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1. AAS Call for Information: Publication Policy and General Codes of 
   Conduct for Consortia and Mission Teams
2. Job Opportunity: Planetary Science Public Engagement at NASA GSFC
3. COSPAR Session B0.4: Technologies for Planetary Research
4. COSPAR Session B5.3: Ocean Worlds - Europa, Enceladus, Titan, and 
   Beyond
5. COSPAR Session B5.4: Ice Giant Systems
6. Goldschmidt Session 14g: Weathering - Long-Term Terrestrial Climate 
   Change, Modern Quantification, and Implications for Extraterrestrial 
   Environments
7. Goldschmidt Session 1B: From Abiotic to Biotic - Exploring the 
   Possible (Bio)Geochemistry of a Habitable Mars
8. Cycle 1 Call for Proposals for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
9. Postdoc Position in Planetary Science at Caltech
10. [NASA] Draft of SpaceTech-REDDI-2020 Appendix F1: Tech Flights 
    Released
11. National Academies' Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal 
    Survey: Statement of Task
12. Early Career Professionals and the Planetary Science and 
    Astrobiology Decadal Survey
13. Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey Town Hall
14. Planetary Defense Inputs for the Decadal Survey: An Opportunity for 
    the Planetary Defense Community to Help Protect the Future
15. 8th Virtual MEPAG Meeting (VM8)
16. Public Lectures on New Developments in Astronomy on YouTube
17. Nominations Open for ASP Education Awards
18. Free Resource Guides for Astronomy Education
19. Big Picture Science Radio Show
20. Ph.D. or M.S. Opportunity in Climate Resilience
21. Postdoctoral Scholar Position at Northern Arizona University in 
    Planetary Science
22. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month
23. Hera Workshop 
24. [NASA] Open Position at NASA Headquarters: Mars Sample Return 
    Program Director, Science Mission Directorate
25. MER Data Catalog Survey
26. OPAG: Agenda for the February 2020 Meeting Now Available
27. NASA Planetary Data System (PDS) Data Release Calendar 2020 Now 
    Posted
28. Workshop: Observatory for the Outer Heliosphere, Heliosheath, and 
    Interstellar Space
29. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions

Commercial Announcements:

C1. Book: Astronomy

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AAS CALL FOR INFORMATION: PUBLICATION POLICY AND GENERAL CODES OF 
CONDUCT FOR CONSORTIA AND MISSION TEAMS

The "Ethics Process" Task Force of the American Astronomical Society is 
collecting 'best practice' documents for consortia and mission teams in 
regards to Publication Policy and general Codes of Conduct. Submissions 
can be treated as confidential if desired (although the task force will 
need permission from the team lead to use them), and credit will be 
given to everyone who helps.

Topics that the group is interested in learning about, which might be 
called a code of conduct, 'rules of the road', or a memorandum of 
understanding) might include:

* the approval process for a paper to be published (or for a project to 
  be started) based on data from the project.
* the process for someone to be appointed lead for a specific topic
* the process for access to proprietary data
* the policy for who are co-authors, and in what order

Read more at:

http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/01/call-for-information
-publication-policy.html  


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JOB OPPORTUNITY: PLANETARY SCIENCE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AT NASA GSFC

The Solar System Exploration Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight 
Center is seeking a new public engagement team member to support their 
planetary science missions and research teams.

The new hire will initially support public engagement activities for 
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission and two teams in NASA's 
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), and 
coordinate logistics for planetary science field campaigns to remote 
locations, as well as public engagement efforts, for Goddard's 
Instrument Field Team.

https://sesda.com/careers/ss096-science-outreach-and-logistics
-coordinator/
 

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COSPAR SESSION B0.4: TECHNOLOGIES FOR PLANETARY RESEARCH

43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly 
Sydney, Australia 
August 15-23, 2020

To accomplish the goals of Planetary research in the next decade more 
complex missions, instruments, and space vehicles are being envisioned. 
In addition, the advent of disruptive technologies such as Autonomy and 
CubeSats/SmallSats brings new opportunities to achieve scientific 
discoveries previously considered out of reach. This session explores 
diverse technologies that can enable new instruments and missions that 
survive and operate in extreme environments from the Moon to the inner 
and outer reaches of the Solar System, enable swarms of spacecraft to 
collect scientific data throughout our Solar System, drill through ice, 
determine if life is present on planetary bodies, increase data rates 
from distant bodies and much more.

