PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 14, Number 15 (April 4, 2020) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Elisabeth Adams, Georgiana Kramer Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Mercury 2020 Meeting Changed to Mercury 2021 Meeting 2. [NASA] ROSES-2019: Delay of Step-2 Proposal Due Date for C.23 Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR) 3. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter for April 2020 4. ESA Announcement of Opportunity for Mars 2020 Returned Sample Science Participating Scientists 5. [NASA] Frequently Asked Questions about Grants and Research During the COVID-19 Epidemic 6. Official 2020 MEPAG Goals Document Now Finalized and Available 7. Aperiodic PDS Data Releases in 2020.03 8. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 9. USGS Astrogeology Community Survey Still Open - We Want to Hear from You 10. [NASA] PDS: Mars InSight Data Release 4 11. [NASA] PDS: Odyssey Data Release 71 12. NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship - Application Deadline July 1, 2020 13. Arecibo Observatory Quarterly Newsletter Available 14. Research Scientist II at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 15. 2020 NASA Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS) Applications Due April 13, 2020 16. 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 MERCURY 2020 MEETING CHANGED TO MERCURY 2021 MEETING Because of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, we have to postpone the Mercury 2020 conference that was scheduled for June 2-4, 2020, in Orleans, France. This conference will now be held next year, from Tuesday June 8, until Friday June 11, 2021, also in Orleans. Note that an additional day has been included (4 days in total) to allow for more oral presentations. The conference web site is being updated and shows the new dates: https://mercury2020.ias.u-psud.fr A new registration page will also be available at this website as the website is updated. 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-2019: DELAY OF STEP-2 PROPOSAL DUE DATE FOR C.23 INTERDISCIPLINARY CONSORTIA FOR ASTROBIOLOGY RESEARCH (ICAR) ROSES-2019 program element C.23 Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR) solicits proposals that would take an interdisciplinary approach to addressing a compelling question in astrobiology. Team size and resources requested should be appropriate to the scale of the proposed research. There is no ideal size of an ICAR Team. Because this is an opportunity for larger teams and for five years of support, the scope of the research, and subsequently the resources needed, should exceed those typically considered in a Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) program element. This amendment delays the Step-2 proposal due date for this 2019 program element to May 15, 2020. This program uses a two-step proposal submission process; only proposers that had previously submitted a compliant Step-1 proposal may submit a Step-2 on May 15, 2020. Go to: http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2019 Questions concerning ICAR may be directed to Mary Voytek at Mary.A.Voytek@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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR APRIL 2020 On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Serina Diniega, and Dave Beaty of the Mars Program Science Office, the April 2020 edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be found on the web at: http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov In this newsletter, we continue to update the upcoming conference schedule with postponements, cancellations, and conversions to virtual meetings. Additionally, we highlight (1) recently scheduled virtual presentations by NASA Science Division to the Space Studies Board on March 31, (2) the current draft agenda for the upcoming virtual MEPAG Meeting 38 (to be held April 15-17) including presentations on community-based white paper topics (April 16), and (3) recent updates to the NASEM website for the Decadal Survey on Planetary Science and Astrobiology including a new website for white paper submissions (due July 4). We hope everyone remains safe and healthy within these stressful, rapidly evolving, social-isolating times. Please send your Mars community announcements and calendar items for inclusion in the newsletter to Barbara at: Barbara.A.Saltzberg@jpl.nasa.gov 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 ESA ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR MARS 2020 RETURNED SAMPLE SCIENCE PARTICIPATING SCIENTISTS The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an Announcement of Opportunity for scientists to serve as Returned Sample Science Participating Scientists on the NASA Mars 2020 Science Team. This call is open to scientists with relevant expertise who have their main affiliation in one of the ESA member states (excluding Canada). Proposals for this AO require a letter of intent which must be submitted by April 15, 2020. More detailed information can be found in the announcement posted at: http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Research/Research_Announcements 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] FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT GRANTS AND RESEARCH DURING THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC If you have questions about conducting your research or managing your grants during the COVID-19 epidemic, NASA SMD has prepared a Question and Answer document. The document outlines SMD's implementation of recent guidance from the Office of Management and the Budget as well as questions regarding the processing of existing awards and the donation of Personal Protective Equipment purchased using NASA grant funds. The document may be downloaded from the SARA library and will be updated as conditions change. Go to: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links 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 OFFICIAL 2020 MEPAG GOALS DOCUMENT NOW FINALIZED AND AVAILABLE The MEPAG Goals Committee has completed the 2020 revision of the MEPAG Goals Document. The main document and two supplementary tables (a hierarchical summary showing all goals, objectives, sub-objectives, and investigations plus a table identifying cross-cutting connections between investigations under different goals) can be found at: https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/reports.cfm?expand=science This has been an extensive revision, following on from a partial revision in 2018 and the last full revision in 2015, and incorporating many changes to reflect the advances in our understanding of Mars in that time. This revision has been the product of not only the (volunteer) MEPAG Goals Representatives, but also the community as a whole through broad input from the 9th International Mars Conference (Summer 2019), community input before re-writing commenced in the Fall of 2019, and finally community feedback of a first draft in Winter of 2020. We hope that releasing this revision at this time can help enable its use in Decadal Survey White Papers, and will serve the community in general for the next few years before we solicit community input again for another revision. Don Banfield, MEPAG Goals Chair (for the whole MEPAG Goals Committee) 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 APERIODIC PDS DATA RELEASES IN 2020.03 In March 2020, the NASA Planetary Data System ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: 2020.02.28 Mars Express ELS for ASPERA-3 experiment 2020.03.02 Mars Express SPICAM 2020.03.02 Mars Express HRSC 2020.03.03 Radar shape models of asteroids 2020.03.04 Rosetta ROSINA through phase EXT3 2020.03.09 Rosetta VIRTIS derived maps 2020.03.11 Laboratory shocked feldspars, v2 2020.03.23 Mars Express NPI for ASPERA-3 experiment 2020.03.31 Wind tunnel threshold speed documents 2020.03.31 Cassini CIRS C2H4 mole fractions and temperatures after 2010 storm To access those data: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20200331.shtml To access all data archived in PDS: https://pds.nasa.gov 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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The April image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "Ridged Plains on Europa Reveal a Compressive Past". Contributed by Dr. Erin Leonard, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. 