PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 12, Number 9 (March 4, 2018) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Karen R. Stockstill-Cahill Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Elisabeth Adams Email: pen_editor@psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. OPAG Goals Document: Town Hall at LPSC 2. NASA Seeks Experienced Public Policy Experts 3. JMARS Showcase at LPSC 4. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 5. Job Announcement: Research Space Scientist, AST, Planetary Studies 6. Differentiation Conference: Abstract Deadline Extended to March 6 7. PDS - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 44 8. Presentations and Summary from Feb 20 MEPAG Virtual Meeting Posted 9. International Venus Conference Abstracts and Registration 10. NASA FDL 2018 Summer Program: Call for Applicants 11. PDS - New Horizons Data Release by the Small Bodies Node 12. PDS - Rosetta Data Release by the Small Bodies Node 13. 2018 Goldschmidt Session: From Source to Sink - Geochemical Sulfur Cycles on Earth and Mars 14. Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets 2018 15. Lunar Science for Landed Missions Draft Report 16. Workshop: Carbon in the Solar System 17. 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 OPAG GOALS DOCUMENT: TOWN HALL AT LPSC On Wednesday March 21, 2018, 12-1:15, there will be a town hall to discuss the draft revised goals document for the Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG), in Waterway 1-3. The document is posted at: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/ - Alfred McEwen, OPAG chair 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 SEEKS EXPERIENCED PUBLIC POLICY EXPERTS NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has an immediate need for one or more experienced public policy experts to serve as Policy Analysts under an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) appointment. The initial IPA appointment will be for up to two years, with the possibility of reappointment up to a total of six years. All applicants must be career employees from an IPA-eligible organization (e.g., state and local governments, colleges and universities, Indian tribal governments, federally funded research and development centers, and other eligible organizations). Ideal candidates would have an advanced degree in public policy or a related field, and have experience working in public policy implementation. All candidates must possess excellent policy analysis, writing and editing skills. Prior experience working on space policy is desirable, but not required. SMD's preferred start date is between July 1, 2018, and August 15, 2018. More details are available online at: https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/job-opportunities Applicants should forward their resume or Curriculum Vitae to Dr. T. Jens Feeley at jens.feeley@nasa.gov on or before March 9, 2018; if you have any questions, you can reach Dr. Feeley at 202.358.1714. 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 JMARS SHOWCASE AT LPSC Monday, March 19, 2018 12:00 noon Grogan's Mill Meeting Room The Java Mission-planning and Analysis for Remote Sensing (JMARS) team will host a series of short presentations by scientists who will describe how they use this free, open-source GIS in their work. The goal of these talks will be to showcase how to use JMARS to discover available datasets, filter them to refine relevance, and fuse them with one another in order to evaluate research hypotheses and produce publication-quality results. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/events/?date=2018-03-19 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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The March image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "Geologically recent glacial melting on Mars". Contributed by Frances Butcher, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology or Twitter: @PlanetGeomorpho Tjalling de Haas (Chair, IAG Planetary Geomorphology working group) 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 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: RESEARCH SPACE SCIENTIST, AST, PLANETARY STUDIES Vacancy Announcement Number: GS18D0069 Pay Plan, Series, and Grade: GS-1330-14 Code: 690.1 Duty Station: Greenbelt, MD Closing Date: 03/29/2018 https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/492472300 The Science & Exploration Directorate, Solar System Exploration Division, Solar System Exploration Data Services Office (Code 690.1) is seeking a scientist to support the Planetary Data System (PDS) Project Office located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). This individual will be a key member of a small team providing oversight and leadership of the PDS that provides a distributed archive of data products from planetary missions. NASA's PDS archive enables data archiving from planetary missions to ensure the long-term usability of NASA data and to stimulate advanced research. More information about PDS can be found at: https://pds.nasa.gov The applicant will also conduct research utilizing data archived in PDS data holdings, and participate in planetary data projects. This research may include: big data research and techniques as applied to data from asteroids and comets; utilization of data from all PDS nodes, including the Minor Planet Center, to conduct research; and utilization of data from the PDS archive on other nodes to study solar system planets and satellites, their surfaces, exospheres, and/or the solar wind. 