Current Classes:

  • Spring 2009 - The Golden Age of Planetary Exploration - PTYS 206.
  • Fall 2008 - Exploring the Moon - PTYS 395B.
  • Spring 2008 - Mercury: Open Questions and New Data - PTYS 395A.
  • Fall 2007 - Geology of the Solar system - PTYS 411/511.

Classes I helped teach in the past (Caltech and MIT)

  • Introduction to the Solar system (Ge103).
  • Fundamentals of Planetary Surfaces (Ge151).
  • Applications of Remote Sensing in the Field (Ge158).
  • Essentials of Planetary Science (EAPS 12.601).

Useful stuff

  • A Mars calender (Page 1, Page 2) showing Ls verus earth date and mission phases etc.. done in IDL, useful for polar studies. I've gotten a little behind in adding events to this. (PDF version)

shane@lpl.arizona.edu

The background image is of Phoebe, a moon of Saturn. It was acquired by the Cassini spacecraft in June of 2004. See here for the original image and more info.