PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 11, Number 26 (June 18, 2017) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Elisabeth Adams, Karen Stockstill-Cahill Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Scientific Programmer, University of Maryland 2. Planetary and Space Sciences (PSS) Special Issue Invitation: Dust, Atmosphere, and Plasma Environment of the Moon and Small Bodies 3. GSA 2017 Session T.199: Basalt Weathering on Earth and Mars 4. [NASA] PDS: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 30 5. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter for June 2017 6. Ice Giant Mission Study Released 7. 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 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMER, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND The Small Bodies Node (SBN) of NASA's Planetary Data System, based in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park, is seeking a programmer with analytic experience who would work with a larger group of planetary scientists and programmers. The ideal candidate will also work closely with programmers at the Minor Planet Center at the Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, concerned with small body astronomy and orbital calculation. Five years experience is required, including some system administration experience or training, and with some experience either designing or implementing IT security measures in a Linux network environment. A familiarity with relational database management is also desired. A Bachelor's or Master's level degree in computer science or a related field is prefered, but previous work experience will also be considered. Near-term tasks include developing a cross-identification database for all bodies represented in the archive, overseeing the security plan for the SBN, back-end development and user interface development, and reporting to NASA. For more details and to apply, visit: https://jobs.physicstoday.org/jobs/9151374 To receive full consideration, applications must be submitted by August 25, 2017. 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 PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCES (PSS) SPECIAL ISSUE INVITATION: DUST, ATMOSPHERE AND PLASMA ENVIRONMENT OF THE MOON AND SMALL BODIES The DAP-2017 workshop was held in Boulder on January 11th-13th. It was focused on open science questions, the status and future of our supporting modeling and laboratory experimental capabilities, and the definition of the required measurements and instrument capabilities for future investigations from orbit or landed missions. Contributions to the earlier LDAP-2010 and DAP-2012 meetings were published in special issues of Planetary and Space Sciences. A similar volume is planned to report the contributions to DAP-2017. In addition to the meeting participants, the editors are soliciting contributed papers from the larger lunar, planetary, and space science communities that are relevant to the topics discussed during the DAP-2017 meeting. The deadline for submitting a paper to this special issue is June 30, 2017. Mihaly Horanyi and Alan Stern, editors 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 GSA 2017 SESSION T.199: BASALT WEATHERING ON EARTH AND MARS We invite you to submit an abstract to our session on "Basalt weathering on Earth and Mars" at this year's GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA on October 22-25, 2017. This session explores basalt weathering processes and products under various environmental conditions on Earth and Mars. Abstracts are solicited on field studies, laboratory simulations, geochemical modeling, and/or remote sensing observations. Please submit your abstract here: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/top/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=43290 The submission deadline is August 1, 2017. Conveners: Melissa S. Rice (Western Washington University) Leslie L. Baker (University of Idaho) Michael D. Kraft (Western Washington University) We look forward to seeing you in Seattle! 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 [NASA] PDS: LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 30 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, and LROC. In general, LRO Release 30 includes data collected between December 15, 2016 and March 14, 2017. To access the above data, please visit the following link: http://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20170615.shtml PDS offers two services for searching the LRO archives: The Planetary Image Atlas at the Imaging Node allows selection of LRO data by specific search criteria: http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search/ 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/ 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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE 2017 To the Mars Community, On behalf of Jeff Johnson (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and James Ashley of the Mars Program Science Office, the June 2017 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. 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 ICE GIANT MISSION STUDY RELEASED A joint NASA-ESA study of potential missions to Uranus and Neptune has been released. The study was performed as part of preparations for the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey. It identifies the scientific questions the next Ice Giant mission should address, and discusses various instruments, spacecraft, flight-paths, and technologies that could be used. The full study as well as an Executive Summary are available at: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/icegiants/mission_study 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 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html October 12-13, 2017 Back to the Moon Workshop http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/moon2017 Columbia, MD November 7-9, 2017 SPICE Training Class https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/WS2017_prelim_announcement Pasadena, 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.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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