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

    GSFC Executive Summary

    Project Reports

    Accomplishments of Graduate Student Avi Mandell

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Accomplishments of Graduate Student William Anderson

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Accomplishments of Graduate Student Yani Radeva

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    BioSignatures of Earth and Earth-like Planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 7.2

    Breakdown of methane due to electric discharge: A Laboratory Investigation with Relevance to Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1

    Chemical Models of Nebular Processes

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Composition of Parent Volatiles in Comets: Emphasis on Oxidized Carbon

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    Cosmic Ice Laboratory

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.2, 3.1, 7.1

    Extrasolar Planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2

    Fingerprinting late additions to the Earth and Moon via the study of highly siderophile elements in lunar impact melt rocks

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Laser mass spectrometry for planetary analog and in situ chemical analyses

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1

    New Astrobiology Virtual Conference Facility

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Origin and Evolution of Organics

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2

    Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1, 3.1

    Search for Biomarker Gases on Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 5.3, 6.2, 7.1

    Summary of Activities in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory

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

    Summer Undergraduate Internships in Astrobiology

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Synthesis of Complex Organics on Natural Grain Analogs

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1

    The Evolution of Organics in Space

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    Towards a Cometary Taxonomy based on Organic Composition

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3

    X-ray emission from intermediate-mass young stars and star-forming regions

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    EPO Reports

    Minority Institution Astrobiology Collaborative

    Summer Undergraduate Internship in Astrobiology

    National Air and Space Museum "Are we alone in the Universe"

    Project Reports

    Organized by Astrobiology Roadmap Objective

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  • 1.1 Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets
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  • 3.1 Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts
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  • 6.1 Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems
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