Abstract deadline: February 14, 2020

https://www.cospar-assembly.org/

Patricia M. Beauchamp (JPL-Caltech), 
patricia.m.beauchamp@jpl.caltech.edu

Jean-Pierre Lebreton, jean-pierre.lebreton@cnrs-orleans.fr


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COSPAR SESSION B5.3: OCEAN WORLDS - EUROPA, ENCELADUS, TITAN, AND 
BEYOND

Please consider submitting an abstract to the Ocean Worlds Session at 
the 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly on August 15-22 in Sydney, 
Australia.

Solar System exploration stands on a precipice, offering the 
opportunity to search for signs of life in one or more of the ocean 
worlds of the Outer Solar System in the coming decades. This event 
welcomes papers describing one or more of the confirmed or potential 
ocean worlds that harbor subsurface oceans of liquid water and/or, for 
Saturn's moon Titan, surface reservoirs of liquid hydrocarbon and 
solid organics. These bodies represent targets for future standalone 
and cooperative missions led by the major space agencies in the quest 
to understand the potential for life in the Solar System. Submissions 
that describe new observations of ocean properties, stimulate/describe 
future observations, or review our current state of knowledge are 
encouraged. We also welcome laboratory investigations and future 
mission plans that could extend our understanding of the habitability 
of the outer Solar System. Presentations will include a mix of 
solicited and contributed papers.

Abstract deadline: February 14, 2020

https://www.cospar-assembly.org/


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COSPAR SESSION B5.4: ICE GIANT SYSTEMS

We invite abstract submissions for the COSPAR 2020, Session B5.4: Ice 
Giant Systems to be held in Sydney, Australia, 15-22 August 2020. This 
session will cover all aspects of the Uranus and Neptune systems, 
including interiors, atmospheres, magnetospheres, rings, and 
satellites. We welcome presentations spanning these themes, as well as 
those on future mission architectures and enabling technologies to make 
missions to these tantalising destinations a reality. We would also 
welcome presentations that discuss the cross-disciplinary importance of 
a future mission to an Ice Giant, including (but not limited to) the 
fields of exoplanetary science and heliophysics).

Abstracts are due February 14 at: 

https://www.cospar-assembly.org/

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GOLDSCHMIDT SESSION 14G: WEATHERING - LONG-TERM TERRESTRIAL CLIMATE
CHANGE, MODERN QUANTIFICATION, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL
ENVIRONMENTS

Please consider submitting an abstract to our session at the 
Goldschmidt 2020 conference to be held on June 21-26 in Honolulu.

Abstracts are due by midnight February 14 (Hawaii Standard Time).

We seek contributions from three main areas: (1) Quantification and 
understanding of modern weathering regimes, with connections to 
terrestrial soil and marine sediment formation, the impact of local 
lithology (e.g., basaltic volcanic arcs vs. siliciclastic river deltas) 
on weathering rates and chemistry, and changes as a result of 
anthropogenic activities. (2) Connections between silicate weathering, 
Severse weathering, and climate change on various timescales, e.g., 
glacial-interglacial cycles of the late Pleistocene, long-term changes 
over the Cenozoic, or early Earth/Archean, and how these changes are 
being constrained from geologic records (i.e., isotopic tracers of 
weathering). (3) Understanding weathering, fluid/rock interaction, 
and/or soil formation regimes in extraterrestrial environments (e.g., 
Mars and Titan), and how these processes may be related to climate and 
hydrology, habitability, and respective evolution through time.

For more information, and to submit an abstract, please go to: 

https://goldschmidt.info/2020/

See you in Honolulu!

