Meteorite Studies, Center for

Projects

Grants per year 2005 2008 2011 2015 2017 2022 2032

• 7 Active
• 34 Finished

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• Active

  Determining Phobos Origin via the Opaque Mineralogy of Returned Samples

  Schrader, D.

  NASA: Headquarters

  6/26/23 → 6/25/32

  Project: Research project

• Investigating Grain Migration in the Protoplanetary Disk: Elemental and Isotopic Analysis of Chondrule Precursors

  Schrader, D.

  NASA: Headquarters

  4/1/23 → 3/31/26

  Project: Research project

• Nanoscale Analysis of Processing Signatures in Returned Asteroid, Comet and Interstellar Samples

  Stroud, R.

  NASA: Headquarters

  12/30/22 → 12/29/24

  Project: Research project

  • asteroids 100%
  • comets 99%
  • signatures 69%

• Advancing Genesis Mission Goals through Solar Wind Analysis and Technical Enabling

  Jurewicz, A.

  NASA: Headquarters

  2/9/22 → 2/8/25

  Project: Research project

  • Genesis mission 100%
  • solar wind 48%
  • fractionation 8%
  • International Magnetospheric Study 7%
  • chondrites 7%

• Mechanical Measurements of Carbonaceous Chondrite Falls: Implications for Planetary Defense

  Hoover, C. & Garvie, L.

  NASA: Headquarters

  1/17/22 → 1/16/25

  Project: Research project

  • carbonaceous chondrite 100%
  • asteroid 84%
  • defense 75%
  • fragmentation 47%
  • meteorite 41%

• Constraining asteroidal formation and alteration conditions via microstructure and elemental compositions of sulfides from returned samples

  Schrader, D.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  2/1/17 → 1/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • sulfide 100%
  • microstructure 98%
  • meteorite 44%
  • pentlandite 29%
  • pyrrhotite 24%

• Correlated Investigation of Oxidation and DH Systematics in Martian Meteorites: Implications for Redox Evolution and Water Cycle on Mars

  Wadhwa, M. & Hervig, R.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  1/1/17 → 12/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Martian meteorite 100%
  • hydrological cycle 70%
  • Mars 65%
  • fractional crystallization 50%
  • oxidation 46%
• Finished

  Formation and processing histories of presolar and early solar system nano materials

  Stroud, R.

  NASA: Headquarters

  10/5/22 → 10/4/23

  Project: Research project

  • solar system 100%
  • histories 78%
  • silicates 74%
  • chromites 56%
  • Allende meteorite 34%

• Year 2 - Scale-Dependent Measurements of Meteorite Strength - Implications for the Fragmentation of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

  Chattopadhyay, A. & Garvie, L.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  10/23/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • meteorites 100%
  • asteroids 90%
  • fragmentation 70%
  • meteorite collisions 53%
  • students 48%

• Scale-Dependent Measurements of Meteorite Strength - Implications for the Fragmentation of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

  Chattopadhyay, A. & Garvie, L.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  2/1/19 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • meteorites 100%
  • asteroids 90%
  • meteorite collisions 70%
  • fragmentation 70%
  • students 65%

• NESSF: A combined investigation of iron and silicon isotopes in meteorites: Impl

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Headquarters

  9/1/18 → 2/28/22

  Project: Research project

  • Iron Isotopes 100%
  • Meteoroids 98%
  • Prostaglandins F 65%
  • Silicon 62%
  • Isotopes 56%

• Genesis Samples: Analysis and Technical Enabling

  Jurewicz, A.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  9/1/17 → 8/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • solar wind 100%
  • cleaning 49%
  • trace elements 33%
  • standardization 30%
  • secondary ion mass spectrometry 25%

• OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission

  Schrader, D.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  9/1/17 → 8/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • sample return missions 100%
  • subcontracts 95%
  • asteroids 69%
  • spectrum analysis 48%
  • delivery 28%

• NESSF: High-resolution chronology of ungrouped achondrites: Implications for planetesimal differentiation timescales in the early Solar System (Dunlap

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  7/15/17 → 8/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • achondrite 100%
  • planetesimal 93%
  • solar system 72%
  • chronology 63%
  • timescale 49%

• Investigation of nanoprecipitates within meteoritic metals as tracers of early Solar System processes

  Garvie, L.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  1/23/17 → 1/22/23

  Project: Research project

  • solar system 100%
  • iron meteorite 97%
  • tracer 74%
  • trace element 63%
  • metal 56%

• Supporting the Spectral Analysis Science Test Data for OSIRIS-REx

  Schrader, D.

