Planetary Protection Status of NASA Space Missions
Abstract
NASA monitors its spacecraft from a planetary protection (PP) perspective, to ensure it continues in compliance with COSPAR planetary protection requirements. This report to COSPAR on previous, ongoing and future missions will describe the PP compliance status of each, with changes noted as appropriate from the previous report in 2006. Missions to be covered include (but are not limited to): Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Phoenix, Cassini, Juno and Dawn.
- Publication:
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37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008cosp...37.3004J