
Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Mars, Moon, Vesta
Disciplines/Techniques: Remote sensing, Geology, Crater Counting, Geomorphology, Mapping
Missions: Dawn, LRO, Mars Odyssey, MRO
Dr. Scott Mest is interested in planetary geology, geomorphology, remote sensing, the utilization of spacecraft and airborne remote sensing data for geologic analyses of planetary surfaces and processes, hydrologic modeling, surface modification, and the topographic change of planetary surfaces.
PAST PROJECTS

Principal Investigator

Project Team
Debra Buczkowski
JHU/APL
Jennifer Scully
JPL
David Williams
ASU
Alessandro Frigeri
INAF
Alicia Neesemann
FU Berlin
Andrea Nass
DLR

Geologic Mapping of the Lunar Quadrangle 24, Eastern South Pole- Aitken Basin; A Critical Resource For Future Exploration
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools Program
Principal Investigator

Project Team

Updating the Geologic Maps of the Apollo 15-16-17 Landing Sites
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools Program
Principal Investigator

Project Team
Brent Garry
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Lillian Ostrach
US Geological Survey
Noah Petro
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Barbara Cohen
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

A New Geologic Map of the Borealis Quadrangle (H-1) on Mercury
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools Program
Institutional PI

PI: Noah Petro
Science PI: Lillian Ostrach
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center