The Planetary Exploration Newsletter (PEN) was first distributed on May 24, 2007. PEN provides an open conduit of news and announcements across the professional community of planetary science and related disciplines. It distributes messages from NASA officials, meeting announcements, job announcements, and your submissions of news regarding or impacting Solar System exploration, upcoming mission events, policy issues, and editorials. PEN is distributed nominally once a week. There will be times when volume or events will require more frequent PEN distributions. The PEN website also hosts the most extensive and up to date calendar for planetary meetings, conferences and workshops around the world. On March 23, 2020, PEN entered into an agreement with the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society to carry a weekly listing of new articles published in the new Planetary Science Journal, with direct links to each paper. On November 1, 2024, PEN entered into an agreement to carry a weekly listing of new open access articles published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, with direct links to each paper. Current Editorial Staff: 2007-Present, Mark V. Sykes (sykes@psi.edu) 2021-Present, Alex Morgan (amorgan@psi.edu) 2022-Present, Matthew Perry (mperry@psi.edu) Past Editorial Staff: 2019-2022, Georgiana Kramer 2017-2021, Elisabeth Adams 2016-2019, Karen Stockstill-Cahill 2010-2017, Susan Benecchi 2009-2016, Melissa Lane 2007-2010, Nic Richmond 2007-2009, Matt Balme Publishing History 2022, Vol.16, 53 issues 2021, Vol.15, 53 issues 2020, Vol.14, 53 issues 2019, Vol.13, 56 issues 2018, Vol.12, 55 issues 2017, Vol.11, 54 issues 2016, Vol.10, 53 issues 2015, Vol.9, 52 issues 2014, Vol.8, 59 issues 2013, Vol.7, 63 issues 2012, Vol.6, 58 issues 2011, Vol.5, 58 issues 2010, Vol.4, 56 issues 2009, Vol.3, 62 issues 2008, Vol.2, 62 issues 2007, Vol.1, 37 issues | ||||||||||||
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