PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 7, Number 53 (November 3, 2013) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Susan Benecchi Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Melissa Lane Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] Kepler GO 6 Cancelation 2. International Cometary Workshop Rescheduled for April 1-3, 2014 3. Annual Call for Nominations for NASA Science Advisory Subcommittees 4. Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech/JPL 5. NASA Postdoctoral Fellowships 6. Book - Asteroids IV: Final List of Chapters 7. 2014 LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science 8. Update for "Dynamic Mars from Long-term Observations" Icarus Special Issue 9. Mars Express HRSC Camera Video 10. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter - November 2013 11. [NASA] Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program 12. International Conference "Cosmic Dust VII" 13. Calling All Early Career Scientists! 14. 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] KEPLER GO 6 CANCELATION ROSES-13 Amendment 29: Appendix D.7, the Kepler Guest Observer program, is being removed from ROSES 2013 Between July 2012 and May 2013 the Kepler spacecraft lost two of its four reaction wheels that keep the telescope in fine point during weeks to months long observations, thus it can no longer deliver the high precision photometry necessary for small exoplanet detection. Ideas have been solicited for two-wheel science, but any future Kepler Guest Observer (GO) solicitation must be very different from that released when the spacecraft was operating with a complete set of reaction wheels. The time frame for implementing a two-wheel GO solicitation more naturally places it in the ROSES 2014 NRA. As a result, the Kepler Guest Observer program is being removed from ROSES 2013 but it may return in ROSES 2014, depending on the outcome of the 2014 Senior Review and the availability of funds. Questions concerning this amendment and Appendix D.7, the Kepler Guest Observer program, may be directed to: Douglas Hudgins Astrophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate (202) 358-0988 douglas.m.hudgins@nasa.gov [Edited for length.] 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 INTERNATIONAL COMETARY WORKSHOP RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 1-3, 2014 The International Cometary Workshop, originally scheduled for July 2013 was postponed due to the US Budget sequester and the NASA travel restrictions that were imposed in response to the sequester. We are pleased to announce that we have rescheduled the Workshop for April 1-3, 2014. It will take in Toulouse France, and the updated abstract deadline is January 31, 2014. The new registration deadline is February 28, 2014. Pre-registration is now available. For more information see our website at: icw.space.swri.edu 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 ANNUAL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR NASA SCIENCE ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEES NASA invites nominations for service on NASA science advisory subcommittees of the NASA Advisory Council. U.S. citizens may nominate individuals and also submit self-nominations for consideration as potential members of NASA's science advisory subcommittees. NASA's science advisory subcommittees have member vacancies from time to time throughout the year, and NASA will consider nominations and self-nominations to fill such intermittent vacancies. NASA is committed to selecting members to serve on its science advisory subcommittees based on their individual expertise, knowledge, experience, and current/past contributions to the relevant subject area. These are not full-time positions. Successful nominees will be required to attend meetings of the subcommittee approximately two or three times a year, either in person (NASA covers travel-related expenses for this non-compensated appointment) or via telecom and/or virtual meeting medium. DATES: The deadline for NASA receipt of all public nominations is November 22, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To obtain further information on NASA's science advisory subcommittees, please visit the NAC Science Committee's subcommittee Web site at: http://science.nasa.gov/science-committee/subcommittees/ [Edited for length.] 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 JOB OPPORTUNITY: POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR AT CALTECH/JPL Caltech's Keck Institute for Space Studies is accepting applications for a postdoctoral position in the field of planetary science in connection with an ongoing study entitled "New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping": http://kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/lunar-ice2013/ The objective of the project will be to collect and compare available spacecraft and telescope remote sensing data with the goal of forming a coherent picture of the distribution and nature of lunar ice deposits to help guide future exploration activities. