PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 15, Number 8 (February 21, 2021) 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. [NASA] ROSES Due Dates Delayed Due to Widespread Power Loss 2. [NASA] ROSES-21: New Opportunity - Interdisciplinary Science for Eclipse 3. [NASA] STEM Engagement Call for Reviewers for Informal STEM Education Proposals 4. Rock, Dust and Ice: Interpreting Planetary Data 5. Joint NASA Exploration Science Forum/European Lunar Symposium 6. AOGS 2021 Session: ST/PS-03 Magnetic Flux Rope Throughout the Solar System 7. Goldschmidt Session 1E: Subsurface Oceans of Icy Bodies Beyond Earth - Composition, Evolution, and Exchange Processes 8. Independent Review Board (IRB) for the Planetary Data Ecosystem (PDE) 9. [NASA] PDS: Dawn GRaND PDS4 Archive Release 10. [NASA] PDS: Juno Data Release 14 11. [NASA] PDS: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Data Release 24 12. USGS Astrogeology Science Center Terrestrial Analogs Workshop 13. Research Opportunities in Cosmic Dust Science, Switzerland 14. Early Career Scientist Spotlights - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 15. Astrometry Request for TNO Observers 16. Postdoc Position(s) in the Ehlmann Earth & Planetary Remote Sensing Lab at Caltech 17. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Planetary Sciences - University of Maryland 18. Next SBAG Meeting Will Be Virtual 19. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 20. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers 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] ROSES DUE DATES DELAYED DUE TO WIDESPREAD POWER LOSS Due to wide-spread power loss across the United States, several proposal due date has been delayed. The new deadlines are: Concepts for Ocean worlds Life Detection Technology (COLDTech): Feb 26 Fermi GI Phase-1 proposals: March 1, 4:30 PM EDT Lunar Data Analysis Program (LDAP): March 5 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-21: NEW OPPORTUNITY - INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE FOR ECLIPSE The purpose of B.17 Interdisciplinary Science for Eclipse (ISE) is to support development of new research or enhancement of existing research, applied to the 2021 total solar eclipse visible from the southern hemisphere on December 4, 2021. Step-1 Proposals are due April 7, 2021, and Step-2 proposals are due May 19, 2021. http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2021 https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/roses-2021 Questions concerning B.17 ISE may be directed to Lika Guhathakurta, who may be reached at madhulika.guhathakurta@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 [NASA] STEM ENGAGEMENT CALL FOR REVIEWERS FOR INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION PROPOSALS The NASA Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) management team is actively recruiting qualified peer reviewers external to NASA to review NASA TEAM II proposals. A diverse reviewer pool is sought, including but not limited to practicing or retired informal education leadership, managers, educators, and evaluators (e.g., informal; youth groups; public outreach), higher education faculty, scientists & engineers with K-12 outreach experience, and other experts (including individuals without a current institutional affiliation). Please submit your qualifications, interest, and availability - or nominate qualified colleagues - at: https://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/reviewer To volunteer yourself, click the "Register to Be Considered as a Reviewer" link and be prepared to upload your 2-3 page resume. (No resume is necessary to nominate a colleague using the "Suggest Qualified Reviewers" link.) For additional information, a potential reviewer can send questions/inquires to the TEAMII@jpl.nasa.gov email address - please no phone calls. Selected reviewers will be expected to disclose all conflicts of interest, including situations that may give the appearance of bias. Link to funded projects from previous solicitations: https://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum/CP4SMP/Map [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 ROCK, DUST AND ICE: INTERPRETING PLANETARY DATA How can we leverage multi-wavelength observations, radiative transfer theory and laboratory work to characterize planetary solids? This 4-day virtual workshop will bring together observers, modelers and laboratory astronomers to discuss the interpretation of observations of rocks, ices and dust on and around Solar System objects. A large variety of complementary observational techniques will be featured, via invited and contributed presentations, as well as different methods to constrain solids' fundamental properties such as composition, porosity, thermal inertia and grain size distribution. The workshop is organized by the SOFIA Science Center, and a special emphasis will be put on mid- and far-IR data. Each daily 3-hour session will include ample time for moderated interdisciplinary discussions. The