Career

He started his career working for the United States Geological Survey and later joined National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a senior science member. He was responsible for investigation of planetary and lunar surfaces, being interested in finding scientifically valuable landing places. This included the Apollo and Viking missions.

A crater on Mars and the asteroid 2685 Masursky were named in his honor.

The Masursky Award and the Masursky Lecture are named after him as well.