September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
..., and engineers, from all parts of Europe (www.euro-cares.eu). There have been a few previous studies on curation facilities, which have typically been either country-specific or mission/target specific [5]. EURO-CARES proposes to move onwards...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
... simulants on Earth that could be used for these purposes? Try Harwell in Oxfordshire, UK, where ESA’s Sample Analogue Curation Facility (SACF) has been set up to help further the advancements in technologies for lunar and martian missions. This...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... to bring its celestial burden safely through our atmosphere and back to Earth. Analysed in a specially prepared curation facility back at JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences, this cargo may be a snapshot of the very beginnings...
