Planetary science

Planetary science

The scientific study of planets including Earth, moons, and planetary systems of the Solar System in particular and the processes that form them.

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Phoenix Mars Mission

Astronomy; Planetary science

NASA lander mission; it is the first Mars "Scout class" mission to study the planet's north-pole ice cap, and the geologic history of water and habitability potential in the polar ice-rich soil. ...

Mariner 9

Astronomy; Planetary science

U. S. Mission to Mars, launched in 1971, achieved global imaging of the surface, including the first detailed views of the Martian volcanoes, Valles Marineris, the polar caps, and the satellites ...

Amazonian Epoch

Astronomy; Planetary science

The geologic history of Mars has been divided into three broad time periods, or Epochs. From oldest to youngest, these are Noachian, Hesperian, and Amazonian (named after places on Mars). These ...

Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET)

An exploration programme to collect meteorites in Antarctica supported by grants from the Office of Polar programmes of the U. S. National Science Foundation and by NASA. The work of the ANSMET teams ...

Apollo

Astronomy; Planetary science

U. S. Space programme that included 6 piloted lunar landings between 1969 and 1972. Apollo astronauts collected and returned 382 kilogrammes of rock and sediment samples from the Moon.

Lunar prospector

Astronomy; Planetary science

U. S. Discovery-class mission to the Moon launched on January 6, 1998. Its instruments were designed to provide global maps and data sets of the Moon's composition and magnetic and gravity fields ...