This is a training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), a private research university, with a potential value of $134,999.18. The grant supports research to develop a quantitative method for reconstructing the paleohydrology of ancient Martian river networks from orbital observations of inverted channels on Mars. The goal is to fill a knowledge gap by using in-situ investigations of...
This is a $115,725.47 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), a private research university focused on science and engineering. The grant supports research to understand the history of water on the surface of Mars by studying minerals formed from water-rock interactions, specifically phyllosilicates and partially chloritized smectites. The research objectives are to synthesize and characterize partially...
This is a $410,288.64 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research on the surface and subsurface of Mars. The overarching goal is to enhance the understanding of how the surface and subsurface of Mars may be in communication to bring waters of distinctive geochemistries to the surface. The research objectives are to map the distributions of secondary (water-related) minerals in the Terra...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research on reconstructing the history of Jezero Crater Lake from remote 3D digital topography. The research is intended to provide a framework for the 2020 Mars Rover exploration mission. Caltech is a private research university that conducts significant scientific research and engineering services for NASA and the Department of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $427,064.66 grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research on the formation of gullies and bedrock landforms on the surfaces of the Moon and Mars. The research aims to develop a mechanistic understanding of how dry granular flows can create these geologic features, which will help interpret the history of landscape evolution, surface water, and volatile activity on planetary bodies. The grant...
This is a $135,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), a private research university. The grant is for research to provide extensive geological and mineralogical evidence on the presence of liquid water on the surface of ancient Mars. Caltech has received over $500 million in prime federal contract awards from NASA and the Department of Defense over the past 5 years for a range of...
This is a $88,081.91 Training Grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research related to understanding the geology and climate history of Mars. The research aims to link observations from the Mars Science Laboratory rover with remote sensing data of the Gale Crater region to gain insights into the past habitability and evolution of Mars. This work aligns with key objectives of NASA's Mars...
This is a $398,382.37 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research related to identifying and quantifying phyllosilicate (clay) minerals on planetary bodies throughout the solar system. The research aims to improve the ability to remotely detect and characterize these minerals, which are crucial indicators of past water-rock interactions. Key tasks include synthesizing and characterizing smectite...
This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), a private research university focused on science and engineering. The $134,999.41 training grant will support research to understand the geological processes that shaped Mars' surface during the Noachian period, which may have created habitable environments and potential biosignatures. The research objectives include...
This $187,978 grant was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian U.S. government agency, to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research related to the distribution and variability of water-formed minerals on Mars. The work will leverage spectral data from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) instrument to improve the understanding of the Martian surface. This grant is not associated with a set-aside program and has an ultimate...
This is a $406,070.68 grant awarded by NASA to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for research on the formation and interpretation of topographically inverted river deposits on Earth and Mars. The goal is to develop a mechanistic understanding of how inverted river channels form and how their features can be used to reconstruct paleo-environmental conditions on Mars. The research involves field studies of terrestrial analogs, developing paleo-hydraulic reconstruction techniques, and applying those techniques to study inverted channels in the Aeolis Dorsa region of Mars. This research is aligned with NASA's Planetary Science and Technology from Analog Research (PSTAR) program goals to understand the geological processes that have shaped planetary surfaces and their implications for past climate and habitability. This grant does not have a set-aside designation.