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 DIFFERENTIATION CONFERENCE: ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 6 The abstract deadline for Differentiation: Building the Internal Architecture of Planets has been extended to Tuesday, March 6. The deadline for requesting early career travel support is also March 6. The conference will be held in Pasadena CA, May 8-11, with a focus on understanding the physical and chemical conditions associated with the formation of crusts, cores, atmospheres, and oceans on both rocky and volatile-rich bodies. We seek input from many types of studies, including petrologic, isotopic, trace element, and paleo-magnetic analyses of samples, geophysical probes of planetary interiors, and experimental and numerical simulations. Confirmed invited speakers include Steve Desch, Jasmeet Dhaliwal, Rebecca Fischer, Colin Jackson, Thomas Kruijer, Carol Raymond, Anat Shahar, Sonia Tikoo, and Bryan Travis. There will be an optional, pre-conference field trip to an anorthosite complex in the San Gabriel Mountains on May 7. Abstracts are limited to ONE page and should be submitted via the conference website: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/differentiation2018/ Travel support for early career individuals and should also be applied for via the conference website. For additional information, contact the lead conference convener, Walter Kiefer (kiefer@lpi.usra.edu). 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 PDS - MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 44 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce a new delivery of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) data for the following instruments: CRISM CTX HiRISE MARCI MCS RSS SHARAD SPICE This release includes SHARAD EDR data from ASI with coverage through August 19, 2017. The SHARAD EDR data set is now up to date. There is no derived gravity data in this release. In general, MRO Release 44 includes data collected from May 9, 2017, through August 8, 2017. The release includes HiRISE data from October 31, 2017, to February 2, 2018. To access the above data: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20180301.shtml To access the latest PDS Data Releases: 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/ 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 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 PRESENTATIONS AND SUMMARY FROM FEB 20 MEPAG VIRTUAL MEETING POSTED The MEPAG and NASA presentations given at the MEPAG virtual meeting held February 20th along with the Meeting Summary are now available on the meeting website: https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm?expand=vm1 And we'd like to remind folks about MEPAG Meeting 36, scheduled for Tuesday-Thursday, April 3-5, 2018, at the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport. We aim to finish by 3pm ET on Thursday, and this face-to-face meeting will also be webcast. Hotel block and registration information is listed below. We expect to distribute a 2nd Informational Circular, including program information, in a few weeks. If you have any meeting questions or comments, please send them to mepagmeetingqs@jpl.nasa.gov. If you intend to attend MEPAG Meeting 36 in-person, please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/ 1FAIpQLSf5ryntC2pTy7D3rJTsXdRoibOMDVyaYmRYR0Hsb4lDf0BSSA/viewform Registration is not required for attendance, but aids with meeting planning and name badge printing. The online registration will be open until March 23. A hotel room block has been made available at $253/night (GSA rate) for the nights of April 2-4 at the meeting venue (room block will be open through March 12). To make a reservation at this rate, please use the following link: http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/ groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=Jet%20Propulsion%20Labratories%20Meeting% 20April%202018%5EWASCC%60JETJETR%60253%60USD%60false%604%604/2/18%604/5 /18%603/12/18&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes [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 INTERNATIONAL VENUS CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS AND REGISTRATION Abstract Submission and Registration for the International Venus Conference to be held in Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan from 11 September to 14 September 2018 is now open. A small fund for travel support primarily intended for, but not limited to, Early Career attendees is available. Please visit this website for any updated registration and abstract submission information: https://www.cps-jp.org/~akatsuki/venus2018/registration.html Following the successful series of Venus conferences (La Thuile, Aussois, Sicily, and Oxford), the Akatsuki team and community in Japan are planning to host a Venus conference in 2018. The dates will be 11-14 September 2018 and the location will be a beautiful resort in Hokkaido (it will not be skiing season though). The conference is supported by the Fujihara Foundation of Science, so it is entitled "The 74th Fujihara Seminar". The conference is intended to cover all areas of Venus science with special focus on new results obtained from