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Planetary sciences
Scientific study of the solid bodies of the solar system, including planets, moons, asteroids, meteorites, and interplanetary materials.
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Planetary Data Systems (PDS) Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image collection [New Window]
Planetary Data Systems (PDS) Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image collection with available images in decompressed JPEG format, raw data available by FTP access, web graphical images, and link to NASA's Map-a-Planet.
Planetary GIS web server - PIGWAD (Planetary Interactive G.I.S.-on-the-Web Analyzable Database) [New Window]
Planetary Interactive G.I.S.-on-the-Web Analyzable Database (PIGWALD), an interface to support and integrate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) graphical, statistical, and spatial relational tools for analyses of planetary datasets.
Planetary images [New Window]
Links to Earth and planetary images.
Astrogeology Research Program [New Window]
Primary homepage for the Astrogeology Research Program with links to solar system, space missions, technology, data & information, research programs for geology, remote sensing, and ice & polar, hot topics, photo gallery, and Astro Kids.
Astrogeology Research Program - Posters [New Window]
Four colored posters, Mapping the solar system, Mars Pathfinder landing site, Mars mini-globe project (can be downloaded, uses Adobe Acrobat Reader), and Venus globe with links to related websites.
Browse the Solar system [New Window]
Images of planets of the solar system.
Clementine images [New Window]
Images from the Clementine spacecraft, which successfully mapped the Moon with 4 cameras (UVVIS 415-1000nm; NIR 1100-2789 nm; HI-RES 415-750 nm; LWIR 9 microns) over the period February through May 1994.
Field trip to Barringer (Meteor) Crater, Arizona [New Window]
Notes and photos about a field trip taken to Barringer Crater (also known as Meteor Crater), Arizona, as part of the dedication of the Shoemaker Center in Flagstaff.
Flagstaff Field Center [New Window]
Homepage for the Flagstaff Field center with links to space science, water and ice studies, earth sciences, biological resources, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, outreach & education, data and software, and images.
Mars Pathfinder [New Window]
Images from Mars Pathfinder Mission and the process of mapping the landing site.
Martian hemispheres [New Window]
Mosaics of the Martian hemispheres created by the USGS from Viking Orbiter images.
Meteoritical Bulletin database [New Window]
Searchable database of all known meteorites and impact craters worldwide, based on published reports of the Meteoritical Society and several international research organizations.
NASA photojournal [New Window]
Links to images of planets using spacecraft imagery.
Scientists discover analog for extraterrestrial life in Idaho Hot Springs [New Window]
Report on a community of microscopic organisms, Archaea, found deep in an Idaho hot spring living on hydrogen and carbon dioxide that could possibly exist on other planets. Includes links to related studies, investigators, and microbiology.


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