The LPI/JSC Joint Working Group announces the fourth hands-on training in the handling and manipulation of small extraterrestrial samples that will be held at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, […]
Researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) measured water content and hydrogen isotopic composition of samples of the asteroid Itokawa, returned to Earth by the Hayabusa spacecraft. This study, led by […]
On April 25, Japan’s space agency (JAXA) confirmed that Hayabusa2 successfully created an artificial crater on asteroid Ryugu. Three weeks earlier, JAXA separated the SCI (Small Carry-on Impactor) from the […]
A drill originally developed to work in the low-gravity environment of Mars will help retrieve Antarctic bedrock samples with the aim of understanding the continent’s climate history. Researchers from the […]
New abstract deadline: February 5, 2018, 5 pm CST The 2nd International Mars Sample Return Conference is scheduled to take place over 2.5 days from April 25-27, 2018, in Berlin, […]
This conference is scheduled to take place over 2.5 days from April 25-27, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The purpose of this conference is to establish a better understanding of the […]
Dear Colleague, Past, present, and future sample scientists: You are invited to join the 2nd Annual Workshop on Potential Mars Returned Sample Science. This workshop will be held immediately before […]
This NPP (NASA Postdoctoral Program) position provides an opportunity to work with the FINESSE (Field Investigations to Enable Solar System Science and Exploration) team based at NASA Ames Research Center […]