PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 2, Number 8 (February 3, 2008) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Matt Balme Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Nic Richmond Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] Senior Advisor for Research and Analysis (SARA) Updates 2. [NASA] PDS Releases New Horizons Data 3. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 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] SENIOR ADVISOR FOR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS (SARA) UPDATES Dear Colleagues, The most recent updates to the SARA webpage have just been made http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara.html A list of page changes can be found at http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara_whats_new.html The most recent letter from SARA can be found at http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara_letters.html Best Wishes, Yvonne Pendleton, Senior Advisor for Research and Analysis. 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] PDS RELEASES NEW HORIZONS DATA The NASA Planetary Data System is pleased to announce the first delivery of the data from the NEW HORIZONS mission. The delivery includes POST-LAUNCH CHECKOUT and JUPITER FLYBY row and calibrated data for the following New Horizons instruments: MVIC (Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera) LEISA (Linear Etalon Image Spectral Array) Alice (UV imaging spectrometer) SWAP (Solar Wind Around Pluto) PEPSSI (Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Sciences Investigation) LORRI (Long Range Reconnaissance Imager) SDC (Student Dust Counter) SPICE data are also available. To see and download the data as well as mission and instrument information, go to http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/missions/newhorizons/index.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 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html April 11-12, 2008 Peering into the Cradle of Life: Processes and Habitats on the Archean Earth http://archenv.geo.uu.nl/ Vienna, Austria October 5-10, 2008 IAGA International Symposium : Space Weather and its Effects on Spacecraft http://http://iaga.cu.edu.eg/ Cairo, Egypt July 27-31, 2009 Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference http://mop2009.uni-koeln.de/ Cologne, Germany [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, please send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor at psi.edu.] *********************************************************************** * * 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. ************************************************************************