Welcome to the Solar System Exploration Division. Below you can find information about some of the missions and projects we support as well as workshops we've hosted. To learn more about the division as a whole and about each lab in our division, visit us at the Goddard Sciences and Exploration Directorate site.

Missions & Projects

CO2 Sounder
CO2 Sounder lidar for the ASCENDS Mission
CubeSats
Goddard CubeSat Program
DREAM2
Dynamic Response of the Environments at Asteroids, the Moon, and moons of Mars
HIPWAC
Heterodyne Instrument for Planetary Wind and Composition
ISFM
Major Research & Analysis Themes: Internal Scientist Funding Model
LEADER
Lunar Environment And Dynamics for Exploration Research
OSEAN
Ocean Worlds Science Exploration and Analogs
PSG
Planetary Spectrum Generator
SAM
Sample Analysis at Mars
DAVINCI
Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble Gases, Chemistry, and Imaging

Workshops

BELOW
Biosignatures of Extant Life on Ocean Worlds Workshop (2016)
IPM
International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions
PSV 2050
Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop (2017)