PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 19, Number 34 (August 24, 2025) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Matthew R Perry, Alex Morgan Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. AGU EPSP Graduate Student Mentorship Program 2. AGU EPSP Sticker Design Contest 2025 3. [NASA] Solar System Science Volunteer Reviewer Form 4. 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy at UCLA 5. Reminder: Online Webinar to Discuss Psyche BRNS Data in the NASA Planetary Data System 6. Introduction to JMARS Virtual Training 7. Planetary Scientist Position with Amentum at Marshall Space Flight Center 8. Explore the Solar System at GSA Connects 2025 in San Antonio 9. DevelopSpace Science and Engineering Grant Opportunities 10. JGR: Planets Meet & Greet at EPSC-DPS (SM17) 11. Galileo at 30 Symposium 12. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 13. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers 14. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets - New Papers Commercial/Fundraising Announcements: C1. Geology and Spaceflight Analog Expedition: Sold Out, Join Waiting List 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 AGU EPSP GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Are you a new grad student studying earth and planetary surface processes embarking on your advanced degree? Or are you nearing graduation with valuable insights to pass on and looking for mentorship experience? There's a place for you in the EPSP Student Mentorship Program. To either give or receive mentorship throughout the Fall 2025 semester, apply at: https://forms.gle/JZMsPCsk48cY5qdr6 The application deadline is September 8, 2025. In this EPSP-sponsored program, new grad students with at least one year of graduate school remaining will receive guidance in a one-on-one discussion format from experienced graduate students. Experienced graduate students with at least two years of graduate school experience will have the opportunity to lead three structured discussions with new grad students. Suggested discussion materials and group training sessions will be provided to the mentors with the hope that their personal experience will supplement the discussion. Events will begin in mid-September, 2025 and will continue through January 2026. This is a great opportunity for both early and late-stage graduate students to learn from one another and build connections across age and experience. Apply today! 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 AGU EPSP STICKER DESIGN CONTEST 2025 Got a creative streak? EPSP's Student Committee is hosting a Sticker Design Competition and we want your amazing designs! Whether you're an experienced artist or just love doodling in your spare time, this is your chance to see your artwork turned into a sticker that everyone will love. How to Enter: 1. Create a unique sticker design (any format is acceptable, either digital or hand-drawn) 2. Submit your design by Monday, September 20, 2025. Prizes: Annual Fall Meeting 2025 - Special recognition in our EPSP newsletter Let your creativity shine - start designing today! For more details and submission guidelines, visit: https://connect.agu.org/epsp/discussion/sticker-design Good luck, and we can't wait to see what you create! 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 SOLAR SYSTEM SCIENCE VOLUNTEER REVIEWER FORM We invite you to join our community of virtual panelists and external reviewers for the Solar System Science Program. Why Join? - Make an Impact: Use your expertise to guide NASA's research priorities and support breakthrough discoveries. - Flexible Involvement: Indicating interest does not obligate you-NASA will contact you if your skills match our needs. - Expand Your Network: Collaborate with top scientists and connect with peers across the Solar System science community. - Professional Growth: Gain peer review experience and strengthen your CV. How It Works - No Commitment: Signing up simply signals your interest. - Eligibility: You cannot review proposals for panels you are funded on but may serve on other panels or as an external reviewer. Quick Application - Required Fields: Answer all items marked with an asterisk*. - Share Your Expertise: Provide contact info, note conflicts of interest, and detail your background. - Fast Submission: Click the relevant buttons for other fields. - Comments Box: Highlight expertise relevant to review assignments and disclose any additional conflicts of interest. Your insights help ensure excellence across NASA's Solar System research. To apply, go to: https://tinyurl.com/2s3bkhcr [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 51 PEGASI B FELLOWSHIP IN PLANETARY ASTRONOMY AT UCLA The Heising-Simons Foundation is accepting applications for their 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship program in Planetary Astronomy. UCLA is one of the host institutions. Applicants