10 January 2021
Astrobiology. Current, Evolving and Emerging Perspectives
... fields and highlighting current and emerging topics. This includes an overview of astrobiology, biosignatures and planetary protection, as well as chapters on microbial life in impact craters, low-pressure environments and terrestrial analogue sites...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... journey. “Deep space is a challenging environment over distances that are hard to conceptualise,” says Brian Clement, Planetary Protection lead on the MarCO mission at JPL. “One adaptation to deep space that MarCO is equipped with is a reflectarray...
November 2019
Strategic role of government in space commercialisation
... and the former Soviet republics. Sara Carioscia is a Science Policy Fellow at the STPI. Her research focuses on planetary protection, space situational awareness, export controls, government funding strategies, and supersonic aircraft. She holds...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
...: navigation and positioning receivers for road applications; space situational awareness monitoring; Earth observation; planetary protection; upstream standards; and future activities in space standardisation. ESA is an active member of the European...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
...weapons of mass destruction in outer space; efforts towards prevention of an ‘arms race’ in outer space; and the Planetary Protection Policy. Artist’s conception of a toroid shaped closed ecosystem space habitat, in the style of the original Stanford...
June 2020
Titan’s evolving atmosphere
... solar system bodies and of exoplanets. She is Chair of the European Space Sciences Committee, of the COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection and of the ESA Human Spaceflight and Exploration Science Advisory Committee.
