NASA Ames Research Center Archives

Researchers drilling into Lake Vida in October, 1996. Image courtesy of the Priscu Research Group, Montana State University at Bozeman

Analog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Mars, Press Release, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Tricorders & Sensors, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Researchers Uncover Extreme Lake — and 3000-Year-Old Microbes — in a Mars-Like Antarctic Environment

by Keith CowingDecember 16, 2002April 14, 2024

NSF-supported researchers drilling into Lake Vida, an Antarctic “ice-block” lake, have found the lake isn’t really an ice block at all. In the December 16 issue of the Proceedings of the […]

Astrobiology (general), NASA Astrobiology Program, People Of Astrobiology, Press Release

Estelle Condon Named Associate Director for Astrobiology and Space Programs

by Keith CowingOctober 29, 2002June 23, 2024

NASA Ames Research Center has appointed Estelle Condon as associate director for astrobiology and space programs. Condon has served as acting director of the Astrobiology and Space Research Directorate since […]

NASA Astrobiology Program, People Of Astrobiology, Press Release

Bonnie Dalton Named Astrobiology Astrobiology and Space Research Directorate Deputy

by Keith CowingOctober 11, 2002June 23, 2024

NASA Ames Research Center has appointed Bonnie Dalton as deputy director for the Astrobiology and Space Research Directorate. She most recently served as acting chief of the NASA Ames Life […]

Astrobiology (general), NASA Astrobiology Program, Press Release

Dedication Of The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos

by Keith CowingNovember 26, 2001November 23, 2023

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 […]