This study will describe how international and national planetary protection policy has been formulated and adopted and identify associated lessons to inform future policy development. The National ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...

In late December, a telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid given the designation 2024 YR4. About a month later, initial observations of the asteroid, estimated to be 40 to 90 meters across, ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) provides ...