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planetary protection
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Many space missions are searching for life beyond Earth – but are we prepared for the fallout if they succeed?
Margaret E. Kosal, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dayana Alagirova, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano,…
An abandoned SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the Moon. The real problem comes next
Gregory Radisic, Bond University In the early hours of August 5 (UTC), an abandoned SpaceX rocket stage is…
Nasa and Esa want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here’s what will happen to the samples once they get here
Nasa/JPL-Caltech/MSSS John Bridges, University of Leicester A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on…