June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
... orbit are incorporated into the design to avoid contamination by unspent fuel and all materials used in the... spacecraft have been selected following detailed on-orbit contamination analysis and predictions. A number of the instruments are ...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
...terrestrial organisms, as well as (two) the back-contamination of Earth by extraterrestrial life-forms. The author undertaking ...of the previous missions that have been on its surface. Even I contaminated Mars myself in a way. While at JPl, I added my ...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... York came fourth, focusing on regolith construction to provide radiation shielding and physical protection. Land, regulation and contamination Key future issues will be establishing the ‘ownership’ both of lunar areas and Mars and the consequences...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
...is becoming increasingly congested with active satellites, increasingly contaminated by space debris and increasingly contested by State .... Existing frameworks The three challenges of congestion, contamination and contestation – the 3Cs – are global ...
29 April 2020
Scientists discover ancient nitrogen-bearing organic material in martian meteorite
... minerals to ascertain their chemical content - none of which showed signs of detectable nitrogen. After all of the careful contamination checks, the team determined the organic molecules were only in the carbonate and therefore martian in nature...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
...study. Newly developed tools and instruments will minimise the contamination of samples and allow much more sensitive measurements of ... This is not only to protect the crew from contamination, but also to preserve the scientific integrity of the...
