Curiosity Mission Could Reveal Mars' Deepest Secrets

Clues to Mars’ hidden past and what may have happened to its long-ago vanished rivers, and perhaps even oceans may be revealed when NASA’s Curiosity lands on the Red Planet early Monday morning (Aug. 6), and a Texas A&M University researcher will be one of the key players in the mission.

Mark Lemmon, an atmospheric science professor at Texas A&M and a veteran of previous projects involving Mars, will be one of Curiosity’s camera operators and will serve as environmental science theme lead in the early days of the mission (read more).