PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 10, Number 29 (July 10, 2016) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Karen Stockstill-Cahill, Susan Benecchi Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] PDS - Cassini Data Release 46 2. [NASA] PDS - Dawn Ceres Framing Camera Data Release 3. Biosignatures of Extant Life on Ocean Worlds Workshop 4. AGU 2016 Session: Planetary Analogs 5. AGU 2016 Session: Data Visualization in Earth and Planetary Sciences 6. AGU 2016 Session P005: Cracking Up - Ice-Ocean Dynamics on Earth and Ocean Worlds 7. AGU 2016 Session P008: Evolutions, Interactions and Origins of Outer Planet Satellites 8. AGU 2016 Session P030: The Early Mars Environment: Warm and Wet, Cold and Wet, or Cold and Icy? 9. Comets: A New Vision After Rosetta/Philae and Rosetta SWT 2016 10. ESA Research Fellowships in Space Science 11. Planetary Science Short Course 12. Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series Passes One Million Views on YouTube 13. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter for July 2016 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] PDS - CASSINI DATA RELEASE 46 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce a new delivery of Cassini data, Release 46, July to September 2015, for instruments: CDA CIRS HRD INMS ISS MIMI RADAR RPWS RSS SPICE UVIS VIMS MAG data will be available shortly. The standard RPWS data for this period was previously released. The RPWS data in this release are Langmuir Probe products. Please note that while the data products from this release are available online now through the links below, they may not be immediately accessible through PDS web services such as the Planetary Image Data Atlas. Large data sets may take as long as a few days beyond the formal release date to be incorporated into these services. Check each service's web site to see the status of the latest release. To access the above data, please visit: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20160704.shtml To access the latest PDS Data Releases, please visit: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-Release.shtml All available PDS data may be found at: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/data-search/ 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 - DAWN CERES FRAMING CAMERA DATA RELEASE The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce the availability of Dawn Ceres Framing Camera L1a and L1b (raw and calibrated) data for the following mission phases: - Approach - RC3 (Rotational Characterization 3) - Survey - HAMO (High Altitude Mapping Orbit) The Framing Camera Ceres HAMO Clear Filter Mosaics are now available as well. To access the above data, please visit the following link: http://sbn.psi.edu/pds/resource/dwncfc2.html For access to all available Dawn data in the PDS archive, see: http://sbn.psi.edu/pds/archive/dawn.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 BIOSIGNATURES OF EXTANT LIFE ON OCEAN WORLDS WORKSHOP September 12-14, 2016 Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/BELOW/ The goal of this workshop is to evolve our understanding of the detectability of extant life on ocean worlds, such as Europa and Enceladus. The event will bring astrobiologists, biologists, chemists, geologists, oceanographers and mission and instrument developers together to discuss the informational value of different types of biosignatures, the importance of context and the concept of ecology in the search for extant life, and examples of measurement sets and exploration criteria that would support a productive search for extant biology in future missions. 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 AGU 2016 SESSION: PLANETARY ANALOGS We invite contributions to a session focused on the planetary analogs ranging from the tops of volcanoes to the bottom of oceans, at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 12-16. For more information, visit: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session14064 On land and in the oceans, a variety of environments exist that provide relevant analogs for planetary targets. These include: (1) deep oceanic water-rock interactions as analogs to Europa, Enceladus, and early Mars processes; (2) volcanic terrains that extend our understanding of the habitability of Mars; (3) terrestrial impact craters that enable first-hand study of a geological process that ubiquitously affects solid bodies throughout the Solar System; (4) active subaqueous oceanic and fluvial sediment transport that extends our understanding of dune and ripple morphologies as analogs for the thicker atmospheres of Venus and Titan. Science-driven exploration of these and other analogs result in new data, and leads to the development of new and novel operational and technological capabilities that serve to enable and inform the next generation of human-robotic planetary exploration. This session will focus on sharing new results from across diverse yet complementary analog research programs fostering interdisciplinary cooperation. Submission deadline: August 3, 2016. Conveners: Darlene Sze Shien Lim, Lynn D Neakrase, Timothy N Titus, and Christopher R German. 