PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 17, Number 10 (March 5, 2023) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes, Co-Editors: Matthew R. Perry, Alex Morgan Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Planet Characterization in the Solar System and the Galaxy 2024 2. Upcoming SPICE Training Class in Spain 3. ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme 4. [NASA] RFI: Draft Federal Strategy to Advance an Integrated U.S. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Information System (GHGMIS) Released 5. Postdoc Position Searching for Asteroid Binaries in Gaia Data at OCA in Nice, France for Review and Public Comment 6. International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR) Abstract Deadline Extended to March 14 7. [NASA] PDS: Aperiodic Data Releases in 2023.02 8. [NASA] PDS: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 64 9. Job Opening: Planetary Scientist at NASA Astrophysics Data System 10. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 11. OPAG Townhall at LPSC 12. AGU Honors Nominations Due April 12 13. Mercury Science and Exploration February 2023 Newsletter Released 14. LEAG CLOC-SAT Report 15. Ancient and Future Brines Abstract Deadline Extended to March 10, 2023 16. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Sixteen Years Observing a Changing Mars 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 PLANET CHARACTERIZATION IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE GALAXY 2024 The Planet Characterization in the Solar System and the Galaxy 2024 meeting will be held February 21-23, 2024, at LPI in Houston. We are looking for 6-8 members to join the program committee to help assemble the program schedule, invited speakers, and submitted abstracts for talks and posters. Diverse representation is desired, including a combination of experts in Solar System planets and exoplanets. If you are interested in serving on the program committee, please email Kirby Runyon at krunyon@psi.edu with your indication of interest by Friday, March 10, 2023 with "Planet Characterization" in the subject line. More information is at: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/planetcharacterization2024/ Please share this with students, postdocs, and others you may know who could be interested. 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 UPCOMING SPICE TRAINING CLASS IN SPAIN The ESA SPICE Service together with NAIF announce the next SPICE training class will take place April 18-21, 2023 at the European Space Astronomy Center (ESAC) in Madrid, Spain. The combination of the announcement letter and registration form are available at: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/spice/training-class-april-2023 Registration is required, the sooner the better but no later than April 1. Seating is limited and will be offered in the order in which firm registrations are received. 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 ESA ARCHIVAL RESEARCH VISITOR PROGRAMME To increase the scientific return from its space science missions, the European Space Agency (ESA) welcomes applications from scientists interested in pursuing research projects based on data publicly available in the ESA Space Science Archives. The ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme is open to scientists, at all career levels, affiliated with institutes in ESA Member States and Collaborating States. Early-career scientists, including PhD students, are particularly encouraged to apply. During their stay, visiting scientists will have access to archives and mission specialists for help with the retrieval, calibration, and analysis of archival data. In principle, all areas of space research covered by ESA science missions can be supported. Residence lasts typically between one and three months, also distributed over multiple visits. Research projects can be carried out at ESAC (Madrid, Spain) and at ESTEC (Noordwijk, Netherlands). To offset the expenses incurred by visitors, ESA covers travel costs and provides support for lodging expenses and meals. Applications received before 1 May 2023 will be considered for visits in autumn 2023 and winter 2024. For further details, including areas of research and contact information, please write to arvp@cosmos.esa.int or refer to: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/visitor-programme 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] RFI: DRAFT FEDERAL STRATEGY TO ADVANCE AN INTEGRATED U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS MONITORING AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (GHGMIS) RELEASED FOR REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENT Release Date: February 27, 2023 Response Date: April 4, 2023 https://go.nasa.gov/USGGMIDraftFederalStrategy This announces the release of 1) a draft interagency report entitled, "Federal Strategy to Advance an Integrated U.S. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Information System" (GHGMIS Strategy) and 2) an associated GHGMIS Strategy Request for Information (RFI). Go to: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/ Select "Solicitations" at the top of the page; input "NNH23ZDA009L" in the search box on the next page. The RFI seeks information for planning purposes only. Neither NASA nor the GHG IWG intend to award a contract or assistance, i.e., grant or cooperative agreement, funding at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to the RFI are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. RFI Point of Contact (POC): kenneth.w.jucks@nasa.gov (Subject line: "GHGMIS RFI Question/Clarification") Note: Before emailing the POC, please visit NSPIRES and carefully review 1) the DRAFT interagency GHGMIS Strategy; 2) RFI's full text and 3) any Q&As. [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 POSTDOC POSITION SEARCHING FOR ASTEROID BINARIES IN GAIA DATA AT OCA IN NICE, FRANCE The GaiaMoons research project, supported by the French national research agency ANR, started on 1 Dec 2022 and aims at detecting and characterising asteroid satellites by exploiting the ultra-accurate astrometry obtained by the Gaia mission of the European Space Agency. At the level of accuracy of Gaia, astrometric discovery of satellites can become an efficient technique, potentially exploring ranges of sizes and separations that remain difficult to access from the ground. Satellites discovered