fourth day will be dedicated to a moderated discussion on databases, archives and public codes. We welcome attendance from scientists at any career level, especially early career scientists. Attendees are encouraged to submit contributions for posters and short talks, with an abstract submission deadline of March 9, 2021. Registration is free but necessary to attend. For more information and to register, please see: https://sofia-science-series.constantcontactsites.com 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 JOINT NASA EXPLORATION SCIENCE FORUM/EUROPEAN LUNAR SYMPOSIUM SSERVI and its European partner organizations are proud to announce the NASA Exploration Science Forum and European Lunar Symposium, to be held jointly July 13-16, 2021 as a virtual meeting. This conference will bring together scientists from around the world to focus on science which enables human exploration, and science enabled by human exploration. With NASA's Artemis program and its partners from Europe and around the globe, coupled with the developing lunar industry and other missions from NASA and international space agencies, the opportunity for a new generation of lunar science experiments to probe our nearest neighbor has never been greater. This joint conference will explore current and future plans and share new, exciting results in a wide range of fields encompassing exploration science. Another announcement will be sent prior to the end of February when abstract submission is open, with the website and abstract due date. Conference Co-Chairs: Greg Schmidt (Director, SSERVI) Mahesh Anand (The Open University, UK) [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 AOGS 2021 SESSION: ST/PS-03 MAGNETIC FLUX ROPE THROUGHOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM At the 18th Annual AOGS 2021 virtual meeting held between August 1-6, 2021, we will convene a session titled: "ST/PS-03 Magnetic Flux Rope Throughout the Solar System". https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2021/public.asp?page=home.html We invite abstracts that address a wide range of topics on the fundamental physics of magnetic flux ropes from the solar atmosphere to the magnetospheres of Earth and planets (inner and outer planets, including Venus and Mars) using spacecraft observations, theoretical analysis, and numerical simulations. Magnetic flux rope is one of the most fundamental magnetic structures in space plasma physics and are ubiquitous in the Solar System. They can exist in a wide range of spatial scales, from tens-of-million km coronal mass ejection in interplanetary space, to tens-of-thousands km flux transfer events and plasmoid-type flux ropes in global/induced planetary magnetospheres, down to the electron inertial scale length magnetic islands forming during the early stages of reconnection in thin current sheets. Despite having been extensively studied using classical plasma theory, numerical simulations and observations, many aspects of magnetic flux ropes remain unexplored, primarily their origins, dynamics (e.g. plasmoid instability) and their effects on field-aligned current generation, energetic particle acceleration and thermal plasma transport. 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 GOLDSCHMIDT SESSION 1E: SUBSURFACE OCEANS OF ICY BODIES BEYOND EARTH - COMPOSITION, EVOLUTION, AND EXCHANGE PROCESSES Please consider submitting an abstract to the ocean world session at Goldschmidt 2021, taking place on July 4-9. The session will be virtual. The last year has taught us how to carry out a great session, inviting lots of discussion. The deadline for submissions is February 26. Conveners: Mark Fox-Powell, Mohit Melwani Daswani Keynote: Yasuhito Sekine (ELSI) Invited Speaker: Christine Ray (SWRI) In the next decade, a new generation of missions aims to increase our knowledge of ocean worlds. Many fundamental questions remain unanswered, e.g.,: how do ocean and ice shell compositions evolve over geologic time? What core-ocean or ocean-surface exchange processes are presently active? And what tracers of subsurface (bio)geochemistry might be encountered by spacecraft? We invite contributions addressing these and other topics relating to subsurface oceans. Our aim is to foster a highly interdisciplinary forum. We welcome submissions from modelling studies, laboratory experiments, observations, interpretation of existing mission data, preparation for new missions, investigations of natural analogues, etc. Such a coordinated cross-disciplinary approach is required to support upcoming missions and develop a systems-level understanding of ocean worlds. For detailed information, see: https://2021.