Author: Space Studies Board

NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) currently operates over five dozen missions, with approximately two dozen additional missions in developme...

The next decade of planetary science and astrobiology holds tremendous promise. New research will expand our understanding of our solar system's or...

An international consensus policy to prevent the biological cross-contamination of planetary bodies exists and is maintained by the Committee on Sp...

At the request of the Advisory Committee for Geosciences of the National Science Foundation (NSF), a review of the Geospace Section of the NSF Divi...

NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is engaged in the final stages of a comprehensive, agency-wide effort to develop a new strategic plan at a...

Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics assesses whether the proposed A...

The NASA Science Mission Directorate/Earth Science Division's (SMD/ESD's) Earth Venture (EV) is a program element within the Earth System Science P...

The U.S. space science community includes thousands of scientists across multiple disciplines that influence and are influenced by the many enginee...

In response to a request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - and with the support of the National Aeronautics and Space Admi...

The goal of planetary protection is to control, to the degree possible, the biological cross-contamination of planetary bodies. Guidelines develope...

The 2011 National Research Council decadal survey on biological and physical sciences in space, Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration: Life an...

The past decade has delivered remarkable discoveries in the study of exoplanets. Hand-in-hand with these advances, a theoretical understanding of t...

We live on a dynamic Earth shaped by both natural processes and the impacts of humans on their environment. It is in our collective interest to obs...

Modern science is ever more driven by computations and simulations. In particular, the state of the art in space and Earth science often arises fro...

On November 29-30, 2018, in Washington, D.C., the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held the Workshop on the Continuous Imp...

The 2013 report Solar and Space Physics; A Science for a Technological Society outlined a program of basic and applied research for the period 2013...

Fostering diverse and inclusive teams that are highly skilled, innovative, and productive is critical for maintaining U.S. leadership in space expl...

Affecting technological systems at a global-scale, space weather can disrupt high-frequency radio signals, satellite-based communications, navigati...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other U.S. science research agencies operate a fleet of research aircraft and other ai...

Understanding the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment and their implications requires a foundation of integrated...

Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the co...

NASA's current missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and potential future exploration missions involving extended stays by astronauts o...

Every 10 years the National Research Council releases a survey of astronomy and astrophysics outlining priorities for the coming decade. The most r...

In recent years, planetary science has seen a tremendous growth in new knowledge. Deposits of water ice exist at the Moon's poles. Discoveries on t...