PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 11, Number 13 (March 26, 2017) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Karen R. Stockstill-Cahill Co-Editors: Elisabeth Adams, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 29 2. [NASA] Mars Exploration Rovers Data Release 51 3. [NASA] Release of SALMON-3 and MMX Program Element Appendix 4. HST Observations to Detect Plumes/Outgassing from Europa 5. iCubeSat 2017 - 6th Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop 6. 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] LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 29 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 29 includes data collected between September 15, 2016 and December 14, 2016. To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20170315.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/ 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] MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS DATA RELEASE 51 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce Release 51 of Mars Exploration Rover data. This release includes data primarily from Sols 4411 through 4500, 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: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20170320.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 the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-Release.shtml All available PDS data may be found at: https://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/data-search/ For further information, see the PDS Home Page: https://pds.nasa.gov/ The PDS Team Mailto: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818)393-7165 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 [NASA] RELEASE OF SALMON-3 AND MMX PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX Around March 22, 2017, NASA will be releasing the Third Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-3) Announcement of Opportunity (AO). The SALMON-3 AO provides a solicitation and procurement base for modest investigations, or Missions of Opportunity (MO), requiring space flight that advance the high priority science, exploration, and technology objectives of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, and the Space Technology Mission Directorate. This release includes one proposal opportunity for a Discovery Program Focused Mission of Opportunity Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Neutron and Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Investigation. The SALMON-3 solicitation will be open from March 21, 2017, through March 18, 2022. Further information about the solicitation and each Program Element Appendices (PEA) will be available on the SALMON-3 Acquisition Page: https://soma.larc.nasa.gov/salmon-3/index.html A Pre-proposal Conference will be held April 17, 2017 via Webex. For exact date, time, agenda, and logistics, see the MMX PEA additional information page at: http://soma.larc.nasa.gov/mmx/ Direct questions specifically regarding PEA-I to: Dr. Thomas Statler MMX Program Scientist (202)358-0272 thomas.s.statler@nasa.gov (subject line: MMX AO) Questions concerning SALMON-3 may be addressed to: Dr. Jeffrey Newmark Deputy Associate Administrator for Research (202)358-0684 Jeffrey.newmark@nasa.gov [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 HST OBSERVATIONS TO DETECT PLUMES/OUTGASSING FROM EUROPA The STScI Director has commissioned a committee to provide advice on optimizing future strategies for using Hubble to investigate potential outgassing from Europa. The committee is currently developing recommendations that will include suggestions for pilot observations in the near future. The full report will not be available until after the Cycle 25 proposal deadline (April 7, 2017). Consequently, interested parties should not submit proposals at this time unless the observations must be executed before October 27 2017. Time will be set aside for observations at later dates, and proposals related to the Europan plumes will be solicited as part of the first Cycle 25 Call for Mid-Cycle proposals, deadline September 30 2017. 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 ICUBESAT 2017 - 6TH INTERPLANETARY CUBESAT WORKSHOP 30-31 May 2017, Cambridge, United Kingdom Abstracts due 1st April 2017 iCubeSat 2017, the 6th Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop, will address the technical challenges, opportunities, and practicalities of interplanetary space exploration with CubeSats. The workshop provides a unique environment for open wide ranging practical collaboration between academic researchers, industry professionals, policy makers and students developing this new and rapidly growing field. Full details at www.iCubeSat.org 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 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS May 15-18, 2017 JWST Proposal Planning Workshop http://www.cvent.com/events/jwst-proposal-planning-workshop/event- summary-543aecc51b424e2faf4637f6b84319f0.aspx Baltimore, MD September 19-22, 2017 3rd Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep-space Exploration (LDSE 2017) http://ldse2017.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1 Beijing, China [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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