Solar System Exploration Division
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Mission
The Solar System Exploration Division plans, organizes, evaluates, and implements a broad program of scientific research, both theoretical and experimental, to explore the solar system and to study the formation and evolution of planetary systems. The Division provides scientific expertise and leadership to support GSFC projects and to achieve NASA's strategic goals in the exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The Division personnel develop theoretical models of the origin and structure of solar systems and their objects, and the processes that alter them. They design experimental approaches and hardware to test these theories, and they collect, interpret, and evaluate data gathered from these experiments. They publish conclusions based on this experimental and theoretical research. They archive and disseminate the data, provide expert user support to the community, and undertake education and public outreach programs centered on the Division's science missions and services.
