Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. NASA Ames Research Center

    PI David Des Marais
    Members 0 (Inactive)
    Active Dates 11/2003 - 10/2008
    Team Website http://amesteam.arc.nasa.gov/

    Executive Summary

    Linking Our Origins To Our Future

    Project Reports

    Biosignatures in chemosynthetic and photosynthetic systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2

    Early Metabolic Pathways

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2, 3.4

    Ecosystem to Biosphere Modeling

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.3, 6.1, 7.2

    Habitable Planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 4.3

    Hindcasting Ecosystems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 6.1

    Interplanetary Pioneers

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.3, 6.2

    Prebiotic Organics from Space

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1, 3.4, 4.3, 7.1, 7.2

    EPO Reports

    Yellowstone National Park

    Yellowstone Resources and Issues Guide

    Way Side Sign Exhibit 2007

    Old Faithful Visitor Education Center (OFVEC)

    Yellowstone National Park Science Advisory Board

    California Academy of Sciences

    Public Presentations/Symposium/Lecture Series/Conferences

    K-14 Classroom Presentations

    Educational Workshops/Classroom/Lab Experiences

    Stanford University Course

    Educational Film, Radio, Web, and Print Productions

    TERC Astrobiology High School Curriculum

    Museum of the Rockies

    NASA Astrobiology Institute Ames Team Web-site

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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
  • 7.2 Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems

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