should apply directly to the Heising-Simons Foundation in order to work with UCLA faculty in one or both of UCLA's Departments of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences and/or Physics & Astronomy. Go to: https://www.51pegasib.org Relevant research areas at UCLA include: detection and characterization of extrasolar planets; astronomical observations of Solar-System bodies; the chemistry and physics of planetary interiors and planetary atmospheres; orbital dynamics; planet formation; cosmochemistry, and combinations thereof. The Heising-Simons Foundation and UCLA are committed to fostering an environment that embraces and celebrates a wide range of perspectives. We therefore welcome applications from individuals whose backgrounds are underrepresented in planetary astronomy with innovative ideas that can greatly impact the field. Applications are being accepted through October 3, 2025. See also: https://astro.ucla.edu https://epss.ucla.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 REMINDER: ONLINE WEBINAR TO DISCUSS PSYCHE GRNS DATA IN THE NASA PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM As a reminder, the Psyche GRNS team will hold an online webinar on Thursday August 28, 2025 at 4pm EDT (1pm PDT) to discuss the recently released GRNS raw data in NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS). Join the webinar at: https://tinyurl.com/4dn78jue Meeting ID: 255 751 478 208 4 Passcode: up9dd7cR You may also join in your MS Teams app or via a browser: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting Information about the webinar, including this same Teams meeting link, has been posted at the following location: https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu/event/psyche-grns-data-webinar/ All who are interested in accessing and working with these data are encouraged to attend. David Lawrence Psyche GRNS Instrument Lead Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Learn more about the Psyche GRNS: https://www.jhuapl.edu/destinations/instruments/psyche-grns 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 INTRODUCTION TO JMARS VIRTUAL TRAINING The NASA Planetary Data Training Workshops project will host a Virtual-only training, "Introduction to JMARS", online on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 9am-1pm MST. This is intended for New Users interested in learning the basics of the JMARS software. Please sign up to participate at: https://tinyurl.com/mum73suk 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 PLANETARY SCIENTIST POSITION WITH AMENTUM AT MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER As a Planetary Scientist, the selected candidate will support the Terrestrial and Planetary Environments Team within the Natural Environments Branch (EV44) at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The selected candidate will support various space vehicle projects in a variety of planetary environments related discipline areas including global circulation modeling, atmospheric properties (density, pressure, chemical composition, and winds), dust characteristics, and topography. The selected candidate will analyze the influence of these planetary environments on space vehicle activities. This position is contingent on our NASA customer receiving funding for support during Fiscal Year 2026 and has a start date no earlier than October 4, 2025. Application deadline is September 1, 2025. Duties will include the following: - Perform analysis and deliver reports describing how natural planetary environment data will be applied to the design, development, and operation of various vehicle programs in the discipline area of flight vehicle performance. - Perform analysis of mission availability due to natural environments using in-house and self-developed tools. - Participate in design and safety reviews related to planetary environments. - Provide engineering support to planetary Global Reference Atmospheric Model (GRAM) development. Go to: https://tinyurl.com/28udp2t2 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 EXPLORE THE SOLAR SYSTEM AT GSA CONNECTS 2025 IN SAN ANTONIO Planetary science takes center stage this October in San Antonio. Join 0he Geological Society of America in San Antonio, TX, 19-22 October, and be part of the vibrant planetary geoscience community at GSA Connects 2025! https://connects.geosociety.org/ Register early by August 27 for a discounted rate. Sample sessions: Technical Sessions - Advancing Mineral Science and Exploring Planetary Surfaces: In Honor of MSA Dana Medalist, Elizabeth B. Rampe - Advancing Mineralogy and Spectroscopy Across the Solar System in Honor of MSA Roebling Medalist M. Darby Dyar - The G.K. Gilbert Award Session: Geology of Mars, Mercury, Asteroids, and Icy Satellites in Honor of Scott Murchie - Lunar Science and Exploration in the Artemis Era - Petrology, Volcanology, and Mantle Plumes across the Solar