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Planetary Science, Physics, Astronomy or related fields, and have experience working with large multidimensional datasets. The successful applicant will be based at either Caltech campus or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For more information about the KISS postdoctoral program, see: http://kiss.caltech.edu/fellowships/ To request information on the lunar ice study and postdoctoral opportunity, contact Paul Hayne (Paul.O.Hayne@jpl.nasa.gov) 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 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) provides opportunities for scientists and engineers to conduct research largely of their own choosing, yet compatible with the research opportunities posted on the NPP Web site. Selected by a competitive peer-review process, NPP Fellows complete one- to three-year Fellowship appointments that advance NASA's missions. For a sample opportunity in planetary science see: https://www3.orau.gov/NPDoc/Catalog/18610 Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in hand before beginning the fellowship, but may apply while completing the degree requirements. U.S. citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents, and foreign nationals eligible for J-1 status as a Research Scholar may apply. Stipends start at $53,500 per year, with supplements for high cost- of-living areas and for certain academic specialties. Financial assistance is available for relocation and health insurance, and $8,000 per year is provided for professional travel. Applications are accepted three times each year: March 1, July 1, and November 1. However, because many of the NPP advisors were not available during the government shutdown, the next application deadline has been extended to Friday, November 15, 2013. The latest NPP Newsletter: http://bit.ly/14cNpfH For further information and to apply, visit: http://nasa.orau.org/postdoc/description/index.htm Questions: nasapostdoc@orau.org [Edited for length.] 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 BOOK - ASTEROIDS IV: FINAL LIST OF CHAPTERS We are pleased to announce the final list of chapters and lead authors defined for the book ASTEROIDS IV, a new volume in the Space Science Series. We want to thank the community for its enthusiastic response to the call for chapters, resulting in the submission of over 150 proposals. Given that we are limited to only about 40 chapters, the editors and scientific organizing committee were faced with the challenge of defining a broad set of topics that most represents the advances of the past decade. For a list of chapters see: http://www.oca.eu/michel/ASTEROIDSIV/AsteroidsIV_Chapters/ AsteroidsIV_Chapters.html The community has grown significantly over the past decade and we regret that a larger portion cannot directly participate in the writing. Advances each of you have made will be included. Some will be solicited as chapter referees later on in the process. We thank the whole community for your input and support, as well as the SOC, for helping to define a great chapter set. We thank the lead authors and their co-authors for their expected efforts to write chapters that will serve as references for at least the next decade. On behalf of ASTEROIDS IV Editors (P. Michel, F. DeMeo, W.F. Bottke) [Edited for length.] 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 2014 LPI SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM IN PLANETARY SCIENCE Application Deadline: January 17, 2014 The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) invites undergraduates with at least 50 semester hours of credit to experience cutting-edge research in the lunar and planetary sciences. As a Summer Intern, you will work one-on-one with a scientist at the LPI or at the NASA Johnson Space Center on a research project of current interest in lunar and planetary science. Furthermore, you will participate in peer-reviewed research, learn from top-notch planetary scientists, and preview various careers in science. The 10-week program runs from June 2 through August 8, 2014. Interns will receive a $5000.00 stipend plus $1000.00 U.S. travel stipend, or $1500.00 foreign travel reimbursement for foreign interns. Please note that due to security issues, citizens of U.S. State Department Designated Countries (see link under "ECP Notices" at: http://oiir.hq.nasa.gov/nasaecp/ are not eligible. Selection is based on (1) scholarship, curriculum, and experience; (2) career objectives and scientific interest; and (3) match of interest of applicant with available research projects. Applications are only accepted via the electronic application form found at the LPI's Summer Intern Program website: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpiintern Contact: Claudia Quintana 281-486-2159 internprogram@lpi.usra.edu [Edited for length.] 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8 UPDATE FOR "DYNAMIC MARS FROM LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS" ICARUS SPECIAL ISSUE The deadline for manuscripts submitted to the Icarus special issue "Dynamic Mars from long-term observations" is postponed from November 15 to December 20, 2013, reflecting down time associated with recent government shutdown that affected many authors. The focus and guidelines associated with the special issue remain the same. This special issue is for for papers that: * Include surface, sub-surface, and atmosphere observations, or model results, that are new and a unique outcome of the long-term data acquisition provided by Mars spacecraft and telescopes * Highlight the long-term implications of processes that are observed and ongoing now * Are not reviews of previous work Submission Format: The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Author guidelines for manuscript preparation can be found at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505620/ authorinstructions For more information, please contact the editorial office at icarus@astro.cornell.edu Guest Editors: Nathan Bridges: nathan.bridges@jhuapl.edu Leslie Tamppari: leslie.tamppari@jpl.nasa.gov Internal Editor: Jeffrey Moersch: jmoersch@utk.edu Important Dates: Paper submission Deadline: December 20, 2013 Acceptance notification: June 20, 2014 Publication: 2014 [Edited for length.] 9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9 MARS EXPRESS HRSC CAMERA VIDEO The latest video release of Mars Express can be found at: http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/Videos/2013/10/Mars_showcase The images in this movie were taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera and the video was released by the DLR German Aerospace Center as part of the ten years of Mars Express celebrations in June 2013. The music has been created by Stephan Elgner of DLR's Mars Express planetary cartography team. DLR developed and is operating the stereo camera. 