Dr. Jennifer Heldmann | Exploring Water on the Earth, Moon and Mars

Oct 27, 2021  12:00 - 12:45

(GMT -5:00) Eastern Time

Event URL:  https://www.exploringbytheseat.com/lesson/dr-jennifer-heldmann-exploring-water-earth-moon-mars/
Hosted by: Exploring By The Seat of Your Pants

Dr. Jennifer Heldmann is a Planetary Scientist working in the Division of Space Sciences and Astrobiology at NASA Ames Research Center. She is interested in studying the Moon and Mars as well as our home planet, Earth. Her Mars research focuses on studies of recent water on the Red Planet through spacecraft data, computer modeling, and fieldwork in Mars-analog environments (which are places on Earth that are similar to Mars) such as the Outback of Australia, the Canadian High Arctic, the Atacama Desert, Spitsbergen, the Mojave Desert, Iceland, and Antarctica, among other locales. She also studies the Moon with a focus on improving our understanding of lunar ice deposits. Ice on the Moon is important for science research and for planning future human exploration of the Moon.