The Importance of Contamination Knowledge in Curation - Insights into Mars Sample Return

Harrington, A D ; Calaway, M J ; Regberg, A B ; Mitchell, J L ; Fries, M D ; Zeigler, R A ; McCubbin, F M

关键词: MARS SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS;    LUBRICANTS;    PAINTS;    GASES;    SPACECRAFT LAUNCHING;    PLANETARY PROTECTION;    MARS SURFACE SAMPLES;    CHEMICAL EVOLUTION;    GENESIS MISSION;    STARDUST MISSION;    COLLECTION;    LESSONS LEARNED;    CLEAN ROOMS;   

RP-ID  :  JSC-E-DAA-TN51935

学科分类：天文学(综合)

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

The Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), in Houston, TX (henceforth Curation Office) manages the curation of extraterrestrial samples returned by NASA missions and shared collections from international partners, preserving their integrity for future scientific study while providing the samples to the international community in a fair and unbiased way. The Curation Office also curates flight and non-flight reference materials and other materials from spacecraft assembly (e.g., lubricants, paints and gases) of sample return missions that would have the potential to cross-contaminate a present or future NASA astromaterials collection.