Current Projects
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Missions
Designing and operating remote-sensing instruments on robotic planetary missions.![](https://themis.mars.asu.edu/https://themis.mars.asu.edu/files/storyimages/teaser/Picture 97_0.png?1340315527)
THEMIS Support for MSL
Data from THEMIS helped scientists choose a landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), NASA's next rover spacecraft, due to arrive August 2012.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/themis.mars.asu.edu/files/storyimages/teaser/software.jpg?1266540759)
Software & Tools
Available research software used by THEMIS scientists and researchers.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/themis.mars.asu.edu/files/storyimages/teaser/news.jpg?1266540334)
News
Headline stories of recent research carried out with instruments designed and operated at the Mars Space Flight Facility.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/themis.mars.asu.edu/files/storyimages/teaser/tes-thumb-1.jpg?1285349657)
TES: Hunting Mars minerals from orbit
Mars Space Flight Facility scientists designed and operated the Thermal Emission Spectrometer on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/themis.mars.asu.edu/files/storyimages/teaser/entry.jpg?1285630057)
Mission Support
Providing mission support data to scientists and flight engineers involved in past, present, and future missions.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/themis.mars.asu.edu/files/storyimages/teaser/geology.jpg?1266540697)
THEMIS for scientists and researchers
Resources for scientists and researchers interested in working with THEMIS data.![](https://themis.mars.asu.edu/https://themis.mars.asu.edu/files/storyimages/teaser/Picture 100.png?1283968295)
ASU Mars Education Program
The program provides classes, workshops, field trips, and other opportunities for teachers and students to join with scientists in the excitement of Mars exploration.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/themis.mars.asu.edu/files/storyimages/teaser/Rover.jpg?1285619007)
Mini-TES: Scouting rocks for Mars rovers
Mars Space Flight Facility scientists operate the Mini-TES instruments on each of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/themis.mars.asu.edu/files/storyimages/teaser/MoeurBlgoustide1.jpg?1290036825)