Organisation · Scientific body
COSPAR
The Committee on Space Research, an international scientific body that coordinates space research across nations and maintains the planetary-protection policy that keeps missions from contaminating other worlds and Earth from returned samples.
Treaties, bodies & topics
Across space policy
Knowledge connections
- Associated withPlanetary Protection Policy
- Associated withPlanetary Protection Policy
- Associated withPlanetary Protection
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.