The 20 plus laboratories in the Astromaterials Research Office perform physical science research in support of the Astromaterials Research & Exploration Sciences (ARES) Division at the Johnson Space Center.
The 20 plus laboratories in the Astromaterials Research Office perform physical science research in support of the Astromaterials Research & Exploration Sciences (ARES) Division at the Johnson Space Center.
The 20 plus laboratories in the Astromaterials Research Office perform physical science research in support of the ARES Division at the Johnson Space Center.
This research covers a wide spectrum of interest (e.g., primitive materials,
planetary formation, Mars, mission science support, and exobiology & organic
geochemistry), and involves carrying out peer-reviewed research in astromaterials
(e.g., meteorites, cosmic and interplanetary dust, comets, solar wind, lunar
rocks, asteroids).
Astromaterials research personnel are commonly involved in flight & sample
return missions (e.g., LDEF, Stardust, Mars Phoenix & Rovers, ODC, Genesis,
Mars Science Lab, Hayabusa, etc.) as scientist (Co-I or PI) gathering,
processing, and interpreting results and/or sample analyses.
The fundamental goals of the research carried out in these facilities is to
better understand the origin and evolution of our solar system, in particular
Earth, Mars, & Moon, and the nature and distribution of life in our solar system
and possibly beyond.
Astromaterials Research Laboratories: Inside ARES labs, NASA scientists use numerous experimental and analytical facilities to unlock the mysteries of our solar system and beyond.