Author: Maya.Yanez

Issue 25-04, Feb 24, 2025

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1. AAS MESSAGE- TAKE ACTION NOW TO SUPPORT ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS
2. RENEW YOUR AAS AND DPS MEMBERSHIP
3. STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025 ANNOUNCES NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
4. CHOIR MUTUAL AID FOR ASTROPHYSICS & SPACE SCIENCES
5. AAS POLICY AND EDUCATION OFFICE HOURS
6. EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025 CALL-FOR-SESSIONS
7. DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS WEBMASTER & PRESS OFFICER APPLICANTS TO BEGIN TERM IN SEPTEMBER 2025
8. AOGS SESSION PS18: PLANETARY DATA IN THE BIG DATA ERA – ARCHIVES, TOOLS, AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
9. ICDSS2025 SPECIAL SESSION: APOPHIS 2029
10. STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT FOR 8TH INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY DUNES WORKSHOP
11. APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR INAUGURAL CLASS OF B4PHD SCHOLARS
12. 2025 PI LAUNCHPAD: FROM SCIENCE IDEA TO NASA MISSION IN PERSON WORKSHOP
13. PLANETARY RINGS WORKSHOP SERIES KICKOFF FEBRUARY 28TH
14. NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR
15. TWO UPCOMING EUROPLANET WEBINARS
16. SAVE THE DATE: JUICE SCHOOL AT LES HOUCHES, FRANCE
17. 2025 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 18, 2025
18. SCHWEICKART PRIZE: NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
19. FIRST SOCIALIZED ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY
20. SUPERCAM MARS DATA WORKSHOP TUESDAY, MARCH 11 AT LPSC 2025
21. CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL AND ICARUS
22. JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

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AAS MESSAGE- TAKE ACTION NOW TO SUPPORT ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS

Following up on the DPS statement posted in our previous newsletter, we would like to bring to your attention the following message from the AAS.

“Over the last several weeks, at AAS we have seen significant threats to funding and agency programs that are essential to the astronomical sciences. We need your voice to urge Congress to support robust, uninterrupted funding to enable world-leading science through NASA, NSF, and the DOE Office of Science. Every voice counts.”

“Supporting a talented workforce and a range of scientific endeavors is critical for achieving scientific excellence. Right now, the United States’ global leadership in the sciences is at stake. Our research, missions, and facilities operate on long-term, stable investments, and disruptions will lead to setbacks that will take years to recover from. We need to act now to protect our scientific agencies from severe budget cuts and the cessation of critical programs.”

https://aas.org/advocacy/get-involved/action-alerts/action-alert-2025-support-science

“We have provided an example phone and email script to help you craft your message. The most effective action would be to both email and call your representatives, but if you can only do one, a phone call is more likely to have an immediate impact. Please email us at [email protected]  if you have any questions before reaching out to your representatives. Please note that any messages with crude or inflammatory language will not be passed on.”

“Thank you for advocating for your research and for the US astronomical community.”

Message transmitted by the AAS 

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RENEW YOUR AAS AND DPS MEMBERSHIP

The DPS committee and the AAS staff and community thank you for being an AAS/DPS member last year. For those who have not yet renewed for 2025, it’s not too late!

If you are unsure of your membership status, it’s easy to check. Go to my.aas.org and log in with your AAS username and password. Look for the framed Profile-at-a-Glance section on the right and confirm the Paid through date. If it’s 31 December 2024 or earlier, it’s time to renew.

If you have questions about your benefits or need assistance with your login or renewal, please email the membership team or call (202) 328-2010 x109. You can also send an e-mail to dpssec.org

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025 ANNOUNCES NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

WHAT: A rally to defend science as a public good and central pillar of social progress.

WHY: Science is for everyone–and benefits everyone. When the federal government supports

scientific research through taxpayer funding, it fuels innovation, creates jobs, and sustains the

world we live in. From purified water to the polio vaccine to the cell phone you might be reading

this on, science has significantly impacted our lives in countless ways.

We’re mobilizing to keep science free from interference and censorship by government officials.

We’re also mobilizing because attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access are attacks on

science, and vice versa. Science is at its best when it includes everyone and when it stands to

improve people’s lives.

It’s time–as ever–to stand up for science, for everyone who does it, and for everyone who

benefits from it.

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WHO: Everyone! If your life is better because of science, this rally is for you.

WHERE: Washington, DC & state capitals nationwide

WHEN: March 7, 2025

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Forthcoming details about local rallies: www.standupforscience2025.org

Press contact: [email protected]

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CHOIR MUTUAL AID FOR ASTROPHYSICS & SPACE SCIENCES

In direct response to the federal funding freeze outlined by OMB Memorandum M-25-13 and any ensuing directives imposed by the current administration which may prove harmful to our space sciences community, the choir collaboration is establishing a mutual aid program to offer financial assistance to those who are negatively impacted. Many of our colleagues in physics, astronomy, and planetary sciences may find themselves without a paycheck due to these orders.

To stand with our community in physics, astronomy, and planetary science currently affected by federal grant funding freezes and cancellations (e.g., the NSF funding freeze), we with support from Black In Astro, the Astro Poverty Survey, and Movement Consulting have organized a mutual aid initiative for our colleagues.  Please join us in supporting our community by giving aid, or requesting aid.

https://www.choircollaboration.com/mutual-aid

Thank you for joining us in solidarity, hope, and building a community of care.

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AAS POLICY AND EDUCATION OFFICE HOURS

As the landscape for our field continues to evolve, the AAS Public Policy and Education staff will be making themselves available for discussions and to provide information as they are able through regular “office hours.” This page will be updated regularly with information about office hours over the next few weeks. 

Optional RSVP (which will allow us to send you a calendar invitation): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdC49eYPPlGsX3ibyv-0q1I8b6hRBS5hvS2fNvK4VKoIE2zMw/viewform?usp=header

Current Office Hours Schedule:

Friday, 21 February: 3-4 pm ET (zoom)

Tuesday, 25 February: 10:30-11:30 am ET (zoom)

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EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025 CALL-FOR-SESSIONS

Dear colleagues,

The EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 will be held at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland on 7–12 September 2025.

The Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) is the annual meeting place of the Europlanet community, which invites contributions from planetary scientists from all over the world. First held in Berlin in 2006 and regularly attracting 1,200 participants, EPSC is the largest planetary science meeting held in Europe. It covers the entire range of planetary sciences with an extensive mix of talks, workshops, and poster sessions while providing a unique space for networking and exchange of experiences. In 2011 EPSC joined forces for the first time with the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) and they held their first joint meeting in Nantes, France. The intent of the joint meetings is not only to connect the European and US planetary science communities, but also to consolidate two major meetings, which should motivate planetary scientists from all over the globe to attend. This year will mark the third iteration of a joint Europe-based meeting. Given the record number of participants at the last two EPSCs we expect to exceed 2000 participants this year.

