PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 13, Number 12 (March 17, 2019) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Georgiana Kramer Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Elisabeth Adams Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] Release of ROSES-2019 2. [NASA] ROSES: Changes to C.31 KPLO PSP Text and Due Dates 3. [NASA] ROSES: C.30 PMCS Correction and Due Date Delay 4. [NASA] Call for Abstracts Deadline Extended for the 70th International Astronautical Congress 5. Expression of Interest for the Ahearn Symposium 6. Summer School on Natural Space Risks 7. SPICE Training Class 8. New Web Pages for Accessing Cassini Mission Data 9. Announcement from OPAG Steering Committee Regarding Termination of Cassini Final-Year Funding and Europa Clipper ICEMAG 10. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter for March 2019 11. Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin 12. Mars Science Laboratory Release 20 13. NASA Headquarters Positions Available in SMD 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] RELEASE OF ROSES-2019 NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of its annual omnibus solicitation for basic and applied research, Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) 2019 as NNH19ZDA001N on the NSPIRES web page at: http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2019 Proposal due dates are in Table 2: http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2019table2 and hypertext links to descriptions of the solicited program elements in the Appendices of this NRA are in Table 3: http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2019table3 Questions concerning general ROSES-2019 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov. [Edited for length] 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] ROSES: CHANGES TO C.31 KPLO PSP TEXT AND DUE DATES The objective of the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) Participating Scientist Program (PSP) is to enhance the scientific return during the science phase of the KPLO mission by expanding participation in the mission through new investigations that 1) broaden or complement existing mission investigations, or 2) leverage the KPLO mission data for studies outside of the original mission scope. This amendment makes many changes to the text of this program element including at least one significant change in scope (Section 4.2), as well as corrections, updates and clarifications of technical parameters. The due dates have been deferred to permit proposers time to adjust their proposal plans. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. Step-1 proposals are now due April 11, 2019 and Step-2 proposals are due June 11, 2019. Go to: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ The Science Mission Directorate point of contact for this program element is Shoshana Weider: shoshana.z.weider@nasa.gov The Human Exploration and Operations Directorate point of contact for this program element is John Guidi: john.guidi@nasa.gov [Edited for length] 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] ROSES: C.30 PMCS CORRECTION AND DUE DATE DELAY This amendment corrects criteria and delays due dates for program element C.30 Planetary Mission Concept Studies. NASA has started preparations for the 2023 Planetary Science Decadal Survey and one of the tasks of the 2023 Decadal Survey Committee will be to recommend a portfolio of planetary science missions. To this end, NASA is soliciting proposals to conduct mission concept studies in planetary science. Results of the selected studies will be provided by NASA as input to the 2023 Decadal Survey. In program element, C.30 Planetary Mission Concept Studies, the wording regarding the evaluation of Merit and Relevance in Section 3.1 Proposal Evaluation, has been corrected to remove redundancy and more clearly explain the factors for peer review. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. Mandatory NOIs are now due by April 1, 2019, and the due date for 15-page proposals is May 31, 2019. Also, a FAQ has been posted on the NSPIRES web page for this program element. Go to: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ Questions regarding this program element may be directed to Doris.Daou@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 [NASA] ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR THE 70TH INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS NASA announced its intent to participate in the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) and requests that full-time U.S. graduate students attending U.S. universities respond to this "Call for Abstracts." The upcoming IAC will be held October 21-25, 2019 in Washington, DC. Submit your abstract no later than 11:59 PM EST on Monday, May 6, 2019 at: https://iac.nasaprs.com [Edited for length] 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 EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE AHEARN SYMPOSIUM We are working to gauge the interest in the A'Hearn Symposium. The meeting, entitled "New Cometary Insights from the Close Approach of 46P/Wirtanen: A Symposium in Celebration of Mike A'Hearn" will be held on August 6-8, 2019 at the University of Maryland. Website at: http://wirtanen.astro.umd.edu/46P/symposium.shtml In Mike's honor, this symposium will focus on results from observations of comet 46P/Wirtanen (and other recent bright comets) to allow the compilation of individual studies into a comprehensive understanding of the comet. We encourage cometary scientists of all types as well as anyone who knew and worked with Mike in any capacity to come and participate in this event and to reflect on his legacy. A website has been set up to determine how many people are interested in participating. It is located at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/ 1FAIpQLSdBS0If4YC6GYwSOLY3AwoHLu6w3rLMn2JtQP1JxmvG6-8ORw/viewform If you plan on attending, or even think you might, please let us know, so we can finalize arrangements and set up a block of hotel rooms. There will be a registration fee (TBD), but we hope to keep it as small as possible. The official registration site will follow shortly. 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 SUMMER SCHOOL ON "NATURAL SPACE RISKS" August 26-31, 2019 Paris Observatory, France This summer school aims at providing undergraduate and master students with an intensive training on all Earth natural space risks. The programme will address space weather, space debris, near-Earth objects, and their societal impacts. Resilience aspects will also be tackled by researchers and by experts from the civil society. During this one-week school students will have a mix of academic lectures and hands-on sessions on orbitography, solar observations, and applied data reduction and analysis, during splinter sessions. The lectures and the hand-on sessions will be run by experts coming from all over Europe; experts from the industry will explain the importance of natural space risks for their activities. This school is a unique opportunity to meet academic and non-academic researchers at the early stage of a career. Applications should be submitted by email to nsr-2019@sciencesconf.org by April 15th, 2019 (17:00 Paris time). For more information on the submission process please refer to: https://nsr-2019.sciencesconf.org/ Organizing Committee: C. Briand (chair), F. Deleflie, W. Thuillot 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 SPICE TRAINING CLASS A beginner's SPICE training class will be held in a hotel near Pasadena, California on June 4-6, 2019. NASA's SPICE system is used for computing observation geometry for robotic science missions. It has been in use since the Magellan mission to Venus, and is now used on most worldwide planetary missions as well as on some heliophysics and Earth science missions. This three-day class is free of charge and is open to everyone involved with space science, including foreign nationals and commercial enterprises. Attendance will be limited to the first 60 registrants. Details about the class and the required registration form are found here: https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/WS2019_announcement.html 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 NEW WEB PAGES FOR ACCESSING CASSINI MISSION DATA The Planetary Data System Atmospheres Node is pleased to announce the release of a preliminary version of newly designed, comprehensive web pages for accessing Cassini mission data: https://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/data_and_services/atmospheres_data/ Cassini/Cassini.html These pages are the culmination of a joint effort of the Cassini team and PDS nodes to provide a central hub that links to wide range of resources from this complex mission. Any comments, corrections or suggested modifications or additions are welcome and should be directed to Reta Beebe (rbeebe@nmsu.edu). 