The next decade of planetary science and astrobiology holds tremendous promise. New research will expand our understanding of our solar system’s origins, how planets form and evolve, under what conditions […]
National Academies of Sciences
Posted inHabitable Zones, Missions & Hardware, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Policy, Press Release, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Sample Return
NASA’s Planetary Protection Review Addresses Changing Reality of Space Exploration
NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) the agency established in response to a recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Press Release
Astrochemistry: Discoveries to Inform the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Communities = Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief
Throughout much of human history, space was thought to be a void in which only ions or radicals existed. It was only in the last half of the 20th century […]
Posted inDeimos, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Phobos, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Sample Return
Planetary Protection Classification of Sample-Return Missions from the Martian Moons
This report reviews recent theoretical, experimental, and modeling research on the environments and physical conditions encountered by Mars ejecta during certain processes. It recommends whether missions returning samples from Phobos […]