The success of our meetings is founded on the excellence of the scientific sessions held by the session conveners. We therefore encourage you to submit session proposals through the conference website by 5 March 2025.

For more information please see:

https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/information/call-for-sessions.html

To suggest a session go to:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2025/provisionalprogramme

Looking forward to a great joint meeting this year in Helsinki !

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DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS WEBMASTER & PRESS OFFICER APPLICANTS TO BEGIN TERM IN SEPTEMBER 2025

The Press Officer will serve a three-year term starting at the EPSC-DPS meeting in September 2025 but will start shadowing the current Press Officer imminently. The Press Officer will coordinate the DPS press conferences at the annual meetings as well as prize press releases. Candidates should be a full DPS member as of September 2025. Any questions about the position can be sent to [email protected] 

Likewise, the Webmaster will serve a three-year term starting at the EPSC-DPS meeting in September 2025. The new Webmaster will start shadowing the current Webmaster imminently as well. Candidates for Webmaster are not required to hold DPS membership, and the term is generally three years. Any questions about the position can be sent to [email protected].

If you’re interested in either position, please send a CV and a brief statement of interest to [email protected]

Officer responsibilities are listed here: https://dps.aas.org/leadership/officer-responsibilities 

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AOGS SESSION PS18: PLANETARY DATA IN THE BIG DATA ERA – ARCHIVES, TOOLS, AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

Abstract deadline extended to February 28, 2025

This session is about planetary data science, including archiving standards, organizations, data services and accessibilities, indexing and searching, data mining, and applications of big data technology and AI. Enormous volumes of data are being generated daily in planetary science. Data technologies are playing more and more important roles in planetary research, especially in the big data era. Long-term preservation and sharing of planetary data are essential for the research. Several data archiving organizations are providing archiving to a broad variety of data. Standards are being revised, archive organization and services are being improved, and international collaborations are becoming more essential. The goal of this session is to provide a forum to present and discuss the new developments in the related activities, technologies, and concepts related to planetary science data to facilitate effective and efficient planetary data archiving and sharing around the globe in the future. We welcome abstracts on any data-related topics.

Conveners: Jian-Yang Li (Sun Yat-sen University, China), Ludmilla Kolokolova (University of Maryland College Park, USA), Mark Bentley (ESA), Yukio Yamamoto (JAXA), Young-Jun Choi (KASI)

https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2025/public.asp?page=submissions.asp

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ICDSS2025 SPECIAL SESSION: APOPHIS 2029

Abstract deadline: March 3, 2025

The 2025 International Conference of Deep Space Sciences (ICDSS2025) will be held in Hefei, China, from April 7 to 11. This conference brings scientists worldwide to discuss new developments in deep space sciences. Specifically, we are organizing a special session focused on the Apophis 2029 encounter. The session will feature a one-hour online dialogue with the Apophis T-4 Years Workshop to share insights, pose questions, and raise points for discussions from both meetings. We welcome abstracts in all aspects related to the Apophis 2029 encounter opportunity, including science mission concepts, engineering development, ground- and space-based observations, studies of the changes on the asteroid, possible interaction with near-Earth space such as magnetosphere, implications for planetary defense, related international collaborations, and the related public and educational activities, etc.

Conveners: Jian-Yang Li (Sun Yat-sen University, China), Gonzalo Tancredi (University of the Republic, Uruguay), Yang Yu (Behang University, China)

Conference website: https://planet.ustc.edu.cn/icdss2025

Abstract submission: https://planet.ustc.edu.cn/icdss2025/abstract_submission/

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STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT FOR 8TH INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY DUNES WORKSHOP

The Mars Exploration Program Office is offering funds for student travel grants for the 8th International Planetary Dunes Workshop, which will be held May 19–22, 2025 in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/dunes2025/. 

Eligible candidates must be a student and U.S. citizen or legal resident (e.g. attending a US institution on valid visa). They also must submit a first-author abstract for presentation at the conference. Abstracts are due March 5, and the deadline for the travel grant application is March 7, 2025: https://forms.gle/Bv8dL3Jxm95xc2rKA. Interested students with questions are encouraged to contact Dr. Serina Diniega (Mars Exploration Program Office) at [email protected].

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APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR INAUGURAL CLASS OF B4PHD SCHOLARS

If you work with undergraduate students who are thinking about graduate school in the sciences (including planetary science, astronomy, and the Earth sciences), please consider passing along the link below about Purdue’s new B4PhD (“Bridge for Pursuing Higher Degrees”) Program!

Applications for our inaugural class of B4PhD Scholars are due February 28th.

The program will include exclusive mentoring with current Purdue graduate students, who will help demystify what graduate school is all about. B4PhD Scholars will also be able to participate in an optional “Mentor Meet-and-Match” activity for them to meet with Purdue faculty whose research interests overlap with theirs.

For more information and link to application: https://purduesci.com/b4phd

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2025 PI LAUNCHPAD: FROM SCIENCE IDEA TO NASA MISSION IN PERSON WORKSHOP

Important Dates:

Applications due: April 7, 2025 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Application Instructions and Submission URL: https://go.nasa.gov/ApplyPILP25

Application Number: NNH25ZDA009L

Pre-application Virtual Information Session: February 20, 2025 2 PM Eastern Time

Workshop Dates: August 11-14, 2025

Workshop Location: Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA

Are you thinking about developing your first flight mission proposal in the next few years but have no idea where to start? Are you working or studying in any NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) discipline? If you are a scientist who would like to submit a NASA space mission proposal in the next few years but don’t know where to start, this August workshop is for you! We are interested in expanding the pool of potential NASA space mission Principal Investigators (PIs). There is no fee to attend the in-person workshop.

PI Launchpad applications and instructions on eligibility and how to apply are available on the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) https://nspires.nasaprs.com. All applications must be submitted via NSPIRES. To submit an application, an NSPIRES account is required. To create an NSPIRES account, visit https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/registration/createuser!init.do.

Please email questions to the 2025 NASA PI Launch Pad Organizers at this shared address [email protected]. Do NOT submit ANY applications or other attachments to this email address. Emails with attachments will be deleted.

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PLANETARY RINGS WORKSHOP SERIES KICKOFF FEBRUARY 28TH

Join us for an open Planetary Rings Workshop series, which will kickoff with a virtual meeting on Feb 28th at 1:30 pm ET, 12:30 pm CT, 11:30 am MT, 10:30 am PT.

The goals of the workshops series include: (1) Identifying, defining, and capturing in documents the key science questions about planetary ring-moon systems; (2) defining the types of observations that would be most beneficial to address key ring-moon science questions in  missions, including Uranus Orbiter Probe; and (3) discussions on current and future research/opportunities to study planetary rings.

