Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Mars Color Imager (MARCI) and Context Camera (CTX) Science Team
MARCI
The Mars Color Imager (MARCI) began as a competitively-selected science investigation for the Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO), which was launched in December 1998 and was lost during its orbit insertion in September 1999. The MCO MARCI Wide Angle camera system was selected to be re-flown on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which launched in August 2005 and began orbiting Mars in March 2006.
CTX
The MRO Context Camera (CTX) is a Facility Instrument, designed to provide context views of the martian surface to supplement data acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) and the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM).
Science Team
The science team for the MRO MARCI and CTX includes the original MCO MARCI team, plus several new members approved by NASA in 2006:
| Member | Institution | Research Role |
| Michael C. Malin | Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, California | Principal Investigator, geology |
| James F. Bell III | Cornell University, Ithaca, New York | Co-Investigator, Mars mineralogy |
| Wendy M. Calvin | University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada | Co-Investigator, Mars composition |
| Bruce A. Cantor | Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, California | Co-Investigator, Mars meteorology |
| R. Todd Clancy | Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado | Co-Investigator, Mars ozone and aerosols |
| Kenneth S. Edgett | Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, California | Co-Investigator, Mars geology/geomorphology |
| Laurence J. Edwards | NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California | Co-Investigator, Mars photogrammetry |
| Robert M. Haberle | NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California | Co-Investigator, Mars meteorology |
| Philip B. James | University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio | Co-Investigator, Mars clouds, polar caps |
| Steven W. Lee | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado | Co-Investigator, Mars albedo, dust storms |
| Peter C. Thomas | Cornell University, Ithaca, New York | Co-Investigator, Mars windblown/variable features |
| Rebecca M. E. Williams | Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona | Participating Scientist, Geomorphology |
| Michael J. Wolff | Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado | Co-Investigator, Mars atmosphere |
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