PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 17, Number 27 (June 18, 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. PhD position at German Aerospace Center in Berlin 2. Abstract Submission Open for FAIRPLAY Workshop 3. AGU Session P017: Forward to the Moon - Lunar Exploration Science 4. AGU Session P025: Martian Aqueous Processes Inferred from Observations, Analogs, and Experiments 5. AGU Session P038: Small Solar System Bodies - Sample Returns, JWST, Ground-based Astronomy and More 6. AGU Session P042: Ultraviolet Observing of Solar System Targets 7. Summer School on Volcanism, Plate Tectonics, Hydrothermal Vents and Life 8. Commercial Space Exploration and Travel - Chances and Risks 9. NASA Dawn Mission Global Geologic Maps of Vesta and Ceres Available for Download 10. Io GIS Database V1 Available for Download 11. [NASA] PDS: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 54 12. DPS Travel Grant Available for Underrepresented Minority Communities to Attend DPS and NSBP 13. LEAG Seeking New Executive Committee Members 14. [NASA] RFI and July 14 webinar on NASA's Public Access Plan for Scientific Research 15. National Academies Study Invitation 16. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 17. 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 PHD POSITION AT GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER IN BERLIN At the Institute of Optical Sensor Systems in Berlin, Germany, which is part of the German Aerospace Center, we are looking for a PhD student to investigate the use of machine learning for the analysis of in-situ spectroscopic planetary data. A main objective of the position will be to combine scientific knowledge about spectroscopy with data-driven methods, also known as scientific machine learning. The announcement is available at: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acbf2d 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 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPEN FOR FAIRPLAY WORKSHOP We invite you to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations for the first Fluvial Aeolian InteRactions on PLAnetarY surfaces workshop (FAIRPLAY) on November 1-3, 2023, at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, Netherlands. The abstract submission deadline is midnight (GMT+1) on the July 31. Go to: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/fairplay/abstract-submission Registration deadlines: September 14 - in-person attendees October 27 - online attendees Go to: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/fairplay/registration Further information: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/fairplay/home The workshop is a hybrid event with space for 100 in-person attendees and focuses on aeolian-fluvial interactions on Earth, Mars and Titan, in the following subject areas: - aeolian transport and fluvial morphodynamics - Sedimentology - Coupling between atmospheric and surface processes - Measurements - Planetary analogues - Habitable environments on other planets - Future exploration and investigations Limited travel grants to PhDs of not more than 3 years ago. If you would like to apply, please state in the registration form how attending the workshop will benefit your research in a maximum of 250 words. Successful applicants will receive financial support for all expenses (food, stay and travel). FAIRPLAY Organising Committee [Edited for length] 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 AGU SESSION P017: FORWARD TO THE MOON - LUNAR EXPLORATION SCIENCE A new era of human and robotic lunar exploration is opening new vistas and scientific understanding as humanity reaches toward the Moon again. In partnership with institutions around the globe, NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) focuses on these scientific aspects of exploration as they relate to the Moon and other airless bodies. This session will feature interdisciplinary, exploration-related science centered around the Moon as a human and robotic destination. Presentations in this session will focus on the theme of science that enables exploration and exploration that enables science. We will examine key scientific investigations that will facilitate future lunar exploration, as well as investigations of the Moon and beyond that will be uniquely enabled by being done from the Moon. We look forward to receiving your abstracts. Graduate students and early career researchers are particularly encouraged to submit for oral presentations. For details see: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/187948 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 AGU SESSION P025: MARTIAN AQUEOUS PROCESSES INFERRED FROM OBSERVATIONS, ANALOGS, AND EXPERIMENTS Aqueous alteration has been prevalent on the surface of Mars, as evidenced by interesting disequilibrium diagenetic assemblages at Jezero Crater, Gale Crater, Meridiani Planum, and in martian meteorites. Large chloride and sulfate deposits have also been detected from orbit that could indicate an evaporative period on Mars. In addition, the potential for deep liquid aquifers on modern Mars is inferred based on the study of water mobile species. These discoveries have important habitability implications for Mars and provide an improved insight into Mars' aqueous history. In this session, we invite contributions describing advances in experimental studies, geochemical models, and field studies of aqueous alteration with groundwater brines or surface weathering relevant to Mars. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/185417 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 AGU SESSION P038: SMALL SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES - SAMPLE RETURNS, JWST, GROUND-BASED ASTRONOMY AND MORE Observations returned by space missions (e.g., OSIRIS-REx, Hayabusa 2, New Horizons) and large telescopic facilities (e.g., JWST, Adaptive optics observations) offer a broad encompassing view of the populations of large planetesimals and dwarf planets that formed shortly after Solar System formation. Most of these bodies have retained information on their accretional environments while others have undergone significant internal evolution. The sample return missions will continue deciphering the Solar System's early history with the exploration of near Earth asteroids like Ryugu and Bennu. Upcoming flyby missions to visit 16 Psyche and Jupiter Trojan asteroids and instruments on the extremely large telescopes available in the next decade will provide observations with unprecedented details of many large planetesimals. This session welcomes abstracts that address analyses of returned samples, new observations and models of large planetesimals found across the Solar System, and contrast the properties of planetesimals found in various small body reservoirs. Conveners: Franck Marchis (SETI Institute & Unistellar), Julie Castillo (JPL), Bryan Holler (STSCI) AGU23, San Francisco & Online Everywhere: 11-15 December 2023 Abstract Deadline: Wednesday, 2 August 2023 at 23:59 EDT https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/187338 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 AGU SESSION P042: ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVING OF SOLAR SYSTEM TARGETS Ultraviolet spectroscopy and imaging have a decades-long history as valuable techniques for studying atmospheres, aurorae, plumes and surface composition and volatiles on asteroids, comet nuclei and moons. While there continue to be opportunities for UV remote sensing from Earth orbit and in future robotic missions, the infrastructure for UV instrumentation is at a crossroads. Existing orbital facilities are nearing the end of their useful lives and there continue to be many phenomena that cannot be effectively studied with existing, high-heritage instrument designs. Exciting advances in UV-optimized technologies promise new capabilities that can be incorporated into the next generation of robotic probes, flexible SmallSat missions, and large aperture space-based observatories. This session welcomes abstracts covering UV science results, as well as reports on progress toward developing new technologies such as UV detectors, high performance coatings and novel sensor designs. We welcome submissions from early career scientists and new members of the discipline. To submit an abstract to this session, please go to: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/192562 Abstracts are due by August 2. Amanda Hendrix, Faith Vilas Co-Convenors 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 SUMMER SCHOOL ON VOLCANISM, PLATE TECTONICS, HYDROTHERMAL VENTS AND LIFE 11-21 October 2023 Angra do Heroismo, Azores, Portugal This summer school vill focus on which role volcanism, plate tectonics and hydrothermal vents played in the emergence and evolution of life. It will give lecturers of leading scientists on this subject. Moreover, there will be sampling excursions to lava caves and solfatares as well as exercises on genetic characterisation of extremophiles population those habitats as well as on cultivation of bacteria. Angra is a picturesque city and has plenty of good restaurants and clean and affordable hotels with good services. There are flights to the close Terceira Lajes airport from both Europe mainland, the US and Canada. The deadline for applications is 1 July 2023. For further information, please go to: https://europeanastrobiology.eu/azores-ss-home/ 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 COMMERCIAL SPACE EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL - CHANCES AND RISKS 25-27 September 2023 Kiruna, Sweden The meeting "Commercial Space Exploration and Travel - Chances and Risks" will bring scientists, students, politicians, journalists and other stakeholders together to discuss the ethical, political legal, societal and environmental aspects of commercial space travel. It will take place at Malmfalten Adult Education Centre in Kiruna, Sweden in from 25 September in the morning to 27 September in the evening. Apart from offering a very interesting programme, the meeting will take place during Lapland's very beautiful Indian Summer, which enables good opportunities to see the Northern Lights. The meeting will cover the following subjects: - Legal, ethical and societal issues concerning commercial space exploration - Environmental issues concerning space exploration - Protection of extraterrestrial bodies - Spin-offs of scientific space exploration - International cooperation in commercial use of space: will space exploration be restricted to a few powerful countries and regions? - Space research and exploration as a chance for remote regions in Europe - Global governance efforts regarding the commercial use of space - Mining of extraterrestrial bodies - The future of commercial space travel The deadline for registration and abstract submissions applications is 1 August 2023. Please check the website: https://europeanastrobiology.eu/kiruna-conference-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 NASA DAWN MISSION GLOBAL GEOLOGIC MAPS OF VESTA AND CERES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD The NASA Dawn Science Team produced global geologic maps of asteroid (4) Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres as part of the nominal missions to these bodies. Those geologic maps, unified from quadrangle maps published in Icarus (Volume 244, Dec 2014 for Vesta; Volume 316, Dec 2018 for Ceres) have been archived and are now publicly available as Zipped ArcGIS packages. These packages can be downloaded at: https://rgcps.asu.edu/gis_data/ Please contact David.Williams@asu.edu with any questions. 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 IO GIS DATAVASE V1 AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD An ArcGIS database of NASA Galileo-Voyager image mosaics, geologic maps, DEMs, and spacecraft and telescopic thermal emission data of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io has been archived and is now publicly available as a Zipped ArcGIS package. It can be downloaded at: https://rgcps.asu.edu/gis_data/ Reference, Williams et al., 2021, at: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac097f Please contact David.Williams@asu.edu for an questions. 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: LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 54 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 54 of data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. This release contains raw, calibrated, and derived data products covering the nominal time period from December 15, 2022, through March 14, 2023. Some instrument teams are delivering more recent data. The data are archived at various PDS nodes. CRaTER at the PPI Node Diviner at the Geosciences Node LAMP at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node LEND at the Geosciences Node LOLA at the Geosciences Node LROC at the LROC Data Node Mini-RF at the Geosciences Node Radio Science at the Geosciences Node SPICE at the NAIF Node The data may be accessed from: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/lro/ Or for a dataset-oriented perspective: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20230615.shtml LRO releases occur every three months. The next release is scheduled for September 15, 2023. 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 DPS TRAVEL GRANT AVAILABLE FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO ATTEND DPS AND NSBP Within the partnership between the AAS Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS) and the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), awards are available for members of Black/African American, Indigenous, and/or Latinx communities to support attendance at the annual DPS meeting and/or the annual NSBP meeting. The fund is intended to support DPS or NSBP meeting travel (when attending in person) and registration fees, and/or DPS or NSBP membership fees. The call is open through Aug 7, 2023 and award notifications are planned by the end of August. Hartmann and Dependent Care grants are also available. See information about all at: https://dps.aas.org/news/travel-grants-dps-55 NSBP meeting early-bird registration closes June 30: https://nsbp.org/general/custom.asp?page=preregistration DPS meeting abstracts are due July 6: https://aas.org/meetings/dps55 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 LEAG SEEKING NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Applications are due on Monday, July 24, 2023. The Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) plans on filling at least three positions within its Executive Committee (ExComm) in the next 6 months. In an effort to increase an understanding for the different ExComm roles as well as transparency to the application process, the ExComm has included (1) Information for various positions and (2) the evaluation rubric on the LEAG website: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/leag Evaluations in future years may utilize a modified rubric as we work to improve our practice for selecting new ExComm members. After reviewing the Application Process, elements for each ExComm role, and the rubric, if you have any questions, please send an e-mail to the LEAG Chair (Amy Fagan, alfagan@wcu.edu), who will be happy to assist. 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 [NASA] RFI AND JULY 14 WEBINAR ON NASA'S PUBLIC ACCESS PLAN FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Webinar Date: 1-2 pm Eastern Time, July 14, 2023 RFI Info: https://tinyurl.com/bddmh9ap RFI Submission Date: August 17, 2023 NASA is hosting a virtual presentation to outline NASA's newly updated Public Access Plan for scientific research, NASA's approach to Public Access, and explain what has changed to respond to recent Office of Science and Technology Policy guidance. We will discuss scientific publications, data (and data management plans), and software (and software management plans). There will be time after the presentation for questions. The webinar will be hosted on July 14 from 1-2 pm EST. Please contact Louis Barbier at louis.m.barbier@nasa.gov with any questions about this event. Webex Connection details, join from the meeting link: https://tinyurl.com/3k8mbrha 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 NATIONAL ACADEMIES STUDY INVITATION The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine is examining how to better promote equity for students and professionals in academic science, technology, engineering, and medicine who are also unpaid caregivers of loved ones, including dependent children and adults with serious or chronic illness or disability. We are looking to engage ~40 individuals in academic STEMM who have caregiving responsibilities outside of work, particularly scientists and professionals of color; those who identify as LGBTQ+, first-gen, or immigrant; those living with disabilities; and those in heavily male-dominated fields (such as physics; computer science; astronomy and astrophysics; and civil, aerospace, electrical, and mechanical engineering). Those selected will be invited to participate in a 1-hour Zoom interview and receive a $75 gift card as a token of thanks. If you meet these criteria and are interested in being considered for the study, please complete a brief screening form at: https://survey.rti.org/se/1/care Feel free to forward this notice to anyone you think might meet the criteria and would be interested. If you have any questions please reach out to Jeffrey Gillis-Davis (j.gillis-davis@wustl.edu) and Katie Wullert (KWullert@nas.edu). 16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16 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 July 10-14, 2023 Science with the Habitable Worlds Observatory and Beyond https://tinyurl.com/4ms5v3n7 Baltimore, MD July 12-13, 2023 Lunar Proving Grounds Definition Workshop https://lsic.jhuapl.edu/Events/Agenda/index.php?id=460 Laurel, MD August 8-10, 2023 UK Exoplanet Meeting 2023 https://sites.google.com/view/ukexom2023 London, United Kingdom August 8-10, 2023 Towards Starlight Suppression for the Habitable Worlds Observatory Workshop https://tinyurl.com/ubj2m7tz Pasadena, CA August 8-18, 2023 Europlanet Summer School 2023 https://mao.tfai.vu.lt/europlanet2023/ Vilnius, Lithuania August 9-11, 2023 14th Planetary Crater Consortium https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/crater2023/ Flagstaff, AZ August 16-17, 2023 Geological Mapping to Support Artemis Strategic Decisions https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lunarsurface2020/ Online August 17-19, 2023 Exoplanet Conference at IISER Pune https://tinyurl.com/duzz88h5 Pune, India September 5-14, 2023 Summer School: Impacts and their Role in the Evolution of Life https://europeanastrobiology.eu/summer-school-2023-homepage/ Nordlingen, Germany September 11-14, 2023 PLATO Workshop on 3D Climate and Clouds https://tinyurl.com/jhmrsr4x Graz, Austria September 11-15, 2023 International Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society https://ag2023.astronomische-gesellschaft.de/index.php Berlin, Germany September 25-27, 2023 Commercial Space Exploration and Travel - Chances and Risks https://europeanastrobiology.eu/kiruna-conference-2023/ Kiruna, Sweden October 11-21, 2023 Summer School on Volcanism, Plate Tectonics, Hydrothermal Vents and Life https://europeanastrobiology.eu/azores-ss-home/ Angra do Heroismo, Portugal October 16-20, 2023 ESA Brainstorming on Astrobiology https://tinyurl.com/4thjnp2t Noordwijk, The Netherlands December 4-8, 2023 Open Problems in the Astrophysics of Gas Giants https://astrofisicamas.cl/opaga/ Puerto Natales, Chile July 15-19, 2024 Two HoRSEs: High-Resolution Exoplanet Characterization Today and in the ELT Era https://sites.google.com/view/two-horses/ Berlin, Germany [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.] 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 SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Direct Links to Open Access Papers Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org Simulating Secondary Electron and Ion Emission from the Cassini Spacecraft in Saturn's Ionosphere Z. Zhang et al. 2023 PSJ 4:105 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acd844 A Shallow-water Model Exploration of Atmospheric Circulation on Sub- Neptunes: Effects of Radiative Forcing and Rotation Period Ekaterina Landgren et al. 2023 PSJ 4:106 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acd551 Investigating the Stability and Distribution of Surface Ice in Mercury's Northernmost Craters Allison K. Glantzberg et al. 2023 PSJ 4:107 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acd68d New Insights into Variations in Enceladus Plume Particle Launch Velocities from Cassini-VIMS Spectral Data H. Sharma et al. 2023 PSJ 4:108 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acd5d4 Formation, Structure, and Detectability of the Geminids Meteoroid Stream W. Z. Cukier and J. R. Szalay 2023 PSJ 4:109 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acd538 OSSOS. XXVII. Population Estimates for Theoretically Stable Centaurs between Uranus and Neptune Rosemary C. 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