For questions, email Matt Hedman ([email protected]) and Tracy Becker ([email protected]).

Connection Information:

Topic: Rings/Moons Kickoff tag-up

Time: Feb 28, 2025 10:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://uidaho.zoom.us/j/81378014546

Meeting ID: 813 7801 4546

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NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR

Join us on 27 February 2025, 2:30-3pm EST (11:30-12 PST,12:30-1pm MST,1:30-2pm CST)

New Horizons continues its operation, now at 61au 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 Tod Lauer of NOIRLab and he will be speaking on: “A Demonstration of Interstellar Navigation Using new Horizons”

Connection Link:

https://zoom.us/j/97317697636?pwd=MTAzMjJmNThTeFppR3JoYzlkUXVCQT09

Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636

Calendar for future seminars:

https://zoom.us/meeting/tJMudu6upzwsGdKrlGdxLvb2e_I91uILetOL/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCvrTotHN2SthqBRowEA4j4KO7xmGZdjad2jhPCBzh_dAGkM91ra-NqOfTV

Recordings are archived and posted at: 

https://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/index.php#Spotlight-Presentations

For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, [email protected]

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TWO UPCOMING EUROPLANET WEBINARS

Join the two upcoming Europlanet webinars:

Studying Jupiter with JUICE-MAJIS and ground-based professional & amateur instrumentation.

Speakers Davide Grassi (INAF, Italy), Patrick Irwin (Univ. of Oxford, UK) and Steven Hill (independent researcher, USA). 28 February 2025 at 14:30 UTC

Detailed description and registration:

https://tinyurl.com/26u8ne59

Open Planetary Science.

Speakers Alessandro Frigeri (INAF, Italy), Nicolas Manaud (SpaceFrog, France) and Mark Wieczorek (OCA, Nice, France) 4 March 2025 at 13:00 UTC

Detailed description and registration:

https://tinyurl.com/ysv2fcv2

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SAVE THE DATE: JUICE SCHOOL AT LES HOUCHES, FRANCE

This school is targeted (but not limited) to early career scientists. It will cover the main science topics of the JUICE mission with the goal to best prepare the future exploitation and interpretation of its data. Key topics include Jupiter, its atmosphere and magnetosphere, the icy Galilean moons (with an emphasis on Ganymede), minor moons and the dust and ring system. Ground- and space- based observations recently obtained on the Jupiter system, as well as links with exoplanet science, will also be presented. The format of the school includes tutorials, seminar-like presentations, inspirational evening talks, a poster session, a workshop on science planning and archive, and a roundtable on future missions to outer planets. Deadline for

registration and request for grants: August 15, 2025

Contact: [email protected]

https://www.houches-school-physics.com/the-school

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice

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2025 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 18, 2025

Now through March 18, 2025, NASA is encouraging applications for its 37th Annual Planetary Science Summer School. Offered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, PSSS is a 3-month long early career development experience to help prepare the next generation of planetary science and engineering mission leaders.  Participants learn the process of developing a science hypothesis-driven robotic space mission in a concurrent engineering environment while getting an in-depth, first-hand look at mission design, mission life cycle, costs, schedule and the trade-offs inherent in each.

Applicants with the following education and career experience are eligible: Science and engineering Doctoral candidates (advancement to candidacy required), recent Ph.D.’s (up to three years beyond their Ph.D.), Postdocs, Junior Faculty with a Ph.D., and non-research Engineering Master-level students within six to nine months of graduation will be considered on a space-available basis.

There is no charge to attend. Open to U.S. Citizens and legal permanent residents and a limited number of Foreign Nationals from non-designated countries living within the U.S at the time of application and during the full session. We strive to create a welcoming environment where participants’ contributions and unique perspectives are valued.

Session 1: Preparatory Sessions May 8 – July 24. 

Culminating Week with JPL’s Team X July 28 – August 1.

Session 2: Preparatory Sessions May 22 – August 7. 

Culminating Week with JPL’s Team X August 11 – 15.

PSSS is roughly equivalent in workload to a rigorous 3-credit graduate-level course, requiring an average effort of 10-12 hours per week. Participants spend the majority of the first 10 weeks in preparatory webinars acting as a science mission team, prior to spending the final culminating week being mentored by JPL’s Advance Project Design Team, or “Team X” to refine their mission concept design, then present it to a mock review board of NASA Center experts. 

To apply and learn more about the NASA Science Mission Design Schools:

http://go.nasa.gov/missiondesignschools

Joyce Armijo

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SCHWEICKART PRIZE: NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Are you a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow with bold ideas for planetary defense? The Schweickart Prize invites you to submit an innovative proposal for tackling challenges like asteroid detection, impact mitigation, space law, or public education. 

The winner will be granted a cash prize of $10k USD, receive an award, be given public exposure through a press campaign, and receive mentorship by the Prize Selection Committee, including Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart.

The application submission deadline is Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 11:59 PM PST

Interested students are encouraged to watch our student Q&A webinars to get more information and first hand insights from the 2024 Prize Winner to the application process. Watch here: https://bit.ly/3CDi9zU 

For further details, visit the official Schweickart Prize website: https://www.schweickartprize.org/for-students 

Sign up for the newsletter: https://bit.ly/3PKJvqJ 

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Best Regards,

Schweickart Prize Committee

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FIRST SOCIALIZED ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY

The “Progress in Understanding the Pluto System: 10 Years after Flyby” meeting will be held July 14–18, 2025 at the Kossiakoff Conference Center of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

NASA’s New Horizons mission conducted the first and only exploration flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach on July 14, 2015. This meeting will assess advances made since then using New Horizons and all other data (ground-based, JWST, HST, etc.), as well as theory and modeling regarding all aspects of the Pluto system and the dwarf planets of the Kuiper Belt. Session topics will include: Pluto, Charon, Pluto’s Small Satellites, Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planets, Pluto and Satellite System Origins, and Past and Future Exploration of Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and the Outer Solar System.

To be added to the mailing list to receive information about this meeting, submit an indication of interest at https://www.hou.usra.edu/meeting_portal/) by Wednesday February 19th. Registration and abstract submission will open on Thursday February 20th. The deadline for abstract submission is Friday April 18th.

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SUPERCAM MARS DATA WORKSHOP TUESDAY, MARCH 11 AT LPSC 2025

The Perseverance/SuperCam instrument team will host a data user workshop at the Lunar & Planetary Science Conference. It will be at 5:00-6:45 pm Tuesday, 3/11 in the Indian Springs room of the Woodlands Marriott Waterway Conference Center. The workshop is for people

outside of the team who are interested in using the publicly available data and/or collaborating with others on the data. Data sets include visible & near infrared (VISIR) passive spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and derived elemental chemistry, time-resolved remote Raman and luminescence spectroscopy, acoustic data from the microphone, and imaging. The day of the week and time of the workshop will be posted in early 2025. The SuperCam team has collected nearly four years of data from hundreds of targets in Jezero

crater on Mars, and it is available at:

https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mars2020/supercam.htm

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CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL AND ICARUS

The current issues for both DPS-affiliated journals are here:

The Planetary Science Journal:

https://iopscience.iop.org/issue/2632-3338/6/2

Icarus:

Icarus | Vol 428, In progress (1 March 2025) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

Job seekers and employers are encouraged to browse DPS’s job listings and advertise open positions **for free** on the DPS job board.

