Planetary Science Research Discoveries

Planetary scientists sharing ideas and discoveries.

Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) is an educational site sharing the latest research on meteorites, planets, and other solar system bodies being made by NASA-sponsored scientists. The web site is supported by the Cosmochemistry Program of NASA's Science Mission Directorate and by Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium and is a vital link for planetary and space sciences, and for learning how science works.

Supported by NASA's Cosmochemistry Program and Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium.

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A Farside Geochemical Window into the Moon
(posted April 30, 2008)
Findings show geochemical enhancements in the Dewar region are caused by thorium-rich mare basalt fragments in the regolith.
PSRD-Dewar-Th.pdf

The Oldest Moon rocks
(posted April 21, 2004)
Rocks from the lunar crust provide new clues to the age and origin of the Moon and the terrestrial planets.

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The International Astronomical Union has approved new names for features on Mercury. Read the News from NASA Solar System Exploration. [April 28, 2008.]

The Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate (ARES) at Johnson Space Center invites applicants for two or more Civil Service positions in Planetary Science. They are interested in candidates in one or more of the following areas: 1) management of a planetary science research organization, 2) active involvement in lunar sample science or lunar missions, 3) ongoing research on planetary materials or related data sets. Potential applicants are directed to USAjobs. Additional information about ARES is available at: http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov. [Posted March 4, 2008.]

The Apollo Digital Image Archive from Arizona State University is an ongoing project that allows you to browse and download images from the original Apollo flight films. The site also provides an Image of the Week of the Moon, additional resources about the images, as well as spec sheets and engineering papers regarding the cameras used in the Apollo program.

PSRD Remembers Gordon A. McKay

In this series of articles PSRD highlights the essential tools and amazing technology used by talented scientists seeking to unravel how the solar system formed.

This section of PSRD contains annotated slide sets.

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NASA's Vision for Space Exploration. "NASA is charting a bold new course into the cosmos, a journey that will take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars and beyond. "

Lunar Meteorites, comprehensive site from Randy Korotev, Washington University in St. Louis.

Mars Meteorites, comprehensive site from Ron Baalke, Jet Propulsion Lab.

Fabulous Frozen Finds, descriptions and photos of newly classified meteorite samples collected by team members of the U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program.

NASA Science Mission Directorate.

NASA National Space Grant Program.

NASA News and Events.

NASA Solar System Exploration.

Apollo Digital Image Archive, from Arizona State University.

NASA Discovery Program, links to missions, news, and educational resources.

Science@NASA from the Marshall Space Flight Center.

NASA's Mars Exploration Program.

Latest images from MOC: Mars Orbiter Camera on Mars Global Surveyor, from Malin Space Science System.

NASA Planetary Photojournal, comprehensive resource for publicly released images from Solar System exploration programs.

Welcome to the Planets, from NASA's Planetary Data System.

Solar System Lithographs of asteroids, comets, moons, planets, Sun, plus background information for each.

Stardust Mission, NASA's Comet Sample Return Mission.

Intute Science, Engineering and Technology resources for education and research.

Science News from Scientific American.

space.com, Space news, information, education, and resources.

Astronomy Today, astronomy, cosmology, space exploration, sky guide, and space news.

New Scientist, science and technology weekly magazine.

Earth and Sky, daily science radio service and web site with stories covering Earth Science, Astronomy, and Environmental Science.

Classroom activities for Earth and Space Sciences

Exploring Planets in the Classroom, hands-on activities formatted in teacher-background pages and student sheets; from Hawaii Space Grant Consortium.

NASA's Education and Public Outreach from the Science Mission Directorate.

NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory.

Space Science Education/Public Outreach Sites.

NASA's Structure and Evolution of the Universe Education.

NASA's Origins Program Education Forum classroom activities and tutorials.

NASA's Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum classroom activities.

LPI K-12 Education Resources Catalog, from the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

POETRY from NASA's Imager for Magnetosphere-to-Aurora Global Explorer (IMAGE) satellite program, for learning about Earth's magnetic field, aurora, and how solar storms cause disturbances in the Earth's space environment.

INSPIRE, bringing the excitement of observing natural and manmade radio waves in the audio region to high school students.

Astronomy and Space Science Activities, compiled for Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Galileo K-12 Educational Activities, for studying Jupiter and its moons.

Practical Uses of Math and Science, on-line journal of math and science examples for pre-college education.

Planetary Geology and Meteoritics

Greeley, R., 1994, Planetary Landscapes, Chapman and Hall, 286 p.

McSween Jr., H. Y., 2000, Meteorites and Their Parent Planets, Cambridge University Press, 310 p.

How Science Works

Strahler, Arthur N., 1992, Understanding Science: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, Prometheus Books, 409 p.

Sagan, Carl, 1995, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Random House, 457 p.


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