Mars Atmospheric Global Imaging Experiment (MAGIE) (Bruce Cantor)
Bruce Cantor is a senior staff scientist at Malin Space Science Systems, which he joined in 2000. He is principal investigator of the Mars Atmospheric Global Imaging Experiment on the joint NASA–European Space Agency 2016 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter mission, a co-investigator on the Mars color imager experiment on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission, and was extensively involved in the Mars observer camera experiment onboard the Mars Global Surveyor orbiter. In addition, his responsibilities have included providing weather assessments and regular weather reporting in support of landing-site selection; aerobraking; entry, descent, and landing; and surface operations for a number of Mars missions, including Mars Odyssey, Mars Exploration Rovers, Beagle, MRO, Phoenix, Mars Science Laboratory, and the ExoMars Entry, Descent, and Landing Demonstrator Module.
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