Full details for several new positions can be found on the DPS job board.

A summary of recent job announcements and postdoc opportunities are listed below.

1. Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor Survey Scientist – Due Mar 29, 2025

NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is a planned mission (launch: September 2027) with a goal of finding, identifying, and characterizing potentially hazardous asteroids in our Solar System.  The Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences is an academic unit within the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences.  

The NEO Surveyor survey scientist’s high-level responsibilities include:

• Assist the Principal Investigator and Science Team in developing the NEO Surveyor survey plan, which determines where the Observatory points as a function of time.
• Interface with the NEO Surveyor Science Data System (NSDS) archive to access NEO Surveyor image and catalog data, and work with the NSDS team to maximize the ability to link individual NEO Surveyor detections of small body candidates.
• Interface with the NEO Surveyor mission system team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Physics (LASP), and ensure that the teams at JPL and LASP produce uplink sequences that match the desired survey plan.
• Interface with the Minor Planet Center to ensure that the survey plan produces the best possible orbits for small body candidates detected by NEO Surveyor.

More information on the position, including qualifications, compensation range, benefits and how to apply are provided in the full position description: https://jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/6856

2. Postdoctoral Research Associate: (Exo)planetary Atmosphere – University of Arizona Lunar & Planetary Laboratory – Due Mar 24, 2025

The Lunar & Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona has an opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate I in the field of modeling of planetary atmospheres. Research areas of interest include atmospheric escape from rocky planets, chemical kinetics of early Earth, Venus, Mars, and analogous exoplanets, and interior-atmosphere interactions on rocky worlds; candidates are encouraged to reach out to Prof. Ranjan in advance of their application to cooperatively identify specific research topics of mutual interest. Applicants should have previous experience modeling the atmospheres of planets or exoplanets, although a variety of backgrounds may be relevant. Candidates with expertise in 1D hydrodynamic escape of rocky planet atmospheres are especially encouraged to apply. The position is for a period of up to three years, renewable annually contingent on satisfactory performance reviews.

Position is opened until filled, and first review of applications will begin 03/24/2025. UA LPL is a world-class department and a very stimulating environment. We have strong connections to missions and the next generation of telescopes, as well as to our colleagues in Astronomy and Geoscience. Tucson is a great place to live, with excellent hiking, great food, and a low cost of living. Please do not hesitate to reach out to Prof. Ranjan with any questions!

 Link to position description and application: https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/21927

3. Supervisors, Astrobiology Section and Asteroids and Rocky Small Bodies Section, JHUAPL

The Small Bodies and Ocean Worlds group in the Space Exploration Sector of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) seeks supervisors for its Astrobiology Section and its Asteroids and Rocky Small Bodies Section. The Astrobiology Section focuses on potentially habitable environments beyond Earth, laboratory studies of Earth analogs, development of instrumentation for detection of extraterrestrial biosignatures, and missions including Europa Clipper and Dragonfly that investigate environments of astrobiological interest. The Asteroids and Rocky Small Bodies Section focuses on the chemistry, physics, and geology of rocky small bodies, physical processes that affect their surfaces, development of spaceflight instrumentation to study them, and the study of meteorites that sample them.

The desired candidates will have: a doctorate in a physical or biological science relevant to the work in their section; an accomplished research program; excellent people skills; and excellent written and oral communications skills. They will be expected to provide leadership and mentorship to the half-dozen members of the section, and participate in a variety of strategic efforts.

Applications for the Astrobiology Section may be submitted at https://careers.jhuapl.edu/jobs/56619?lang=en-us and for the Asteroids and Rocky Small Bodies Section at https://careers.jhuapl.edu/jobs/56655?lang=en-us

4. Senior Application Developer Caltech/IPAC – Application Deadline Mar 31, 2025

PAC at Caltech has an opening for a Senior Applications Developer with a strong background in Unix software development to lead the Data Systems development team at the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA). As lead of IRSA’s Data Systems Team, you will manage the activities of a group of IRSA scientists and developers who share the overarching goal of supporting community science with archival IRSA and other NASA data sets. Your development work may involve processing astrophysics space mission data, containerization & cloud technologies, large scale databases, and petabyte-scale storage. You will also work with scientists and other developers to help interpret and implement project requirements and document the work that you’ve accomplished.

Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/senior-application-developer/

5. Full-time staff scientist to work with Roman team at IPAC 

IPAC, part of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division at Caltech, provides science operations, user support, data and archive services, and scientific vision to enhance discovery with observatories both in space and on the ground. IPAC invites applications from highly qualified individuals for a full-time position at the junior scientist level to work with the Roman team at IPAC.

The Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to address key questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. It is slated for launch in late 2026. The Roman Science Support Center (SSC) at IPAC is part of the Roman Ground Data System, providing algorithm and software development and data processing for the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey and all Roman spectroscopic data. In addition, the SSC will support the operations of the Coronagraph Instrument, manage the Roman General Investigator Program proposal solicitations and related data analysis funding, and provide community support for exoplanet and wide-field spectroscopy science with Roman.

For more details, see: https://roman.ipac.caltech.edu

Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/7526/

6. Staff Scientist NED Caltech/IPAC – Application Deadline March 15, 2025

IPAC has an immediate opening for a scientist to work with the NED team. The primary responsibility of this position is to contribute to keeping the content of the database current and accurate by assimilating the diverse and rapidly growing data published in the astrophysics literature and associated catalogs. The successful candidate will also help identify new approaches that can be implemented by NED to accelerate data ingest, and help to design, implement, and test those approaches. The scientist will also conduct astronomical research related to NED’s mission.  

Link to the full job description with application instructions: https://dps.aas.org/staff-scientist-ned/

7. Postdoctoral Scholar: Asteroid Radar – University of Central Florida

The incumbent will be expected to participate in data analysis, physical and dynamical characterization of near-Earth asteroids using radar and optical data, and support archiving asteroid shape models in the Planetary Data System (PDS). This position is open until filled.

Postdoctoral scholar: asteroid radar

8. NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship – Application Deadline March 1, 2025

The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections. 

 Selected by a competitive peer-review process, NPP Fellows complete one- to three-year Fellowship appointments that advance NASA’s missions in Earth science, planetary science, heliophysics, astrophysics, biological and physical science, aeronautics and engineering, human exploration systems, space operations, space technology, and astrobiology.  Search for NPP research opportunities in Planetary Science here: NPP Research Opportunities. 

Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in hand before beginning the fellowship, but may apply while completing the degree requirements. Please see current eligibility requirements. Stipends start at $70,000 per year, with supplements for higher cost-of-living areas and for certain academic specialties. Financial assistance is available for relocation and health insurance, and $10,000 per year is provided for travel and professional development. 

Applications are accepted three times each year: March 1, July 1, and November 1. 

For further information and to apply, visit: https://npp.orau.org/applicants/index.html.   

 Questions: [email protected]

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Issue 25-03, Feb 12, 2025

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1. DPS COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS DISRUPTING PLANETARY SCIENCE
2. SPACE SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE – COMMUNITY OPEN LETTER OPEN FOR SIGNATURES
3. EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025 CALL-FOR-SESSIONS
4. DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS WEBMASTER & PRESS OFFICER APPLICANTS TO BEGIN TERM IN OCTOBER 2025
5. 2025 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 18, 2025
6. AOGS 2025 SESSION PS01:  PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES, COMPARATIVE GEOLOGY, AND ASTROBIOLOGY ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM 
7. AOGS SESSION PS19: HYDRATION IN AIRLESS BODIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
8. NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR
9. SCHWEICKART PRIZE: NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
10. FIRST SOCIALIZED ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY
11. DRAGONFLY ANALOG FIELD TRIP TO THE NAMIB SAND SEA
12. SUPERCAM MARS DATA WORKSHOP TUESDAY, MARCH 11 AT LPSC 2025
13. BACO-25 SESSION JMC11: EXPLORATION OF THE DIVERSITY OF PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES AND SURFACES
14. SAVE THE DATE: JUICE SCHOOL AT LES HOUCHES, FRANCE
15. OPAG MEETING (FEBRUARY 25-27) POSTPONED
16. AOGS SESSION PS18: PLANETARY DATA IN THE BIG DATA ERA – ARCHIVES, TOOLS, AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
17. URANUS ORBITER AND PROBE SCIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE: TOUR DRIVERS
18. CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ICARUS AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL
19. JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

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DPS COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS DISRUPTING PLANETARY SCIENCE

The DPS Committee has released a statement on the negative impact to AAS and DPS members due to recent presidential actions. A brief summary from part of the letter is below and the letter can be read in its entirety on the DPS webpage.

DPS Committee Statement on Executive Orders Disrupting Planetary Science

DPS expresses its dismay at these actions leading to possible disruption and halting of scientific research programs, including planetary science, as well as other activities with congressional mandates. We request that more communication and information be dispensed by NASA and NSF as it becomes available.

At DPS, we also plan to dedicate Capitol Hill visits in spring and summer of 2025 to advocacy for the value of broad involvement in space science, including our and our colleagues’ research, NASA projects, and NASA missions. We will join forces with other scientific institutions and organizations, including at the international level, and inform our membership as the situation evolves. 

To help us in this advocacy, we urge all DPS members to urgently contact their congressional representatives and express your support for ending the disruptions to open scientific research and to activities of Planetary Science Analysis / Assessment Groups, which are an important tool for NASA to tap the corporate knowledge of the science community.

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SPACE SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE – COMMUNITY OPEN LETTER OPEN FOR SIGNATURES

Recognizing that many of us in the planetary science community have been negatively impacted by recent events, several of us have written an open letter addressed to NASA leadership and to our elected representatives. You can read the letter (and co-sign if you wish) at:

https://sites.google.com/view/space-science-for-everyone

You may choose to sign anonymously, and we do not ask for institutional affiliations. There is also an option to edit or remove your signature at any time. Please feel free to share this widely!

The letter opens as follows: “We write as members of the space science community who are dismayed by the impact of recent events on taxpayer-funded, NASA-supported science, missions, and communities. Many of us chose this profession motivated by a desire to push the

boundaries of what is possible and widen our understanding of the universe, and to do so in the public interest.” We go on to note the impact on programs aimed at broadening participation in space science, the AGs, and the work environment at and beyond federal agencies.

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EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025 CALL-FOR-SESSIONS

Dear colleagues,

The EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 will be held at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland on 7–12 September 2025.

The Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) is the annual meeting place of the Europlanet community, which invites contributions from planetary scientists from all over the world. First held in Berlin in 2006 and regularly attracting 1,200 participants, EPSC is the largest planetary science meeting held in Europe. It covers the entire range of planetary sciences with an extensive mix of talks, workshops, and poster sessions while providing a unique space for networking and exchange of experiences. In 2011 EPSC joined forces for the first time with the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) and they held their first joint meeting in Nantes, France. The intent of the joint meetings is not only to connect the European and US planetary science communities, but also to consolidate two major meetings, which should motivate planetary scientists from all over the globe to attend. This year will mark the third iteration of a joint Europe-based meeting. Given the record number of participants at the last two EPSCs we expect to exceed 2000 participants this year.

The success of our meetings is founded on the excellence of the scientific sessions held by the session conveners. We therefore encourage you to submit session proposals through the conference website by 5 March 2025.

For more information please see:

https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/information/call-for-sessions.html

To suggest a session go to:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2025/provisionalprogramme

Looking forward to a great joint meeting this year in Helsinki !

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DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS WEBMASTER & PRESS OFFICER APPLICANTS TO BEGIN TERM IN SEPTEMBER 2025

The Press Officer will serve a three-year term starting at the EPSC-DPS meeting in September 2025 but will start shadowing the current Press Officer imminently. The Press Officer will coordinate the DPS press conferences at the annual meetings as well as prize press releases. Candidates should be a full DPS member as of September 2025. Any questions about the position can be sent to [email protected] 

Likewise, the Webmaster will serve a three-year term starting at the EPSC-DPS meeting in September 2025. The new Webmaster will start shadowing the current Webmaster imminently as well. Candidates for Webmaster are not required to hold DPS membership, and the term is generally three years. Any questions about the position can be sent to [email protected].

If you’re interested in either position, please send a CV and a brief statement of interest to [email protected]

Officer responsibilities are listed here: https://dps.aas.org/leadership/officer-responsibilities 

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2025 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 18, 2025

Now through March 18, 2025, NASA is encouraging applications for its 37th Annual Planetary Science Summer School. Offered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, PSSS is a 3-month long early career development experience to help prepare the next generation of planetary science and engineering mission leaders.  Participants learn the process of developing a science hypothesis-driven robotic space mission in a concurrent engineering environment while getting an in-depth, first-hand look at mission design, mission life cycle, costs, schedule and the trade-offs inherent in each.

Applicants with the following education and career experience are eligible: Science and engineering Doctoral candidates (advancement to candidacy required), recent Ph.D.’s (up to three years beyond their Ph.D.), Postdocs, Junior Faculty with a Ph.D., and non-research Engineering Master-level students within six to nine months of graduation will be considered on a space-available basis.

