Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    PI Michael Mumma
    Members 0 (Inactive)
    Active Dates 11/2003 - 10/2008
    Team Website http://astrobiology.gsfc.nasa.gov/

    Executive Summary

    Goddard Center for Astrobiology Annual NAI Report

    Project Reports

    Accomplishments of Graduate Student William Anderson

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Chemical Models of Nebular Processes

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Constraints on the Chemical Nature of the Lunar Impact Basin Forming Impactors

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    Cosmic Ice Laboratory: Organic Synthesis in Energetically Processed Ices

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.2, 3.1, 7.1

    Direct Detection and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2

    Instrumentation for the Analysis of Organic Materials in Natural Samples

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    Large Scale Circulation and Organic Synthesis in the Primitive Solar Nebula

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1, 3.2

    Numerical Simulations of Planetary Dynamics

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.2, 3.1

    Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1

    Progress Report for APL Effort in Goddard Center for Astrobiology

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1

    Satellite thermal remote sensing of Boiling Springs Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Studies of Oxidized Carbon in Cometary Ice

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    Summary of Activities in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 7.1

    The Evolution of Organics in Space

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    VLA observations of a hot molecular core in the young stellar object NGC1333 IRAS4A

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    X-ray emission from young stars and a comet

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    EPO Reports

    Minority Institution Astrobiology Collaborative

    Summer Undergraduate Internship in Astrobiology

    NASA and The Navajo Nation Sustainability Seminar

    NASA Explorer School Institutes - Formal Education Initiative

    Astrobiology Workshops for GSFC Education Specialists

    Project Reports

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  • 1.1 Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets
  • 1.2 Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets
  • 2.1 Mars exploration
  • 2.2 Outer Solar System exploration
  • 3.1 Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts
  • 3.2 Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules
  • 3.3 Origins of energy transduction
  • 3.4 Origins of cellularity and protobiological systems
  • 4.1 Earth's early biosphere
  • 4.2 Foundations of complex life
  • 5.1 Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms
  • 5.2 Co-evolution of microbial communities
  • 5.3 Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments
  • 6.1 Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems
  • 6.2 Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth
  • 7.1 Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials
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