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Mars. Credit: NASA

Provenance: NASA
Reuse: NASA

Education Resources:

• NASA SMD Directory: http://nasawavelength.org/
• LPI Educational Activity Directory: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/
• EarthSpace: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/earthspace/
• Cosmoquest: http://cosmoquest.org
• Mars Student Imaging Project:
  • http://marsed.mars.asu.edu/msip (award winning program aimed at K-12 teaching standards)
  • http://marsed.mars.asu.edu/mars-image-analysis (has helpful Image Analysis materials - guide, supplement, & PowerPoint you can download without setting up an account)

Remote Sensing:

• Mars Trek: https://trek.nasa.gov/mars/index.html#
• THEMIS images: http://themis.asu.edu/
• MOLA images: https://attic.gsfc.nasa.gov/mola/
• HiRISE images: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/
• Mars image explorer: http://viewer.mars.asu.edu/#start
• Google Mars: http://www.google.com/mars/
• Interactive Mars Data Maps: http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/globalData/
• Hubble Telescope: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html

Rover and Lander Data:

• Curiosity (MSL) Data: https://an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl/mslbrowser/default.aspx
• Opportunity (MER) Data: https://an.rsl.wustl.edu/merb/merxbrowser/
• Spirit (MER) Data: https://an.rsl.wustl.edu/mera/merxbrowser/
• Phoenix Data: http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/phx/solbrowser/default.aspx

Software:

• jMARS Login and software download: http://jmars.asu.edu/
• Google Mars: http://www.google.com/mars/

Mission Updates/News Releases:

• NASA Mission Updates and press release: http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
• NASA News: http://www.nasa.gov/news/
• Curiosity (MSL) Mission Site: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html and http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/overview/
• Opportunity (MER) Mission Site: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/index.html and http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/
• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Mission Page: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html and http://mars.nasa.gov/mro/
• Mars Odyssey Mission Page: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/odyssey/index.html and http://mars.nasa.gov/odyssey/
• MAVEN Mission Page: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html and http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/
• Mars Express Mission Page: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/express/
• Mars Orbiter Mission: http://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c25-mars-orbiter-mission
• NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/
• CNN Science New/Updates: http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/
• NY Times Science: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/astronomy_and_astrophysics/index.html
• BBC News Science: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment/

Citizen Science Websites:

• Planet Four: http://planetfour.org/
• Planet Hunters: https://blog.planethunters.org/

Entertaining Apps:

• Spacecraft 3D: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/app20120711.html

Some valuable resources for Earth-Mars analog comparisons:

Grotzinger, J.P., and Milliken, R.E., eds, 2012, Sedimentary Geology of Mars SEPM Special Publication, Vol. 102. https://sedimentary-geology-store.com/catalog/book/sedimentary-geology-mars
** Note: this volume is totally open access, so you can access any of the articles and images of these without any purchase or subscription.

Garry, W.B., and Bleacher, J.E., eds., 2011, Analogs for Planetary Exploration, GSA Special Papers 483. http://specialpapers.gsapubs.org/content/483.toc Requires a subscription to Geological Society of America Special Papers.

Chan, M. A., Beitler Bowen, B., Parry, W. T., Ormö, J. and Komatsu, G., 2005, Red Rock and Red Planet Diagenesis: Comparisons of Earth and Mars Concretions: GSA Today v. 15 n. 8, p. 4-10. http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/15/8/pdf/i1052-5173-15-8-4.pdf This is an open access pdf.