There is no charge to attend. Open to U.S. Citizens and legal permanent residents and a limited number of Foreign Nationals from non-designated countries living within the U.S at the time of application and during the full session. We strive to create a welcoming environment where participants’ contributions and unique perspectives are valued.

Session 1: Preparatory Sessions May 8 – July 24. 

Culminating Week with JPL’s Team X July 28 – August 1.

Session 2: Preparatory Sessions May 22 – August 7. 

Culminating Week with JPL’s Team X August 11 – 15.

PSSS is roughly equivalent in workload to a rigorous 3-credit graduate-level course, requiring an average effort of 10-12 hours per week. Participants spend the majority of the first 10 weeks in preparatory webinars acting as a science mission team, prior to spending the final culminating week being mentored by JPL’s Advance Project Design Team, or “Team X” to refine their mission concept design, then present it to a mock review board of NASA Center experts. 

To apply and learn more about the NASA Science Mission Design Schools:

http://go.nasa.gov/missiondesignschools

Joyce Armijo

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AOGS 2025 SESSION PS01:  PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES, COMPARATIVE GEOLOGY, AND ASTROBIOLOGY ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM 

Submit your abstracts and Apply for funding support by 18 February 2025 at 2359hrs (GMT +8, Singapore Standard Time)

PS01: Planetary Surface Processes, Comparative Geology, and Astrobiology Across the Solar System

The surfaces of terrestrial planets and their satellites have been significantly shaped by diverse geological processes. In the outer solar system, extreme conditions on the satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, and the ice giants lead to the development of unique exogenic and endogenic features. We invite contributions spanning a wide range of topics, including the geomorphology and composition of volcanic deposits, edifices, and plumes, volcano-induced deformation, edifice growth and collapse, tectonic structures, faulting and fracturing processes, crustal stress and strain analysis, cryovolcanism, fluvial and aeolian features, and studies related to planetary endogenic and exogenic processes. Additionally, we welcome research exploring the interactions between planetary interiors, surfaces, atmospheres, and their implications for astrobiology and habitability. Comparative studies of Earth’s geological systems with a strong remote sensing focus, as well as investigations of terrestrial analogs, are strongly encouraged.

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Hope to see you there!

The Conveners:

Dr. Anezina Solomonidou (Hellenic Space Center, Athens, Greece)

Dr. Rosaly Lopes (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, United States)

Dr. Florian M. Schwandner (NASA Ames Research Center, United States)

https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2025/public.asp?page=home.asp

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AOGS SESSION PS19: HYDRATION IN AIRLESS BODIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Dear colleagues,

Please consider submitting an abstract to this Planetary Science section for the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) to be held in Singapore from July 27th to August 1st, 2025:

https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2025/public.asp?page=home.asp

The recent decades have brought a revolution in our understanding of the distribution of water in airless bodies in the Solar System. Discoveries like water ice in the Permanently Shaded Regions of Mercury, water vapor around Ceres, hydration of the surface of the Moon and asteroids, and aqueous alterations inside samples from the Moon and asteroids revealed the surprising pervasiveness of water in Solar System’s airless bodies and pose the question of where this water came from.

We welcome submissions of abstracts covering laboratory investigations, remote and in situ measurements of water molecules, and modeling of the transport of water molecules in exospheres and its interaction with the surface in Solar System airless bodies.

The abstract submission deadline is February 18th, 2025.

Conveners:

Cesare Grava (SwRI, USA)

Amanda Hendrix (PSI, USA)

Shuai Li (University of Hawai’i, USA)

Yang “Steve” Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Christian Wöhler (Technical University of Dortmund, Germany)

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NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR

Join us on 27 February 2025, 2:30-3pm EST (11:30-12 PST,12:30-1pm MST,1:30-2pm CST)

New Horizons continues its operation, now at 61au 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 Tod Lauer of NOIRLab and he will be speaking on: “A Demonstration of Interstellar Navigation Using new Horizons”

Connection Link:

https://zoom.us/j/97317697636?pwd=MTAzMjJmNThTeFppR3JoYzlkUXVCQT09

Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636

Calendar for future seminars:

https://zoom.us/meeting/tJMudu6upzwsGdKrlGdxLvb2e_I91uILetOL/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCvrTotHN2SthqBRowEA4j4KO7xmGZdjad2jhPCBzh_dAGkM91ra-NqOfTV

Recordings are archived and posted at: 

https://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/index.php#Spotlight-Presentations

For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, [email protected]

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SCHWEICKART PRIZE: NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Are you a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow with bold ideas for planetary defense? The Schweickart Prize invites you to submit an innovative proposal for tackling challenges like asteroid detection, impact mitigation, space law, or public education. 

The winner will be granted a cash prize of $10k USD, receive an award, be given public exposure through a press campaign, and receive mentorship by the Prize Selection Committee, including Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart.

The application submission deadline is Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 11:59 PM PST

Interested students are encouraged to watch our student Q&A webinars to get more information and first hand insights from the 2024 Prize Winner to the application process. Watch here: https://bit.ly/3CDi9zU 

For further details, visit the official Schweickart Prize website: https://www.schweickartprize.org/for-students 

Sign up for the newsletter: https://bit.ly/3PKJvqJ 

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Best Regards,

Schweickart Prize Committee

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FIRST SOCIALIZED ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY

The “Progress in Understanding the Pluto System: 10 Years after Flyby” meeting will be held July 14–18, 2025 at the Kossiakoff Conference Center of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

NASA’s New Horizons mission conducted the first and only exploration flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach on July 14, 2015. This meeting will assess advances made since then using New Horizons and all other data (ground-based, JWST, HST, etc.), as well as theory and modeling regarding all aspects of the Pluto system and the dwarf planets of the Kuiper Belt. Session topics will include: Pluto, Charon, Pluto’s Small Satellites, Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planets, Pluto and Satellite System Origins, and Past and Future Exploration of Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and the Outer Solar System.

To be added to the mailing list to receive information about this meeting, submit an indication of interest at https://www.hou.usra.edu/meeting_portal/) by Wednesday February 19th. Registration and abstract submission will open on Thursday February 20th. The deadline for abstract submission is Friday April 18th.

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DRAGONFLY ANALOG FIELD TRIP TO THE NAMIB SAND SEA

We are leading a NASA-funded field trip to Namibia to allow members of the planetary community to familiarize themselves with analog terrain for Dragonfly’s exploration in Titan’s Shangri-La sand sea.  Members of the planetary science community are invited to apply to join the trip; those selected will have their travel and field expenses dominantly covered. The trip departs the USA on 2025 October 4 and finishes on 2025 October 15.

