PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 19, Number 32 (August 10, 2025) 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. [NASA] ROSES-25 Amendment 7: Several Changes to C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview 2. Faculty Administrator or Professor and Director, Florida Space Institute 3. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 4. MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2026 5. Postdoctoral Fellow Position at University of Alberta / Amii (Canada) 6. [NASA] PDS: Mars 2020 Mission Release 13 7. Artemis IV Landing Site Workshop 8. Register for the Planetary Banquet at GSA Connects 2025 9. Ronald Greeley Distinguished Service Award Nominations Due August 15 10. Student Travel Grants to the 2025 GSA Connects Meeting 11. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 12. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers 13. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets - 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 [NASA] ROSES-25 AMENDMENT 7: SEVERAL CHANGES TO C.1 PLANETARY SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM OVERVIEW C.1, The Planetary Science Research Program Overview provides relevant information for program elements in Appendix C. ROSES-2025 Amendment 7 makes several changes to C.1: it establishes funding threshold and submission requirements for substantial instrument or equipment requests (Section 3.11), removes the estimated page limit for pilot studies (Section 3.4) and clarifies text on use of spacecraft mission data (Section 3.5). New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. A Planetary Science Overview FAQ has been posted under other documents on NSPIRES pages for all of Appendix C. That new FAQ addresses questions from the Planetary Science Division ROSES Roll Out July 29. For more information, go to: https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025 Questions concerning C.1, The Planetary Science Research Program Overview may be directed to Kathleen Vander Kaaden at Kathleen.e.vanderkaaden@nasa.gov or to the program shared inbox for the element to which you are proposing, see: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/program-officers-list/#planet 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 FACULTY ADMINISTRATOR OR PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR, FLORIDA SPACE INSTITUTE The Florida Space Institute (FSI) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) is on a mission to propel space research, innovation, and education to new heights. We are seeking a visionary leader to serve as the Director of FSI, a multidisciplinary center devoted to facilitating and conducting leading-edge applied and basic research and education programs in space-related fields. UCF is seeking applications for a 12-month, non-tenure earning faculty administrator or tenured professor and director of the FSI. FSI's charter is to support space research, development, and education activities within UCF and in the state of Florida, and secondarily to support the development of Florida's space economy, including civil, defense, and commercial. As Director, you'll have the opportunity to help drive collaborations across academia, industry, and government to expand Florida's space research. The Director will work with faculty from the College of Sciences, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the College of Optics and Photonics, and others interested in space-related research at UCF to achieve these goals. All applications and supporting documents be submitted electronically through the Human Resources employment opportunities website by September 15,2025: https://www.ucf.edu/jobs/ 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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The August image of the month is now available on the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: https://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "Bright dusty halos around mass wasting on Martian Sand dunes", contributed by Maria Kefa (master student), Dr. Susan Conway - LPG Nantes & Dr. Lonneke Roelofs - Utrecht University. You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on BlueSky (@planetarygeomorph.bsky.social): https://bsky.app/profile/planetarygeomorph.bsky.social or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology Best wishes, Lonneke Roelofs (Chair, IAG Planetary Geomorphology working group) 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 MS/PHD POSITIONS FOR FALL 2026 I am community sourcing a list of people who are actively in search of MS/PhD students in planetary science/astrobiology/exoplanets for Fall 2026. If you are such a person, please fill out the following google form: https://tinyurl.com/k7zwh3m8 Prospective graduate students, please find the resulting list at: https://tinyurl.com/7hy3e4dv Questions - Please email Sarah Horst (Sarah.horst@jhu.edu) 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 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW POSITION AT UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA / AMII (CANADA) The Azari Research Group (ARG) is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) for the advancement of machine learning to further understand Mars' space environment. The researcher will be expected to work on the development and application of uncertainty-aware (probabilistic) machine learning with NASA MAVEN spacecraft observations and/or relevant physics-based models for solar wind estimation. The University of Alberta is committed to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from all qualified persons. We encourage women; First Nations, Metis and Inuit persons; members of visible minority groups; persons with disabilities; persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; and all those who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas and the University to apply. Details and application directions can be found online at: https://bit.ly/Mars-ML-PostDoc Contact aazari@ualberta.ca for questions. 