Projects

Modified impact craters attest to the fact that some form of precipitation and surface runoff occurred throughout the early history of Mars. We are conducting a systematic analysis of all modified impact craters on Mars to learn more.

Interest in the history of water activity on Mars is driven by the question of whether evidence of life, past or current, can be found on another planet.

Geologic mapping is an integral part of exploration and understanding a planetary landscape, because it shows the relationships between geologic units and helps delineate the history of a surface.

The Mars Landing site steering committee co-led the science community MSL landing site selection process and helped evaluate the landing site in Gale crater where layered rocks should yield information on the past conditions and habitability of Mar

The main objective of Curiosity's mission is to "assess habitability" of both Mars' past and present environments.

The Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity are acting as ground-truth operators, remotely manned by the researchers to explore the Martian terrain.

The main objective of our study was to determine the extent of Victoria crater's degradation to resolve its original, pristine crater morphology and the processes responsible for its modification.

Branching river valleys show that Mars once had flowing water on its surface.

Comparison of theater-headed river valleys on Mars with box canyons on Earth helps us to better understand both planets.

Using preserved river channels, scientists at the National Air and Space Museum have been able to constrain the size of floods in Martian rivers more than 3.5 billion years ago.