Although longitudinal dunes like those on Titan are the most abundant dune type on Earth in terms of their areal coverage, no longitudinal dunes exist in the western hemisphere.  The dunes in the Namib sand sea in southwestern Africa are 100m high with 3-5 km spacing and extend for tens to hundreds of kilometers along their crestlines.  The dunes are separated by kilometer-wide sand-free interdunes.  These characteristics match those seen in Titan’s dunes, even through differing sand composition, temperature, composition, gravity, and atmospheric density.  Placing scientists into a Dragonfly landing site analog environment will help to plan how to obtain and interpret datasets similar to those Dragonfly will obtain and to relate those data to ground truth, thereby improving preparation for and the scientific return from the Dragonfly mission.  For more about Dragonfly, see https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/ .

While in Namibia, we will undertake three major activities.  (1) Observe in the field typical large longitudinal dunes to witness scales, materials, and processes to gain insight into the dune mechanics and their exploration at human and lander scale.  (2) Overfly the dune field in a light aircraft to provide perspective on flight considerations and aerial imagery quality and scales.  (3) Participate in an analog exploration campaign in the dunes using commercial drones to communicate data to a “back room” from which representative decision-making will dictate analog mission decisions.

Applicants from US institutions are welcomed from all backgrounds, career stages, and positions:  from Titan scientists; from scientists working on Mars or elsewhere who might benefit from the field experience; from students independently or through established community members; and from scientists, engineers, and operations specialties.  Final selections (30-40 participants) will seek to maximize the utility of the field exercise by creating an open, collaborative, diverse, and inclusive experience for all involved. 

To apply, send an email with your CV and a 1-page Letter of Application to us at the email addresses listed below.  The Letter of Application should describe how you expect to contribute to the field exercise and how you expect that the experience might benefit you.  Applications received on or before 2025 February 5 will receive full consideration.  If you have any questions, please contact us.

Jani Radebaugh                           [email protected]

Jason Barnes                                [email protected]

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SUPERCAM MARS DATA WORKSHOP TUESDAY, MARCH 11 AT LPSC 2025

The Perseverance/SuperCam instrument team will host a data user workshop at the Lunar & Planetary Science Conference. It will be at 5:00-6:45 pm Tuesday, 3/11 in the Indian Springs room of the Woodlands Marriott Waterway Conference Center. The workshop is for people

outside of the team who are interested in using the publicly available data and/or collaborating with others on the data. Data sets include visible & near infrared (VISIR) passive spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and derived elemental chemistry, time-resolved remote Raman and luminescence spectroscopy, acoustic data from the microphone, and imaging. The day of the week and time of the workshop will be posted in early 2025. The SuperCam team has collected nearly four years of data from hundreds of targets in Jezero

crater on Mars, and it is available at:

https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mars2020/supercam.htm

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BACO-25 SESSION JMC11: EXPLORATION OF THE DIVERSITY OF PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES AND SURFACES

We invite you to submit abstracts to the session, JMC11 Exploration of the Diversity of Planetary Atmospheres and Surfaces, at a joint-assembly, IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO (BACO-25) on 20-25 July 2025:

https://baco-25.org/new/sub2/sub201.asp

Over the last decades, planetary science has revealed an incredible diversity of atmospheres on the various planetary bodies in our galaxy. Considerable efforts are being made at international level to better understand such diverse atmospheres and surfaces. These efforts

encompass a wide variety of research fields: development of remote sensing techniques, space missions for orbiters and in-situ measurements, analysis of remote sensing data, understanding

ices/ocean/surface-atmosphere-space interactions, numerical calculations of radiative and dynamical atmospheric processes, understanding of the evolution of these atmospheres and surfaces, comparative planetology studies, and laboratory measurements in support to different planetary conditions. In this session, papers covering these diverse topics will be solicited, providing the community with a comprehensive approach to characterizing these very

different atmospheres and surfaces. Submission of Earth studies abstracts on related subjects is encouraged to foster cross-fertilization.

Early Career support is available through ICPAE/IAMAS:

International Commission on Planetary Atmospheres and their Evolution (ICPAE)

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SAVE THE DATE: JUICE SCHOOL AT LES HOUCHES, FRANCE

This school is targeted (but not limited) to early career scientists. It will cover the main science topics of the JUICE mission with the goal to best prepare the future exploitation and interpretation of its data. Key topics include Jupiter, its atmosphere and magnetosphere, the icy Galilean moons (with an emphasis on Ganymede), minor moons and the dust and ring system. Ground- and space- based observations recently obtained on the Jupiter system, as well as links with

exoplanet science, will also be presented. The format of the school includes tutorials, seminar-like presentations, inspirational evening talks, a poster session, a workshop on science planning and archive, and a roundtable on future missions to outer planets. Deadline for

registration and request for grants: August 15, 2025

Contact: [email protected]

https://www.houches-school-physics.com/the-school

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice

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OPAG MEETING (FEBRUARY 25-27) POSTPONED

Dear OPAG Community,

We appreciate your patience as we have worked to determine a path forward for our upcoming OPAG meeting, originally scheduled for February 25-27 in Tucson, AZ. We regret that, at this time, it is necessary for us to postpone our community OPAG meeting to a later date. More details will be made public as soon as they are available.

We are deeply encouraged to be able to pass along that the leadership at NASA HQ in SMD and PSD has been working diligently to ensure that the valued interaction between the community and HQ enabled by the AGs can be resumed as soon as possible. They have prioritized this effort and are committed to working with OPAG and the other AGs to complete this work.

Thank you to everyone for your patience under these circumstances. We are grateful for the commitment of our leaders in SMD and PSD to NASA and the greater planetary science community and look forward to resuming the exciting work of exploration and discovery together.

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AOGS SESSION PS18: PLANETARY DATA IN THE BIG DATA ERA – ARCHIVES, TOOLS, AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

Abstract deadline: February 18, 2025

This session is about planetary data science, including archiving standards, organizations, data services and accessibilities, indexing and searching, data mining, and applications of big data technology and AI. Enormous volumes of data are being generated daily in planetary

science. Data technologies are playing more and more important roles in planetary research, especially in the big data era. Long-term preservation and sharing of planetary data are essential for the research. Several data archiving organizations are providing archiving to a broad variety of data. Standards are being revised, archive organization and services are being improved, and international collaborations are becoming more essential. The goal of this session is to provide a forum to present and discuss the new developments in the related activities, technologies, and concepts related to planetary science data to facilitate effective and efficient planetary data archiving and sharing around the globe in the future. We welcome abstracts on any data-related topics.

