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Mission Studies Completed in Recent Years
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... These include the following: • Various biosignatures and life-detection workshops (including the Biosignature Preservation and Detection in Mars Analog Environments, 5 the Biosignatures of Extant Life on Ocean Worlds Workshop, 6 and Searching for Life Across Space and Time 7) ; • The Planetary Science Vision 2050 workshop; 8 • Reports from the various community-based analysis and assessment groups that address future mission concepts to varying degrees of specificity.
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... d Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, Report from the Next Orbiter Science Analysis Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., 2015, https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/reports/NEX-SAG_draft_v29_FINAL.pdf. 10 Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, Volatiles Specific Action Team: Final Report, December 31, 2014, http://www.lpi.usra.edu/leag/reports/vsat_report_123114x.pdf.
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  • lunar exploration
  • planetary institute
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