ANSMET: The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

该项目继续支持ANSMET--南极寻找陨石。ANSMET始于1975年，其目标是在南极洲收集陨石，供国际科学界研究。在南半球的夏天，志愿者在造雪机上在南极的各种冰盖上进行收集。该项目已经收集了数千块陨石，其中包括来自火星和月球的特别独特的标本。陨石是在NSF的美国南极计划的支持下收集起来的，在NASA的约翰逊太空中心进行分类和分发，并在史密森研究所进行表征和储存。所有国家的科学家都可以获得样本，ANSMET收集被广泛认为是世界上最重要的研究陨石收集。他们的研究继续为许多地球和地外问题提供关键的见解，包括地球的形成和其他星球上生命的可能性。

This project continues support for ANSMET--the Antarctic Search for Meteorites. Begun in 1975, ANSMET's objective is collection of meteorites in Antarctica for study by the international scientific community. Collections are performed on various Antarctic ice sheets by volunteers on snow machines during the southern hemisphere summer. The program has collected many thousands of meteorites, including particularly unique specimens from Mars and the Moon. Meteorites are collected with support of NSF's US Antarctic Program, sorted and distributed at NASA's Johnson Space Center, and characterized and stored at the Smithsonian Institution. Samples are available to scientists from all countries, and the ANSMET collection is widely regarded as the single most important collection of research meteorites in the world. Their study continues to offer key insights into many terrestrial and extraterrestrial questions, including the formation of the earth and the potential for life on other worlds.