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 2013 Dear Members of the Mars Community, On behalf of Lisa Pratt (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and Charles Budney of the Mars Program Science Office, the November 2013 edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be found on the web at: http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov Carla de la Paz Jet Propulsion Laboratory (818) 354-3160 paz@jpl.nasa.gov 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 [NASA] EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP (NESSF) PROGRAM NASA announces a call for graduate fellowship proposals to the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) program for the 2014-2015 academic year. This call for fellowship proposals solicits applications from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of individuals pursuing Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Earth and space sciences, or related disciplines. The purpose of NESSF is to ensure continued training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines needed to achieve NASA's scientific goals. Awards resulting from the competitive selection will be made in the form of training grants to the respective universities. The deadline for NEW applications is February 3, 2014, and the deadline for RENEWAL applications is March 17, 2014. The NESSF call for proposals and submission instructions are located at the NESSF 14 solicitation index page at: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ click on "Solicitations" then click on "Open Solicitations" then select the "NESSF 14" announcement. Also refer to "Proposal Submission Instructions" and "Frequently Asked Questions" listed under "Other Documents" on the NESSF 14 solicitation index page. For further information contact: Claire Macaulay (202) 358-0151 claire.i.macaulay@nasa.gov or Dolores Holland (202) 358-0734 hq-nessf-Space@nasa.gov [Edited for length.] 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "COSMIC DUST VII" August 4 - 8, 2014 Umeda Satellite Campus of Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka, JAPAN This series of Cosmic Dust meetings aims finding a consensus among experts on the formation and evolution of cosmic dust: where it comes from and where it goes. The primary objectives are to bring together professionals who deal with cosmic dust and to provide an opportunity for participants to develop human relations and interactions. The meeting considers all kinds of cosmic dust: intergalactic, interstellar, protoplanetary, debris disk, cometary, interplanetary and circumplanetary dust, planetary aerosols, regolith, micrometeorites, meteors and meteoroids, presolar grains and stellar nebular condensates. The meeting is open for any aspects of dust research by means of in-situ and laboratory measurements, astronomical observations, laboratory and numerical analogue simulations, theoretical modeling, data analysis, etc. Any dust-related topics, (e.g., formation of molecules and their reactions on and desorption from the surface of dust particles) are also welcome. Publishing the proceedings of this meeting will be as a special issue of a peer- reviewed journal. Deadline for Admissions Application is May 13, 2014 For online registration and more details go to the meeting website: https://www.cps-jp.org/~dust/ 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 CALLING ALL EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS! Passionate about science? Love to communicate or want to learn how? You are wholeheartedly invited to participate in FameLab: Exploring Earth and Beyond - at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco! FameLab is fun-filled day of competition, coaching, and camaraderie that's all about communicating! It's something like American Idol for scientists - you give a 3-minute powerpoint-free talk to a panel of judges, but they only give constructive feedback. There's a communication training workshop, too, so everyone wins. Join us on Sunday, December 8th from ~9am-5pm to hone your skills, interact with like-minded scientists, and learn from communication specialists. Space is limited, so sign up today at: http://famelab-eeb.arc.nasa.gov/competitions/2013-agu-december/ Video clips of prior FameLabbers are here: http://famelab-eeb.arc.nasa.gov/competitions/ There is no cost for any of the FameLab events, and you do NOT need to be registered for AGU to participate. 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html November 20, 2013 Frontiers in Astronomy: From the Beginning of the Universe to the Outer Reaches of the Solar System http://royalsociety.org/events/2013/frontiers-astronomy/ London, United Kingdom May 26-31, 2014 Accretion and Early Differentiation of the Earth and Terrestrial Planets (ACCRETE) http://www.accrete.uni-bayreuth.de/?page=workshops Bayreuth, Germany August 4-8, 2014 Cosmic Dust VII https://www.cps-jp.org/~dust/ Osaka, Japan September 8-13, 2014 77th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society http://www.metsoc2014casablanca.org/ Casablanca, Morocco November 4-7, 2014 International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions (IPM-2014) http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/IPM/ Greenbelt, MD December 15-19, 2014 2014 AGU Fall Meeting http://geocalendar.agu.org/meeting/2014-agu-fall-meeting/ San Francisco, CA [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop of which your colleagues should be aware, 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.php, or * send a request to pen_editor at psi.edu * * To unsubscribe, send an email to pen_editor at psi.edu * * 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. 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