PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 12, Number 12 (March 25, 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. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter for March 2018 2. [NASA] Science Mission Directorate Seeks Volunteer Reviewers 3. [NASA] Mars Exploration Rovers Data Release 55 4. 2018 NASA Planetary Science Summer Seminar Applications Open 5. NASA FDL 2018 Summer Program: Applications Closing Soon 6. Planetary Meetings 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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR MARCH 2018 To the Mars Community, On behalf of Jeff Johnson (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and Serina Diniega of the Mars Program Science Office, the March 2018 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 Barbara at Barbara.A.Saltzberg@jpl.nasa.gov 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] SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE SEEKS VOLUNTEER REVIEWERS The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has posted some new volunteer reviewer forms on the SARA web page at: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/volunteer-review-panels SMD is currently seeking reviewers for: Earth Science Applications: Water Resources Emerging Worlds Solar System Observations MatISSE and DALI (high-TRL planetary instrument programs) Astrophysics Research and Analysis Exoplanet Research Program Earth Surface and Interior and Space Geodesy Programs Astrophysics Data Analysis Program If you would like to volunteer for a review that is not listed above (like Step-1 proposals for B.10 the Heliophysics - Early Career Investigator Program) you may write directly to the Program Officer at: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list/ 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] MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS DATA RELEASE 55 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce Release 55 of Mars Exploration Rover data. This release includes data primarily from Sols 4771 through 4860, rover Opportunity (MER1/B), instruments: APXS Atmospheric Opacity HAZCAM MI NAVCAM 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-20180323.shtml The following special services are provided for accessing MER data: MER Analyst's Notebook: http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/mer Planetary Image Atlas: https://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.nasa.gov/tools/data-search/ For further information, see the PDS Home Page: https://pds.nasa.gov/ Thank you for subscribing to the PDS Notification Service, The PDS Team Mailto: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818)393-7165 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 2018 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SEMINAR APPLICATIONS OPEN NASA is accepting applications - from science and engineering post-docs, recent PhDs, doctoral students, engineering students within 6-9 months of completion of their master's degree but not planning to pursue a PhD degree, and junior faculty - for its 30th Annual Planetary Science Summer Seminar, which will be held August 6-10, 2018 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. During the program and pre-session webinars, student teams will carry out the equivalent of an early mission concept study, prepare a proposal authorization presentation, present it to a review board, and receive feedback. By the end of the session, students will have a clearer understanding of the life cycle of a space mission; relationships between mission design, cost, and schedule; and the tradeoffs necessary to stay within cost and schedule while preserving the quality of science. Applications are due April 2, 2018. Partial financial support is available for a limited number of individuals. Further information is available at: http://psss.jpl.nasa.gov 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 NASA FDL 2018 SUMMER PROGRAM: APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON 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 concentrat-ed 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. Apply now at: http://www.frontierdevelopmentlab.org/#!/apply For further details on the program, please visit our website: http://frontierdevelopmentlab.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 Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html June 11-14, 2018 International Symposium on Lunar and Planetary Science http://www.ssi.must.edu.mo/ISLPS2018/ Macau, China June 25-28, 2018 "Origin of the Earth-Moon System" TRR 170 Summer School https://www.trr170-lateaccretion.de/trr-170-summer-school-2018 Trechtingshausen, Germany August 8-10, 2018 9th Planetary Crater Consortium Meeting http://www.planetarycraterconsortium.nau.edu/PCCMeeting2018.html Boulder, CO June 10-14, 2019 Zooming in on Star Formation https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/event/1055/ Nafplio, Greece [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@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@psi.edu * * To unsubscribe, send an email to pen_editor@psi.edu * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor@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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