Launchpad: Maps

What are maps and how are they used? Learn how NASA uses robotic spacecraft to make geologic maps of the topography and composition of places like Saturn, Titan, or Vesta, and how the US Geological Survey helps with this new field of astrogeology.

Background Information

Grades 9 through 12

• NASA JPL Geologic Maps of Vesta from NASA's Dawn Mission
• USGS Astrogeology Science Center

Activities

Grades 9 through 12

• NASA JPL Eyes on Earth
• NASA GSFC Exploring Color Maps
• NASA GSFC Quantifying Changes in the Land Over Time with Landsat