Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer

[2][3] Specifically, the information obtained will help address future human exploration objectives, as dust sizes and shapes, daily weather report and information on the radiation and wind patterns on Mars, that are critical for proper design of in situ resource utilization systems.

[2][3] MEDA is a follow-on project from REMS, of the Curiosity rover mission.

On April 8, 2021, NASA reported the first MEDA weather report on Mars: for April 3–4, 2021, the high was "minus-7.6 degrees, and a low of minus-117.4 degrees ... [winds] gusting to ... 22 mph".

[6][7] List of coinvestigators and their affiliations:[7] Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, Maryland Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial Madrid, Spain NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland Universidad de Alcala de Henares Madrid, Spain Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial Madrid, Spain Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Instituto de Quimica Fisica Rocasolano Madrid, Spain Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial Madrid, Spain Universidad del Pais Vasco UPV/EHU Bilbao, Biscay, Spain Ilmatieteen Laitos Helsinki, Finland Pasadena, California College Station, Texas Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial Madrid, Spain University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial Madrid, Spain NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, California Aeolis Research Pasadena, California Dust dominates Mars' weather the way that water dominates Earth's weather.

[3][8] MEDA is a suite of environmental sensors designed to record dust optical properties and six atmospheric parameters: wind speed/direction, pressure, relative humidity, air temperature, ground temperature, and radiation (UV, visible, and IR ranges of the spectrum).