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Major Partners
University of California, Los Angeles - Science lead, science operations, data products, archiving, and analysis | |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Project management, systems engineering, mission assurance, payload, SEP, navigation, mission operations, level zero data | |
Orbital Sciences Corporation - Spacecraft design and fabrication, quality assurance, SEP and payload integration; S/C testing and integration | |
Los Alamos National Laboratory - GRaND instrument design, build, test, integrate, sequence and analyze data | |
German Aerospace Center - Framing camera, fabrication, integration, test, sequencing and analysis. Integrate mapping spectrometer provided by CNR/IAS | |
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Studies- Led development of the framing cameras. The institute is dedicated to the investigation of the solar system, in particular the environments of the Earth, planets, and comets, as well as the sun, its heliosphere and their interaction with the interstellar medium. | |
Italian Aerospace Center - Mapping spectrometer design, build, test, integrate, sequence and analyze data. ASI- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana/INAF- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica: Mapping spectrometer design, build, test, integrate, sequence and analyze data. | |
Kennedy Space Center - responsible for launch operations | |
Deep Space Network - responsible for data return from spacecraft |
Science Team Partners
Northeast Regional Planetary Data Center is a public facility designed to make available to all researchers, educators and the general public the vast amount of image data obtained by the U.S. Space Program from 1962 to the present. | |
The Planetary Science Institute is a nonprofit science research institute focusing on the exploration of the solar system. | |
The research interests range from diamondiferous eclogitesto Martian meteorites, and more. | |
The Department of Astronomy has the mission of achieving excellence in research, teaching, outreach and service in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics. | |
At MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), history and interactions of our planet and the natural systems surrounding it are examined in order to predict future events and states with greater accuracy. | |
Located outside of Washington DC, home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists and engineers dedicated to learning and sharing their knowledge of the Earth, Sun, Solar System, and Universe. | |
Bear Fight Center | This center is dedicated to the study of composition and structure of the surfaces of Solar System objects and the optical properties of geologically interesting materials. |
Freie Universität Berlin | The Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing Department of the Institute of Geosciences of the University is dedicated to the study of the geologic evolution of the planets and minor bodies—; in particular, to the cratering histories and chronological aspects. |
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (The Paris Observatory) is a research institution of PSL Research University. From the design of astronomy instruments to the exploitation of results, the scientific themes developed at LESIA cover many fields of astrophysics. | |
SwRI-Boulder's Department of Space Studies (DoSS) conducts observational, theoretical, and experimental research over a wide range of solar system and astrophysical topics. | |
Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences focuses on research, education, and outreach, investigating earth processes at scales that range from atomic to planetary. | |
Université de Nantes in France is the home of the Observatory of Earth and Planetary Sciences (OSUNA). | |
Institut de Recherche d’Astrophysique et Planétologie is a public organization under the French Ministry of Education and Research, and University Paul Sabatier (PRES University of Toulouse). Its scientific objectives are the study of the Universe and its content. |
Education and Public Outreach Partners
As a nationally-acclaimed independent day school founded on a progressive, research-based approach, Wildwood emphasizes academic excellence and instills a genuine passion for learning. Students develop into confident, empathetic and resourceful thinkers who graduate with the ability to make an impact. | |
Georgia Institute of Technology, Education Public Outreach Science Team Liaison |