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] PDS: MARS 2020 MISSION RELEASE 13 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 13 of data from the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission to Mars. This release contains raw, calibrated, and derived data products covering sols 1380 through 1499, January 6, 2025 to May 8, 2025. The data are archived at various PDS Nodes. Links to all the archives can be found at: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mars2020/ Data from the following science investigations are included in this release: - Mastcam-Z: Mast-mounted Zoom Camera System - Engineering Hazard and Navigation Cameras - EDLCam: Entry, Descent, and Landing System Cameras - MEDA: Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer - PIXL: Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry - RIMFAX: Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Exploration - SHERLOC: Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals - SuperCam: LIBS, Raman, Time-Resolved Fluorescence, VIS/IR spectrometers, Remote Micro-Imager and microphone - SPICE: Observation geometry and ancillary data 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/ 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 ARTEMIS IV LANDING SITE WORKSHOP The Artemis IV Landing Site Workshop will be held September 10, 2025 to develop criteria for landing site evaluation that optimize the scientific return from the Artemis IV mission. Key science focus areas include South Pole-Aitken Basin's unique geochronology, geochemistry, and geophysics as well as other high priority science objectives (e.g., volatiles, planetary evolution, regolith processes, Heliophysics, Biological and Physical Sciences). Abstracts are due by August 22, 2025. We are also soliciting community volunteers to facilitate breakout groups and report writing. For more information, please see: https://sservi.nasa.gov/lssw/ 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 REGISTER FOR THE PLANETARY BANQUET AT GSA CONNECTS 2025 We are looking forward to seeing members of the planetary community at the upcoming GSA Connects meeting October 19-22 in San Antonio. The Planetary Geology Division (PGD) banquet will be held 7pm on October 21 at Guadalajara Grill. We will be honoring the 2025 G.K. Gilbert Awardee Dr. Scott Murchie, as well as the Mineralogical Society of America Roebling Medalist Dr. M. Darby Dyar and Dana Medalist Dr. Elizabeth Rampe. 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! 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 RONALD GREELEY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS DUE AUGUST 15 The Geological Society of America Planetary Geology Division (PGD) established the Ronald Greeley Award for Distinguished Servicein 2011 to honor those who have rendered outstanding service to the PGD community. It consists of a certificate signed by the Chair and will be presented at the division's award reception at the annual meeting. The nomination should include a description of what the nominee has given to the community and may be made by any PGD member before August 15, 2025. More info: https://community.geosociety.org/pgd/awards/greeley 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS TO THE 2025 GSA CONNECTS MEETING The Planetary Geology Division (PGD) of the Geological Society of America offers at least 3-4 travel grant(s) in the amount of $500 to help defray costs for PGD student members who are traveling to the GSA Connects annual meeting (October 19-22 in San Antonio, TX) to present first-authored papers. The deadline to apply is August 27. To apply: 1. Be first author and presenter of a talk or poster that has been specifically submitted to (and accepted for presentation at) the GSA annual meeting. 2. Be a Student Member of both GSA and the Planetary Geology Division. Join or to renew your membership here: https://tinyurl.com/JoinRenewGSA 3. Be registered for the meeting before applying for a travel grant: https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2024/home 4. Send an application to PGD 2nd Vice-Chair Alex Morgan (amorgan@psi.edu). This must includes a current CV (2 page maximum), short justification (~300-500 words) for why for why travel funding is needed, and a completed Travel Grant Application Form: https://tinyurl.com/GSAPGD2025grant Visit the Travel Grants web page for more information: https://community.geosociety.org/pgd/awards/travel-grants 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 January 12-16, 2026 Cosmic Collisions Conference https://www.nyuadcc26.com Abu Dhabi June 1-August 28, 2026 Exploring Planetary Systems in the Era of Time-domain Astronomy (EPS-ETA '26) https://egaidos.github.io/epseta26.html Honolulu, HI July 20-24, 2026 2026 Sagan Summer Workshop - Exoplanets with Roman Surveys: Microlensing and Transits https://nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/ Pasadena, CA 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 Detection of New Auroral Emissions at Io and Implications for Its Interaction with the Plasma Torus Zachariah Milby et al. 2025 PSJ 6:181 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade0b1 A Multifrequency Global View of Callisto's Thermal Properties from ALMA Maria Camarca, et al. 2025 PSJ 6:183 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade7ee Modeling Ice and Dust in Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS)'s Coma Megan Firgard and Theodore Kareta 2025 PSJ 6:184 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade672 A Large Outburst, Coma Asymmetries, and the Color of Comet 243P/NEAT Michael S. P. Kelley et al. 2025 PSJ 6:185 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade5ac 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS - NEW PAPERS Direct Links to Open Access (OA) Papers Editor-in-Chief, Amanda Hendrix https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21699100 The Effect of Mars Impact Crater Topography on Seismic Signals J. Charoensawan et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008440 Ferromagmatic Intrusions on Asteroid (16) Psyche May Be Magnetized Samuel W. Courville et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE009031 An Integrated Remote Sensing Lineament Investigation of the Manicouagan Region, Canada: Implications for Planetary Cratering Processes Mary-Anne Fobert, John G. Spray, Vernon Singhroy https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE008982 Mineralogical and Chemical Mapping of Martian Meteorite SaU 008 Using Deep UV Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy on Earth and Mars Joseph Razzell Hollis et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008826 *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at https://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to https://planetarynews.org and click on Subscribe. * * An unsubscribe option is available at the end of every PEN email. Or * send an email to pen_editor@psi.edu * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor@psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. Title plus text is limited to 200 words. All PEN * submissions will be tweeted @pen2tweets. 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