Launchpad: Maps

What are maps and how are they used? Learn how NASA uses robotic spacecraft to make geologic maps of the topography and composition of places like Saturn, Titan, or Vesta, and how the US Geological Survey helps with this new field of astrogeology.

Published on: October 01, 2014

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Background Information

NASA JPL Geologic Maps of Vesta from NASA's Dawn Mission. 9-12

USGS Astrogeology Science Center. 9-12

Activities

NASA GSFC Exploring Color Maps. 9-12

NASA GSFC Quantifying Changes in the Land Over Time with Landsat. 9-12

NASA JPL Eyes on Earth. 9-12

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