'War of the Worlds' in reverse? Mars dirt could help fight off a microbial invasion from Earth

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...
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Report Series: Committee on Planetary Protection: Planetary Protection for the Study of Lunar Volatiles

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Report Series: Committee on Planetary Protection: Planetary Protection for the Study of Lunar ...
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Committee on Planetary Protection

The Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP) monitors progress implementing the planetary protection guidelines associated with priority programs and missions identified in the National Academies ...
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What Does NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office Do?

In 2016, NASA consolidated several programs into the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO), designed to work with other federal agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The ...

How long could Earth microbes live on Mars?

Searching for past or present life on Mars is the sole driving force behind every mission we send to the red planet, from orbiters to landers to rovers. However, there remains a concern in the ...
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Tough microbes found in NASA cleanrooms hold clues to space survival and biotech

A new study by scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and several institutes across India and Saudi Arabia has reported 26 novel bacterial species growing inside cleanrooms associated with ...
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When biospheres collide : a history of NASA's planetary protection programs / by Michael Meltzer

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