PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 13, Number 53 (December 8, 2019) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Elisabeth Adams Co-Editors: Georgiana Kramer, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 2. [NASA] RFI: Research That Falls in a Gap Between Current SMD Solicitations 3. Dwornik Award Fundraiser Matching Opportunity Through the End of 2019 4. Announcement of Bill Feldman Science Symposium, April 23-24, 2020 5. [NASA] ROSES-19: Autonomous Robotics Research for Ocean Worlds and Due Date for Comments Delayed 6. Community Survey Announcement About NASA Proposal Submission Demographics 7. Planetary Science Postdoctoral Position in National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, India 8. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter for December 2019 9. NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Application Deadline March 1, 2020 10. AGU Events Involving NASA HQ People 11. AGU Fall Meeting Planetary Science Sessions 12. PDS/IPDA Booth at AGU: Planetary Data Archival Training and Tool Demos 13. AGU Planetary Sciences Awards Nominations 14. [NASA] PDS: Mars Science Laboratory Release 22 15. Early Career Support for OPAG Meeting 16. Chaired Professor in Onboard Space Systems 17. Director/Department Head - Lunar & Planetary Laboratory/Planetary Sciences 18. 2I/Borisov Observing Campaign Website 19. 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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The December image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "The thermal environment of recurring slope lineae on Mars". Contributed by Dr. N. Schorghofer, Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute. 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) 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] RFI: RESEARCH THAT FALLS IN A GAP BETWEEN CURRENT SMD SOLICITATIONS Solicitation Number: NNH20ZDA003L Release Date: Dec 2, 2019 Response Date: Jan 31, 2020 The NASA Science Mission Directorate is soliciting information on research that is aligned with the agency mission and SMD's Science Plan but falls in a gap between current solicitations, possibly because it is interdisciplinary or interdivisional. Responses to this Request for Information (RFI) will be used by NASA to inform a decision as to whether the portfolio of current program elements in the Research Opportunities for Space and Earth Science (ROSES) needs to be modified and/or expanded to provide the proper avenue for such research. The full text of the RFI and response instructions can be found at: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=% 7BD82B2B9A-5F6D-B0C6-741A-6950D1D6F0E1%7D&path=&method=init Responses must be submitted electronically using the NSPIRES web site. This RFI is open to responses from all parties including commercial entities, international organizations, academia, NASA Centers, and other government agencies. Questions concerning this Request for Information may be addressed to: Dr. Kartik Sheth, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, Washington, DC 20546; Email: kartik.sheth@nasa.gov 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 DWORNIK AWARD FUNDRAISER MATCHING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE END OF 2019 The Planetary Geology Division (PGD) of the Geological Society of America (GSA) kicked off a fundraiser for the Dwornik Award Fund in March, 2019. Our goal is to raise $15,000 by the end of the year. Thanks to a generous past Dwornik Award winner, every dollar you contribute to the Dwornik Award Fund though the end of 2019 will be matched (up to $5,000 total) to help us attain our goal! How to Donate: You can donate through our gofundme page OR directly to the Dwornik Fund via the GSA Foundation website. Remember your donation is fully tax deductible. https://www.gofundme.com/f/dwornik-award-fund?member=1834286 https://gsa-foundation.org/donate/ We thank you in advance for your consideration to donate back to the Dwornik Award program that supports the early careers of planetary scientists. More information here: https://community.geosociety.org/pgd/awards/dwornik 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 ANNOUNCEMENT OF BILL FELDMAN SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM, APRIL 23-24, 2020 In April 2020, Bill Feldman is turning 80 years and his friends and colleagues would like to honor him with a symposium of talks covering the wide variety of scientific disciplines to which he has made significant contributions. These include: spaceflight instrument development; solar and magnetospheric physics; planetary nuclear spectroscopy; lunar, Mars, Mercury, and asteroid science; and fundamental physics (e.g., neutron lifetime). Invited and contributed talks will include both a review of the contributions made by Bill and/or a discussion of the current state of the fields. All are invited to attend and participate in invigorating and enjoyable scientific discussions. Los Alamos National Laboratory is hosting the symposium, which will take place in Los Alamos, NM at the Cottonwood on the Greens on April 23-24, 2020. A dinner/banquet will be held on the evening of April 23. Please indicate your interest either in attending and/or giving a talk by sending a note to Sarah Balkey (slbalkey@lanl.gov), with copies to David Lawrence (David.J.Lawrence@jhuapl.edu) and Katherine Mesick (kmesick@lanl.gov). For meeting logistics, go to: http://cses.lanl.gov Due to limited space, attendance is first come, first served. Questions/comments: David.J.Lawrence@jhuapl.edu kmesick@lanl.