Paul Mahaffy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Current Projects
- Breakdown of Methane Due to Electric Discharge: A Laboratory Investigation With Relevance to Mars — 2008 NAI
- Breakdown of Methane Due to Electric Discharge: A Laboratory Investigation With Relevance to Mars — 2007 NAI
- Instrumentation for the Analysis of Organic Materials in Natural Samples — 2006 NAI
- In Situ Measurements Protocols and Techniques for Analysis of Organics in Comets — 2005 NAI
- Development Advanced Methods for the in Situ Analysis of Complex Organics in Small Bodies in the Solar System — 2004 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
- Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
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Publications
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Coustenis, A., Atreya, S. K., Balint, T., Brown, R. H., Dougherty, M. K., Ferri, F., … Young, E. F. (2008). TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission. Exp Astron, 23(3), 893–946. doi:10.1007/s10686-008-9103-z
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Getty, S. A., Ten Kate, I. L., Feng, S. H., Brinckerhoff, W. B., Cardiff, E. H., Holmes, V. E., … Glavin, D. P. (2010). Development of an evolved gas-time-of-flight mass spectrometer for the Volatile Analysis by Pyrolysis of Regolith (VAPoR) instrument. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 295(3), 124–132. doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2010.06.020
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Grotzinger, J. P., Crisp, J., Vasavada, A. R., Anderson, R. C., Baker, C. J., Barry, R., … Wiens, R. C. (2012). Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation. Space Sci Rev, 170(1-4), 5–56. doi:10.1007/s11214-012-9892-2
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Mahaffy, P. R., Webster, C. R., Cabane, M., Conrad, P. G., Coll, P., Atreya, S. K., … Mumm, E. (2012). The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite. Space Sci Rev, 170(1-4), 401–478. doi:10.1007/s11214-012-9879-z
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Stern, J. C., McAdam, A. C., Ten Kate, I. L., Bish, D. L., Blake, D. F., Morris, R. V., … Amundsen, H. E. F. (2013). Isotopic and geochemical investigation of two distinct Mars analog environments using evolved gas techniques in Svalbard, Norway. Icarus, 224(2), 297–308. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.010
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Bishop, J. L., Franz, H. B., Goetz, W., Blake, D. F., Freissinet, C., Steininger, H., … Darby Dyar, M. (2013). Coordinated analyses of Antarctic sediments as Mars analog materials using reflectance spectroscopy and current flight-like instruments for CheMin, SAM and MOMA. Icarus, 224(2), 309–325. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.05.014
See Project - Conrad, P.G., Eigenbrode, J.L., Mahaffy, P.M. & Steele, A. (2011). Environmental Signatures for Habitability: What to Measure and How to Rank the Habitability Potential of Mars. ESA/NASA Exploring Mars Habitability. Lisbon, Portugal. See Project
- Conrad, P.G., Fogel, M.L., Glamoclija, M., Kerr, L., Mogensen, C., Eigenbrode, J., Mahaffy, P.R. & Steele, A. (2009). Metrics for Habitability Assessment. Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts. See Project See Project
- Conrad, P.G., M.L.Fogel, Glamoclija, M., Kerr, L., Mogensen, C., Eigenbrode, J., Mahaffy, P.R. & Steele, A. (2009). Metrics for Habitability Assessment. 40th Lunar Plan. Sci. See Project
- Eigenbrode, J.L., Benning, L.G., Tobler, D.J., Rodriguez Blanco, J-D., Fogel, M.L., Amundsen, H., Callahan, M., Dworkin, J., Glamoclija, M., Glavin, D., Kerr, L., Kish, A., Mahaffy, P., McAdam, A., Steele, A. & Voytek, M. (2010). Organic Biosignatures and Habitat Features of Near-Surface Glacial Ice in Svalbard. LPI Contributions, 1538: 5546. See Project
- Mahaffy, P.R., McAdam, A., Eigenbrode, J. & Steele, A. (2009). 2009 Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) Evolved Gas Studies. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 41: 08. See Project
- Mahaffy, P.R., Stern, J.C., Franz, H.B., Stalport, F., Eigenbrode, J., Blake, D.F., Conrad, P., Steele, A. & McAdam, A.C. (2010). Field and Laboratory Studies of Samples from the Bockfjord Volcanic Complex in the 2009 Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition. LPI Contributions, 1538: 5306. See Project
- McAdam, A.C., Mahaffy, P.R., Blake, D.F., Ming, D.W., Franz, H.B., Eigenbrode, J.L., Steele, A. & Team, A. (2010). Evolved Gas Analysis and X-Ray Diffraction of Carbonate Samples from the 2009 Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition: Implications for Mineralogical Inferences from the Mars Science Laboratory. Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts. See Project
- McAdam, A.C., Ten Kate, I.L., Stern, J.C., Mahaffy, P.R., Blake, D.F., Morris, R.V., Steele, A., Amundson, H.E.F. & Team, A. (2011). Field Characterization of the Mineralogy and Organic Chemistry of Carbonates from the 2010 Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition by Evolved Gas Analysis. Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts. See Project
- McAdam, A.C., Ten Kate, I.L., Stern, J.C., Mahaffy, P.R., Blake, D.F., Morris, R.V., Steele, A., Amundson, H.E.F. & Team, A.2. (2010). Field characterization of the mineralogy and organic chemistry of carbonates from the 2010 Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition by evolved gas analysis. LPSC 42. See Project
- Stern, J.C., McAdam, A.C., Ten Kate, I.L., Mahaffy, P.R., Steele, A. & Amundson, H.E.F. (2011). δ13C of Mars Analog Carbonates Using Evolved Gas — Cavity Ringdown Spectrometry on the 2010 Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (AMASE). Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts. See Project
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Email:
paul.r.mahaffy@nasa.gov