The USGS is phasing out this older version of Map-A-Planet in favor of a newer version that is more powerful but less user-friendly for armchair explorers:
astrogeology. usgs.gov/tools/map-a-planet-2.
Geological Survey's
Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona.
The new Mars map was developed by the Geological Survey's Robin Fergason at the USGS
Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Ariz., in collaboration with researchers at ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility.
"It's a moment I'm going to remember for the rest of my life,'' said Oleg Abramov, a research space scientist at the US Geological Survey
Astrogeology branch in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Moore II of the US Geological Survey, Geologic Division Branch,
Astrogeology, Menlo Park, CA personally discussed the LAC-39 with Greenacre at Lowell Observatory and later sent him a letter complementing him on his 'excellent map of the Aristarchus region' and noted the 'value' of his TLP report.
Energy Resources for Human Settlement in the Solar System and Earth's Future in Space is edited by geologist William A Ambrose, co-vice chair of the AAPG
Astrogeology Committee; Dr James F Reilly II, former NASA astronaut and exploration geologist; and Douglas C Peters, president and COO of ARNEVUT Resources.
Stone is a Physical Scientist with the United States Geological Survey,
Astrogeology Science Center, in Flagstaff, AZ, where he is the Project Scientist for the Lunar Calibration facility.
The editors are affiliated with the
Astrogeology Team of the US Geological Survey.
"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature--IAU Rules and Conventions."
Astrogeology. 2005a.
In addition, space sciences impact or are related to many other fields, from the biology of organisms in space environments to the geology of other bodies and planets (
astrogeology), as well as nuclear physics in interstellar space and inside stars.