The NASA´s CLASS Planetary Landing Team, was co-founded by Sheyene Gerardi in 2018 to develop the science and technology to enable safe, effective landings on other planets.

Collaborator Network: the CLASS team is composed of leading planetary scientists, geologists, geochemists, dynamicists, engineers, physicists and other researchers from across the world and is headed by Prof. Daniel T. Britt at the University of Central Florida. The CLASS network incorporates domestic institutions across the USA and international partner institutions in different countries.

CLASS will take advantage of a dynamic partnership between the NASA centers in the southeast (KSC and MSFC), our core group of scientists at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the University of Florida (UF), and a wide network of researchers linked together for virtual collaboration and problem-solving. Of particular importance to the CLASS network are our international collaborators who are leading investigators in their areas of specialization. Their active participation in CLASS investigations and institutional programs strongly leverages the work of CLASS co-investigators, broadens the knowledge base, and strongly enhances CLASS research synergy.