Mohit Melwani Daswani (JPL, California Institute of Technology)


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GOLDSCHMIDT SESSION 1B: FROM ABIOTIC TO BIOTIC - EXPLORING THE POSSIBLE 
(BIO)GEOCHEMISTRY OF A HABITABLE MARS

Abstract deadline is February 14:

https://goldschmidt.info/2020

Geochemical evidence from meteorites and spacecraft have revealed that 
from its earliest history, Mars has hosted potentially habitable 
environments and a diverse organic chemical inventory. These 
observations have enabled a paradigm shift in our understanding of 
Martian carbon geochemistry and how that might relate to the emergence 
and persistence of life of Mars. With a potential Mars sample return on 
the horizon, renewed global effort is warranted to integrate current 
and emerging knowledge on the evolution of Mars, its capacity to 
support life, the conditions required for life's emergence, and 
advanced geochemical approaches to yield accurate records of planetary 
conditions including the potential role of abiotic reactions and 
possibly biology in elemental cycles. By understanding these cycles and 
setting an abiotic background, robust hypotheses can be developed to 
test for evidence of Martian life if it ever existed. We invite 
submissions that address mission, laboratory, analog, and experimental 
efforts to inform hypotheses on abiotic or biotic influences on Mars 
and their impact on geochemical cycling of biogenic elements, 
especially carbon.

Michael Tuite, Ken Williford, Andrew Steele, and Marc Fries


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CYCLE 1 CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST)

Proposals are due May 1, 2020. The announcement of opportunity is at:

http://www.stsci.edu/contents/news/jwst/2020/the-jwst-cycle-1-call-for
-proposals-is-now-reopened

Full details about proposing can be found at:

https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-opportunities-and-policies
/jwst-call-for-proposals-for-cycle-1

Future updates regarding the Call can be found at:

http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/news-events/news


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POSTDOC POSITION IN PLANETARY SCIENCE AT CALTECH

Applications are invited for a postdoc position in Caltech's Division 
of Geological and Planetary Sciences. The successful applicant will 
collaborate with Professor de Kleer's research group on the development 
of surface models for satellites and small bodies for interpretation of 
multi-wavelength thermal observations. For more information see the job 
listing at: 

http://www.gps.caltech.edu/about/work/postdoctoral-positions
/postdoctoral-position-planetary-science


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[NASA] DRAFT OF SPACETECH-REDDI-2020 APPENDIX F1: TECH FLIGHTS RELEASED

This is an Appendix to the NASA Research Announcement "Space Technology 
Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion-2020 
(SpaceTech-REDDI-2020)," 80HQTR20NOA01. The purpose of the Appendix is 
to facilitate rapid demonstration of promising technologies for space 
exploration and the expansion of space commerce through suborbital 
testing with industry flight providers, thereby maturing capabilities 
needed for NASA missions and commercial applications while 
strategically investing in the growth of the U.S. commercial 
spaceflight industry.

NASA is requesting feedback from the research community and industry 
flight providers regarding all aspects of this draft Appendix. 
Comments may be submitted by email to the Flight Opportunities Program 
Executive, Christopher Baker, at HQ-STMD-FO@nasaprs.com, with subject 
line of the email to read "Comments on Tech Flights Draft Appendix." 
The comment period ends at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 14, 2020. 
The final version of the Appendix is scheduled to be released on or 
about February 28, 2020.

Go to:

https://tinyurl.com/NASA-20FO-DRAFT

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NATIONAL ACADEMIES' PLANETARY SCIENCE AND ASTROBIOLOGY DECADAL SURVEY: 
STATEMENT OF TASK

The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and NASA's 
Science Mission Directorate have reached consensus on the statement of 
task for the next decadal survey in planetary science and astrobiology.  
The National Academies' Space Studies Board is currently preparing a 
proposal to execute the agreed-upon tasks and the survey will be 
formally initiated as soon as funding has been received from NASA. 
Details can be found at:  

https://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/SSB_198165


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EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE AND ASTROBIOLOGY 
DECADAL SURVEY

Please join us at the kick-off event for the early career program of 
the Decadal Survey in Planetary Science and Astrobiology on Sunday, 
March 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at The Woodlands Waterway 
Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. Come learn about the decadal 
survey, engage with the experts, and ask questions. The first hour will 
focus on addressing questions such as: What is a decadal survey? What 
is the role of a decadal survey? Why are they so important to NASA and 
Congress? How do I get involved? While the second hour will be an open 
forum and an opportunity to ask questions. Free registration for this 
event available at: 

http://sgiz.mobi/s3/Early-Career-Event 

Note: LPSC registration is not required to participate in this event.


