PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 1, Number 10 (July 15, 2007) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Matt Balme, Nic Richmond Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] MISSION TO ASTEROID BELT RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER LAUNCH (JULY 7, 2007) 2. [NASA] TWO SUCCESSFUL SPACECRAFT GIVEN NEW ASSIGNMENTS (JULY 3, 2007) 3. DPS FLORIDA MEETING CALL FOR PAPERS 4. NICOP PLANETARY PERMAFROST AND ASTROBIOLOGY CALL FOR PAPERS 5. NASA AMES PLANET-SATELLITE FORMATION MEETING 6. FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EXPLORATION OF PHOBOS AND DEIMOS o---------------------------------------------------------------------o 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 [NASA] MISSION TO ASTEROID BELT RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER LAUNCH (July 7, 2007) The launch of NASA's Dawn spacecraft, a mission that will explore the two largest objects in the asteroid belt in an effort to answer questions about the formation of our solar system, has been rescheduled to September. The complete press release is at http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/jul/HQ_07150_Dawn_postpone_Sep.html 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 [NASA] TWO SUCCESSFUL SPACECRAFT GIVEN NEW ASSIGNMENTS (JULY 3, 2007) Two NASA spacecraft now have new assignments after successfully completing their missions. The duo will make new observations of comets and characterize extrasolar planets. Stardust and Deep Impact will use their flight-proven hardware to perform new, previously unplanned, investigations. The complete press release is at http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/jul/HQ_07147_Discovery_missions.html 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 DPS FLORIDA MEETING CALL FOR PAPERS 300 word abstracts of presentations for the Fall DPS Meeting are being accepted through 27 July. 39th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences 7-12 October 2007 Orlando, Florida Abstract Deadline: 10 PM EDT, Friday, 27 July 2007 DPS Meeting website: http://physics.ucf.edu/DPS07/ The normal DPS presentation rules apply: One contributed planetary presentation per person. History, Education and Invited papers do not count as the one contribution. Nonmembers may only present one time at a DPS Meeting. To implement these rules, abstracts must be submitted through the presenting author's AAS account. 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 NICOP PLANETARY PERMAFROST AND ASTROBIOLOGY CALL FOR PAPERS Planetary Permafrost and Astrobiology will be a special session at the Ninth International Conference On Permafrost (NICOP), on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks during the week of June 29 - July 3, 2008. Fairbanks, Alaska. The session is being organized by Francois Costard, David Gilichinsky, Nicolas Mangold, and Chris McKay. We encourage abstracts from the planetary science community studying permafrost and icy surfaces throughout the Solar System and from the astrobiology community interested in organisms living or preserved in ice or permafrost. The period for abstract submission is July 1 to September 1, 2007 To submit an abstract link on the conference website http://nicop.org/ and find the "Submit Abstract" button at the bottom, or access the abstract submission page directly: http://nicop.org/cgi-bin/submit_abstract.cgi 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 NASA AMES PLANET-SATELLITE FORMATION MEETING The 2007 NASA Ames Planet-Satellite Formation meeting will take place on the 6-7 of December (the week just prior to the AGU in San Francisco). Details of this meeting can be found at the link below. The actual schedule remains to be determined and will be updated in the near future. http://spacescience.arc.nasa.gov/agu/ It would be useful to know ahead of time the level of interest, so please let us know (mosqueir@cosmic.arc.nasa.gov) if you would like to attend or wish to have more information. We look forward to an engaging and we hope productive meeting. Sincerely, Ignacio Mosqueira Dale Cruikshank 6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EXPLORATION OF PHOBOS AND DEIMOS November 5-8, 2007 NASA Ames Conference Center, Moffett Field, California The First International Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos: The Science, Robotic Reconnaissance, and Human Exploration of the Two Moons of Mars, to be held November 5-8, 2007, will be the first international meeting focused specifically on Phobos and Deimos, and on how their exploration relates to that of Mars and the solar system. The conference will be an open international forum that gathers scientists, engineers, space exploration professionals, and students interested in discussing the status and advancement of the exploration of Mars' satellites, and the exploration of Mars itself through them. For more information, including the purpose and scope of the conference, meeting format, call for abstracts, registration forms, and logistical information, please visit the meeting website at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/phobosdeimos2007/ *********************************************************************** * * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at * * http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.html * * To unsubscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_unsubscribe.html * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor at psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. Go to the PEN website for submission directions. * ***********************************************************************