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Mars Methane Press Conference - Media Page
01.15.09
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Michael Meyer, Mars Program Lead Scientist, NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Michael Mumma, senior planetary scientist, and director, Goddard Center for Astrobiology, Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Conceptual animation demonstrating the process of spectroscopy and how it was applied to the discovery of methane in Mars’ atmosphere. Credit: Chris Smith/NASA
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Visualization of a methane plume found in Mars’ atmosphere during the northern summer season. Credit: Trent Schindler/NASA
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Conceptual animation depicting how geochemical processes during the course of Mars’ history may have produced the methane plumes now seen in Mars’ atmosphere. Credit: Susan Twardy/NASA
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Conceptual animation depicting how biological organisms (shown as oval-shaped translucent structures) living beneath the surface of Mars may have produced methane (shown as blue spheres). Credit: Susan Twardy/NASA
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Geronimo Villanueva, planetary scientist and astrobiologist, Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Visualization of a methane plume found in Mars’ atmosphere during the northern summer season. Credit: Trent Schindler/NASA
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Sushil Atreya, professor of atmospheric and space science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Animation depicting meteoritic dust, an unlikely cause of the methane found in Mars’ atmosphere. Credit: Chris Smith/NASA
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Animation depicting comet impacts, an unlikely cause of the methane found in Mars’ atmosphere. Credit: Chris Smith/NASA
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Animation depicting two processes (geochemical and biological) that may have produced the methane plumes now seen in Mars’ atmosphere. Credit: Susan Twardy/NASA
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Animation depicting the process of photolysis, one of the processes leading to the destruction of methane in Mars’ atmosphere. Credit: Chris Smith/NASA
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Animation depicting the process of oxidation, one of the processes leading to the destruction of methane in Mars’ atmosphere. Credit: Chris Smith/NASA
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Animation depicting the process of electrochemistry, one of the processes leading to the destruction of methane in Mars’ atmosphere. Credit: Chris Smith/NASA
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Lisa Pratt, professor of geological sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington
Animation depicting plausible habitable zones on Mars. Credit: Chris Smith/NASA
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Animation depicting how certain types of microscopic life on Earth produce methane. Credit: Chris Smith/NASA
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