PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 2, Number 20 (April 6, 2008) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Nic Richmond Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Matt Balme Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] PDS Releases ROSETTA Alice Data 2. Mars High-Resolution Digital Terrain Model Data Set Release 3. NASA Planetary Science Subcommittee Presentations, Report and Recommendations 4. Special Issue on the Tharsis Province, Mars 5. VEXAG Meeting #5, May 7-8, 2008, University of Maryland 6. Reminder - Mars Express OMEGA-HRSC Data Workshop 7. 11th Mars Crater Consortium Meeting 8. GIS for Planetary Mappers Workshop, October 1-2, 2008 9. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 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 [NASA] PDS RELEASES ROSETTA ALICE DATA The NASA Planetary Data System is pleased to announce the first delivery of data from the ROSETTA mission. The delivery includes raw and calibrated data from the Alice UV imaging spectrometer acquired during the following mission phases: COMMISSIONING 1 (includes C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)) CRUISE 1 CHECKOUT COMMISSIONING 2 EARTH SWING-BY 1 CRUISE 2 (includes 9P/Tempel 1) MARS SWING-BY (includes Jupiter and the Io plasma torus) To see and download the data as well as mission and instrument information, go to: http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/missions/rosetta/index.html For access to all data archived in the PDS, go to: http://pds.nasa.gov 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 MARS HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL DATA SET RELEASE Dear colleagues, We would like to inform you that the high-resolution Digital Terrain Model data set, based on data from the HRSC camera on Mars Express, has been released and is available from the ESA Planetary Science Archive. The web release: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEM8Q2PR4CF_0.html Access to the ESA archive: http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=PSA Link to the Mars Express HRSC data viewer: http://hrscview.fu-berlin.de/ If you have any questions on the ESA archive, or on the use of the Digital Terrain Model, please contact psahelp@rssd.esa.int Kind Regards Olivier Witasse Mars Express Deputy Project Scientist 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 PLANETARY SCIENCE SUBCOMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS, REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS The Presentations, Report and Recommendations from the March 3-4, 2008, Meeting of Planetary Sciences Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council are now available online at the "unofficial" website for the Subcommittee: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/pss/ 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 SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE THARSIS PROVINCE, MARS Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (JVGR) special issue: Tectonic and Volcanic History of the Tharsis Province, Mars Guest Editors; Jacob Bleacher, James Dohm This message is to notify you of an upcoming publication opportunity through JVGR. A thematic issue entitled "Tectonic and Volcanic History of the Tharsis Province, Mars" is in preparation and it will include a suite of papers based on analyses of post-Viking era data. We would like to invite you to submit a manuscript if your work is related to this topic. All manuscripts will be subject to the standard review process maintained by JVGR, and must be deemed by the editorial staff to be within the scope of the thematic volume. The goal for this issue is to follow a strict schedule with publication before the end of 2008. The deadline for submission is May 16th, 2008. If you anticipate submitting a manuscript, please e-mail either: Jacob Bleacher, Jacob.Bleacher-1@nasa.gov James Dohm, jmd@hwr.arizona.edu Provide a title and an author list. This information will help us assemble reviewers so that they will be in place by the submission deadline. We plan to provide reviews within two months of submission in order to maintain our publication deadline. 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 VEXAG MEETING #5, MAY 7-8, 2008, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND The next VEXAG Meeting will be held on Wednesday-Thursday, May 7-8, 2008 at the University of Maryland Conference Center. A key topic for this meeting will be an interim report by the Venus STDT, reporting on their progress since starting in January 2008. Other topics of interest will be progress reports on ESA's Venus Express and JAXA's Venus Climate Orbiter,follow-ups to the Venus-Earth Climate Connections session from the November meeting as well NASA Headquarters reports on their perspectives for Venus Exploration and Venus Technology Development. Input on laboratory measurements needed to support the science objectives described in the VEXAG white paper will also be discussed. As before, there will special science reports and opportunities for open mike presentations (1-2 slides, up to 10 minutes). If you wish to make an open mike presentation, please send an email with a title to Tommy Thompson: Thomas.W.Thompson@jpl.nasa.gov Student participation is encouraged, and some travel funds will be available: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/may2008/student_travel.html For further information visit the VEXAG Meeting web-site: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/meetings.html If you intend to attend the meeting, please pre-register at: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/may2008/iofi/ Local hotel information and directions will be provided shortly on the meeting web site, and will be sent out in a future email. 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 REMINDER - MARS EXPRESS OMEGA-HRSC DATA WORKSHOP A 3-day Mars Express OMEGA-HRSC Data Workshop will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (May 21-23, 2008) at PDS Geosciences Node, Washington University, St. Louis in order to provide graduate students, post-doc's and other Mars investigators with a working knowledge of how to use the Mars Express OMEGA (Observatoire pour la Mineralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activity) and HRSC (High Resolution Stereo Camera) data sets. This workshop will provide: - Tutorials and hands-on with Mars Express data - Explore data from ESA Planetary Science Archive - Use data and tools with Instrument science teams Workshop attendees are expected to supply their own computers equipped with IDL. Workshop attendance will be limited to 30. If interested in participating, contact Tommy Thompson (JPL, twhompson@jpl.nasa.gov, 818-354-3881 ). A block of rooms at near-by Crowne-Plaza-Clayton Hotel: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/STLCM/ will be available for booking until April 19. Workshop Web-Site: http://www.rssd.esa.int/mexdataworkshops/ 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 11TH MARS CRATER CONSORTIUM MEETING The 11th Mars Crater Consortium meeting will take place Sept. 29-30, 2008, at the US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, AZ. For more information about the meeting, please visit the Mars Crater Consortium website at http://www.marscraterconsortium.nau.edu/ or contact Nadine Barlow (Nadine.Barlow@nau.edu). 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 GIS FOR PLANETARY MAPPERS WORKSHOP, OCTOBER 1-2, 2008 The US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, AZ, will host a 2-day hands-on training workshop on "GIS for Planetary Mappers". Seating is limited to 24 people. For more information and to register, go to http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/pigwad/docs/ or contact Trent Hare (thare@usgs.gov). 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 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html April 26-27, 2008 Ares V Astronomy Workshop http://event.arc.nasa.gov/aresv/ Moffett Field, CA June 1, 2008 SOFIA Early Science Workshop II http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Science/AASworkshops/workshops.html St. Louis, MO July 26-27, 2008 Workshop on Antarctic Meteorites: Search, Recovery, and Classification http://www.metsoc2008.jp/workshop/ Matsue, Japan September 15-17, 2008 MSL (Mars Science Laboratory) 3rd Landing Site Workshop Contact: Matt Golombek (golombek@jpl.nasa.gov) Pasadena, CA September 18-19, 2008 MEPAG (Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group) Meeting #19 Contact: Jack Mustard (john_mustard@brown.edu) Pasadena, CA September 25-28, 2008 Caves of Mars Field Meeting: Lavatubes and their Extraterrestrial Analog Value for Mars, and Possibly Other Bodies http://www.highmars.org/niac Grants, NM October 26-30, 2008 New Light on Young Stars: Spitzer's View of Circumstellar Disks http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/spitzer2008/ Pasadena, CA October 28-31, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting of LEAG-ICEUM-SRR http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/leagilewg2008/ Cape Canaveral, Florida October 18-23, 2009 The Sixth International Conference on The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Galileo's First Astronomical Uses of the Telescope http://dipastro.astro.unipd.it/insap6/ Venice, Italy [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 at psi.edu.] *********************************************************************** * * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at * * http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.html * * To unsubscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_unsubscribe.html * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor at psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. 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