PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 15, Number 24 (June 6, 2021) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Alex Morgan Co-Editors: Georgiana Kramer, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. In Memoriam: Stuart Ross Taylor (1925-2021) 2. This Week's Open Meetings of Decadal Survey Panels 3. [NASA] PDS: MRO CRISM MTRDR and TER Release 17 4. [NASA] PDS: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 57 5. [NASA] PDS: Aperiodic PDS Data Releases in 2021.05 6. [NASA] PDS: OSIRIS-REx Bennu Release 9 7. [NASA] PDS: JUNO Data Release 15 8. [NASA] Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Non-MSIs Fellowships 9. [NASA] Lunar Surface Science Workshop 10. Survey on CLT/SPHERE Data 11. Post-Doc Announcement at INAF-IAPS, Italy 12. A Resource Guide for Dealing with UFO Stories 13. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 14. Rescheduled Titan Through Time Workshop 15. 12th Virtual MEPAG Meeting (VM12) - 1st Information Circular 16. DPS June Virtual Professional Development Workshop 17. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 18. 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 IN MEMORIAM: STUART ROSS TAYLOR (1925-2021) Stuart Ross Taylor, one of the founding fathers of planetary science, passed away on May 23, 2021, in Canberra, Australia. Taylor was involved in the study of lunar samples from the first sample return in July 1969. He was a member of the Preliminary Examination Team at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and carried out the first analysis of the first lunar sample returned to Earth. Taylor lectured at the Universities of Oxford and Cape Town before moving to the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University, where he was an emeritus professor. Taylor's research included the composition and evolution of the Moon, the continental crust, tektites and impact glasses, island arc rocks, and many other topics involving trace element geochemistry. He published 240 papers in scientific journals and nine books. Taylor was awarded the Goldschmidt Medal of the Geochemical Society, the Leonard Medal of the Meteoritical Society, the Bucher Medal and the Bowen Award of the American Geophysical Union, the Gilbert Award of the Geological Society of America, and the Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award. Asteroid 5670 is named Rosstaylor. For the full memoriam: https://tinyurl.com/3ukj2pv6 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 THIS WEEK'S OPEN MEETINGS OF DECADAL SURVEY PANELS There are no open meetings during the week of June 7-11. For more information on the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032, go to: https://bit.ly/PSADS_general 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] PDS: MRO CRISM MTRDR AND TER RELEASE 17 PDS announces Release 17 of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM Targeted Empirical Data Record (TER) and Map-projected Targeted Reduced Data Record (MTRDR) products, at: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mro/crism.htm This release fills in data from August 9, 2008, through April 26, 2009. TER products are image cubes derived from CRISM hyperspectral targeted observations, post-processed to standardize the illumination and observation geometry and remove atmospheric gas absorptions and instrument artifacts. MTRDRs are the same products map-projected using terrain models of the Martian surface. To access all PDS Data Releases, please visit: 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/ 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] PDS: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 57 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 57 of data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). This release contains raw, calibrated, and derived data products nominally covering the time period August 9, 2020, through November 8, 2020. Some instrument teams are delivering more recent data. The data are archived at various PDS nodes. CRISM, SHARAD, Radio Science: Geosciences Node HiRISE, CTX, MARCI: Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node MCS: Atmospheres Node SPICE: NAIF Node No new Radio Science data will be produced. The data may be accessed at: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mro/ For a view centered on this release: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20210601.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/ MRO data releases occur every three months. The next release is scheduled for September 1, 2021. 