Extra-terrestrial Materials Affinity Group

The Extraterrestrial Materials Affinity Group (ExMAG) is a community-based, interdisciplinary group providing a forum for discussion and analysis of matters concerning the collection, curation, and analysis of extraterrestrial samples, including planning future sample return missions. ExMAG also supports human exploration objectives and their implications for architecture planning and activity prioritization for future exploration of planetary surfaces insofar as they plan on collecting samples for return and analysis. ExMAG subcommittees include the Asteroid Subcommittee, Exploration Hardware Subcommittee, Genesis Subcommittee, Facilities & Informatics Subcommittee, Lunar Subcommittee, Mars Subcommittee, Meteorite Subcommittee, and Microparticle Subcommittee.