NASA Institute Studies and Identifies Martian Land Formations

TBMG-1164

01/01/2007

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The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston is part of the Universities Space Research Association, and is a NASAfunded institute that conducts research in the lunar, planetary, and terrestrial sciences on behalf of university science departments and NASA. The most recent project between the University of Houston (UH) and the LPI seeks to identify and characterize the natural landscape structures of Mars, such as the inside of craters, valley networks, and the outside and inside rims of craters and inter-crater plains. Identifying these structures is important because rocks, minerals, and geologic landforms hold clues to past water activity on Mars. Understanding the history of water on Mars is a part of NASA’s long-term Mars Exploration Project.

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"NASA Institute Studies and Identifies Martian Land Formations," Mobility Engineering, January 1, 2007.
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Jan 1, 2007
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TBMG-1164
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English