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] PDS: APERIODIC PDS DATA RELEASES IN 2021.05 In May 2021, PDS ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: 2021.05.07 Mars Express: MRS Raw Radio Science Extended Mission 3 2021.05.11 Radio Science Documentation Version 3.0 2021.05.14 Mars Express: MRS Raw Radio Science Extended Mission 3,4 2021.05.27 Mars Express: MRS Raw Radio Science Extended Mission 4 2021.05.28 Polarimetry of Asteroid Itokawa 2021.05.28 Gaskell Itokawa Shape Model V1.1 2021.05.28 Gaskell Eros Shape Model V1.1 2021.05.28 Roberts Eros Ponds Catalog V1.1 2021.05.28 Asteroid (101955) Bennu Radar Shape Model V1.1 To access those data: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20210531.shtml To access all data archived in PDS: https://pds.nasa.gov 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 [NASA] PDS: OSIRIS-REX BENNU RELEASE 9 This release of OSIRIS-REx data includes the following data, through November 17, 2020: TAGCAMS raw OTES raw and calibrated (OVIRS took no data in this time range) OCAMS Bennu 9 release has been delayed to July 15, 2021. These data are now available at: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20210601b.shtml or more directly from: https://arcnav.psi.edu/urn:nasa:pds:orex.tagcams https://arcnav.psi.edu/urn:nasa:pds:orex.otes To access all data archived in PDS: https://pds.nasa.gov 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 [NASA] PDS: JUNO DATA RELEASE 15 The Planetary Data System announces the 15th release of data from the JUNO mission. The release includes EDR and RDR level data acquired between 2020-07-25 and 2020-11-08, which covers Juno Orbits 29 and 30. 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-20210604.shtml 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 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 [NASA] MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS (MSIS) AND NON-MSIS FELLOWSHIPS NASA intends to award multiple research training grants in FY 2021 to assist faculty and students in research and to provide authentic STEM engagement related to NASA missions. Program Elements Two and Three are open for both Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Non-MSIs. Program Element Two: proposals due June 30, 2021 Program Element Three: proposals due July 19, 2021 To be eligible, candidates must be U.S. citizens or a national who hold a bachelor's degree earned before August 31, 2021; be enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program no later than September 1, 2021; and intend to pursue a research-based Masters or Ph.D. program in a NASA-relevant field. Each fellow's institution receives up to a $55,000 annual award ($50,000 for Master's student and $55,000 for Doctoral student), pending available Congressional funding. Pre-registration for the second informational webinar on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET is mandatory. Visit solicitation website and click on the link under Notices. To submit a question to be addressed during the webinar please contact NASA.Fellowships@nasaprs.com. You are expected to familiarize yourself with the solicitation document prior to asking a question. For full program details, visit: https://bit.ly/3cjvhtG [Edited for length] 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] LUNAR SURFACE SCIENCE WORKSHOP The NASA Biological and Physical Sciences Division is hosting a workshop on fundamental and applied research on the Moon on August 18-19, 2021. This workshop will bring together the science community, commercial companies, and NASA Divisions and Programs with the goals of discussing investigations on reduced gravity and lunar environmental effects in physical sciences research for sustained lunar human habitation and in preparation for human exploration to Mars and to inform and inspire the science community to contribute white papers for the Biological and Physical Sciences Decadal Survey. Abstract submission deadline: June 18, 2021, 5:00 p.m. U.S. Central Daylight Time (GMT -5) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lunarsurface2020/abstracts/ Abstracts are solicited for presentations concerning reduced gravity and environmental effects of the Moon on physical systems: -Lunar dust and its properties, behavior, and mitigation -Life support and thermal management -Materials flammability and habitat fire safety -Extraction of water-ice from regolith research, including separation, purification, electrolysis, and liquefaction -Lunar environment and its effects on materials -Lunar research in extraction, processing, and handling -Lunar research for advanced manufacturing -Fundamental physics research on the lunar surface Registration fees are not being collected, but registration is required. Registration Deadline: August 13, 2021 [Edited for length] 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 SURVEY ON VLT/SPHERE DATA We have implemented a survey to get feedback from any researcher who might be interested in VLT/SPHERE data and other high contrast imaging survey data, so that we can improve our services and implement new functionalities based on your real needs. This survey is aimed both at researchers who already know these services and at researchers who do not know them yet. The main mission of the SPHERE Data Center is to process all SPHERE public data and make available the reduced products. We also perform data processing on request. The reduction and analysis is based on the official ESO pipeline, as well as many dedicated improvements and additional routines (reduction, frame sorting, analysis, characterisation). In addition to reduced SPHERE data, through the DIVA+ database, we also distribute reduced high contrast imaging data from several published exoplanet surveys (acquired VLT/Naco, HST, Keck, etc.). If you are interested by this kind of data, please fill the survey before June 17 of June: https://spheredc.limesurvey.net/497529?lang=en It should take between 5-15 minutes and will be of considerable help for us to improve our service to the astronomical community. [Edited for length] 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 POST-DOC ANNOUNCEMENT AT INAF-IAPS, ITALY One post doc position at INAF-IAPS Italy, entitled: "Modeling of surfaces of solid bodies of the Solar System and comparison with data from space probes and terrestrial analogues in the laboratory" based on projects "EXOMARS / Ma_MISS, DAWN, ROSETTA/VIRTIS". More information at: https://bit.ly/2TBhzMg Mail: mariacristina.desanctis@inaf.it 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR DEALING WITH UFO STORIES There has been a recent increase in stories regarding UFO's as mysteries related to extra-terrestrials. Working with the UFO subcommittee of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (and such astronomers as David Morrison and Seth Shostak), Andrew Fraknoi has assembled a one-page guide for colleagues who are getting questions on this topic. This resource can familiarize scientists, educators, students, and journalists with more of the backstory and what proper analyses can show. The page is available free at: http://bit.ly/ufoskeptic 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The June 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 Spiders Recreated in the Laboratory", contributed by Dr. Lauren McKeown (The Open University, UK). You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Twitter: @PlanetGeomorpho or Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology Best wishes, Frances Butcher (Chair, IAG Planetary Geomorphology working group) 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 RESCHEDULED TITAN THROUGH TIME WORKSHOP The previously postponed Titan Through Time 5 Workshop has been rescheduled and will be held as an in-person meeting with a virtual attendance option August 10-12, 2021 at the University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (CU-LASP). Please see https://titanthroughtime.org/ for more information. 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 12TH VIRTUAL MEPAG MEETING (VM12) - 1ST INFORMATION CIRCULAR Members of the Mars community, I cordially invite you to participate in the next virtual meeting (VM12) of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), scheduled on Monday, June 21, 2021, from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. EDT, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. PDT. Agenda items are expected to include updates about the following: MEPAG, Mars Exploration Program, and Mars Sample Return Program Mars Ice Mapper MEP Strategic Planning Recent Mars Mission Activity The VM12 agenda and 2nd Information Circular will be shared in early June on the MEPAG meeting website: https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm WebEx connectivity information will be included in the 2nd Information Circular. 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 If you have a comment or question about the meeting, please email mepagmeetingqs@jpl.nasa.gov. Additional meeting information, including the agenda, will be posted to: https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm 16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16 DPS JUNE VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Postdoctoral Opportunities in National Labs, Research Institutes & Universities: A Community Conversation - DPS June Virtual Professional Development Workshop Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Time: 2 pm Eastern, 1 pm Central, 12 pm Mountain, 11 am Pacific, 8 am Hawaii, 8 pm CEST (Central European) Duration: ~1 hr Place: Virtual Join us for an interactive question and answer session all about postdoc positions. All are welcome! The professional development subcommittee of the DPS has assembled a panel of experts from various institutions and fields and also student moderators for the event. We will cover as many topics as are of interest to the audience, and plan to have a slack channel for asynchronous questions and answers as well. Please note this event is, free, open to all, and you do not need to be a DPS member or registered for the fall DPS meeting to attend. More information and the signup page can be found here: http://bit.ly/DPS_Postdocs. We hope to see you there! 17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html October 3-8, 2021 53rd Meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences https://aas.org/meetings/dps53 Online July 17-23, 2022 International Conference on Aeolian Research https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/events/icar2022/index.html Swakopmund, Namibia [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.] 18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas http://psj.aas.org No new papers. *********************************************************************** * 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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