System Field Trips - Exploring the K/Pg Boundary - Warren Hamilton Field Trip: The West Texas Nexus - Orogeny, Magmatism, K-Pg Boundary, Vertebrate Biostratigraphy, and Chihuahuan Desert Geohydrology - Volcanic stratigraphy of the Paradise Mountain-Pine Peak Caldera Complex, Davis Mountains Volcanic Field, Texas - Kilbourne Hole and the Potrillo Volcanic Field: A Planetary Analog Site - Investigating Confirmed and Suspected Impact Sites in Western and Central Texas 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 DEVELOPSPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES DevelopSpace is pleased to offer grants for open science and engineering projects. Our current round of grants is open through September 20, 2025, and is focused on work that contributes to the human exploration and development of Mars, including science and engineering work associated with Mars surface resources and operations. Work that is relevant to both Mars and the Moon, and potentially a broader set of destinations, is also supported. Funding of up to $2,500 per grant is available, along with non-monetary support. Student- and volunteer-led efforts are welcome and encouraged. For details and to apply, go to: https://developspace.org/grants Please email info@developspace.org for any comments or questions during the process. 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 JGR: PLANETS MEET & GREET AT EPSC-DPS (SM17) The editorial board of Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets will hold a meet & greet during the EPSC-DPS meeting on Tuesday, September 9, 12:45-13:35 in the Callisto room (room 5). Come meet the board members and learn about JGR:Planets, open data policies, special collections and more! Lunch will be provided! Hope to see you there, Amanda Hendrix, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 GALILEO AT 30 SYMPOSIUM The Galileo at 30 Symposium will celebrate the legacy of NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter. Sponsored by JPL and the Caltech Keck Institute for Space Studies, the symposium will be held at Caltech's Ramo Auditorium on December 8, 2025, marking 30 years + 1 day from the spacecraft's historic orbit insertion. The program will feature invited talks from scientists whose groundbreaking discoveries with Galileo data transformed our understanding of Jupiter and its satellites and set the stage for future missions. Poster contributions may also be included (to be confirmed). The event will be followed by an evening panel discussion for the public. Registration will be free but required, and space will be limited. Please hold the date, and indicate your interest in attendance via this form: https://tinyurl.com/Galileo-Symposium-Interest 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 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 December 8, 2025 Galileo at 30 Symposium https://tinyurl.com/Galileo-Symposium-Interest Pasadena, CA March 16–20, 2026 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2026/ The Woodlands, TX 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Direct Links to Open Access Papers Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org Spectral Properties of Ilmenite, Hematite, and Spinel: Implications for Upcoming Lunar Exploration Missions Alex Camon and Myriam Lemelin 2025 PSJ 6:192 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adee0c On Dust Devil Diameters, Occurrence Rates, and Activity Brian Jackson et al. 2025 PSJ 6:193 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adf06c The Adjacency Effect at Kivu Lacus Shannon M. MacKenzie et al. 2025 PSJ 6:194 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adee98 JWST Spectroscopy of (142) Polana: Connection to NEAs (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu Anicia Arredondo et al. 2025 PSJ 6:195 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade395 Experimental Investigation of Soil Adsorption Effects on Water Migration in Simulated Lunar Conditions Yasheng Li et al. 2025 PSJ 6:196 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade5b0 The Mineralogical Connection between M- and K-type Asteroids as Indicated by Polarimetry Joseph R. Masiero et al. 2025 PSJ 6:197 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade433 A Decrease in Slope Angles on Insolated Martian Slopes: Ground-based Experiments Tetyana Bila and Gerhard Wurm 2025 PSJ 6:198 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adee93 Ejecta Mass Estimates from the DART Impact Plume Inferred from LICIACube Images Ramin Lolachi et al. 2025 PSJ 6:199 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adec6b 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS - NEW PAPERS Direct Links to Open Access (OA) Papers Editor-in-Chief, Amanda Hendrix An ANGSA Study: Crystal Size Distributions of Ilmenite in Basalts From Apollo 17 Drive Tube 73002 Jessika L. 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