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) 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 USGS ASTROGEOLOGY COMMUNITY SURVEY STILL OPEN - WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU The purpose of this survey is to better understand the ways that our community discovers, interacts with, and generates new planetary science information. This includes intermediary and derived data as well as historical material, photos, technical documents, and other resources that cannot be archived in a long-term repository such as the PDS. Your responses will help identify areas of future development. Results will be summarized and respondents will remain anonymous. Results from the survey will be presented at LPSC and/or AGU 2021; findings and recommendations will be published as a USGS Open File Report. This survey will remain open until the end of May, 2020: https://tinyurl.com/wcz7ku7 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] PDS: MARS INSIGHT DATA RELEASE 4 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 4 of data from the InSight Lander mission to Mars. This release contains raw and calibrated data products covering the time period from October 1 through December 31, 2019. The data are archived at various PDS nodes. SEIS (Seismometer) at the Geosciences Node RAD (Radiometer) at the Geosciences Node RISE (Radio Science) at the Geosciences Node TWINS (Temperature and Wind) and Pressure Sensor at the Atmospheres Node IFG (InSight Fluxgate Magnetometer) at the PPI Node ICC/IDC (Instrument Context Camera / Instrument Deployment Camera) at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node IDA (Instrument Deployment Arm) at the Geosciences Node SPICE at the NAIF Node Data from SEIS will be online no later than April 3. Data from the HP3 (Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe) will be included in a future release. The data may be accessed at: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/insight/index.htm SEIS data are also available through the SEIS portal at: https://seis-insight.eu in the SEIS data section and through the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/sis/insight The next release of InSight data, Release 5, is scheduled for July 1, 2020, and will include both raw and calibrated data. Subsequent releases will occur every three months. 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 [NASA] PDS: ODYSSEY DATA RELEASE 71 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce a new delivery of Odyssey Data, Release 71, for the following instruments: GRS THEMIS RADIO SCIENCE (release 201) SPICE The gamma sensor component of the GRS instrument suite no longer returns data. The HEND and neutron spectrometer components continue to operate. To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20200401.shtml To access the latest PDS Data Releases, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-Release.shtml All available PDS data may be found at: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/data-search/ For further information, see the PDS Home Page: https://pds.nasa.gov/ 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 NASA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - APPLICATION DEADLINE JULY 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 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 ARECIBO OBSERVATORY QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE The Spring 2020 Arecibo Observatory Newsletter is now available! Within it, we share research highlights, updates about the telescope, and more. You can subscribe to receive this newsletter in the future: Join AO Newsletter list. Be sure to whitelist the email arecibocommunication@ucf.edu to avoid the newsletter being filtered to spam. https://mailchi.mp/977f0d559205/draft-newsletter-vol-4-6385128?e=0fae033d8e 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 RESEARCH SCIENTIST II AT THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY The Jet Propulsion Laboratory invites applications for a Scientist who will bring new expertise to and ensure continuity of existing capabilities at JPL in planetary science. The successful candidate will develop an independently funded research program, provide scientific leadership and support research conducted within the laboratory studies group. The candidate will publish in peer reviewed scientific journals, and present papers at scientific conferences. Qualifications: * PhD. degree in experimental chemistry or physics. * Demonstrated working knowledge at the forefront of experimental laboratory studies with direct planetary science applications (i.e., relevance to icy moons, Kuiper Belt Objects, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and Solar System evolution). * Demonstrated experience with a range of relevant experimental techniques (e.g., matrix isolation, UV an IR spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, temperature programmed desorption) and apparatus (e.g., cryogenic systems, UHV systems). * Demonstrated reputation as a productive researcher with a track record of publications in peer-reviewed journals. The following qualifications are preferred: * 3-5 years of related post-doc experience. * History of writing successful external research funding proposals. * Demonstrated working knowledge of planning, execution, and analysis of astronomical observations. Applications are due by May 3, 2020 or until filled and should be submitted at: https://jpl.jobs/jobs/2020-11716-Research-Scientist-II-Laboratory-Studies 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 2020 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL (PSSS) APPLICATIONS DUE APRIL 13, 2020 An informational session on applying to the 2020 PSSS, will be held April 7 at 11:00 AM ET. A recording will later be available. Registration required: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SMDS_InfoSession Applications are due April 13 for NASA's 32nd Annual PSSS, offered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. This is a 3-month early career development experience to learn the development of a hypothesis-driven robotic space mission in a concurrent engineering environment. Science and engineering doctoral candidates, recent Ph.D.s, postdocs, and junior faculty, who are U.S. Citizens or legal permanent residents (and a very limited number of Foreign Nationals from non-designated countries) are eligible. Session 1: May 18-July 24 Session 2: May 18-August 7 Roughly equivalent in workload to a rigorous 3-hour graduate-level course, participants spend the first 10 weeks in preparatory webinars acting as a science mission team, prior to spending the final culminating week at JPL being mentored by JPL's Advance Project Design Team, or "Team X" to refine their planetary science mission concept design, then present it to a mock expert review board. 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