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 AGU 2016 SESSION: DATA VISUALIZATION IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES We would like to invite the community to consider submitting abstracts to our AGU 2016 Fall Meeting session, which focuses on novel data visualization techniques. Specifically, we would like to bring together a diverse range of geoscientists to discuss the many different platforms and technologies being used and developed for data visualization. Session title: Sympathy for the Data: Novel approaches to the art of data visualization. For more information, go to: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13499 Please consider contributing to what we hope is a beneficial discussion of the best data visualization techniques that we, as scientists, can continue to build on in the future to better communicate our research. Any questions can be addressed to Martin (martin@seismo.wustl.edu). We are very interested in receiving abstracts from a wide range of researchers to develop networks across disciplines. Conveners: Martin Pratt (Washington University in St. Louis) Natalie Accardo (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University) Hannah Rabinowitz (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University) John Leeman (Pennsylvania State University) 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 AGU 2016 SESSION P005: CRACKING UP - ICE-OCEAN DYNAMICS ON EARTH AND OCEAN WORLDS We invite abstracts for our AGU 2016 session, which aims to host a fruitful discussion of ice-ocean dynamics on Earth and around the solar system. We seek a wide range of terrestrial glaciology/oceanography and planetary research to foster the Earth-planetary connection. Ice-fluid interactions are major contributors to the dynamic and often unpredictable processes observed across many "ocean worlds," including on Earth and the floating shells of distant icy satellites. However, our understanding of the physical processes controlling ice-ocean interaction remains limited, even on Earth. Bringing together Earth and planetary studies of ice-fluid interaction is the aim of this session, which invites abstracts focused on dynamic phenomena that arise in ices due to ice-fluid interactions. This session is open to contributions regarding sea ice, glaciers and ice shelves, icy satellites, Pluto, and beyond. Examples of these dynamics range from sea ice drift and ice shelf collapse, to plumes on Enceladus, to chaos on Europa. For more information: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13931 As a reminder, the AGU 2016 submission deadline is 3 August. Catherine Walker (JPL), Britney Schmidt (Georgia Tech), Justin Burton (Emory U.), and Pierre Dutrieux (APL-UW) 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 AGU 2016 SESSION P008: EVOLUTIONS, INTERACTIONS AND ORIGINS OF OUTER PLANET SATELLITES Conveners: Amanda R Hendrix and Krishan K. Khurana This session explores current and past planetary processes that lead to unique present day conditions on outer planet satellites. The session will consist of invited and contributed talks that highlight geological and geophysical modeling and interpretation of both remote-sensed and in-situ data. Presentations on interaction of planetary field and plasma with the surfaces and interiors of the moons and theoretical models of the origin and evolution of surfaces and interiors of the moons are also welcome. Contributions that investigate processes on multiple moons to uncover underlying trends are especially welcome. AGU abstracts are due no later than 3 August. 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 AGU 2016 SESSION P030: THE EARLY MARS ENVIRONMENT: WARM AND WET, COLD AND WET, OR COLD AND ICY? We invite contributions to a session focused on the environment of early Mars, at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 12-16. Geological, geochemical and mineralogical evidence indicative of flowing and ponding liquid water on the surface of ancient Mars appears abundantly across most of the Martian landscape. However, the presence of liquid water on the surface of early Mars is difficult to reconcile with the reduced solar luminosity at 3.8 Ga. and before, unless greenhouse warming is considered. But the scarcity of carbonate rocks on the martian surface and the absence of evidence for vigorous recycling of volatiles cause many researchers to regard warming mechanisms as speculative. This leaves still open the question of how the observed fluvial features could have formed. We invite contributions from climate modeling, geomorphology, geochemistry and mineralogy that address the question of whether early Mars climate was "warm and wet", "cold and wet" or "cold and icy". This session will focus on both sharing new results from different perspectives and fostering communication among the community. 