Location from Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The international scientific body assembled to prevent human extinction — named after the astronomer who first saw the problem, led by a woman who would do anything to solve it.
The Petrova Taskforce is the organizational spine of humanity's response to the Astrophage crisis. Named after Dr. Irina Petrova who first identified the Petrova line, it draws scientists from every discipline and every nation under Eva Stratt's near-unlimited UN authority. Astrophysicists, biologists, engineers, climatologists, doctors — anyone whose expertise might contribute to solving the crisis is recruited, willingly or otherwise. The taskforce produced everything: the identification of Astrophage as a living organism, the spin drive, the blackpanel breeding technology, the Hail Mary spacecraft, the coma technology, the Beetle probes. It is the most ambitious scientific collaboration in human history, and it was assembled in a fraction of the time it should have taken because extinction is an excellent motivator and Stratt doesn't take no for an answer.
Not a single location but a global operation: laboratories, military bases, launch facilities, and conference rooms across dozens of nations, all coordinated under Stratt's authority. The taskforce operates wherever its scientists are, which is everywhere the crisis demands.
Also known as: The Taskforce, Project Hail Mary