Astromaterials Curation

at the Johnson Space Center


Astromaterials Curation at NASA JSC

General Information

Skip To Rocks and Soils from the Moon
* Welcome!
  * Contacts
* What's New
* Database Access
* Meeting Dates & Sample Request Deadlines
* WWW Sites
* Educational Products
     

Rocks and Soils from the Moon

Skip To Meteorites from Antarctica
  * How to Request Samples
* Checklist for Requestors
  * Instructions for Returning Samples
  * Lunar News
  * Lunar Sample Compendium
  * Lunar Core Photographs
  * Top 10 Scientific Discoveries from Apollo
  * Apollo Mission Documents, Sample Catalogs,
and Preliminary Science Reports
  * Petrographic Thin Section Package
  * Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility
* Virtual Tour

Meteorites from Antarctica

Skip To Stratospheric Dust * How to Request Samples
  * Instructions for Returning Samples
  * Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter
  * Classification Database
  * Exploring the Solar System with Meteorites from Antarctica
  * Contacts
  * Meteorites from Mars!
* Overview
* An In-Depth Look
* The Samples
* Life on Mars
* Curation Summary
* Publications
* Mars Meteorite Compendium
  * Lunar Meteorites
  * Antarctic Meteorite Program
  * Listing of Antarctic Meteorites in the U.S. Collection
  * ANSMET Home Page
  * Populations, Pairing, and Rare Meteorites in the U.S. Antarctic Meteorite Collection
  * Petrographic Thin Section Package

Stratospheric Dust

Skip To The Solar Wind Collection * How to Request Samples
  * Cosmic Dust Catalog 15
  * Cosmic Dust Catalog 16
  * Cosmic Dust Catalog 17
  * Contacts
  * Dust Courier Newsletter
  * Investigators Who Have Received Dust Samples
  * Cluster Particle Relationships
  * Status of Stratospheric Collection Surfaces
  * List of Interplanetary Dust Samples
  * Renumbered Chondritic Particles
  * Terrestrial Dust Samples

Solar Wind

Skip To Space-Exposed Hardware
* How to Request Samples
* Genesis - Purpose
* Pre-Launch Preparations
* Collector Design
* Contamination Control Planning
* Cleaning Space-Bound Hardware
* Genesis Samples Catalog
  * Recovery in Utah
* Field Recovery
* Recovery Processing
  * Collector Status
  * Flight Timeline
  * Science Results

Space-Exposed Hardware

Skip To The Stardust Mission Samples * How to Request Samples
  * Dust Courier
  * LDEF Database Search
  * Investigators Who Have Received LDEF Samples
  * Contacts
  * Space Hardware Sample Curation & Availability
* LDEF Surfaces
* LDEF Cores
* EURECA Satellite
* Solar Maximum Satellite
  * LDEF Meteoroid & Debris Special Investigation Group
  * LDEF Mission 1 Experiments

Stardust Sample Collections

Skip To Future Missions * STARDUST Overview
  * Sample Collection
* Cometary Dust Particles
* Interstellar Dust Particles
* Collector Tray
* Aerogel
Skip To Future Missions * Contamination Control
Skip To Future Missions * Curation and Sample Control
Skip To Future Missions * For More Information

Future Sample Collections

Skip To General Information
* Overview
* Mars Sample Return
* Hayabusa