PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 10, Number 13 (March 20, 2016)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Susan Benecchi 
Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Karen R. Stockstill-Cahill
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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1. Special LPSC Event Notice: The 2017 NASA Budget-The Planetary 
   Community Response and Your Q&A
2. Small Bodies Assessment Group 15th Meeting
3. [NASA] PDS - Mars Science Laboratory Release 11
4. [NASA] PDS - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 25
5. [NASA] PDS - Mars Exploration Rovers Data Release 47
6. Mapping and Planetary Spatial Infrastructure Team Town Hall
7. Call for Abstracts for the Horizon 2020 Euro-Cares WP3 Meeting
8. LPSC Community Dialogue: Usage of Multi-Mission Radioisotope 
   Thermoelectric Generators (MMRTGs) for Future Potential Missions 
9. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions

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SPECIAL LPSC EVENT NOTICE: THE 2017 NASA BUDGET-THE PLANETARY 
COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND YOUR Q&A

Tuesday, 12:00 to 1:15 p.m., Waterway 6

Was your question left unanswered at NASA Night? Or do you feel that 
an important topic is not being addressed by your professional 
societies? Or do you wonder what the next five years will hold for 
planetary science at NASA? Then come to this special lunch session 
to meet representatives from the American Geophysical Union, Division 
of Planetary Sciences, Geological Society of America, and The 
Planetary Society for an open, frank, and lively discussion about the 
Planetary Science budget problems and possibilities. We will even 
provide a limited number of free drink tickets to encourage further 
discussion. So go ahead and grab an early lunch, bring your friends 
and colleagues, and level-up your knowledge of your field and learn 
how to strategically engage the process to help your field and your 
profession. 


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SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP 15TH MEETING

The 15th meeting of the Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will be 
held June 28-30, 2016, hosted at APL in Laurel, MD. Some logistical 
details are still being finalized, but a draft agenda is now available 
online:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/

The SBAG 15 meeting is also in the NASA Conference Tracking System, 
with NCTS # 24436-16. If you typically use the NASA Conference 
Tracking System for your travel, or have a different travel 
authorization processes for your institution, please follow those 
usual procedures.

Additionally, the SBAG community has worked to generate an SBAG Goals 
Document over the last year, and the efforts of numerous members of 
the community are very much appreciated. The final SBAG Goals 
Document is now available online:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/goals/


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[NASA] PDS - MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY RELEASE 11

The NASA Planetary Data System announces the eleventh release of data 
from the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, covering data acquired 
from Sol 1063 through Sol 1159 (August 2 to November 10, 2015).

This release consists of raw and derived data sets from the following
instruments:

* Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS)
* Chemistry & Micro-Imaging (ChemCam)
* Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin)
* Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN)
* Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Hazcam)
* Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI)
* Mars Descent Imager (MARDI)
* Mast-mounted Cameras (Mastcam)
* Navigation Cameras (Navcam)
* Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD)
* Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS)
* Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM)
* Spacecraft, Planet, Instrument, Pointing C-Matrix, and Event 
  kernels (SPICE)

To access the above data for this release:

http://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20160316.shtml

Links to all MSL data sets may be found on the PDS Geosciences Node web
site:

http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/msl/

Or from the main PDS home page:

http://pds.nasa.gov/

Services for searching the MSL archives include:

(1) Selection of MSL image data by specific search criteria:

http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search

(2) The MSL Analyst's Notebook (search/download all MSL data in the 
context of mission events):

http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl

The PDS Team
pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov
(818) 393-7165

[Edited for length.]


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[NASA] PDS - LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 25

The NASA Planetary Data System is pleased to announce a new delivery 
of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) data for the following 
instruments:  

* CRaTER
* DLRE
* LAMP
* LEND
* LOLA
* LROC

This release includes a complete revision of LEND RSCI data products. 
In general, LRO Release 25 includes data collected between 
September 15, 2015 and December 14, 2015. To access the above data, 
please visit the following link:  

http://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20160315.shtml

PDS offers two services for searching the LRO archives:

(1) The Planetary Image Atlas at the Imaging Node allows selection 
of LRO data by specific search criteria:

http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search/

(2) The Lunar Orbital Data Explorer at the Geosciences Node allows 
searching and downloading of LRO data and other lunar orbital data 
sets (Clementine and Lunar Prospector):

http://ode.rsl.wustl.edu/moon/


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[NASA] PDS - MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS DATA RELEASE 47

The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce Release 47
of Mars Exploration Rover data.  This release includes data primarily
from Sols 4051 through 4140, rover Opportunity (MER1/B), instruments:

* APXS
* Atmospheric Opacity
* HAZCAM
* NAVCAM
* MI
* PANCAM
* RAT
* Rover Motion Counter
* SPICE

There is no Radio Science data in this release, and no more
Mini-TES or Moessbauer data is expected.

To access the above data, please visit the following link:

http://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20160317.shtml

The following special services are provided for accessing MER data:

MER Analyst's Notebook: 

http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/mer

Planetary Image Atlas:  

http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search/mer-opportunity

To access the latest PDS Data Releases, please visit:

http://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-Release.shtml

All available PDS data may be found at:

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/data-search/

For further information, see the PDS Home Page:

http://pds.nasa.gov/

The PDS Team
pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov
(818)393-7165


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MAPPING AND PLANETARY SPATIAL INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM TOWN HALL

NASA and the USGS have worked together to establish the new Mapping 
and Planetary Spatial Infrastructure Team (MAPSIT). In order to ensure 
that MAPSIT is addressing community needs and concerns, MAPSIT is 
hosting a Town Hall at LPSC (Thursday, Noon, Waterway 6) to provide 
community updates and solicit community input regarding planetary 
spatial data infrastructure which includes the technology, policies, 
standards, human resources, and related activities necessary to 
acquire, process, distribute, use, maintain, and preserve spatial 
data.
 

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR THE HORIZON 2020 EURO-CARES WP3 MEETING

Designing a European extraterrestrial sample curation facility

April 13-16, 2016
Vienna, Austria

The EURO-CARES WP3 Meeting will be held April 13-16, 2016 at the 
Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria, and will covers a large 
range of topics such as curation, micro-manipulation, architecture 
and design, storage, cleanroom requirements, biocontainment 
requirements, database, robotics, etc.

Please see the URL below for more details:

http://www.euro-cares.eu/?p=18

Abstract Submission Deadline is:
Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 5:00 p.m. (GMT)

We hope to see you in Vienna!

Sincerely,
Ludovic Ferriere and Aurore Hutzler
The Organizers


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LPSC COMMUNITY DIALOGUE: USAGE OF MULTI-MISSION RADIOISOTOPE 
THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS (MMRTGS) FOR FUTURE POTENTIAL MISSIONS 

Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 12:00-13:15 PM 

This discussion will take place at the Lunar and Planetary Sciences 
Conference.

Room: Grogan's Mill
Seating: Theater 
Expected Attendance: 30 
Highlighted Event: Yes 

Point of Contact: 
June Zakrajsek 
NASA Glenn Research Center
june.f.zakrajsek@nasa.gov


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html

April 13-16, 2016
Horizon 2020 EURO-CARES WP3 Meeting - Designing a European   
Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Facility
http://www.euro-cares.eu/?p=18
Vienna, Austria

October 24-28, 2016
Exploring the Universe with JWST - II
http://craq-astro.ca/jwst2016/
Montreal, Canada

[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.]


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