 2024. These sessions will provide an […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Comets and Asteroids, Meteorites & Asteroids, Missions & Hardware, Press Release
OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Samples Now Available to World’s Scientists
Scientists outside of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team are getting their first close look at the asteroid Bennu samples available for independent research just six months after their delivery to Earth.
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OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Astrogeology / Astrobiology Analysis Update
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams) of material from asteroid Bennu when it returned to Earth on Sep. 24, 2023; the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space […]
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OSIRIS-REx Team Clears A Hurdle To Access Remaining Sample From Asteroid Bennu
Curation team members at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston have successfully removed the two fasteners from the sampler head that had prevented the remainder of OSIRIS-REx’s asteroid Bennu sample […]
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Dr. David S. McKay Has Passed Away
From the NASA JSC Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate
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Study May Cast Doubt on Some 1996 NASA Evidence of Past Life on Mars
The scientific debate over whether a meteorite contains evidence of past life on Mars continues to intensify, with colleagues of the team that announced the possibility in 1996 revealing new […]