Aircraft Space Flight Mars is located at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
The facility is a research center at Arizona State University School for Earth and Space Exploration. The scientists, researchers, and students there specialize in using instruments on the spacecraft on Mars for remote sensing research especially regarding the geology and mineralogy of the planet.
The facility-based instruments include Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter and two Mini-Term Emission Spectrometers on Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. (A full-size Mars model, sleeping on reddish-brown sand, dominating the building's lobby.) Prior to the loss of NASA's Mars Global Surveyor in November 2006, the facility also operates the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) on the spacecraft.
On May 25, 2011, NASA announced the New Frontiers Mission, OSIRIS-REx, towards a carbon asteroid. The mission will include OTES, the latest version and modifications of the Mini-TES Spectrometer from the MER mission.
Director of the facility is Dr. Phil Christensen; he is the principal investigator of the THEMIS instrument, a joint investigator on the Mars Exploration Rover project, and the principal investigator of the Mini-TES instrument on board the inventor. He is also the principal investigator for the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES).
In addition, the facility accommodates the Mars Education Program, which provides workshops, field trips, and other opportunities for teachers and students to join scientists in Mars exploration.
Video Mars Space Flight Facility
References
Maps Mars Space Flight Facility
External links
- Site of the Mars Flight Flight Facility
- Thermal Emotional Imaging Sites (THEMIS) homepage
- Thermal Thermometer Emission Thermal (Mini-TES) homepage
- Thermal Spectrometer Thermal (TES) site
- home page of NASA/ASU Mars Education Program
- OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer website at ASU
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