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 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM OPAG STEERING COMMITTEE REGARDING TERMINATION OF CASSINI FINAL-YEAR FUNDING AND EUROPA CLIPPER ICEMAG Recent decisions by NASA to terminate the Cassini final-year funding and the PI-led ICEMAG investigation on the Europa Clipper mission (replaced by a facility magnetometer investigation) raise concerns within the OPAG science community. The OPAG Steering Community issued three findings with a request for NASA's response: 1. OPAG encourages NASA to invite the Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) of the National Academies to investigate the ICEMAG termination process and rationale and to potentially make recommendations to NASA SMD about how to define a clear and transparent process for potential termination of PI-led flight experiments. 2. OPAG encourages NASA to provide sufficient transition funding to support an adequate closeout of the Cassini project that will minimize the impact on young scientists and other investigators who would be disproportionately impacted by this large, abrupt funding cut. 3. OPAG applauds the spectacular success of the Cassini mission at Saturn and asks NASA to adequately support CDAP to ensure optimum science output from this mission. The full Findings on Cassini and ICEMAG can be found at: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/archive/ To be discussed at the OPAG meeting on April 23-24. 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR MARCH 2019 To the Mars Community, On behalf of Jeff Johnson (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and Kelly Perry of the Mars Program Science Office, the March 2019 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 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 DEAN, JACKSON SCHOOL OF GEOSCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN The University of Texas at Austin invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, effective September 1, 2019. The Jackson School is one of the largest and most respected geoscience programs in the country. It employs approximately 150 full-time faculty and research scientists who work together with 100 technical staff members and postdocs to address fundamental questions in geosciences, foster a diverse community of collaboration, and provide world-class education for approximately 200 undergraduate majors and 200 graduate students. We seek a visionary leader with proven scientific and administrative skills who will work with the faculty and research scientists to develop the Jackson School to its full potential and who will represent the school effectively to the university administration, to the state and national political leadership, and to the public. Additional information: http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/people/employment-opportunities/dean/ Applications should include a curriculum vitae and a list of administrative accomplishments. Review of applications and nominations will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applications, nominations, and inquiries should be sent electronically and in confidence to: jsgdeansearch@jsg.utexas.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 MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY RELEASE 20 The NASA Planetary Data System announces the 20th release of data from the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, covering data acquired from Sol 2128 through Sol 2224 (August 1, 2018, to November 8, 2018). This release consists of raw and derived data sets from the following instruments: APXS ChemCam CheMin DAN Hazcam MAHLI MARDI Mastcam Navcam PLACES RAD REMS SAM SPICE To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20190316.shtml Links to all MSL data sets may be found on the PDS Geosciences Node web site http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/msl/ The data may also be reached from the main PDS home page, https://pds.nasa.gov/ MSL data are archived at the PDS Atmospheres, Planetary Plasma Interactions (PPI), Geosciences, Imaging, and Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) Nodes. PDS offers two services for searching the MSL archives: The Planetary Image Atlas at the Imaging Node allows selection of MSL image data by specific search criteria. http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search/ The MSL Analyst's Notebook at the Geosciences Node allows searching and downloading of all MSL data in the context of mission events. http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl Mailto: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818) 393-7165 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 NASA HEADQUARTERS POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN SMD The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) within NASA Headquarters will fill multiple Program Executive positions in the Earth Science Division, Heliophysics Division, Planetary Science Division, Astrophysics Division, or Joint Agency Satellite Division. This will be a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) announcement through USAJOBS, so it will only be open for 5 days. The announcement will open on March 25 and close on March 29. The NASA Announcement Number will be HQ19H0003. This is a fair and open competition that all U.S. Citizens and Status candidates can apply to. The short period that the announcement is open is due to the type of hiring authority. The positions are NOT "rigged" or "fixed" for anyone. We've been asked to emphasize this because some applicants may have a misconception about this opportunity due to the very short window and we do not want anyone to be deterred from applying. Given the short period the announcement is open, it is a good idea to log into USAJOBS before and update your resume, etc., to facilitate the timely submission of an application. [edited for length] 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 June 24-25, 2019 NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group Meeting https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/ Washington, DC October 3-6, 2019 38th International Meteor Conference https://imc2019.imo.net Bollmannsruh, Germany April 19-24, 2020 European Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics ECLA 2020: Linking Dust, Ice and Gas in Space http://frcongressi.net/ecla2020.meet Anacapri, Italy Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html [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.html, 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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