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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury. Named after the Roman god of war, it is often referred to as the "Red Planet" because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance.[16] Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.

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Name Missions & Mission Experience Targets Techniques Major Facilities & Instrument Development
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Oleg Abramov 		Europa Clipper ** Calibration/Test planning, Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Mars, Moon Astrobiology, Impacts, Remote sensing, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
aharonson's picture
Oded Aharonson 		Cassini, LRO, Mars Global Surveyor, MER, MRO Icy satellites, Mars, Moon Geology
camos's picture
Chance Amos 		MRO Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Moon Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Planetary Interiors, Radar, Remote sensing, Tectonics
zbain's picture
Zach Bain 		MRO Mars Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Radar, Remote sensing, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling
abaldridge's picture
Alice Baldridge 		Mars
balta's picture
J. Brian Balta 		Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Vesta Geochemistry, Geology, Meteoritics, Petrology
barraclough's picture
Bruce Barraclough 		ACE, Cassini, Dawn, GENESIS, Lunar Prospector, Ulysses ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Deputy Instrument PI, Instrument operations, Instrument PI Mars, Moon, Solar particles/Solar wind Gamma-ray detectors, Neutron detectors, Plasma spectrometers
sbender's picture
Steve Bender 		MSL ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Electronics design, Instrument operations, Optical design Mars Spectroscopy Spectrometers
gbenedix's picture
Gretchen Benedix 		Asteroids, Mars, Meteorites, Moon Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Electron Microscopy, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Spectroscopy FTIR
bermandc's picture
Dan Berman 		Dawn, MRO, MSL Ceres, Mars, Moon, Vesta Crater Counting, Geomorphology, Mapping, Virtual Reality (VR), Volcanism
bishop's picture
Mark Bishop 		Earth, Mars, Titan Remote sensing, Volcanism, Geology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geomorphology
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Peter Buhler 		Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Mars, Pluto Astrobiology, Celestial Mechanics, Climate, Crater Counting, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Thermal modeling
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Nicholas Castle 		MSL ** Instrument operations, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars, Meteorites Electron Microscopy, Field Work, Geology, Mass spectrometry, Mineralogy, Optical Microscopy, Petrology, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Volcanism, X-Ray Diffraction X-Ray Diffractometers, Mass spectrometers, Electron Microprobe
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Matthew Chojnacki 		Mars Odyssey, MER, MRO, OSIRIS-REx ** Data archive, Data validation, Mission operations, Science operations Asteroids, Earth, Mars Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy Cameras
chuang's picture
Frank Chuang 		Galileo, LRO, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, MESSENGER, MRO ** Mission science team Callisto, Earth, Europa, Ganymede, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Mercury, Moon Crater Counting, Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Remote sensing, Volcanism Cameras
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Roger Clark 		Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Europa Clipper, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Jupiter, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Neptune, Planetary rings, Pluto, Saturn, Small satellites, Titan, Uranus, Venus, Vesta Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Steve Clifford 		Mars Express (ESA), Rosetta ** Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team Earth, Icy satellites, Mars Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Radar, Remote sensing, Thermal modeling
jpcombe's picture
Jean-Philippe Combe 		Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Dawn, Mars Express (ESA), Rosetta ** Calibration/Test planning, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Icy satellites, Mars, Moon, Phobos, Planetary rings, Titan, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mapping, Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy Cameras, FTIR, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers, Thermal radiometers
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Samuel Courville 		Asteroids, Mars, Moon Field Work, Gravity, Numerical modeling, Radar
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Aster Cowart 		Mars Odyssey, MSL ** Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Remote sensing, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
pcraig's picture
Patricia Craig 		MSL ** Data validation, Instrument operations, Science operations Mars Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Mineralogy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Spectroscopy, X-ray spectroscopy FTIR, X-ray spectrometers
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David Crown 		Dawn, Mars Odyssey, MRO Ceres, Dwarf planets, Earth, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Moon, Venus Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Radar, Remote sensing, Tectonics, Volcanism
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Darby Dyar 		MSL Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
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William Feldman 		ACE, Dawn, Giotto (ESA), Lunar Prospector, Mariner 10, Mars Observer, Mars Odyssey, MESSENGER, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Ulysses ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Instrument operations, Instrument PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down Ceres, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Solar particles/Solar wind, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Neutron detectors, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Fritz Foss 		Kaguya (Japan), Mars Express (ESA), MRO ** Mission science team Earth, Mars, Moon Numerical modeling, Radar, Remote sensing
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Robert Gaskell 		Cassini, Dawn, MESSENGER, OSIRIS-REx, Rosetta, Voyager Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta Shape modeling
