Crush Of Cubesats Prompts Rethink Of Planetary Protection Protocols

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Just after Thanksgiving last year, NASA quietly relocated its Planetary Protection Office, which is responsible for ensuring that agency spacecraft leaving Earth do not inadvertently contaminate planetary bodies of interest in the search for extraterrestrial life, shifting the branch from its...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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