  NASA: Marshall Space Flight Center

  11/1/15 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • spectrum analysis 100%
  • carbonaceous chondrites 61%
  • amorphous materials 60%
  • electron probes 43%
  • analogs 41%

• Observational and Theoretical Investigations of the Formation Oflgneous Rims Around Condrules

  Garvie, L.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  7/1/15 → 6/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • rims 100%
  • chondrule 89%
  • evaporation 38%
  • solar nebula 21%
  • shock 19%

• Isotopic Investigations of Meteorites: Understanding the Transition from Dust to Planetesimals

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  7/1/15 → 6/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • planetesimal 100%
  • meteorite 75%
  • chronology 67%
  • dust 54%
  • solar system 51%

• High Precision U-Pb Chronology of Lunar Impact Melts: New Constraints of the Impact History of the Moon

  Wadhwa, M. & Garvie, L.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  9/5/14 → 9/4/17

  Project: Research project

  • Moon 100%
  • chronology 94%
  • melt 74%
  • history 57%
  • clast 35%

• Elemental Analysis of Solar Wind and Technical Enabling of Genesis Objectives

  Jurewicz, A.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  3/10/14 → 3/9/19

  Project: Research project

  • solar wind 100%
  • cleaning 30%
  • trace elements 20%
  • standardization 18%
  • secondary ion mass spectrometry 15%

• NESSF 13: High spatial resolution 26Al-26Mg dating of Wark-Lovering rims around refractory inclusions in primitive meteorites Prajkta Mane

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  9/1/13 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • meteorite 100%
  • aluminum 77%
  • spatial resolution 74%
  • dating 74%
  • calcium 74%

• Multispectral Microlmaging for Meteoritics

  Wadhwa, M.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  6/27/13 → 9/29/13

  Project: Research project

  • Meteorites 100%
  • Infrared radiation 12%
  • Imaging techniques 10%
  • Silicates 8%
  • Optical microscopy 7%

• NESSF 12: In situ analyses of the Ti and Mg isotopic compositions of refractory inclusions: Characterization of nebular heterogeneity and search incl

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  9/1/12 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • isotopic composition 100%
  • fractionation 97%
  • solar system 73%
  • in situ 71%
  • isotope 52%

• High Precision U-Pb Chronology of Lunar Impact Melts: New Constraints on the Impact History of the Moon

  Wadhwa, M.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  5/2/12 → 5/1/13

  Project: Research project

  • Chronology 100%
  • Cataclysm 52%
  • History 49%

• The Initial Solar System Abundance of 60Fe: Evidence from Achondrites and Primitive Meteorites.

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  9/1/11 → 8/31/12

  Project: Research project

• Geochemical and Chronological Investigations of Meteorites

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  6/23/11 → 6/22/16

  Project: Research project

  • meteorite 100%

• Petrologic locations of nanodiamonds in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites

  Garvie, L.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  6/22/11 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • carbonaceous chondrite 100%
  • meteorite 82%

• Isotopic Investigations of the Earliest Solar System Materials

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  6/22/11 → 6/21/15

  Project: Research project

  • solar system 100%

• Mixed-Reality science cyberlearning: Experience Boxes to bridge the physical and virtual world

  Anbar, A. & Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  4/6/11 → 7/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Mixed reality 100%

• NESSF10: Investigation of 238U/235U Variations in Meterorites (Greg Brennecka)

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  9/1/10 → 8/31/11

  Project: Research project

  • meteorite 100%
  • isotope 90%
  • solar system 76%
  • thermal alteration 34%
  • material 29%

• Stardust Aerogel Properties

  Jurewicz, A.

  NASA: Johnson Space Center

  4/23/09 → 4/22/10

  Project: Research project

  • Aerogels 100%
  • Meteorites 20%
  • Physical properties 10%
  • Inspection 8%
  • Testing 6%

• Genesis Samples: Elemental Analysis and Technical Enabling

  Jurewicz, A.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  12/1/08 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

• Genesis Archive, Science and Science Team Support

  Jurewicz, A.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  9/18/08 → 6/27/10

  Project: Research project

  • Genesis 100%

• Light element abundances and isotope compositions of Martian meteorites

  Hervig, R. & Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  4/24/08 → 4/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • Martian meteorite 100%
  • isotope 52%

• Isotopic Investigations of Meteorites

  Wadhwa, M. & Sharp, T.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  4/1/08 → 3/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • meteorites 100%
  • mass spectrometers 40%
  • trace elements 25%
  • electrons 24%
  • research projects 24%

• Organic Matter Sequestration and Processing in Clays on Meteorite Parent Bodies

  Garvie, L.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  3/1/08 → 2/28/10

  Project: Research project

  • parent body 100%
  • meteorite 83%
  • organic matter 54%
  • clay 53%

• Geochemical and Isotopic Investigations of Meteorites

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  8/21/07 → 3/31/09

  Project: Research project

  • meteorite 100%

• Early Solar System Processes and Time Scales from Isotopic Investigations of Meteorites

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  1/8/07 → 5/7/10

  Project: Research project

  • meteorites 100%
  • solar system 80%

• Analysis of the Mg Isotopic Composition of the Solar Wind Sample Returned by NASA's Genesis Spacecraft

  Wadhwa, M.

  NASA: Johnson Space Center

  9/29/06 → 9/24/10

  Project: Research project

  • solar wind 100%
  • spacecraft 90%

• Solar Wind Analyses of Genesis Collector Materials and Effects of Terrestrial Handling

  Jurewicz, A.

  NASA: Johnson Space Center

  7/19/05 → 9/30/09

  Project: Research project

  • solar wind 100%
  • accumulators 98%

• Genesis Discovery Mission Curatorial Analysis and Support

  Jurewicz, A.

  NASA: Johnson Space Center

  2/1/05 → 1/31/06

  Project: Research project