Astrobiology Missions

28 Jul
2022
July 28, 2022

NASA’s Viking Mission & The Search for Life on Mars: The Experiments

For young space enthusiasts like myself growing up in the 1970s, NASA’s Viking mission to Mars was one of the more exciting and memorable. The Viking […]
Astrobiology, Astrobiology Missions, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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29 May
2015
May 29, 2015

Sampling the Surface of Europa

For the better part of a quarter of a century, Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa has caught the attention of scientists and the lay public alike. Although […]
Astrobiology, Astrobiology Missions, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Solar System, Spaceflight
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7 Aug
2014
August 7, 2014

The Automated Biological Laboratory

Along with the pair of rovers still active on the Martian surface (including Opportunity which has been on the move for over a decade now), NASA’s […]
Astrobiology, Astrobiology Missions, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight
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25 May
2014
May 25, 2014

The New Search for Life on Mars

The 1976 Viking missions to Mars have been our only attempts to date to search directly for life on another planet. The pair of identical Viking […]
Astrobiology, Astrobiology Missions, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight
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27 Mar
2014
March 27, 2014

A Europa-Io Sample Return Mission

A couple of weeks ago the Obama Administration released its proposed budget for FY2015.  NASA’s budget (which is almost certainly subject to change by Congress as […]
Astrobiology Missions, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Solar System, Spaceflight
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