by astrometry should be validated and characterised through other techniques, including photometry and stellar occultations. Fully characterised systems can give access to fundamental asteroid properties such as density and shapes. This position is for three years and focused on exploiting astrometry from Gaia DR3 (published in June 2023), the forthcoming Focused Data Release (FDR, end of 2023) and DR4. Go to: https://tinyurl.com/5n738u44 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 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AEOLIAN RESEARCH (ICAR) ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 14 Abstracts are being accepted through March 14 for the International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR XI). Go to: https://www.icarxi.com/attend/registration/ ICAR will be held July 10-14, 2023 at the Las Cruces Convention Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico and includes a field trip to White Sands National Park and the Jornada Experimental Range. Aeolian-related abstracts from the planetary community are strongly encouraged. Student and Early Career travel grant applications are being accepted. Review will begin on March 15 and applications accepted through May 31. Sessions: - Aerodynamics and Sediment Transport - Anthropogenic Interactions - Coastal Environments - Dunes and Bedforms - Dust - Experiments and Instrumentation - Interactions with Vegetation - Modelling and Numerical Simulations - Paleoenvironments - Planetary Special Sessions: - Restoration and remediation - Field Instrumentation Demonstration 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: APERIODIC DATA RELEASES IN 2023.02 In February 2023, PDS ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: - 2023.02.22 Mars Express: HRSC radiometrically calibrated RDRs ext8 V4.0 - 2023.02.14 Hendrix IUE asteroid reflectance spectra - 2023.02.09 Rosetta: RPC-MIP,RPC-LAP cross-calibrated data - 2023.02.09 Rosetta: RPC-MIP derived data To access those data: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20230228.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 [NASA] PDS: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 64 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 64 of data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). This release contains raw, calibrated, and derived data products nominally covering the time period May 9 through August 8, 2022. Some instrument teams are delivering more recent data. The data are archived at various PDS nodes: - CRISM, SHARAD, and Radio Science data at the Geosciences Node - HiRISE, CTX, and MARCI data at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node - MCS data at the Atmospheres Node - SPICE data at the NAIF Node The data may be accessed at: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mro/ For a view centered on this release, go to: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20230301.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 June 1, 2023. 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 JOB OPENING: PLANETARY SCIENTIST AT NASA ASTROPHYSICS DATA SYSTEM The NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), hosted at the Center for Astrophysics since 1993 in Cambridge, MA, is one of the world's most powerful digital information systems and is expanding its services to serve all of NASA's Science Mission Directorate disciplines. The ADS has an opening for a Planetary Scientist who will work to establish and maintain the ADS as a world leading information resource for Planetary and Space Sciences. Duties of this job include serving as the principal ADS scientific resource for Planetary Science, developing new methods to search, discover, and use research data and publications, and serving as a research scientist at the intersection of Planetary and Information Science. The employee will devote 30% of their time to do original research in Astrophysics. Go to: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/about/careers/ 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The March image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: https://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "A Field Guide to an Ancient Martian Lake Bed" and is contributed by Dr. Zach Dickeson, Natural History Museum, London, UK You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Twitter (@PlanetGeomorpho) or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology Best wishes, Frances Butcher (Chair, IAG Planetary Geomorphology working group) 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 OPAG TOWNHALL AT LPSC OPAG will host a community townhall discussion, including Q&A with NASA HQ's Stephen Rinehart. Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Indian Springs room (at the Woodlands Marriott) 11:35 AM - 12:35 PM CT Remote participation: https://tinyurl.com/u6bbahsd Meeting ID: 896 5158 5677 Passcode: 794387 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 AGU HONORS NOMINATIONS DUE APRIL 12 Please don't forget to nominate your wonderful, deserving colleagues for AGU Honors. All of the information can be found at: https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors The deadline is April 12! 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 MERCURY SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION FEBRUARY 2023 NEWSLETTER RELEASED The Mercury Exploration Assessment Group (MExAG) is circulating Issue 10 of "The Mercury Newsletter". The quarterly community newsletter can be accessed online at: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mexag/newsletter/ This newsletter shares Mercury science and exploration news, debriefs from the third Annual MExAG Meeting, spotlights early-career researchers, notes upcoming meetings, and highlights recent publications. Please send your Mercury community announcements and calendar items for inclusion in the newsletter to the MExAG Steering Committee to mexag.sc@gmail.com. 