PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 18, Number 37 (September 8, 2024) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Matthew R. Perry Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Alex Morgan Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Ice Giant Systems Seminar Series: September 10, Dr. Richard Cartwright (JHU/APL) 2. International Observe the Moon Night 3. HiRISE DTMs available for MDAP Proposals 4. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 5. [NASA] 2025A Infrared Telescope Facility Call for Proposals 6. [NASA] MSR SRP Science Objectives Workshop - Important Updates 7. [NASA] PDS: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 70 8. [NASA] PDS: Aperiodic Data Releases in 2024.08 9. Register for the Planetary Banquet at GSA Connects 2024 10. New Horizons Science Spotlight Webinar 11. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 12. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers Commercial Announcements: C1. Private Kennedy Space Center Tour September 19-22 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 ICE GIANT SYSTEMS SEMINAR SERIES: SEPTEMBER 10, DR. RICHARD CARTWRIGHT (JHU/APL) Date/Time: September 10, 11am ET Speaker: Dr. Richard Cartwright (JHU/APL) Topic: Are Uranus' Large Moons Ocean Worlds? The Developing Spectroscopic Picture The Ice Giant Systems Seminar Series showcases recent developments in scientific topics covering all aspects of the ice giant systems, including atmospheres, satellites, rings, magnetic fields, interior structures, and science related to formation and evolution. To access the virtual seminar, view the seminar schedule, and sign up for the listserv, visit the series website: https://icegiantsseminar.jhuapl.edu 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 INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT Saturday, September 14 is International Observe the Moon Night, celebrating 15 years of the program! You are invited to join observers around the world in learning about lunar science and exploration, making celestial observations, and honoring cultural and personal connections to the Moon. Attend or host a virtual or in-person event in your community, or observe with your family, friends, or on your own. Register your participation to add your event, or yourself, to the map of lunar observers. Tune into the NASA+ Broadcast and watch live streams of the Moon from telescopes around the world on our Live Streams page on September 14. Connect online to share your experience and discover how others are participating through the program Flickr group or your preferred social media platform, using the hashtag #ObserveTheMoon. Visit our website to find creative observing suggestions, a curated set of hands-on activities, and download custom Moon Maps designed especially for International Observe the Moon Night 2024. This year, you will find our traditional printable/PDF Moon Maps, plus a new interactive browser-based version. Register your participation, sign up for our newsletter, and much more on the International Observe the Moon Night website: https://moon.nasa.gov/observe 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 HIRISE DTMS AVAILABLE FOR MDAP PROPOSALS The USGS Astrogeology Science Center (ASC) produces high-quality digital terrain models (DTMs) and orthorectified image production services for engineering (e.g., landing site characterization) and science. The ASC can supply individual investigators with high-quality DTMs in support of NASA-selected R&A investigations. Proposers who wish to use these DTMs must solicit a Confirmation of Technical Specifications Letter from the ASC indicating their ability to produce the requested DTMs and to provide them at no cost to the proposer. DTMs will be generated using only HiRISE stereo data, and the total number of DTMs generated will necessarily be limited. Further information pertaining to DTM generation by the USGS is available by visiting the USGS Astrogeology Planetary Photogrammetry Lab's DTM page. Proposers may request further information by contacting the USGS ASC photogrammetry staff at planetaryphotogrammetry@usgs.gov with "DTM_REQUEST" in the email subject line. 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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The September image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: https://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "The Geological History of Enceladus' Cratered Terrains", contributed by Dr. Mallory J. Kinczyk. Dr. Kinczyk explores the heavily cratered terrains of the northern hemisphere of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, and discusses what these terrains teach us about the geologic history of this moon. You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on X (former Twitter): @PlanetGeomorpho or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology 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] 2025A INFRARED TELESCOPE FACILITY CALL FOR PROPOSALS The due date for the 2025A Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) semester (February 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025) is Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Full text of the call is available at: https://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/callforproposals/index.php Information on available facility and visitor instruments and performance can be found at: https://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/instruments. Observing on-site or remote observing is available with SpeX, M The online submission form is available at: https://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/applicationForms.php 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] MSR SRP SCIENCE OBJECTIVES WORKSHOP - IMPORTANT UPDATES Science Community Virtual Workshop: MSR Sample Receiving Project Science Objectives Date: Wednesday September 11, 9-11 am PDT/12 pm EDT/ 6 pm CEST Please join the MSR Campaign Science Group (MCSG) for a virtual workshop to discuss, and provide feedback on, the MCSG's recommendations for the MSR Sample Receiving Project (SRP) science objectives. The SRP science objectives are intended to help establish the scope of the SRP and the initial science that would be carried out immediately after the MSR samples arrive on Earth, and would inform the competitive/AO processes that are planned for the Project Science Team. Please see the following PDF for the full announcement: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UWO82GlyBU8vnNhzDqcfdVelkzMAZmKA/view [Edited for length] 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: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 70 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 70 of data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). This release contains raw, calibrated, and derived data products nominally covering the time period November 9, 2023, through February 8, 2024. 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 MCS data will be available shortly. The data may be accessed at: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mro/ For a view centered on this release: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20240830.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 November 29, 2024. 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: APERIODIC DATA RELEASES IN 2024.08 In August 2024, PDS ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: - 2024.08.30 New Horizons: Documents for the Ralph Instrument Package - 2024.08.30 New Horizons: LEISA KEM 1 Data + Reference Files - 2024.08.27 LRO: Diviner Emission Phase Function Data - 2024.08.20 Radio Science Documentation - 2024.08.20 Viking Orbiter: VIS Imaging - 2024.08.19 Galileo: NIMS Callisto Hyperspectral Map Products - 2024.08.16 Galileo: NIMS Europa Hyperspectral Map Products - 2024.08.12 MSL: Mastcam Stereo Analysis and Mosaics (MSAM) Part 2 To access those data: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20240831.shtml To access all data archived in PDS: https://pds.nasa.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 REGISTER FOR THE PLANETARY BANQUET AT GSA CONNECTS 2024 We are looking forward to seeing members of the planetary community at the upcoming GSA Connects meeting in Anaheim. The Planetary Geology Division (PGD) banquet will be held 7pm on September 24 at the Anaheim Marriott. We will be honoring the 2024 G.K. Gilbert Award winner, Dr. Charles (Chip) Shearer, as well as Arthur L. Day Medal awardee Janice Bishop and newly elected GSA Fellow Dr. Richard Ernst Please note the tickets must be purchased in advance with your meeting registration. They will not be sold at the meeting or at the door! 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR Join us on September 26, 2:30-3pm EST (11:30-12 PST,12:30-1pm MST, 1:30-2pm CST) New Horizons continues its operation, now at 58.8au from the Sun. Since 2015 it has made ground-breaking discoveries of the Pluto-Charon system, flown past the small contact KBO binary Arrokoth and collected phase and light curve data for some three dozen additional KBOs and the ice giants. It has also been sampling dust density throughout the Solar System and studying the cosmic optical background. To raise awareness of New Horizon's scientific impact we are beginning a new spotlight seminar series (30 min, fourth week each month) which we invite you to attend online, or watch recorded at your convenience. Our speaker will be Pontus Brandt of JHU/APL and he will be speaking on: "New Horizons Nearing the Edge of the Heliosphere: What's the Big Deal?" Connection Link: https://zoom.us/j/97317697636?pwd=MTAzMjJmNThTeFppR3JoYzlkUXVCQT09 Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636 Passcode: 802327 Calendar for future seminars: https://tinyurl.com/mr2p6x5u Recordings are archived and posted at: https://tinyurl.com/bdfn7ubh For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, susank@psi.edu 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Note: Many face-to-face meetings going forward will have online components. Check their websites for details. Posted at https://planetarynews.org/meetings.html No new meetings posted. [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.] 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Direct Links to Open Access Papers Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org The Stability of a Dense Crust Situated on Small Bodies Yoshinori Miyazaki and David J. Stevenson 2024 PSJ 5:192 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad65d2 The Trojan-like Colors of Low-perihelion Kuiper Belt Objects Matthew Belyakov et al. 2024 PSJ 5:193 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad698a Testing the Bus-DeMeo Asteroid Taxonomy Using Meteorite Spectra Thomas H. Burbine et al. 2024 PSJ 5:194 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad57b6 *********************************************************************** COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS *********************************************************************** C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1 PRIVATE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TOUR SEPTEMBER 19-22 Writing papers and proposals can seem all-consuming, and it's important to not forget about the inspiration that got many of us into our professional space science careers. Nerd out with Galactic Medallion and the National Space Society this September 19-22 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for an expertly-crafted, guided tour of America's and the world's foremost spaceport to the planets. 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