Dr. Amanda Hendrix
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Currently resides in Arizona
Targets of Interest: Ceres, Photometry, Asteroids, Europa, Ganymede, Moon, Vesta, Phobos, Enceladus, Callisto, Iapetus, Io Torus, Planetary Rings, Small Satellites, Deimos, Io
Disciplines/Techniques: Photometry, Spectrometers, Spectroscopy, Remote Sensing, Space-Based Observing
Missions: Cassini, Galileo, HST, IUE, LRO, Mariner 10, Mariner 9
Instruments: Spectrometers
Dr. Amanda Hendrix engages in UV spectroscopy of planetary surfaces including icy satellites, asteroids, Earth’s moon, Mars and Jupiter’s moon Io. She studies surface composition, weathering processes and radiation products.
Active Projects
HOLMS, Heterodyne OH Lunar Miniaturized Spectrometer
NASA Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation Program
External Partners
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Characterizing Primitive Asteroids
NASA Hubble Space Telescope General Observer Program-Cycle 30
Principal Investigator
Project Team
TREX: Toolbox for Research and Exploration
NASA Solar System Exploration Virtual Institute
Principal Investigator
Project Team
External Partners
- Columbia U.
- UC Boulder
- U. Winnipeg
- CMU
- GSFC
- USRA
- DLR
- Illinois U.
- JSC