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 LEAG CLOC-SAT REPORT LEAG's Continuous Lunar Orbital Capabilities Specific Action Team (CLOC-SAT) Final Report is now available on the LEAG website: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/leag The Report addresses measurements, technologies, and architectures that will enable NASA's science and exploration objectives for the next decade and beyond. In addition, two key tables are also available online in Excel format. The CLOC-SAT team thanks the community for their involvement in this effort and SSERVI (especially Jennifer Baer) for helping produce the Final Report. The team sincerely hopes that this document is useful to all stakeholders in lunar orbital capabilities immediately and well into the future. I also want to extend my gratitude to Drs. Carle Pieters, Ben Greenhagen and the rest of the team (Drs. Tim Glotch, Lauren Jozwiak, John Keller, Paul Lucey, Mark Robinson, Angela Stickle, Julie Stopar, James Tuttle Keane & ex-officios Drs. Amy Fagan, Kelsey Young, Brett Denevi, Ben Bussey, and Jose Hurtado) for their extended work. This was not a small undertaking and I know that everyone's time is very valuable. Please join me in thanking the entire team! CLOC-SAT Final Report Direct Link: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/leag/reports/CLOC-SAT_Report.pdf To the Moon, Amy Fagan, PhD Chair, Lunar Exploration Analysis Group 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 ANCIENT AND FUTURE BRINES ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 10, 2023 The Ancient and Future Brines hybrid conference will be held in Reno, Nevada, from May 15-18, 2023, with an optional field trip on May 19. This is the final conference of the Brines Across the Solar System series. Abstracts will be due March 10, 2023 (5PM CST). Go to: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/ancientfuturebrines2023 This conference will focus on understanding: 1. The formation, location, and potential habitability of ancient brines on early planetary bodies 2. The role of ancient brines in the origins of life and habitable environments 3. The technology involved in the detection and characterization of brines on planetary bodies (both in situ and in returned samples) 4. The technology involved in mitigating brines in the detection and characterization of biosignatures 5. The role and impact of brine systems for In Situ Resource Utilization The optional field trip will be at a brines location (finalizing locations, more information coming soon) and will have a connection to technology development and instruments for detecting brines on Earth and elsewhere, including having instrumentation demonstrations. [Edited for length] 16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16 MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER: SIXTEEN YEARS OBSERVING A CHANGING MARS For 16 years, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has used its three cameras, multi-spectral imaging spectrometer, shallow radar, and atmospheric sounder to observe the surface, subsurface, and atmosphere of Mars at unprecedented spatial resolution and with expanded coverage in space and time. Over time, these observing capabilities have changed in response both to the technical changes inherent in a long-lived deep-space mission and to operational planning changes in response to what the MRO observations were telling us about the planet itself. For instance, although designed to "follow the water" of an ancient Mars climate, the very high spatial resolution imaging and growing timeline of observations has enabled MRO to reveal unprecedented changes occurring on the planet today. A special upcoming issue of Icarus will give an overview of the evolving capabilities of MRO and its investigations, its key findings, and evolving strategies. It will also include latest findings, together with plans for the ongoing exploration of Mars by MRO. Submission Open: Now Submission Deadline: Extended to May 1, 2023 Go to: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/icarus/about/call-for-papers Please select "Article Type = SI: MRO: 16 Years at Mars." Guest editors: Rich Zurek and Leslie Tamppari 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 Note: Most face-to-face meetings going forward will have online components. Check their websites for details. Posted at https://planetarynews.org/meetings.html April 11-12, 2023 MEPAG Hybrid Meeting #40 https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mepag/meetings/mepagapril2023/ Washington, DC April 26, 2023 Space Technology Competitive Opportunities Workshop https://lsic.jhuapl.edu/Events/Agenda/index.php?id=441 Laurel, MD June 6-9, 2023 23rd Meeting of the Space Resources Roundtable https://learn.mines.edu/srr/ Golden, CO September 25-29, 2023 Origin and Fate of Dust in Our Universe https://cosmic-dust-sweden.sciencesconf.org Goteborg, Sweden October 1-6, 2023 55th Annual Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) Meeting Joint with the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) https://aas.org/meetings/dps55 San Antonio, TX December 4-8, 2023 ALMA at 10 Years: Past, Present, and Future https://almaobservatory.org/en/alma-at-10-years-past-present-and-future Online February 21-23, 2024 Planet Characterization in the Solar System and the Galaxy Workshop https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/planetcharacterization2024 Online [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 Direct Links to Open Source Papers Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org The Dynamical Consequences of a Super-Earth in the Solar System Stephen R. Kane 2023 PSJ 4:38 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acbb6b Functionality of Ice Line Latitudinal EBM Tenacity (FILLET). Protocol Version 1.0. A CUISINES Intercomparison Project Russell Deitrick et al. 2023 PSJ 4:39 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acba05 Erratum: "FUV Observations of the Inner Coma of 46P/Wirtanen" (2021, PSJ, 2, 8) John W. Noonan et al. 2023 PSJ 4:40 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acbcc0 Constraints on the Size and Composition of the Ancient Martian Atmosphere from Coupled CO2-N2-Ar Isotopic Evolution Models Trent B. Thomas et al. 2023 PSJ 4:41 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acb924 *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at https://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your email address, go to * https://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.php. * * 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. Title plus text is limited to 200 words. All PEN * submissions will be tweeted @pen2tweets. Please submit a 234 (or * fewer) character tweet. Alternatively, the editorial staff will * create one for you. 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