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] ROSES-19: AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS RESEARCH FOR OCEAN WORLDS AND DUE DATE FOR COMMENTS DELAYED This amendment provides more time for comments, inserts a new section about intellectual property rights, and provides a link to information about the Ocean Worlds Testbeds, and information about testbed scheduling. The Applied Information Systems Research (AISR) program that seeks innovative ideas for applying advanced information and related technologies to increase life cycle effectiveness and efficiency of SMD programs. This DRAFT for community comment is for an instance called Autonomous Robotics Research for Ocean Worlds (ARROW) to develop autonomy software systems to significantly increase the robustness and productivity of future Ocean Worlds lander missions. Specifically, ARROW would seek functional and system-level autonomous capabilities for future Ocean Worlds lander missions that: a) increase the productivity of surface science operations; b) reduce the frequency of ground control contact and uplink/downlink command cycles necessary for surface science operations; and c) enable autonomous adaptation to spacecraft faults, degradations, failures or other unexpected conditions. The time period for public comment has been extended to December 10, 2019 to allow for comments on the Testbed documentation; no other changes to the schedule are expected. Comments on the draft text are to be provided via email to cmercer@nasa.gov. [Edited for length.] 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 COMMUNITY SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT NASA PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEMOGRAPHICS Dear Community, We are interested in collecting data on the demographics of proposal submissions to NASA planetary and cosmochemistry R&A programs. We encourage the community to participate by filling out this short survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/ 1FAIpQLScGZFjjvne2zMyP5Si6qMpgSJMQVbBn1uGUqhN5WWryFmAJ1g/viewform? fbclid=IwAR126gAx_Osng-P_uJicc-187s1VKnOFMxQBDTZeM05lvk9vrNAVy4K0sFQ [XX link is bad, they are fixing --era] All responses are anonymous. Note that we are not soliciting data on ALL programs yet, but that might be somewhere we go in the future. Please complete ONE survey per investigator. All investigators, including graduate students and postdocs, are encouraged to respond. The survey will close on December 10, 2019 (5pm PST). A summary of the data collected will be made publicly available after the completion of the survey. Feel free to distribute the survey to your colleagues. Thank you in advance for your input. Jessica Barnes (University of Arizona), Pierre Haenecour (University of Arizona), and Michelle Thompson (Purdue University) 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 SCIENCE POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (NISER), BHUBANESWAR, INDIA School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, NISER, is Looking for highly motivated candidates interested in areas of surface compositional and morphological studies of inner Solar System rocky and outer Solar System icy bodies, geologic and geochemical evolution, planetary geology and early Earth geology, asteroids and comets, meteorites and planetary analogue/sample, etc. Ph.D.s with Planetary Science / Geoscience / Physics / Chemistry or relevant background may apply. Candidates with good expertise and research quality in the mentioned areas are preferred. The position is for three years, subject to performance and review each year. Providing opportunities to work with various planetary science datasets in close collaboration with leading national and international institutes and experts in the field, and a Working culture with promising science results and publications in reputed peer-reviewed journals, are the mandate for opening the positions. For more information, please contact thangjam@niser.ac.in, and details of the school and the advertisement are in: https://www.niser.ac.in/notices/2019/recruitments/PDF-SEPS.pdf 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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR DECEMBER 2019 To the Mars Community, On behalf of Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and Serina Diniega of the Mars Program Science Office, the December 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. 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 NASA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2020 The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA's scientific goals. The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections. Selected by a competitive peer-review process, NPP Fellows complete one- to three-year Fellowship appointments that advance NASA's missions in Earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, space bioscience, aeronautics and engineering, human exploration and space operations, and astrobiology. Current NPP research opportunities in planetary science can be viewed here: NPP Planetary Science Research Opportunities Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in hand before beginning the fellowship, but may apply while completing the degree requirements. U.S. citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents, and foreign nationals eligible for J-1 status as a Research Scholar may apply. Stipends start at $60,000 per year, with supplements for high cost-of-living areas and for certain academic specialties. Financial assistance is available for relocation and health insurance, and $10,000 per year is provided for professional travel. Applications are accepted three times each year: March 1, July 1, and November 1. For further information and to apply, visit: https://npp.usra.edu/ Questions: npphelp@usra.edu 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 AGU EVENTS INVOLVING NASA HQ PEOPLE TH13I So You Think You Want to Be a NASA Mission Principal Investigator?: An Introduction to What You Might Be Getting Yourself Into Monday, December 9. 