Is there anybody out there? With developing science and technology Astrobiology is a growing field of study. And NASA missions past, present, and future are all looking for life in space. To date, human beings on Earth are the only intelligent life we know for certain.
With the release of the newly declassified “Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” headlines explore the possibility of aliens in UFOs visiting Earth. And through the quickly developing study of astrobiology, NASA is trying to help the US intelligence community to answer some age-old questions.
But for almost 50 years our space agency has been looking for the truth. And NASA is just starting to search this solar system and beyond into the vast universe.
The NASA website summarizes its missions which are currently studying the habitability of Mars, probing the ocean worlds of Titan and Europa, and identifying Earth-size planets circling distant stars.
Astrobiology science was first used 45 years ago with the launch of Viking 1. Since then many missions have had one goal. And that’s to find and study signs of life on other planets.
Past Missions
- Viking Project (1 & 2)
- Cassini
- Galileo
- Spirit and Opportunity and Curiosity Mars Robotic Rovers
- Kepler and K2
- Spitzer
Current Missions
Hubble
