The Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office (henceforth referred to herein as NASA Curation Office) at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) is responsible for curating all of NASA's extraterrestrial samples. Under the governing document, NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 7100.10F JSC is charged with curation of all extraterrestrial material under NASA control, including future NASA missions. The Directive goes on to define Curation as including documentation, preservation, preparation, and distribution of samples for re-search, education, and public outreach. Here we briefly describe NASA's astromaterials collections and our ongoing efforts related to enhancing the utility of our current collections as well as our efforts to prepare for future sample return missions. We collectively refer to these efforts as advanced curation.


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    Title :

    Advanced Curation Activities at NASA: Implications for Astrobiological Studies of Future Sample Collections


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    Conference:

    Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2017 ; 2017 ; Mesa, AZ, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-04-24


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English