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PLANETARY SCIENCE AND ASTROBIOLOGY DECADAL SURVEY TOWN HALL

Join us for a update on the planning for and organization of the 
decadal survey on Monday, March 16, in Waterway 1-3 at the Woodlands 
Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center between 12:00 and 
1:15 p.m. Open to all LPSC attendees. 

Note: LPSC registration is required to participate in this event.


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PLANETARY DEFENCE INPUTS FOR THE DECADAL SURVEY: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 
PLANETARY DEFENCE COMMUNITY TO HELP PROTECT THE FUTURE

Every ten years, at the request of NASA and the National Science 
Foundation, the National Research Council conducts a "decadal study" 
for Planetary Science. The content of the study is used to design 
Planetary Science programs based on community views and consensus via 
submittal of relevant white papers (individual or team authorship). 
Collections for the 2022 Planetary Science decadal study will commence 
in 2020, and this cycle will include Planetary Defense (PD) efforts.

Whitepaper content may include, for example, potentially hazardous 
object characterization methods and modeling, mission concepts, 
subjects that may be impactful for future PD activities, efforts to 
close strategic knowledge and technology gaps, etc.

The whitepaper submission due date is anticipated for July 2020. To 
facilitate community discussion, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and 
the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will host a 
workshop March 9-11, 2020 in Columbia, Maryland. Please send interest 
in workshop participation to Ruthan Lewis, Ph.D. 
(ruthan.lewis@nasa.gov).

Updates with additional details about the workshop, whitepaper 
submission, etc., will be provided when available.


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8TH VIRTUAL MEPAG MEETING (VM8)

Friday, February 28, 2020

10:30 am-12:30 pm PST 
1:30 pm-3:30 pm EST

I cordially invite you to participate in the next virtual meeting (VM8) 
of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), scheduled on 
Friday, February 28th, 2020, at 10:30 am-12:30 pm PST (1:30 pm-3:30 pm 
EST).

Agenda items are expected to include updates about recent MEPAG 
activities, including Decadal Survey preparations, and the MEP Update. 
Additional reports will include the ongoing Goals Document revisions 
by MEPAG Goals Chair, Dr. Donald Banfield and a PDS Update. The VM8 
agenda will be shared within a few weeks on the MEPAG meeting website: 

http://mepag.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm
 
This meeting is open to all members of the Mars science community 
including our international colleagues, and I look forward to your 
participation.

Sincerely,

Dr. R. Aileen Yingst
MEPAG Chair

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PUBLIC LECTURES ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ASTRONOMY ON YOUTUBE

New lectures have been posted, free of charge, on the Silicon Valley 
Astronomy Lectures YouTube site, including:

* Eliot Quataert on the first image ever taken of a black hole
* Jeff Moore on the New Horizon encounter with the most distant object 
  we have ever visited
* Kevin Hand on ocean worlds in our Solar System
* Claire Max on how adaptive optics shows us a sharper universe.

These (and many other non-technical illustrated talks recorded in HD) 
can be found at: 

http://youtube.com/SVAstronomyLectures  

The series has 2.9 million views world wide.


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NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR ASP EDUCATION AWARDS

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific welcomes nominations by March 1 
for two awards in astronomy education:

* The Thomas Brennan Award for excellence in high-school astronomy 
  teaching
* The Klumpke-Roberts Award for outstanding contributions to the public 
  understanding of astronomy.

For more information, and links to the new on-line nomination site, 
go to: 

https://astrosociety.org/who-we-are/awards/


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FREE RESOURCE GUIDES FOR ASTRONOMY EDUCATION

Updated resource guides for astronomy educators (and their students or 
audiences) have been posted on line. They include:

The Contributions of Women to Astronomy: 

http://bit.ly/astronomywomen

Web Resources for Debunking Astronomical Pseudo-science Claims: 

http://bit.ly/pseudoastro

Annotated Catalog of 250+ Pieces of Music Inspired by Astronomy: 

http://bit.ly/astronomymusic

Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy (An Annotated Guide 
Organized by Topic): 

http://bit.ly/astroscifi 

You can find other guides at: 

http://www.fraknoi.com/resource-guides-on-astronomy-education/


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BIG PICTURE SCIENCE RADIO SHOW