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/1966 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 INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD (IRB) FOR THE PLANETARY DATA ECOSYSTEM (PDE) The NASA Planetary Science Division (PSD) has established an Independent Review Board (IRB) for the Planetary Data Ecosystem (PDE), defined as the ad hoc connected framework of activities and products that are built upon and support the data collected by planetary space missions and research programs which are primarily NASA funded. The IRB is conducting a review of the PDE with the goal of defining the full environment, identifying missing or overly redundant elements, and providing findings and prioritized, actionable recommendations for PSD's long-term planning in support of the PDE. The PDE IRB will hold open meetings on February 23 and 24 (11am-2pm EST both days) to discuss preliminary findings and recommendations; and on March 2 from 1-3pm EST to present preliminary findings on the PDS. The community is invited to attend any of these meetings as observers (but not as participants). The meetings may be joined by using this link or dial-in number: Join with Google Meet: meet.google.com/fir-ribb-xmm Join by phone: (US) +1 641-569-8600 (PIN: 777029345) Minutes and recordings of past meetings may be found at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/science-data (information is at the bottom of this web page) Questions or comments may be directed to PDEIRB.Input@nress.org 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] PDS: DAWN GRAND PDS4 ARCHIVE RELEASE The Dawn Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector (GRaND) archive is now available in the PDS, updated to the modern PDS4 archiving standard, with revised and enhanced metadata and documentation. (The data files are unchanged from the PDS3 version.) Custom IDL software for ease of access and processing of GRaND data for scientific analysis has been released concurrently in NASA GitHub. To access the GRaND PDS4 archive: https://sbn.psi.edu/pds/resource/dawn/dawngrandPDS4.html To access the GRaND IDL toolbox: https://github.com/nasa/dawn-grand-toolbox AGU poster describing the GRaND PDS4 archive: https://bit.ly/3dt5wbT 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: JUNO DATA RELEASE 14 The Planetary Data System announces the 14th release of data from the JUNO mission. The release includes EDR and RDR level data acquired between 2020-04-11 and 2020-07-25, which covers Juno Orbits 27 and 28. Data sets from the following experiments are now available: FGM (magnetometer) Gravity JADE (plasma) JEDI (energetic particle detector) JIRAM (infrared auroral mapper) JunoCam (camera) MWR (microwave radiometer) SPICE UVS (ultraviolet imaging spectrometer) Waves (radio and plasma wave science) To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20210219.shtml MWR Cruise data has also been reprocessed. EDRs are available at: https://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/PDS/data/jnomwr_0000/ RDRs are available at: https://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/PDS/data/jnomwr_1000/ JUNO data are archived at the PDS Atmospheres (ATM), Imaging (IMG), NAIF, and Planetary Plasma Interactions (PPI) Nodes. The data can be accessed from these nodes' web sites and from the main PDS home page: https://pds.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 [NASA] PDS: MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION DATA RELEASE 24 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce the release of the following data from MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) Release 24, nominally with data to November 2020: EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet Monitor) IUVS (Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph) KP (Insitu Key Parameters) LPW (Langmuir Probe and Waves) ROSE (Radio Occultation Science Experiment) SEP (Solar Energetic Particle) SPICE SWIA (Solar Wind Ion Analyzer) Available soon: ANC (ancillary) MAG (Magnetometer) NGIMS (Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer) STATIC (Supra-Thermal and Thermal Ion Composition) SWEA (Solar Wind Electron Analyzer) No more data is expected from: ACCEL (Accelerometer) To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20210215.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 USGS ASTROGEOLOGY SCIENCE CENTER TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS WORKSHOP Save the Date: The USGS Astrogeology Science Center will be hosting its first Terrestrial Analogs Workshop June 16-18, 2021. The meeting is intended to highlight a wide range of scientific investigations of planetary analog terrains and processes, as well as exploration strategies and orbit-to-ground comparisons. This meeting is planned in coordination with the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers (June 14-16). A decision as to whether the meetings will be virtual, in person, or hybrid will be made later this spring. 