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Rebecca Ghent 		LRO, Mars 2020, OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus Remote sensing, Radar, Tectonics, Volcanism, Numerical modeling, Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping
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Alan Gillespie 		Mariner 9 ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Mission science team Earth, Mars Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Mass spectrometry, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy Imaging spectrometers, Mass spectrometers, Thermal radiometers
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Jules Goldspiel 		Earth, Mars Geology, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Radar, Thermal modeling
jgrier's picture
JA Grier 		Asteroids, Ceres, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
grinspoon's picture
David Grinspoon 		MSL, New Horizons Earth, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Mars, Pluto, Venus Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO)
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Candice Hansen 		Cassini, Europa Clipper, Juno, MRO, Voyager Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Jupiter, Mars, Pluto, Titan Spectroscopy, Remote sensing, Geology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO)
hartmann's picture
Bill Hartmann 		Mariner 9, Mars Express (ESA), Mars Global Surveyor Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Mars, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Volcanism
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David Horvath 		Earth, Mars, Titan Climate, Geology, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Volcanism
ahoward's picture
Alan Howard 		New Horizons ** Mission science team Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Pluto, Titan Crater Counting, Geology, Geomorphology, Remote sensing, Shape modeling
anton's picture
Anton Ivanov 		Mars Express (ESA), MSL Mars Radar, Geomorphology
cjohnson's picture
Catherine Johnson 		MESSENGER, OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Venus Tectonics, Volcanism, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Magnetospherics
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Jeffrey Kargel 		Cassini, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, Mars Odyssey, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, MESSENGER, MSL, New Horizons, Voyager ** Mission science team Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Mercury, Pluto, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Venus Astrobiology, Climate, Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Geomorphology, Remote sensing
clittle's picture
Cynthia Little 		MSL ** Calibration/Test planning, Flight Software, Instrument operations Earth, Mars Remote sensing, Space-based observing
tmccord's picture
Tom McCord 		Apollo, Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Dawn, Europa Clipper, Galileo, Mariner 9, Mars Express (ESA), Rosetta ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument PI, Mission science team, Optical design, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Callisto, Ceres, Comets, Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Ganymede, Iapetus, Icy satellites, Mars, Mercury, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites, Titan, Vesta Geochemistry, Geology, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling Cerro Tololo, IRTF, Kitt Peak, Palomar ** Cameras, FTIR, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
mest's picture
Scott Mest 		Dawn, LRO, Mars Odyssey, MRO Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Mars, Moon, Vesta Remote sensing, Geology, Crater Counting, Geomorphology, Mapping
amorgan's picture
Alexander Morgan 		Earth, Mars, Titan Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing
gmorgan's picture
Gareth Morgan 		LRO, MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Radar, Volcanism
amurphy's picture
Ashley Murphy 		Mars 2020 Earth, Mars Astrobiology, Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Optical Microscopy, Petrology, Raman Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, X-ray spectroscopy
eldar's picture
Eldar Noe Dobrea 		Dawn, LRO, Mars Express (ESA), Mars Odyssey, MER, MRO, MSL ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Mars, Moon, Venus Astrobiology, Geology, Geomorphology, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy Cameras, FTIR, Spectrometers
doehler's picture
Dorothy Oehler 		MSL ** Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars Astrobiology, Focused Ion Beam, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Optical Microscopy, Petrology, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy
pathare's picture
Asmin Pathare 		Mars Polar Lander Mars, Moon Climate, Crater Counting, Geomorphology, Neutron spectroscopy, Thermal modeling
mperry's picture
Matthew Perry 		MRO Earth, Mars Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Planetary Interiors, Radar, Tectonics, Thermal modeling
prettyman's picture
Thomas Prettyman 		Dawn, Lunar Prospector, Mars Odyssey, Psyche ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Electronics design, Flight Software, Instrument operations, Instrument PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Mars, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta 3D Printing, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Geochemistry, Geology, Mapping, Neutron detectors, Neutron spectroscopy, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Shape modeling Gamma-ray detectors, Neutron detectors
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Katie Primm 		Europa, Mars Astrobiology, Geochemistry, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Spectroscopy
than's picture
Nathaniel Putzig 		Mars Express (ESA), Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Insight, Mars Odyssey, MER, MRO, MSL, Phoenix Mars Lander ** Data archive, Data validation, Deputy Instrument PI, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument operations, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars Climate, Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Planetary Interiors, Radar, Remote sensing, Tectonics, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling, Volcanism Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
reedy's picture
Robert Reedy 		Apollo, Dawn, Kaguya (Japan), LDEF, Lunar Scout, Mars Observer, Mars Odyssey, NEAR Mars, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta Spectroscopy, Remote sensing, Neutron spectroscopy, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Mapping
rice's picture