12:30 - 13:30. Moscone West - 3002, L3 TH15A Space Physics and Aeronomy Section Agency Night Monday, December 9. 18:15 - 19:15. Moscone West - 2005, L2 TH15B NASA Planetary Science Division Town Hall Monday, December 9. 18:15 - 19:15. Moscone West - 2004, L2 TH23B NASA Earth Science Division Town Hall Tuesday, December 10. 12:30 - 13:30 Moscone West - 2002, L2 TH25A Meet the Chief Scientists from NASA Centers Tuesday, December 10. 18:15 - 19:15 Moscone West - 2020, L2 TH33A Planning for the National Academies' Next Planetary Science Decadal Survey Wednesday, 11 December 2019: 12:30 - 13:30 Moscone West - 2006, L2 Dual Anonymous Proposals Workshop Thursday, Dec 12. 12:20 - 13:35. Parc 55 Cyril Magnum 1 & 2 theater The Future of Lunar and Mars Exploration Wednesday, 11 December 2019; 08:30 - 09:30 Moscone South; Hall D, Centennial Central 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 AGU FALL MEETING PLANETARY SCIENCE SESSIONS The AGU Fall Meeting held in San Francisco this year is hosting many exciting planetary science sessions. You can find the list at https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Program/2382 We would like to remind the planetary community of additional sessions that are not on the above listed URL: * the NASA planetary town hall, scheduled Monday 6:15 pm at Moscone West - 2004, L2; * the Planetary Decadal Survey town hall, scheduled Wednesday 12:30 pm at Moscone West - 2006, L2; and * NH51C, NH54B - Characterization, Mitigation, Mission Designs, and Consequences of Impacts, Friday 8:00 am (poster) and 4:00 pm (oral) at Moscone West - 2012, L2. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Session/88915 https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Session/80839 The session will address a broad spectrum of the asteroid hazard. * U54A - Spacecraft at Asteroids and Comets: Journey to the Origin of the Earth, Friday 4:00 pm at Moscone South - 303-304, L3, https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Session/84653 This session will discuss on-going and future international efforts in small body explorations. After the U54A session, the Union session organizer will be advertising a happy hour gathering at a location to be determined. 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/IPDA BOOTH AT AGU: PLANETARY DATA ARCHIVAL TRAINING AND TOOL DEMOS The Planetary Data System (PDS) and International Planetary Data Alliance (IPDA) will have a booth (#1047) at the Fall 2019 AGU meeting. Training on archiving data with PDS or other IPDA partners, finding data in the archive, and demos of PDS and IPDA tools and services will be offered. Researchers with NASA ROSES grant supported data sets are particularly encouraged to stop by. PDS4 training will be available upon request. More information is available at: https://pds-training.psi.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 AGU PLANETARY SCIENCES AWARDS NOMINATIONS As you enjoy AGU this week please consider who among your esteemed colleagues deserves to be nominated for an AGU Planetary Science award. The Planetary Sciences section offers two awards each year: the Fred Whipple Award recognizes outstanding lifetime contributions, and the Ronald Greeley Award recognizes early career achievement. Nominations are required for someone to be considered for these award. A nomination includes: a letter that states how the nominee meets the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae for the nominee, a selected bibliography, and 3-6 letters of support. While the nomination package is more than simply submitting someone's name, you know someone that is worth the effort. Instructions on how to submit a successful AGU award nomination are available at: https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Nomination-resources/ Guidelines-to-Successful-Nominations In addition, a video tutorial on successfully submitting a nomination package: https://vimeo.com/247635481 Nominations are open now until April 15. Questions may be directed to gkramer@psi.edu 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 [NASA] PDS: MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY RELEASE 22 The NASA Planetary Data System announces the 22nd release of data from the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, covering data acquired from Sol 2359 through Sol 2482 (March 26, 2019, to July 31, 2019). 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 REMS includes a new dataset, MSL-M-REMS-5-UVRDR-V1.0, Environmental Monitoring Station UV fluxes. To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20191205.