Big Picture Science, a weekly radio program hosted by Seth Shostak and 
Molly Bentley, and produced at the SETI Institute, features segments 
on many aspects of science and its interactions with popular culture, 
done with verve and humor. You can search for topics or guests and 
download segments free of charge at: 

http://radio.seti.org/episodes


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PH.D. or M.S. OPPORTUNITY IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE

Auburn University seeks M.S. and Ph.D. students to apply for the newly 
funded $3M NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Climate Resilience Program. 
Domestic/permanent resident graduate students applying to Auburn can 
apply for up to two years of project support ($34,500 stipend/yr and 
tuition/fees paid). Additionally, international students and students 
already supported by the university can apply as non-funded Trainees 
still benefiting from the innovative interdisciplinary project. We seek 
excellent students that want to help make the SEUS more resilient to 
climate change related hazards through conducting interdisciplinary 
research working with and communicating to both stakeholders and the 
public. Programs associated with the NRT include the Earth System 
Science Ph.D. Program in the Department of Geosciences. To learn more 
about the project and to apply, please go to:  

https://aub.ie/NRT 

Applications are due on March 15, 2020. Students must be accepted to an 
Auburn University M.S. or Ph.D. program and the graduate school to be 
qualified as an NRT Trainee. Please contact the project PI, Dr. Karen 
McNeal (Karen.mcneal@auburn.edu) with any questions. For questions 
about planetary and/or impact-related projects in collaboration with 
this program, also please contact Prof. David King 
(kingdat@auburn.edu).


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POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR POSITION AT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY IN 
PLANETARY SCIENCE

The Edwards Research Group in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary 
Science at Northern Arizona University seeks a postdoctoral scholar to 
join the research team. The Edwards Group works primarily on 
characterizing the surfaces of rocky planets and instrument 
development. Specifically, we seek candidates to help determine the 
surface roughness of Bennu from the OSIRIS-Rex Thermal Emission 
Spectrometer and develop a thermal correction utilizing this roughness 
model to correct longer wavelength (greater than ~2.6um) OSIRIS-REX 
Visible and InfraRed Spectrometer data. The successful candidate is 
expected to publish scientific papers and, as appropriate, submit 
proposals for external funding.

Minimum Qualifications:

* A Ph.D. in geoscience/remote sensing/planetary science or a related 
  field
* Experience with investigations of planetary surfaces, especially 
  the Moon, Mars, or Bennu
* Experience with thermal modeling or spectral modeling of planetary 
  surfaces

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience using laboratory/field instruments to address 
  outstanding problems in geoscience/planetary science
* A strong working knowledge of laboratory and spacecraft 
  spectroscopic methods

Applications must include a curriculum vitae, statement of research 
interests, and contact information for three professional references.

Application deadline: March 3, 2020 @ 11:59PM MST

For questions, please contact: Christopher.Edwards@nau.edu

https://hr.peoplesoft.nau.edu/psp/ph92prta/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS
_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1
&JobOpeningId=604820&PostingSeq=1


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PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH

The February image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary
Geomorphology web page:

http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com

This month's topic is "Martian elusive Pits and the challenge of 
working remotely". Contributed by Dr. Andreas Johnsson, University of 
Gothenburg, Sweden.

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)


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HERA WORKSHOP

Nice (France), April 20-22, 2020

The Hera mission (ESA), which will perform the first rendezvous with a 
binary asteroid and measure precisely the outcome of the NASA DART 
impact on the binary's moon, has been approved by ESA Member States in 
November 2019 in the new Space Safety Program for launch in 2024.

The main objective of the workshop is to present and discuss current 
status of the ongoing activities in support and preparation to the Hera 
mission. It also offers the small body community the possibility to 
discuss possible contributions to the different working groups that 
have been defined to support the mission development and data 
interpretation.

The venue is the Hotel Saint-Paul in Nice and a block of bedrooms has 
been kept for participants. A form can be downloaded on the workshop 
website to book a bedroom at preferential rate (deadline on 
February 16, 2020).

