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Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
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<p>The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) was a visible-infrared <a href="/facts/Spectrometer/IqRE8xaQ">spectrometer</a> aboard the <a href="/facts/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter/7odg7YfX">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter</a> searching for mineralogic indications of past and present water on <a href="/facts/Mars/AQGtVvz0">Mars</a>. The CRISM instrument team comprised scientists from over ten universities and was led by <a href="/facts/Principal_investigator/GXE6ILvW">principal investigator</a> Scott Murchie. CRISM was designed, built, and tested by the <a href="/facts/Johns_Hopkins_University/56US0mHw">Johns Hopkins University</a> <a href="/facts/Applied_Physics_Laboratory/PN4H87V9">Applied Physics Laboratory</a>. </p>