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Ocean Worlds

Ocean Worlds brings together europa mission review, enceladus mission review and subsurface access assessment.

BIOauthorityUnion-wide competence

The public purpose

Ocean Worlds brings together europa mission review, enceladus mission review and subsurface access assessment.

Operational teams

BIO.03.01
Europa mission review

Review a Europa mission's actual access and contamination envelope without assuming penetration rights.

BIO.03.02
Enceladus mission review

Assess Enceladus mission custody and protection duties across collection and receiving analysis.

BIO.03.03
Subsurface access assessment

Examine a proposed subsurface intervention against containment, scientific uncertainty and alternatives.

Programme responsibilities

Assessment evidence
Europa mission protection finding; Enceladus mission protection finding; Subsurface protection determination
Accountable output
Ocean Worlds integrated programme finding
Programme custodian
Ocean Worlds
Independent review
Union Ombudsman

Requests and referrals

SVC-034
Access an ocean-world research site

A site-specific protection clearance or refusal.

SVC-035
Return a extraterrestrial sample

A contained return-sample review with custody requirements.

INT-002
Transfer protected research custody

A dual-custodian research transfer with stop authority.

Ocean Worlds / division of work

BIO.03.01

Europa mission review

Review a Europa mission's actual access and contamination envelope without assuming penetration rights.

Accountable output
Europa mission protection finding
BIO.03.02

Enceladus mission review

Assess Enceladus mission custody and protection duties across collection and receiving analysis.

Accountable output
Enceladus mission protection finding
BIO.03.03

Subsurface access assessment

Examine a proposed subsurface intervention against containment, scientific uncertainty and alternatives.

Accountable output
Subsurface protection determination

Authority for ocean worlds integrated programme finding

Subject-specific assessment
A surface-access approval is reused for a proposed subsurface step
Shared legal framework
Planetary Protection Authority / powers
Handling complaint
Union Ombudsman
Contested legal finding
Union Court of Justice

Choose your route

Office output: Ocean Worlds integrated programme finding