TREX

Toolbox for Research and Exploration

Spectral Library

The TREX team includes laboratories all over the world that are involved in the TREX spectroscopy work.

Lunar Datasets & Models

We use spacecraft data & modeling techniques to study lunar materials & geology of interest to future exploration.

Analog Environments

Our field campaigns allow us to test algorithms for sample identification & selection as we prepare for lunar exploration.

Small Body Science

TREX’s Small Bodies theme considers analysis of data related to main belt and near-Earth asteroids.

Coming Soon: The TREX Data Repository

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Read about our recent activities

New paper explores lunar swirls

TREX members Deborah Domingue and Roger Clark recently co-authored a paper “Photometric Properties Within Reiner Gamma Swirl – Constraining Formation Mechanisms” that appears in The Planetary Science Journal that explores the differences between the bright and dark...

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Catch us in Forbes!

Catch us in Forbes!

Just a quick note to say, there is a really cool article about the TREX teams work appearing on Forbes. Writen by Andrew Write, the article highlights researcher Dr. Camilo Jaramillo-Carrea and his work with the Hayabusa2 mission and its sample of the asteroid Ryugu....

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