Jim Rice 		Apollo, LRO, Mariner 9, Mars 2020, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, MER, MRO, MSL, Phoenix Mars Lander ** Calibration/Test planning, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Mars, Moon Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Volcanism Cameras
alexis's picture
Alexis Palmero Rodriguez 		Mars Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping
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Emilie Royer 		Cassini, MAVEN, Venus Express ** Data validation, Mission science team Icy satellites, Mars, Small satellites, Titan, Venus Aeronomy, Atmospheres, Geology, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy Spectrometers, Imaging spectrometers
krunyon's picture
Kirby Runyon 		LRO, MRO, New Horizons ** Mission operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down Asteroids, Charon, Dwarf planets, Earth, Icy satellites, Io, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Moon, Pluto, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Venus Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Remote sensing, Volcanism Cameras
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Aaron Russell 		MRO Mars, Moon Geology, Radar
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Megan Russell 		MRO Mars, Venus Mapping, Planetary Interiors, Radar, Remote sensing, Tectonics, Volcanism
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Stephen Scheidt 		Earth, Mars Crater Counting, Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mapping, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Thermal modeling, Volcanism Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Norbert Schorghofer 		Dawn ** Mission science team Ceres, Earth, Mars, Moon Astrobiology, Climate, Field Work, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
rsheppard's picture
Rachel Sheppard 		MSL ** Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mapping, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction FTIR, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers, X-Ray Diffractometers
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Jessalyn Shiner 		Mars Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR)
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Matt Siegler 		Apollo, Chang'E 1 (China), Chang'E 2 (China), CLPS 2022 Lunar South Pole, CLPS 2023 Lunar Crisium, LCROSS, LRO, Lunar Prospector, Mariner 10, Mars Insight, Mars Polar Lander, MESSENGER, OSIRIS-REx, Phoenix Mars Lander, VIPER ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Mars, Mercury, Moon Celestial Mechanics, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Neutron spectroscopy, Planetary Interiors, Radar, Remote sensing, Thermal modeling Arecibo, VLA ** Geothermal heat flow probes, Microwave radiometers, Seismometers, Thermal radiometers
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Hanna Sizemore 		Dawn, Phoenix Mars Lander ** Mission science team Ceres, Mars Climate, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
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Elizabeth Sklute 		Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Exoplanets, Mars, Titan Astrobiology, Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Raman Spectroscopy, Spectroscopy FTIR, Spectrometers
ibsmith's picture
Isaac Smith 		MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Science operations Mars Atmospheres, Climate, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Radar
sykes's picture
Mark Sykes 		Dawn, HST, IRAS, ISO (ESA), MSX, NEOWISE, Spitzer ** Data archive, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Deimos, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Phobos, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing ALMA, IRTF, Kitt Peak, MMT, SMT
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Robert Tokar 		Cassini, Mars Odyssey, MSL, Voyager Earth, Gas giants, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Solar particles/Solar wind Space-based observing, Spectroscopy, Remote sensing, Numerical modeling, Neutron detectors, Magnetospherics Gamma-ray detectors, Mass spectrometers, Neutron detectors, Plasma spectrometers
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Bryan Travis 		Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars Astrobiology, High-Throughput Computing (HTC), Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Space-based observing
dvaniman's picture
David Vaniman 		MSL Earth, Mars, Moon Petrology, Volcanism, Geology, Ground-based observing, Mineralogy, Mapping
lvittling's picture
Leslie Vittling 		Juno, Mars 2020, Mars Global Surveyor, MER, MRO, MSL ** Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission operations, Science operations Jupiter, Mars Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Volcanism Cameras
webster's picture
Kevin Webster 		Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Mars Astrobiology, Atmospheres, Climate, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Mass spectrometry Mass spectrometers
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Rebecca Williams 		Mars 2020, Mars Odyssey, MRO, MSL ** Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing Cameras
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Stephen Wood 		Mars Polar Lander, Phoenix Mars Lander ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Flight Software, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Callisto, Ceres, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Mercury, Moon Astrobiology, Atmospheres, Climate, Geomorphology, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Numerical modeling, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, FTIR
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Shawn Wright 		MER ** Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars, Meteorites Geology, Mineralogy, Remote sensing Cameras, FTIR, Spectrometers, X-Ray Diffractometers
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Naoyuki Yamashita 		Dawn, Kaguya (Japan) ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission science team Asteroids, Ceres, Mars, Moon, Vesta Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Neutron spectroscopy, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing Gamma-ray detectors, Neutron detectors
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Aileen Yingst 		Dawn, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, MER, MSL ** Calibration/Test planning, Deputy Instrument PI, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument operations, Mission operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Ceres, Earth, Mars, Moon, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Volcanism Cameras
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