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The NASA Facility for Astromaterials Research at the Johnson Space Center – A National Laboratory for Planetary ResearchThe Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at the NASA Johnson Space Center houses a unique combination of laboratories, instruments, infrastructure, technical expertise, and other assets for conducting broad-based world-class planetary research. These facilities have been accessed for decades by hundreds of external scientists, including faculty, post-docs, students, and interns, most at no-cost and on a collaborative basis. With funding through NASA’s Planetary Science Enabling Facilities (PSEF) program, we have established the NASA Facility for Astromaterials Research (NFAR) to expand access to and enhance these laboratories for a diverse and inclusive external user base, focusing on training of the next generation of scientists and, thus, maximizing the science return from research funded by R&A programs in NASA’s Planetary Science Division (PSD). NFAR enables new planetary sample analyses, making new scientific discoveries possible, including training the next generation of planetary scientists. NFAR laboratories are co-located with JSC Curation that houses the NASA-controlled astromaterials collections, thus enabling direct access to both research and curation expertise, to facilitate specialized sample handling and analysis of allocated samples to sample PIs, particularly those affiliated with institutions that historically have limited access to or lack in-house analytical or experimental facilities.
Document ID
20230018324
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
J. I. Simon ORCID
(Johnson Space Center Houston, United States)
A. Burton ORCID
(Johnson Space Center Houston, United States)
E. L. Berger
(Johnson Space Center Houston, United States)
L. P. Keller ORCID
(Johnson Space Center Houston, United States)
T. C. Prissel ORCID
(Johnson Space Center Houston, United States)
E. Rampe ORCID
(Johnson Space Center Houston, United States)
K. Righter ORCID
(Johnson Space Center Houston, United States)
Date Acquired
December 18, 2023
Publication Date
March 11, 2024
Publication Information
Publisher: Lunar and Planetary Science Institute
Subject Category
Ground Support Systems and Facilities (Space)
Meeting Information
Meeting: 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC)
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Country: US
Start Date: March 11, 2024
End Date: March 15, 2024
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Institute, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 811073
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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