Research at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Below are links to some of our key research areas and facilities.
Please see Research Focus Areas and Laboratory Resources for more complete listings.
Selected Research Areas
Selected Projects and Facilities
- Catalina Sky Survey
- Earths in Other Solar Systems (NASA Nexus for Exoplanetary System science)
- Ground-based telescope facilities
- High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
- Kuiper Materials Imaging and Characterization Facility
- Optical Instrument Fabrication and Calibration Lab
- Planetary Image Research Laboratory (PIRL)
- OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
- SPACEWATCH®
- UArizona Center for Astrobiology
- Wet Chemistry Laboratory