Follow this link to go to the text only version of nasa.gov
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Spacer Spacer Follow this link to skip to the main content
+ Contact NASA
Spacer
Spacer Go
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
+ ARC Home
+ Home
ASTROBIOLOGY
HIGHLIGHTS
ABOUT ASTROBIOLOGY
ASTROBIOLOGY WORLDWIDE
SCIENCE & MISSIONS
TECHNOLOGIES
MEETINGS & EVENTS
FOR THE RESEARCHER
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
FOR THE STUDENT
MULTIMEDIA
RELATED LINKS
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer ASTROBIOLOGY FACT?
spacer
spacer spacer
Scientists are particularly interested in Saturn's moon Titan because it's one of the few known moons with its own dense atmosphere. Titan's atmosphere is also thought to be very similar to what Earth's atmosphere was a long time ago. By learning about Titan, we'll learn about our own planet.
spacer
spacer
Spacer
Astrobiology Banner
Spacer
Spacer
news and events
Spacer
Spacer

This site is no longer maintained. It contains historical data.

For current information about the NASA Astrobiology Program, please visit http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/

2002-09-06 | SCIENCE
Runnegar to Lead NASA Astrobiology Institute

NASA today announced that it has selected Dr. Bruce Runnegar of the University of California, Los Angeles, as the next director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI). He succeeds Nobel laureate Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg, who last year declared his intention to step down from the position. Runnegar currently is a professor in UCLA's Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP). For the past four years, he also has served as the director of the IGPP's Center for Astrobiology, one of the 11 original lead teams of the Astrobiology Institute. "I am impressed as much with Dr. Runnegar's credentials and experience, as with his vision for the role the NASA Astrobiology Institute could play in meshing leading-edge research directions with NASA's unique exploration opportunities," said NASA Senior Scientist for Astrobiology, Dr. Michael Meyer. Established in July 1998, the NAI is a virtual organization composed of NASA field centers, universities and research organizations that collaborate to study the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe. The institute brings together astronomers, biologists, chemists, geologists, paleontologists, physicists and planetary scientists.


More on this story Full text of original item from NASA, Sep 06, 2002

Related news stories

Sep 20, 2002 | SCIENCE
Astrobiology Trailblazer Named Director of NASA Ames Research Center
(NASA) - G. Scott Hubbard helped set up and direct the NASA Astrobiology Institute.

Nov 23, 2001 | SCIENCE
NASA Honors Carl Sagan with Dedication of Astriobiology Laboratory
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - The planned Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos will provide unequalled facilities for astrobiology research.

Nov 06, 2001 | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGIES
The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos to be Dedicated November 9
(NASA) - The planned laboratory will support research into the question, 'are we alone in the universe?'

Jul 27, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Eilene Theilig: Faith, by Jupiter
(CNN) - The manager of NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter discusses the 12-year-old spacecraft and what it has taught us so far.

Jul 20, 2001 | SCIENCE
Astrobiologist Harold P. 'Chuck' Klein Remembered
(NASA) - Klein helped mold NASA Ames Research Center into NASA's lead center for astrobiology.

Nov 30, 2000 | SCIENCE
NASA astrobiology architect, Dr. Gerald Soffen, dies
(NASA) - Dr. Soffen helped shape NASA's Astrobiology program

Oct 21, 2000 | SCIENCE
Nobel Laureate named as senior NASA advisor
(NASA) - Dr. Baruch Blumberg, Nobel prize winner and director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute , has been selected as senior advisor to the administrator of NASA.

Oct 13, 1999 | EDUCATION
Eileen Collins on the life of an astronaut
(space.com) - Shuttle mission commander Eileen Collins describes her work, and offers advice for tomorrow's astronauts.

Aug 29, 1999 | EDUCATION
Astronaut Sally Ride hopes to revolutionize science education
(LA Times) - This profile of the first American woman in space describes her program that allows students to study a natural phenomenon on Earth and then photograph it from space.

Aug 21, 1999 | EDUCATION
Astrobiology within her grasp
(L.A. Times) - Discouraged from studying science because she was female, a NASA geologist now develops technologies to look for life on Mars.

Aug 18, 1999 | SCIENCE
Nobel laureate to lead NASA Astrobiology Institute
(Washington Post) - Next month Dr. Baruch Blumberg takes over as director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. The institute is one element of NASA's astrobiology effort.

May 18, 1999 | SCIENCE
Nobel laureate named as director of NASA Astrobiology Institute
(NASA) - Next month Dr. Baruch Blumberg takes over as director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute.


The preceding news links are provided as a public service for interested users. The views and claims expressed in external internet sites are not necessarily those of NASA.

 Spacer


FirstGov - Your First Click to the US Government
+ Freedom of Information Act
+ Budgets, Strategic Plans and Accountability Reports
+ The President's Management Agenda
+ NASA Privacy Statement, Disclaimer,
spacerand Accessibility Certification
+ Inspector General Hotline
+ Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant
spacerto the No Fear Act
+ Information-Dissemination Priorities and Inventories
 NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Editor: Minafra
NASA Official: Lynn J. Rothschild
Last Updated: November 13, 2007
+ Questions and Comments
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer