PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 17, Number 28 (June 25, 2023) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Matthew R. Perry Co-Editors: Alex Morgan, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. PhD Position at German Aerospace Center in Berlin 2. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in New Zealand 3. [NASA] SMD: HQ Program Scientist Job Announcement Closing Soon 4. [NASA] SMD: Innovation Corps Pilot Informational Webinar 5. [NASA] Webinar on NASA Public Access Plan for Scientific Research 6. [NASA] Mars Sample Return: Call for Membership on the Sample Receiving Project Measurement Definition Team 7. SIMS Community Facility Workshop Survey: Looking for Feedback! 8. Abstract Submission Open for Blue Sky 2023 Workshop on Earth and Planetary Clouds/Aerosols 9. Libraries Around the Nation Looking for Eclipse Programs and Help 10. GSA Session T102: Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution of Mars 11. AGU Session P014: Exploring Archean Earth to Understand Archean-like Exoplanets 12. AGU Session P026: Martian Sulfates Studied Using Orbital, Ground, Laboratory, and Earth Data 13. AGU Session P027: Mercury in the Solar Wind 14. AGU Session P031: Ocean Worlds and Search for Life - Horizons in Icy Satellite Science at the Launch of the Historic Europa Clipper Mission 15. AGU Session P041: The New Mars Underground 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 Sensorsystems 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://tinyurl.com/ykt2k8nb 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 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN NEW ZEALAND The School of Physical and Chemical Sciences welcomes applications for the inaugural Elaine P. Snowden Fellowship at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. The three-year independent research fellowship is open to any area of astronomy and astrophysics, including planetary science. Applicants should be nearing submission or within 4 years of their PhD. People from historically marginalized communities are particularly encouraged to apply. Due by July 15. https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/36e6f4af https://jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails?jobmc=15468AAS# 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] SMD: HQ PROGRAM SCIENTIST JOB ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSING SOON NASA SMD at HQ is seeking candidates to serve as Program Scientists within multiple organizations. These positions may be located in the Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, Biological and Physical Sciences, and Astrophysics Divisions, the Exploration Science Strategy & Integration Office, Front Office, and/or other SMD program offices. Duties range from overseeing research programs, reviewing proposals, and leading research with academia and industry. Job Announcement Number: HQ-23-DE-11986063-DS Closing Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Title: Program Scientist (AST Science Program Management) Grade: GS-1301-14/15 Vacancy Link: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/732100400 Questions may be directed to Juana Sosa at juana.e.sosa@nasa.gov [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 [NASA] SMD: INNOVATION CORPS PILOT INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR An informational webinar about the NASA Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Pilot will occur on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The webinar will: (1) provide an overview of the NASA I-Corps Pilot, (2) describe the proposal process and requirements, and (3) allow for webinar attendees to submit questions. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions to the NASA I-Corps Pilot Point of Contact and the National Science Foundation's I-Corps Program Director, Dr. Ruth Shuman. Questions regarding the webinar, or the NASA I-Corps Pilot, may be directed to Maggie Yancey at margaret.a.yancey@nasa.gov. Additionally, to request other reasonable accommodations for the webinar, please email Maggie Yancey Register for the I-Corps Pilot informational webinar using this link: https://nasa-gov.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_pFRKg6bAT6GtY4YhAEc3pA To submit questions prior or during the webinar, please register for the event and use to this link to submit questions: https://nasa.cnf.io/sessions/ndn3/#!/dashboard. All questions will be submitted anonymously and may be upvoted. For general information about the NASA I-Corps Pilot, visit: https://go.nasa.gov/3OUWWC7 [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 [NASA] WEBINAR ON NASA PUBLIC ACCESS PLAN FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Webinar Date: 1-2 pm Eastern Time, July 17, 2023 RFI Submission Date: August 17, 2023 In response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's memorandum on "Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research", NASA released an updated draft plan for access to federal funded research: "NASA's Public Access Plan: Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research". NASA seeks public input on the updated draft plan through a request for information that closes on August 17, 2023. Early comments are encouraged. Comments received after this date will be considered to the extent practicable. NASA is hosting a webinar July 17 from 1-2 pm Eastern Time on this updated draft plan for access to federal funded research, to explain what has changed, to discuss scientific publications, data (and data management plans), and software (and software management plans). There will be time after the presentation for questions. Register at: https://tinyurl.com/53p46d3b For the full text of the RFI and response instructions, see the Federal Register Notice for this RFI: https://tinyurl.com/2jt5tvhw Please contact Louis Barbier at louis.m.barbier@nasa.gov with any questions about this event. [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 [NASA] MARS SAMPLE RETURN: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE SAMPLE RECEIVING PROJECT MEASUREMENT DEFINITION TEAM The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA) invite individuals to apply for membership in a new committee - the Mars Sample Return (MSR) Sample Receiving Project (SRP) Measurement Definition Team 1 (MDT-1). To respond to this solicitation a letter of application of no more than 800 words is needed by July 17, 2023 at 15:00 UTC (08:00 PDT, 11:00 EDT, 17:00 CEST), accompanied by an up to date CV, and letter of support (for non-US applicants). A Q&A session for applicants is planned on June 28, 2023, at 8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT/ 5:00 pm CEST. The meeting link will be posted on the Call webpage: https://tinyurl.com/3mh5nmuh Michael A. Meyer & Gerhard Kminek MSR Lead Scientists 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 SIMS COMMUNITY FACILITY WORKSHOP SURVEY: LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK! From 2012-2020 the NSF-supported Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Community Facility at Arizona State University has hosted annual in-person workshops. We have enjoyed sharing our lab with the many workshop participants over the years. However, we recognize this may not be the best way to reach all the interested parties. We are looking for your input on how to proceed with our workshop programming. The survey below will only take 5 mins or less! We are considering taking a more proactive approach by assisting graduate students and/or early career scientists to acquire pilot data for future science proposals. Please fill out the following survey by July 31, 2023: https://forms.gle/SsBaaMkKSW4yTbRu7 For further questions please contact sims@asu.edu. Follow us on Instagram @ASU_SIMSLab 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 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPEN FOR BLUE SKY 2023 WORKSHOP ON EARTH AND PLANETARY CLOUDS/AEROSOLS We invite you to submit abstracts for presentations and posters for the Blue Sky 2023 Workshop on Earth and Planetary Clouds and Aerosols on August 2-4, 2023, at the Caltech Campus, Pasadena CA. To submit an abstract and obtain additional workshop information go to: https://easychair.org/cfp/BlueSky2023 The workshop is a hybrid event and focuses on research involving aerosol and cloud formations of Earth, Solar System bodies, and exoplanets. The following topics will be covered: - Cloud and Aerosol Investigations on - Earth - Mars - Venus - Titan - Gas Giants - Ice Giants - Exoplanets - Cloud and Aerosol Investigation methods: - Remote Sensing - In situ measurements - Instruments - Modeling - Laboratory investigations - Breakout Sessions on: - Aerosol and Cloud Investigation Methods - Unifying Scientific Themes - Mission Opportunities 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 LIBRARIES AROUND THE NATION LOOKING FOR ECLIPSE PROGRAMS AND HELP In preparation for the eclipse-of-the-Sun "double-header" that will be visible across the U.S. this October and next April, about ten thousand public libraries will make 5 million safe-solar-viewing glasses (and information packets) available to their communities, thanks to a major grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The librarians, most of whom do not have science training, are looking for help with public outreach from people who know about eclipse science and safe solar-viewing techniques. To learn more and volunteer to help your local library (or virtually support any library across the nation!), please go to: https://www.starnetlibraries.org/eclipse-expert-application/ 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 GSA SESSION T102: GEOMORPHOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF MARS The geomorphology of Mars provides insight into the planet's complex history. Detailed observations and analyses of the surface allows for interpretations not only of the mechanics and processes at work on Mars, but on Earth as well. This session focuses on aeolian, fluvial, glacial, lacustrine, and crater degradation processes to investigate the geomorphology, geology, and climate history of Mars. We welcome abstracts describing research utilizing orbital and in situ Martian datasets, as well as terrestrial analogues, to better understand the landscape evolution of Mars. Research at all stages from members of the community at all levels and backgrounds are encouraged to share their work in this session. We're excited to welcome Lior Rubanenko (Stanford) and Claire Mondro (Caltech) as our session's invited speakers! The abstract deadline is July 25, 2023. For more information, or to access the abstract submission portal, please visit: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2023AM/cfp.cgi Elena Favaro, Matt Chojnacki, Sharon Wilson Purdy, Becky Williams, & Nicholas Warner (co-convenors). 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 AGU SESSION P014: EXPLORING ARCHEAN EARTH TO UNDERSTAND ARCHEAN-LIKE EXOPLANETS Whilst Archean Earth had a habitable ecosystem with signs of an extensive microbial biosphere, it was distinct from modern Earth in many ways. With a fainter young Sun, CO2 partial atmospheric pressures were likely much higher than today, O2 was negligible, and total surface pressure may have been lower. The area of exposed continents was possibly smaller, plate tectonics may have operated in a different style, and hence weathering and volatile cycling were modified. Day-length, ocean circulation and possibly ocean salinity differed from today. Rates of atmospheric escape under conditions of higher extreme solar ultraviolet and different atmospheric composition remain to be explored. Analogs of Archean Earth may exist around stars of other types and be more common than modern Earth twins. We invite presentations related to Archean geological proxies (atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere), models (dynamical, thermal, geochemical), and possible exoplanet connections (atmospheric biosignatures, climate, atmospheric escape). For details see: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/190184 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 SESSION P026: MARTIAN SULFATES STUDIED USING ORBITAL, GROUND, LABORATORY, AND EARTH DATA The sulfur cycle is an important component of geochemical evolution on Mars and its geological influence has been identified in numerous rocks, sediments, soils, and aqueous depositional environments. Volcanism, climate, weathering, and erosion appear to be key players in sulfur cycling throughout the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere on Mars, which in many cases are similar to Earth. Sulfates are a common mineral detected on the martian surface in association with a wide range of features, from km-size light-toned deposits to cm-thick Ca-sulfate veins within the bedrock. In this session, we invite contributions describing advances in current knowledge of sulfates detected (i) in orbital observations of Mars, (ii) by the in-situ rover investigations, (iii) in field analog studies of sulfate deposits found on Earth, (iv) in laboratory measurements (spectral signatures, other properties of sulfates), and (v) processes and models describing formation and cycling of sulfates on Mars and Earth. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/184793 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 AGU SESSION P027: MERCURY IN THE SOLAR WIND Mercury being the Solar System's innermost, smallest and orbitally most eccentric planet has a unique interaction with the solar wind. The planet is airless but has a surface-originating exosphere, a global magnetic field and a large conducting core. These properties result in a compact-sized space weather environment with fast phenomena, multi-ion plasma composition and highly varying upstream conditions. Mercury was extensively observed by the MESSENGER spacecraft and new measurements come from the BepiColombo mission en route to Mercury. Here we welcome all contributions on the physics of the Hermean magnetosphere-exosphere-surface-interior solar wind interaction system. Foreseen themes include, but are not limited to, the generation, structure and dynamics of the foreshock, bow shock, magnetopause, magnetotail, waves, instabilities, precipitation, exosphere, particle acceleration, magnetic reconnection and induction effects or coulings between these. Applied methods can be, for example, spacecraft data analysis, numerical simulations, theory, laboratory and remote sensing work or novel future approaches. Abstract submission is open until Aug 2, 2023. For details see: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/185355 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 AGU SESSION P031: OCEAN WORLDS AND SEARCH FOR LIFE - HORIZONS IN ICY SATELLITE SCIENCE AT THE LAUNCH OF THE HISTORIC EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION The Europa Clipper mission is hosting an AGU session open to the entirety of the planetary science and exploration community! Please consider submitting an abstract per the below text. The session will include speakers internal and external to the mission. Topics of the session include research related to the Science Goal and Objectives of the mission, organized around the themes of habitability, geology, interior, composition, and recent activity of Europa, including studies of the interaction of Europa with the Jovian environment. Additionally, we welcome comparative studies of other Ocean Worlds with implications for Europa, and contributions regarding technologies and concepts that would build upon the foundation set by Europa Clipper for future exploration. Abstract Deadline: Wednesday, August 2, 23:59 EDT https://tinyurl.com/EuropaAGU Convened by the Europa Clipper Project Staff Scientists: Samuel Howell (JPL), Kate Craft (JHU-APL), Rachel Klima (JHU-APL), Cynthia Phillips (JPL), Erin Leonard (JPL). 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 AGU SESSION P041: THE NEW MARS UNDERGROUND The characterization of the Martian subsurface is progressing at an unprecedented pace, stimulated by several extended missions, the preparation for Mars Sample Return, the proposed Mars Life Explorer, and human exploration in the coming decades. Ongoing efforts aim at characterizing 1) the physical, chemical, and thermodynamical properties of the Martian interior; 2) the distribution and stability of modern liquid water and water ice inventories; 3) the provenance, cycling, and isotopic composition of organics and trace gases that may serve as potential biosignatures; and 4) the identification of habitable "refugia environments" where local conditions might be conducive to support an extant Martian biosphere, should it exist. For our sixth "New Mars Underground", we welcome abstracts relevant to these themes, and to the characterization of the subsurface in general. We anticipate contributions informed by remote observations, theoretical modelling, mission concept development, and applied experimentation of relevant terrestrial analogs. Abstract deadline: August 2, 2023 Abstract submission link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/184863 Sincerely, the Conveners: Rachel Lee Harris (Harvard University) Sylvain Piqueux (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) 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. 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