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Open Principles

The principles of open science are to make publicly funded scientific research transparent, available, and reproducible. Advances in technology, including collaborative tools and cloud computing, help enable open science, but technology alone is insufficient. Open science requires a shift to a more transparent and collaborative scientific process, which will increase the pace and quality of scientific progress.

Open science Facts

Open Transparent Science
Scientific processes and results should be as open as possible to encourage further study and increase public trust.

<strong>Open Transparent Science<br></strong>Scientific processes and results should be as open as possible to encourage further study and increase public trust.

Open Available Science
Data, tools, software, documentation, and publications should be available to all (FAIR).

<strong>Open Available Science<br></strong>Data, tools, software, documentation, and publications should be available to all (FAIR).

Open Reproducible Science
Scientific process and results should be open such that they are reproducible by members of the community.

<strong>Open Reproducible Science<br></strong>Scientific process and results should be open such that they are reproducible by members of the community.

Open Collaborative Science
Processes and participants should welcome participation by and collaboration with other researchers and organizations.

<strong>Open Collaborative Science<br></strong>Processes and participants should welcome participation by and collaboration with other researchers and organizations.

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OCSDO Releases Year in Review 2025 Newsletter

The Office of the Chief Science Data Officer (OCSDO) shared its annual accomplishments in promoting NASA science data discovery and innovation.

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NASA Supercomputers Take on Life Near Greenland’s Most Active Glacier

Scientists used open NASA satellite data and the agency's supercomputing resources to understand how Greenland's retreating ice fuels tiny ocean organisms.

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New Study Uses Open Data to Find Treatments for Space Radiation

Dr Afshin Beheshti shares how his team used several datasets from NASA's Open Science Data Repository to study treatments that could reduce the harmful effects of space radiation on astronauts.

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How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Share Its All-Sky Map With the World

NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope has begun delivering its sky survey data to a public archive, enabling discoveries in almost every area of astronomy.

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Open Science Training

Ready to make your research more transparent, impactful, and accessible? Our Open Science Essentials and Open Science 101 courses are the perfect starting point for researchers and managers of all disciplines.

Science Information Policy

The information produced as part of NASA’s scientific research activities represents a significant public investment. Learn more about how and when it should be shared.

Open Science Funding

NASA supports open science through call for new innovative programs, supplements to existing awards, and sustainability of software.

Office of the Chief Science Data Officer

The Office of the Chief Science Data Officer (OCSDO) works to advance transformative open science as part of its activities.

Open Earth Science

Learn about openly available science data and services provided by NASA's Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program.

Open Life Sciences

The NASA Open Science Data Repository (OSDR) enables access to space-related data from experiments and missions that investigate biological and health responses of terrestrial life to spaceflight.

Science Mission Directorate Science Data

The Science Data Portal provides a comprehensive list of NASA science data repositories.

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