See:  

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hera-community-workshop

Registration will open in mid-February, and the deadlines for 
registration and other information will be provided in a second 
announcement. The Hera meeting is followed by another workshop 
devoted to the asteroid Apophis on April 23-24, 2020 at the same 
venue: 

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/apophis2020/

Patrick Michel and Michael Kueppers

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[NASA] OPEN POSITION AT NASA HEADQUARTERS: MARS SAMPLE RETURN PROGRAM
DIRECTOR, SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE

From: Lori S. Glaze, NASA Planetary Science Division Director

NASA is pleased to announce that the application deadline for the 
Science Mission Directorate's Mars Sample Return Program Director will 
be extended until 4 March 2020. To find a detailed description of this 
Senior Executive position and additional information on qualifications 
and application procedures, please visit USAJobs:

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/556552400

The vitality of NASA science programs is dependent upon the best people 
working for and with the Science Mission Directorate and I encourage 
those interested in strategic leadership of this important program to 
apply to this opportunity.


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MER DATA CATALOG SURVEY

The goal of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Data Catalog Project is 
to make it easy and simple for researchers who were not members of the 
MER team (as well as the general public) to discover and use Spirit and
Opportunity data. We are conducting a survey to find out what features
potential users would like to see in the catalog. We would appreciate
it if you would take the survey, which should take ~5-10 minutes, by
going to:

http://www.merdatacatalog.com/survey

In addition to completing the survey yourself, please pass the link on
to anyone who might want to use MER data. We're hoping to hear from
Mars-focused and non-Mars-focused planetary scientists, Earth
scientists, high school teachers, undergraduates, engineers, museum
workers, and anyone at all who might be interested in working with MER
data.

Conducting a survey constitutes experimenting on humans, so we have
sought and received approval for the survey from Cornell University's
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Office. The survey does not collect
any identifying information, and all data will be presented in
aggregate. It will be open through April 2020; we will present interim
results collected by February 29th 2020 at LPSC.


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OPAG: AGENDA FOR THE FEBRUARY 2020 MEETING NOW AVAILABLE

The final agenda for the February 3-4, 2020, OPAG meeting is now 
posted.

Please visit:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/upcoming
/OPAG_agenda_Feb2020vs_29Jan_ToPost.pdf


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NASA PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM (PDS) DATA RELEASE CALENDAR 2020 NOW POSTED

The Planetary Data System (PDS) has posted its Data Release Calendar 
for 2020 at:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service
/data-release-calendar.shtml

The PDS Data Release Calendar is a searchable and sortable table of 
important dates associated with all PDS data releases in the current 
calendar year. The calendar includes anticipated release dates for 
mission data, actual release dates updated as they occur, and links 
to pages for more information and to download the data. Users can use 
the calendar to determine which data are acceptable for use in NASA 
ROSES proposals. However, the final authority on data acceptability for 
any ROSES opportunity rests with the designated Program Officer for 
that opportunity as identified in the ROSES call. 


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WORKSHOP: OBSERVATORY FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE, HELIOSHEATH, AND 
INTERSTELLAR SPACE

Thursday, Friday, May 21-22, 2020
LASP-SPSC, University of Colorado, Boulder

With both Voyager spacecraft in interstellar space, the IBEX and the 
upcoming IMAP missions imaging the outer boundaries of the heliosphere, 
and New Horizons in the outer heliosphere, it is an ideal time to 
combine resources from these missions and modeling efforts. This 
workshop seeks input aimed at developing plans to maximize the use of 
these observations and their comparison to models, plus plan any 
operational changes that can maximize the return from these missions.

Further information - and please register - here:

http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/mop/resources/hosted-meetings
/outer-heliosphere-workshop/

LOC Fran Bagenal (CU-LASP)
SOC Co-Chairs Heather Elliott (SwRI), Ralph McNutt, Jr (JHUAPL)


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html

February 28, 2020
8th Virtual MEPAG Meeting (VM8)
http://mepag.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm
Online

April 20-22, 2020
Hera Workshop
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hera-community-workshop
Nice, France

May 21-22, 2020
Workshop on Observatory for the Outer Heliosphere, Heliosheath, and 
Interstellar Space
http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/mop/resources/hosted-meetings
/outer-heliosphere-workshop/
Boulder, CO

August 5-7, 2020
11th Planetary Crater Consortium Meeting
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/crater2020
Honolulu, HI


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