PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 16, Number 15 (April 10, 2022) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Alex Morgan, Georgiana Kramer Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) Steering Committee Positions Open 2. EPSC Session TP5: Mars Science and Exploration 3. PhD Position in Atmosphere/Exosphere Modeling at University of Bern, Switzerland 4. [NASA] TOPS Community Panel Nominations 5. Lowell Observatory - Tenure Track Position(s) 6. Inaugural Forming and Exploring Habitable Worlds Meeting 7. ICAR 2022 in Namibia (July 17-23) has been cancelled 8. Rocky Worlds II Conference 9. FLOW Coffee Hour: How to get Field Work Funded (Special Emphasis on Antarctica) 10. [NASA] Request for Information: Interest in Competing for Operation of the Lunar and Planetary Institute 11. [NASA] SMD Community Town Hall April 19, 2022 12. ICPAE Monthly Seminar 13. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 14. 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 SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG) STEERING COMMITTEE POSITIONS OPEN Three positions are open for the Steering Committee of the Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG), with three-year terms starting in August 2022. The Committee organizes SBAG meetings, writes the official SBAG findings, and takes a leadership role in other activities where community input on topics of interest is needed. In addition to a member in Planetary Defense who works to understand the population of small bodies that may impact our planet, we seek two at-large members in any area of small body research at any career stage. The application requires: 1) a two-page CV, including a description of participation in SBAG or other small bodies organizations, and 2) a short (300 words maximum) statement of interest. Criteria for selection are: participation in small bodies community organizations, leadership experience, and relevant research or mission experience. In support of diversity, applicants may specify gender, whether they belong to an underrepresented group in STEM, or other additional relevant information. Send applications to Bonnie Buratti (bonnie.buratti@jpl.nasa.gov) by May 6, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT. New members will be announced at the 27th Meeting of SBAG, June 7-9, 2022. Bonnie Buratti, SBAG Steering Committee Chair https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/ 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 EPSC SESSION TP5: MARS SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION EuroPlanet Science Congress Granada, Spain September 18-23, 2022 https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2022/session/44590 Abstract submission deadline: May 18 2022, 0600 CDT/1300 CEST The aim of this session is to share the knowledge and experience gained by all Mars exploration programmes, both in Europe and worldwide, to promote synergies among the various missions in operations and development. We welcome contributions from any field of Mars science and exploration, in particular mission status and instrument overviews of latest scientific results and technical developments. These include latest results and new challenges for all operational orbiters (Mars Express, ExoMars TGO, Odyssey, MRO, MAVEN, Mangalyaan/MOM, Tianwen-1, Hope), surface assets (MSL, Insight, Mars2020, Tianwen-1), and preparations for the new missions (ExoMars RSP, MMX, Mars Sample Return, etc). We welcome contributions from any field of Mars science and exploration, in particular latest scientific results and instrument overviews. This includes latest results from all operational orbiters (Mars Express, ExoMars TGO, Odyssey, MRO, MAVEN, Mangalyaan/MOM, Tianwen-1, Hope) and surface assets (MSL, Insight, Mars2020, Tianwen-1), and preparations for the new missions (ExoMars RSP, MMX, Mars Sample Return, etc). Conveners: Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo, Eleni Bohaceck, Csilla Orgel, Lucie Riu, Elliot Sefton-Nash, Colin Wilson 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 PHD POSITION IN ATMOSPHERE/EXOSPHERE MODELING AT UNIVERSITY OF BERN, SWITZERLAND The goal of the PhD position is to extend our exosphere model to cover the collisional regime in atmospheres below with a Direct Simulation Monte Carlo module and coupling to our existing model. This model will be used to study atmospheres of planetary objects in our own Solar System (mainly the jovian icy moons) as well as exoplanets. The PhD position is part of the National Centre of Competence in Research Planets at the University of Bern: https://nccr-planets.ch/de/ The work will be carried out in close collaboration within the NCCR at the national level and within the upcoming ESA and NASA Jupiter missions at the international level. The deadline for applications is 29 April 2022, the position is available from 1 June 2022. An MSc in physics, astrophysics or similar experience is required. Proficient English language skills, both written and spoken, are also required; German language skills are a plus. Experience in programming is necessary. Applicants should send a complete application, including a cover letter describing your motivation and qualifications for the position, a CV, as single PDF file to: Dr. Audrey Vorburger +41 31 684 44 16 audrey.vorburger@unibe.ch https://tinyurl.com/26ksfuju 