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 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 EARLY CAREER SUPPORT FOR OPAG MEETING The next Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) meeting will be held on February 3-4, 2020 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, TX. NASA will provide travel grants for a limited number of Early Career participants to attend this OPAG meeting. OPAG plays a key role in sculpting the planetary science community's input into NASA activities for outer planets science and exploration. Thus it is critical for Early Career scientists to attend these meetings both to learn how NASA and Planetary Science programs operate and to represent the community that will work on OPAG-relevant projects in the coming decade. Selection preference will be given to U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green card holders), or those in residence at U.S. institutions. Selected individuals will present a poster at the meeting the evening of February 3 on a topic of their choosing. Interested graduate students, postdocs, and other Early Career scientists (within 5 years of PhD/MS/BS) should submit a short letter of interest and a CV to Morgan.L.Cable@jpl.nasa.gov by December 30, 2019. Please include "OPAG Early Career Travel Grant" in the subject line. Recipients will be notified by January 6, 2020. 16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16 CHAIRED PROFESSOR IN ONBOARD SPACE SYSTEMS Lulea University of Technology invites applications for the position of a chaired professor in the field of Onboard Space Systems. The position is based at the Space Campus in Kiruna, Sweden. Kiruna is referred to as Sweden's Space Capital, because it is home of many space-related actors such as the ESTRACK Kiruna Station of the European Space Agency, the European Space and Sounding Rocket Range Esrange, the scientific headquarters of EISCAT, and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics. LTU's Division of Space Technology offers a Master programme in Space Engineering with national intake, an international master programme in Spacecraft Design, and the international Joint Master Programme in Space Science and Technology - SpaceMaster. These programmes gather more than 100 students from all over the world to Kiruna every year. The current projects in Onboard Space Systems focus on near-Earth objects and CubeSats. The newly established NanoSat and Asteroid Engineering laboratories offer many opportunities for scientific experiments and technological tests. Candidates with documented experience in ongoing or completed space missions are especially encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is January 5, 2020. More information available at: https://www.ltu.se/ltu/Lediga-jobb?l=en&rmpage=job&rmjob=3548&rmlang=UK 17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17 DIRECTOR/DEPARTMENT HEAD - LUNAR & PLANETARY LABORATORY/PLANETARY SCIENCES Since its founding in 1960, the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) at the University of Arizona (UArizona) has been at the forefront of planetary science and solar systems research. LPL currently leads some of NASA's highest-profile missions and instruments and is continuously seeking future opportunities. LPL is engaged in a broad range of research that includes theoretical, experimental, and observational investigations of our Solar System, as well as exoplanets and their origins. LPL integrates spacecraft missions and cutting-edge analytical facilities into its research portfolio, and its teaching and graduate program produces scholars who become leaders in the field. The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence in planetary science research, strong leadership and management skills, teaching experience, and a commitment to diversity. The Director is expected to lead LPL in developing and executing a clear vision during a period of expansion. The LPL Director works with local and external stakeholders such as NASA and NSF to maintain and grow an enriching environment conducive to excellence in planetary science research, education, and exploration. For full position description and to apply online, please see: https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/director-department-head The University of Arizona is an EEO/AA employer - M/W/D/V. 18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18 2I/BORISOV OBSERVING CAMPAIGN WEBSITE A world-wide effort is underway to observe and characterize the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov as it passes through our Solar System. The University of Maryland’s Small Bodies Campaign series is announcing a website to support the organization of observations and data sharing by 2I/Borisov observers. The products and services provided through the website are similar to those for previous campaigns, such as were conducted for 46P/Wirtanen and 1999 KW4 over the past year. The website link can be found at: http://wirtanen.astro.umd.edu/obs_campaigns.shtml Users are encouraged to announce observations and share results from past, ongoing, and future observing activities involving 2I/Borisov. 19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html May 12-14, 2020 2020 European Lunar Symposium https://els2020.arc.nasa.gov/ Padua, Italy [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, 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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