Mars Odyssey
About
Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. Its mission is to use spectrometers and a thermal imager to detect evidence of past or present water and ice, as well as study the planet's geology and radiation environment. It is hoped that the data Odyssey obtains will help answer the question of whether life existed on Mars and create a risk-assessment of the radiation that future astronauts on Mars might experience. It also acts as a relay for communications between the Mars Science Laboratory, and previously the Mars Exploration Rovers and Phoenix lander, to Earth.
Faculty
Mars Odyssey Faculty
William Boynton
Astrobiology, Cosmochemistry, Lunar Studies, Small Bodies
Other Researchers
Support Staff
Mars Odyssey Support Staff
Michael Fitzgibbon
Karl Harshman