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] TOPS COMMUNITY PANEL NOMINATIONS The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is seeking persons to serve on a community panel for NASA's Transform to Open Science (TOPS) and Year of Open Science initiatives. TOPS is a program of the Open-Source Science Initiative (OSSI) within the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). To spark change and inspire open science engagement, OSSI has created the TOPS mission and declared 2023 as the Year of Open Science. Community panel members shall provide input on TOPS mission, goals, partnerships, and activities. For informstion and to express interest in participating, go to: https://science.nasa.gov/open-science-overview/TOPS-community-panel Travel reimbursement to any in-person panel events will be provided. Additionally, non-civil servant panelists will receive a $1200 per day honorarium. We expect to hold two 1.5-day panel events. The first session (virtual) will be held during the week of May 16, 2022. The second session will be held in ~October 2022. The request for panelists closes April 15, 2022. [Edited for length] 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 LOWELL OBSERVATORY - TENURE TRACK POSITION(S) Lowell Observatory invites applications for one or more tenure-track positions in astronomy or planetary science. A complete job description and instructions on how to apply can be found on our employment page: https://lowell.edu/about/career-opportunities/ Inquiries may be sent to Catie Blazek at humanresources@lowell.edu 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 INAUGURAL FORMING AND EXPLORING HABITABLE WORLDS MEETING It is now only a few weeks until the close, on April 22, of early bird registration and abstract submission for the inaugural Forming and Exploring Habitable Worlds Meeting taking place in Edinburgh on the week beginning November 7, 2022. Further information is available at: https://www.habitableworlds.co.uk All those considering joining via the virtual access option are urged to register early! The meeting's website provides travel information to help those planning to attend in-person. Potential delegates are reminded that there are thematic publishing projects dedicated to this meeting. Within recent weeks additional sponsorship has been gained. Please familiarise yourself with the event's bursary provisions that are intended to relieve financial burdens for those accessing the event virtually, in-person presenters, and those not yet in secure positions who wish to attend the retreat to Gartmore House in Stirlingshire. Apply by April 25! The retreat to Gartmore House provides a short-course intended to benefit those building their careers in academia and beyond. Looking forward to engaging with your work at the meeting! [Edited for length] 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 ICAR 2022 IN NAMIBIA (JULY 17-23) HAS BEEN CANCELLED The Conference Organisers and ISAR Board are extremely sorry to announce that the International Conference on Aeolian Research to be held in Swakopmund, Namibia in July 2022 has been cancelled owing to the ongoing difficulties with the pandemic. The Organising Committee will be in touch as soon as possible with delegates who had previously registered for the Conference, and also with sponsors. If you have any queries please contact icar2022@ouce.ox.ac.uk. The Organisers would like to thank you for all your patient support over the last two years. ICAR will return... 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 ROCKY WORLDS II CONFERENCE July 4-8, 2022 Oxford, United Kingdom In-person registration deadline: 15 April, 2022 https://www.rockyworlds.org The detailed understanding gleaned from the terrestrial planets in the Solar System is crucial in the interpretation of extrasolar planets. As the characterisation of these new planetary systems proceeds, it in turn improves our understanding of the Solar System, and in particular of how potentially habitable worlds form, evolve, and are distributed throughout the galaxy. The Rocky Worlds conference series brings together planetary scientists, astronomers, and earth scientists to foster discussion and build collaborations that will pave the way for the next decade of rocky exoplanet discovery and characterisation. Invited speakers: Nathalie Carrasco, Rebecca Fischer, Sascha Quanz, Elishevah van Kooten, Allona Vazan, Masahiro Ikoma Scientific organisers: Tim Lichtenberg, Amy Bonsor, Vivien Parmentier, James Bryson, Oliver Shorttle, Colin Wilson, Jayne Birkby, Ray Pierrehumbert 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 FLOW COFFEE HOUR: HOW TO GET FIELD WORK FUNDED (SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON ANTARCTICA) Future Leaders of Ocean Worlds (FLOW) is hosting a coffee hour Monday April 18 at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET on the topic of field work. Join to hear tips for getting field work funded with a special discussion on Antarctica! There will be a short presentation from each of our panelists followed by a Q&A. You can also submit your questions ahead of time by visiting FLOW's site: https://oceanworlds.space/flow/ Panelists: Dr. Mary Voytek, Senior Scientist for Astrobiology in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA HQ and Program Officer for NASA's Planetary Science and Technology through