Ming, Douglas W.

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Roving Mars:  Mission Operations and Science at JSC
ARES Science Team
Eight JSC Scientists on the MSL Science Team
• 3 MSL Co-Investigators (Ming, Morris, Jones)
• 2 MSL Participating Scientists (Niles, Oehler)
• 3 MSL Collaborators (Rampe, Archer, Sutter)
Four JSC Scientists on the MER Science Team
• 1 MER Co-Investigator (Morris)
• 2 MER Participating Scientists (Ming, Mittlefehldt)
• 1 MER Collaborator (Peretyazhko)
Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division (XI)
Mars Science Laboratory Mission
Curiosity
Mars Exploration Rovers Mission
Opportunity
ARES Mission Operations
MSL Science Operations Working Group Chair (Ming)
• Leads science tactical operations 
MER Long  Term Planer (Mittlefehldt)
• Leads science strategic operations 
Payload Uplink Leads (Rampe,  Mittlefehldt, Ming)
• Delivers command sequences for MSL CheMin and MER APXS
Payload Downlink Leads (Rampe, Morris, Ming, Archer, 
Mittlefehldt)
• Analyzes downlinked data from MSL CheMin and SAM and 
MER APXS
Science Theme Group Members
• Plans daily science operations
ARES Testbed Activities and Data Analysis
• Three laboratories house MSL instrument testbeds
• Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM)
• Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin)
• Chemistry Camera (ChemCam)
• Two laboratories house MER instrument testbeds
• Mossbauer Spectrometer
• Visible/Near IR Pancam
• Testbed Instruments operate similar to flight 
instruments
• Characterize Mars analog materials and instrument 
performance
• Continued data analysis after mission is over
• Heats samples and 
“sniffs” the evolved gases
• Looks for organic material
• Characterizes the Martian 
atmosphere
SAM Testbed Activities
Doug Archer
MSL Science Team
Gale Crater Meridiani Planum
ARES Science Team Publications
ARES Scientists have been authors on >125 peer-
reviewed articles on Mars robotic mission results, 
including over 40 articles in the prestigious journals 
Science and Nature (several key ARES-lead publications 
and journal covers shown below).
• Morris et al., 2004, Mössbauer Mineralogy on Mars: First Results from 
the Spirit Landing Site in Gusev Crater. Science, vol. 305, p. 833-836.
• Morris et al., 2010, Identification of carbonate-rich outcrops on Mars by 
the Spirit Rover. Science. Vol. 329, p. 421-424.
• Niles et al. (2010), Stable isotope measurements of martian atmospheric 
CO2 at the Phoenix Landing Site. Science. Vol. 329, p. 1134-1337.
• Ming et al., 2014, Volatile and Organic Compositions of Sedimentary 
Rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.  Science, Vol. 343, Issue
6169.
Doug Ming Leading MSL Operations at JPL
Curiosity’s Current Location – the Pahrump Hills
Opportunity’s Current Location – Rim of Endeavour Crater
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