Japan's Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki". Results from previous missions, from ground-based observations, numerical computations, and theoretical works are all welcome. More info at Conference website: https://www.cps-jp.org/~akatsuki/venus2018/ 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 NASA FDL 2018 SUMMER PROGRAM: CALL FOR APPLICANTS NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) is an applied Artificial Intelligence research accelerator that pairs researchers from the space sciences with data scientists for an intense 8-week concentrated study to apply AI to challenges important to space exploration and humankind. FDL runs between June 25th - August 17, 2018. We are looking for doctorate or post-doc researchers interested in the following challenge areas: Space Weather Astrobiology Space Resources Additional challenges looking at orbital debris and exoplanets may be added, pending partner interest. This year we are also running a challenge in partnership with the European Space Agency, which will run in parallel. FDL Europe's focus will be on Earth Observation. FDL is hosted by the SETI Institute and NASA Ames in Mountain View, CA; and ESA Esrin in Europe. Compute and AI advisory is provided by IBM, Intel, Nvidia, Lockheed Martin and Google. Researchers will receive a stipend and are provided with accommodation for the duration. Applications will be accepted until the closing date of the 3rd of April, although we encourage you to apply sooner to ensure a place. To learn more, please visit the FDL website at: http://frontierdevelopmentlab.org 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 PDS - NEW HORIZONS DATA RELEASE BY THE SMALL BODIES NODE Small Bodies Node of the NASA Planetary Data System is pleased to announce a new release of the New Horizons data. It contains the remaining (P3) Pluto Flyby data (level 2 and 3/4) for the following instruments: Alice LEISA LORRI MVIC PEPSSI SWAP SDC The data, as well as mission and instrument information, are available at: http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/ 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 PDS - ROSETTA DATA RELEASE BY THE SMALL BODIES NODE Small Bodies Node of the NASA Planetary Data System is pleased to announce a new release of the following Rosetta data: Orbiter MIRO: Prelanding calibrated data MIDAS: Prelanding, Escort 1-4 and Extension 1-3 calibrated data VIRTIS: Extension 2 calibrated data OSIRIS: Escort 4 and Extension 1 up to MTP28 raw and calibrated data RPC_LAP: Prelanding, Escort 1-4, and Extension 1-3 raw data RSI: Escort 2 and 3 data Lander MUPUS: Post-Hibernation, Rebound and First Science Sequence raw and calibrated data SD2: the data from Commissioning to First Science Sequence The data as well as mission and instrument information, are available at: http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/ 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 2018 GOLDSCHMIDT SESSION: "FROM SOURCE TO SINK - GEOCHEMICAL SULFUR CYCLES ON EARTH AND MARS" We would like you to consider submitting an abstract and attending the following technical session at Goldschmidt in Boston this year: "Session 11d: From Source to Sink - Geochemical Sulfur Cycles on Earth and Mars" during the Goldschmidt Conference that will take place on Aug 12-17, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. The abstract deadline is March 30th, 2018. https://goldschmidt.info/2018/program/programViewThemes We hope that our session will be a great opportunity to gather researchers from terrestrial and planetary science disciplines to discuss a verity of topics related to geochemical sulfur cycles on Earth and Mars. Please, share this information with your colleagues and students who might be interested in. We hope to see many of you in Boston. Session Chairs: Anna Szynkiewicz, University of Tennessee Briony Horgan, Purdue University 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 MAGNETOSPHERES OF THE OUTER PLANETS 2018 July 9-13 LASP, Boulder CO Focusing on Cassini proximal orbits of Saturn, Juno data at Jupiter. http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/mop/mop2018/ Abstract deadline: 1st April Registration deadline: 25th June 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 LUNAR SCIENCE FOR LANDED MISSIONS DRAFT REPORT The draft report for the Lunar Science for Landed Missions workshop is now available at: https://lunar-landing.arc.nasa.gov Community input is solicited, focusing on the sites and other material presented at the workshop and summarized in this report. Please send comments/suggested changes to Erica Jawin at erica_jawin@brown.edu by no later than 6pm EST, March 12, 2018. Greg Schmidt and Clive Neal, workshop co-chairs Erica Jawin, Sarah Valencia, Ryan Watkins and Jim Crowell, lead authors 16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16 WORKSHOP: CARBON IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM April 25-27, 2018 Denver, CO This workshop focuses on results from the Pluto system, the Saturn system, Mercury, and nearly all points in between: how do carbonaceous species evolve? how to recognize them? Papers covering modeling, lab and observational results are welcome. There is no registration fee and the workshop will not have an assigned NCTS#. https://carbon-workshop.arc.nasa.gov Reminder! 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