Analog Research (PSTAR). Dr. Britney Schmidt, Associate Professor Astronomy and Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University. Dr. Andre Belem, Oceanography Professor at Universidade Federal Fluminense. Webex Information: Date & Time: Monday, April 18th, 10 am PT / 1 pm ET | 1 hour Link: FLOW Coffee Hour: Field Work (w/emphasis on Antarctica) Hosted by Laura Rodriguez Meeting Link: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m547b507e8944b1bbc4fe8acdfc6638f2 Meeting number: 2760 073 4161 Password: f8jBSMp5Nr5 Join by phone: +1-510-210-8882 USA Toll Access code: 276 007 34161 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] REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: INTEREST IN COMPETING FOR OPERATION OF THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTTITUTE This email announces the release of a Request for Information (RFI) via NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) that seeks information that may influence the formulation of a solicitation(s) to continue activities operated via a Lunar and Planetary Institute. Over 50 years ago, the National Academy of Sciences recommended the creation of an independent-of-NASA Lunar Science Institute that was renamed the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in 1978. LPI is not a NASA facility, and it does not share a fiscal identity with NASA nor is it a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). Currently, NASA funds an LPI to be located close to NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) and to enable the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters to further NASA's Planetary Science Goals. The purpose of this RFI is to identify entities that have an interest in submitting a credible proposal(s) to carry out the activities-of-interest-to-NASA that are listed in Section 4 of the RFI entitled "Interest in Competing for Operation of the Lunar and Planetary Institute" available at short URL: https://go.nasa.gov/RFI22LP [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 [NASA] SMD COMMUNITY TOWN HALL, APRIL 19, 2022 NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas H. Zurbuchen and his leadership team on Tuesday April 19 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss updates to NASA's science program and share current status of NASA activities. Members of SMD, the science community, academia, the media, and the public are invited to participate by joining at: https://tinyurl.com/2p977cut If prompted, please use event number 2761 572 5402, followed by event password FPhHmMUs284. Participants are invited to submit their questions below and/or vote up questions already posted. To ask a question, go to https://nasa.cnf.io/sessions/d434/#!/dashboard Users must provide their first and last name and organization and can submit their own questions or vote up questions submitted by others. The meeting leaders will try to answer as many of the submitted questions as possible. Presentation materials will be available for download and a recording will be available later that day at: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/virtual-townhall 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 ICPAE MONTHLY WEBINAR Title: Winds, Water and Weather of Jupiter's Atmosphere Speaker: Cheng Li (University of Michigan, USA) Apr 14 Thu 01:00 UTC (= Apr 13 9PM in New York, Apr 14 9AM in Beijing, 14th 3AM in Paris) Webinar link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84289863791?pwd=ZVBKTlhzZkZXOXRaZjA3dU9zY0NYZz09 Details can be found in the link below: https://tinyurl.com/bdvd7mxd The International Commission on Planetary Atmospheres and Evolution (ICPAE), which is one of the commissions of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS), organizes a monthly webinar. The primary objective of our webinar series is to provide researchers with updates on new findings and techniques on planetary atmospheres from across the world. 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 MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Note: Most face-to-face meetings going forward will have online components. Check their websites for details. Posted at https://planetarynews.org/meetings.html November 2-4, 2022 Exoplanets in Our Backyard 2 https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/exoplanets2022/ Pasadena, CA [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.] 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org Winter Weakening of Titan's Stratospheric Polar Vortices J. Shultis et al. 2022 PSJ 3:73 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac5ea1 Mixing of Condensable Constituents with H-He during the Formation and Evolution of Jupiter David J. Stevenson et al. 2022 PSJ 3:74 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac5c44 Geologic Context of the OSIRIS-REx Sample Site from High-resolution Topography and Imaging O. S. Barnouin et al. 2022 PSJ 3:75 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac5597 Neptune's Pole-on Magnetosphere: Dayside Reconnection Observations by Voyager 2 Jamie M. Jasinski et al. 2022 PSJ 3:76 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac5967 Optical Properties of Cyanoacetylene Ices in the Far- to Near-infrared with Direct Relevance to Titan's Stratospheric Ice Clouds Melissa S. Ugelow and Carrie M. 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