Students

JMARS was designed so that students of all ages can use the program to locate and view data from Mars either as part of their schoolwork or to satisfy their own curiosity.

K-12 Students

JMARS is regularly used by K-12 students taking part in the Mars Student Imaging Program (MSIP). This program allows students who have developed an original Mars-related research project to work with ASU's planetary geologists either on-site at ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility or through distance-learning conferences. The students use JMARS to target their own image of Mars using the THEMIS camera and to analyze the image when it is received. For more information about MSIP, visit the Mars Education website.

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate students in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration use JMARS as part of their SES 100 coursework, which includes a group research project similar to the MSIP program. The students, who specialize in either geological sciences, engineering or education, work in small groups to target THEMIS observations and analyze the data when it is received. ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility also employs a number of undergraduate student interns who use JMARS to support the various research projects of our planetary geologists.

Graduate Students

Graduate students pursuing either masters or doctoral degrees in Geological Sciences in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration use JMARS to complete work on their individual research and to complete course work for their graduate-level geology courses, such as GLG 598 (Geology of Mars) and GLG 598 (Remote Sensing). They use JMARS for identifying previously-acquired images of their research area on Mars, requesting new images and for correlating data from THEMIS with data from other Mars-orbiting instruments.