Welcome

Life is a central theme that unifies NASA's vision and mission. A golden age has begun, an age in which science and technology will benefit enormously from a fundamental understanding of the full potential of living systems. NASA researchers, and their collaborators, are beginning to achieve a better understanding both of our own world, and also of potential habitable worlds and life beyond Earth. This is an agenda for inspiring the next generation of planetary explorers and stewards to sustain the NASA vision and mission.