10 January 2021
Astrobiology. Current, Evolving and Emerging Perspectives
... field – encompassing biology, geology, chemistry and planetary sciences - which studies the origin and development of ...topics. This includes an overview of astrobiology, biosignatures and planetary protection, as well as chapters on microbial life in...
May 2018
Woman on the Moon
...for Astrophysics and Planetary Science at the University of Kent, which advised me about lunar science and by chance... an artist, ‘Moon-shot’ may have predicted what science has recently announced to the world, although these technological developments...
June 2019
Solar superstorms and their effects on Earth
... James Green is a magnetospheric scientist. He is currently the NASA Chief Scientist and was previously the director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. He received his PhD in Space Physics from the University of Iowa in 1979 and...
May 2024
DNA across the universe - the new Noah’s Ark?
... and in 1999 the ashes of lunar geologist Eugene Shoemaker were taken to the Moon in honour of his contribution to planetary science. There are now a small number of companies offering ‘space funerals’ (most of them yet to happen) but according...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
... and finally Exploration Ground Systems, $590 million. The Planetary Science budget secured $2,713.4 million. Of this, $300 ... postpone a number of key programmes including two Earth science initiatives, PACE and CLARREO-Pathfinder, and the Wide-Field...
12 June 2020
NASA picks Astrobotic to fly VIPER to the Moon
...in Washington. The VIPER mission is part of SMDs Planetary Science Division. NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon...the VIPER mission, as well as leading the mission’s science, systems engineering, real-time rover surface operations and ...