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN COSMIC DUST SCIENCE, SWITZERLAND The Astrophysical Dust Group at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, invites applicants for a postdoctoral and phd position in the framework of the European Research Council funded project "The heliosphere and the dust: characterisation of the solar and interstellar neighbourhood". https://astrodust.phys.ethz.ch Postdoc position: https://www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_ethz_ryjk2Yj2JM3MH3WG3w Ph.D. position: https://www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_ethz_Pw3MvM3kDRZTXpC26H Application deadline: March 31, 2021. For questions (not the application): vsterken [-at-] ethz.ch 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 EARLY CAREER SCIENTIST SPOTLIGHTS - NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Would you like to learn about the early career researchers currently working at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)? Check out the first dozen Early Career Scientist Spotlight (ECSS) articles, published here: https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/index.html ECSS articles are posted monthly and showcase the research interests, science motivations, and achievements of early career scientists at NASA GSFC. The ECSS project was initiated to facilitate networking during the pandemic. With almost all current communication limited to virtual interactions, it may be a challenge to keep in touch with colleagues and make new research connections - two very important aspects of having a successful career in research! The primary goal of the ECSS project is to increase the visibility of the Goddard early career scientists both locally and to the broader scientific community. Please feel free to share the featured articles with your colleagues! 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 ASTROMETRY REQUEST FOR TNO OBSERVERS Following the successful exploration of the Pluto system and the classical TNO Arrokoth, new spacecraft mission concepts are being studied to again target dwarf planets and minor bodies of the trans-Neptunian region. One such concept is the Interstellar Probe, currently being studied by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), to explore the outer heliosphere and the local interstellar medium, and it could include a planetary flyby. The following TNO dwarf planets are considered high-priority exploration targets: 2002 MS4; Eris; Gonggong (2007 OR10); Ixion; Orcus; Pluto; Quaoar; Sedna; Varda; Varuna Due to the fast speed of an Interstellar Probe, and thus the difficulty in changing trajectories en route, it is imperative that orbit solutions for these potential targets be well-constrained by the potential start of a mission in the early 2030s. To this end, we ask you to consider the following: (1) Process imaging data in-hand and submitting astrometry to the Minor Planet Center (MPC). (2) Image these targets as back-up observations for your future observing programs. Astrometry from occultations are high-priority measurements. More at: http://interstellarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Science/letter.php 16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16 POSTDOC POSITION(S) IN THE EHLMANN EARTH & PLANETARY REMOTE SENSING LAB AT CALTECH The laboratory of Prof. Bethany Ehlmann plans to hire 1-2 postdocs in (1) Remote Sensing and Remote Compositional Analysis and (2) Aqueous Geochemistry/Mineralogy of Mars. Our lab employs a variety of techniques from geosciences and remote sensing to unravel the composition and history of planetary surfaces as well as advance tools for remote sensing (ehlmann.caltech.edu). We are seeking expressions of interest via a 1-2 page cover letter with CV. A start date is negotiable in 2021. Ehlmann lab postdocs work on the lab's existing projects for the majority of their time but also have freedom to pursue a portion of their research fully independently. Review will begin March 1. For more details on the positions, see: https://forms.gle/dTbFniym7DYNxNFP9 17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN PLANETARY SCIENCES - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND The Small Bodies Group in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park invites applications for up to two Postdoctoral Research Associate positions to work with Tony Farnham and Jessica Sunshine on studies involving the composition and evolution of small bodies in the Solar System. For more information: https://wirtanen.astro.umd.edu/postdoc/ 18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18 NEXT SBAG MEETING WILL BE VIRTUAL The next SBAG meeting (#25) will be held June 7-8, 2021, in a virtual format. Best regards, Bonnie J. Buratti 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 July 4-9, 2021 Goldschmidt2021 Conference https://2021.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2021/meetingapp.cgi Lyon, France August 1-6, 2021 18th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS2021) https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2021 Virtual [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.] 20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas http://psj.aas.org Lower Bounds on the Thickness and Dust Content of Layers within the North Polar Layered Deposits of Mars from Radar Forward Modeling Samuel W. 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