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

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    Project Reports

    Establishment of the Goddard Analytical Astrobiology Laboratory

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1, 3.3, 3.4

    A New Paradigm for Organic Chemistry in the Nebula: Protostars as Chemical Factories

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    Chemical Models of Nebular Processes

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1

    Cosmic Ice Laboratory: Organic Synthesis in Energetically Processed Ices

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.2, 3.1, 7.1

    Extrasolar Planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2

    Identification of Chemical Characteristics of Basin-Forming Impactors on the Moon

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    In Situ Measurements Protocols and Techniques for Analysis of Organics in Comets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    Laser Mass Spectrometry Technique Development for Analysis of Complex Organics in Cometary and Meteritic Materials

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1, 7.1

    Methane on Mars: NAI Distributed Workshop

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Numerical Simulations of Planetary Dynamics

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Origin and Evloution of Organics in Planetary Systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1

    Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.2, 3.1

    Planetary Science and Astrobiology Seminars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Studies of Oxidized Carbon in Cometary Ice

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    Studies of the Influence of X-Rays on the Environment of Stars in the Prebiotic Molecule Formation Era

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    The Evolution of Organics in Space

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    The Organic Volatile Composition of Comets: A Window on the Early Solar System

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3

    VLA Observations of the Hot Molecular Core in the Young Stellar Object IRAS 16293-2422 and Proper Motions in the Orion Nebula

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    EPO Reports

    no reports submitted

    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
  • 7.2 Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems

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