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 COMETS: A NEW VISION AFTER ROSETTA/PHILAE AND ROSETTA SWT 2016 November 14-18, 2016 Toulouse, France Reminder: Abstract and Registration are open. Important notice: Abstract deadline is postponed to: July 22, 2016 Early registration deadline: October 1, 2016 For more information about the conference, visit: http://comets2016toulouse.com If you have questions or need assistance during the registration process, contact Insight Outside at contact@comets2016toulouse.com with reference "Comets 2016" in the subject. For more information, contact: INSIGHT OUTSIDE 39 chemin du vieux chene - 38240 Meylan, France Tel: +33 825 595 525 - Fax: +33 4 38 38 18 19 Email: contact@comets2016toulouse.com 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 ESA RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN SPACE SCIENCE Areas of research include planetary science, astronomy and astrophysics, solar and solar-terrestrial science, plasma physics and fundamental physics. The fellowships have a duration of two years and are tenable at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, Netherlands, or at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain. Applications are now solicited for fellowships in space science to begin in the fall of 2017. Preference will be given to applications submitted by candidates within five years of receiving their PhD. Candidates not holding a PhD yet are encouraged to apply, but they must provide evidence of receiving their degree before starting the fellowship. The deadline for applications is 29 October 2016. More information on the ESA Research Fellowship programme in Space Science as well as the application form can retrieved from: http://cosmos.esa.int/fellowship Questions can be sent by e-mail to the fellowship coordinators, Dr. Oliver Jennrich or Dr. Bruno Altieri at the address fellowship@cosmos.esa.int 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 PLANETARY SCIENCE SHORT COURSE August 29 - September 4, 2016 The Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (http://cpsx.uwo.ca) and the NSERC CREATE program "Technologies and Techniques for Earth and Space Exploration" (http://create.uwo.ca) are pleased to announce the 7th annual Planetary Science Short Course, which will run August 29 to September 4, 2016 in London, ON, Canada. Topics to be covered include origin of the solar system and planet formation; planetary interiors; planetary surfaces; astromaterials, planetary atmospheres; astrobiology, and exoplanets. Details on the course can be found here: http://www.cpsx.uwo.ca/training/graduate_student/courses /planetary_science_short_course.html This course is suitable for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and professionals. Questions? Please contact cpsx@uwo.ca. 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 SILICON VALLEY ASTRONOMY LECTURE SERIES PASSES ONE MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures at Foothill College, in Los Altos, California, just passed the milestone of one million views on its YouTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/svastronomylectures The series of popular lectures, explaining the latest discoveries and ideas in astronomy in everyday language, features noted astronomers from around California and the country. Recent speakers have included Carolyn Porco, imaging team leader for the Cassini mission to Saturn; Robert Kirshner of Harvard and Alex Filippenko of Berkeley, both members of the teams that discovered, to everyone's surprise, that the expansion of the universe is accelerating; astronaut Ed Lu speaking about discovering asteroids that threaten the Earth; and NASA's Jeff Moore, from the New Horizons science team, explaining what we have discovered about Pluto. The series will be starting its 17th year in October 2016. The lectures are jointly sponsored by NASA's Ames Research Center, the SETI Institute, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the Foothill College Astronomy Department. All four organizations work together in selecting speakers, doing publicity, and donating the labor and expense of running the lectures. The lectures are also available as audio podcasts at: http://www.astrosociety.org/education /past-silicon-valley-astronomy-lectures/ [Edited for length] 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR JULY 2016 On behalf of Jeff Johnson (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and Serina Diniega of the Mars Program Science Office, the July 2016 edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be found on the web at: http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov Please send your Mars community announcements and calendar items for inclusion in the newsletter to Meredith at Meredith.A.Cosby@jpl.nasa.gov. 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 August 29-September 4, 2016 Planetary Science Short Course http://www.cpsx.uwo.ca/training/graduate_student/courses /planetary_science_short_course.html London, Canada September 12-14, 2016 Biosignatures of Extant Life on Ocean Worlds Workshop http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/BELOW/ Greenbelt, MD [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.html, 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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