Conveners: Jian-Yang Li (Sun Yat-sen University, China), Ludmilla

Kolokolova (University of Maryland College Park, USA), Mark Bentley

(ESA), Yukio Yamamoto (JAXA), Young-Jun Choi (KASI)

https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2025/public.asp?page=submissions.asp

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URANUS ORBITER AND PROBE SCIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE: TOUR DRIVERS

All members of the planetary science community are invited to take part in a voluntary, non-binding, questionnaire about the Uranus Flagship mission’s orbital tour design.  This community-led poll is designed to better understand the parameters needed for studying each aspect of the Uranus system, based on the Decadal Survey’s science objectives.  The poll will close on March 30, and the aggregated results will be posted to public webpages (past workshops and/or OPAG, as appropriate) for broader community use.  

https://forms.gle/x47s722XfW47YqZM8

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CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ICARUS AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL 

The current issues for both DPS-affiliated journals are here:

Icarus:

Icarus | Vol 427, In progress (February 2025) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

The Planetary Science Journal:

https://iopscience.iop.org/issue/2632-3338/6/2

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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

Job seekers and employers are encouraged to browse DPS’s job listings and advertise open positions **for free** on the DPS job board.

Full details for several new positions can be found on the DPS job board.

A summary of recent job announcements and postdoc opportunities are listed below.

1. Senior Application Developer Caltech/IPAC – Application Deadline Mar 31, 2025

PAC at Caltech has an opening for a Senior Applications Developer with a strong background in Unix software development to lead the Data Systems development team at the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA). As lead of IRSA’s Data Systems Team, you will manage the activities of a group of IRSA scientists and developers who share the overarching goal of supporting community science with archival IRSA and other NASA data sets. Your development work may involve processing astrophysics space mission data, containerization & cloud technologies, large scale databases, and petabyte-scale storage. You will also work with scientists and other developers to help interpret and implement project requirements and document the work that you’ve accomplished.

Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/senior-application-developer/

2. Full-time staff scientist to work with Roman team at IPAC 

IPAC, part of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division at Caltech, provides science operations, user support, data and archive services, and scientific vision to enhance discovery with observatories both in space and on the ground. IPAC invites applications from highly qualified individuals for a full-time position at the junior scientist level to work with the Roman team at IPAC.

The Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to address key questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. It is slated for launch in late 2026. The Roman Science Support Center (SSC) at IPAC is part of the Roman Ground Data System, providing algorithm and software development and data processing for the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey and all Roman spectroscopic data. In addition, the SSC will support the operations of the Coronagraph Instrument, manage the Roman General Investigator Program proposal solicitations and related data analysis funding, and provide community support for exoplanet and wide-field spectroscopy science with Roman.

For more details, see: https://roman.ipac.caltech.edu

Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/7526/

3. Staff Scientist NEO Surveyor Task Lead Caltech/IPAC

IPAC at Caltech invites applications for a Task Lead of the team that is developing the Survey Data System for NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission. As Task Lead you will work closely with the IPAC/NEOS Science Lead and Lead System Architect in the overall management of the development, test, and operation of the NEO Surveyor Survey Data Systems (NSDS) at IPAC. Application due Feb 21, 2025

Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/staff-scientist-neo-surveyor-task-lead/

4. Staff Scientist NED Caltech/IPAC – Application Deadline March 15, 2025

IPAC has an immediate opening for a scientist to work with the NED team. The primary responsibility of this position is to contribute to keeping the content of the database current and accurate by assimilating the diverse and rapidly growing data published in the astrophysics literature and associated catalogs. The successful candidate will also help identify new approaches that can be implemented by NED to accelerate data ingest, and help to design, implement, and test those approaches. The scientist will also conduct astronomical research related to NED’s mission.  

Link to the full job description with application instructions: https://dps.aas.org/staff-scientist-ned/

5. Postdoctoral Scholar: Asteroid Radar – University of Central Florida

The incumbent will be expected to participate in data analysis, physical and dynamical characterization of near-Earth asteroids using radar and optical data, and support archiving asteroid shape models in the Planetary Data System (PDS). This position is open until filled.

Postdoctoral scholar: asteroid radar

6. NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship – Application Deadline March 1, 2025

The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections. 

 Selected by a competitive peer-review process, NPP Fellows complete one- to three-year Fellowship appointments that advance NASA’s missions in Earth science, planetary science, heliophysics, astrophysics, biological and physical science, aeronautics and engineering, human exploration systems, space operations, space technology, and astrobiology.  Search for NPP research opportunities in Planetary Science here: NPP Research Opportunities. 

Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in hand before beginning the fellowship, but may apply while completing the degree requirements. Please see current eligibility requirements. Stipends start at $70,000 per year, with supplements for higher cost-of-living areas and for certain academic specialties. Financial assistance is available for relocation and health insurance, and $10,000 per year is provided for travel and professional development. 

Applications are accepted three times each year: March 1, July 1, and November 1. 

For further information and to apply, visit: https://npp.orau.org/applicants/index.html.   

 Questions: [email protected]

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Issue 24-24, Dec 22, 2024

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1. 6TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR): SPACE EXPLORATION 2025: A SYMPOSIUM ON HUMANITY’S CHALLENGES AND CELESTIAL SOLUTIONS “COSPAR 2025”
2. 46TH SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR) AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS “COSPAR 2026”      
3. NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION PLANETARY DATA ECOSYSTEM WEBSITE
4. ANNOUNCING APOPHIS T-4 YEARS WORKSHOP
5. INVITATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO EGU GA2025 PS6.1 – EMERGENCE, CHEMISTRY, AND EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
6. NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR
7. SUBMIT A PLANETARY SESSION TO THE 2025 GSA CONNECTS ANNUAL MEETING
8. LAD DISSERTATION PRIZE, DEADLINE DEC 31, 2024, 11:59 ET
9. SUPERCAM MARS DATA USER WORKSHOP AT LPSC 2025
10. PEN: LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 60
11. ROSES-24 AMENDMENT 78: D.10 TESS GENERAL INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM FINAL TEXT AND DUE DATE
12. (EXO-)VENUS SESSION AT EGU 2025 FROM 27 APRIL – 2 MAY, 2025
13. EGU SESSION PS2.1: JUPITER’S ICY MOONS – WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE EUROPA CLIPPER AND JUICE CAN TAKE US
14. EGU SESSION P2.3: TITAN EXPLORATION
15. EGU GREAT DEBATE B1
16. SAVE THE DATE: BINARY ASTEROIDS VI
17. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (MEMBER AND CHAIR) OF THE EXOPLANET PROGRAM ANALYSIS GROUP (EXOPAG)
18. MARS MATISSE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
19. VEXAG VENUS EXPLORATION STRATEGY RELEASED
20. INITIATIVE TO CREATE A PLANETARY SCIENCE DIAMOND OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL
21. IMPACT CRATERING AND ASSOCIATED RESEARCH US (ICAARUS) WORKSHOP MAY 31 – JUNE 1, 2025, FLAGSTAFF, AZ
22. CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL AND ICARUS
23. JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

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6TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR): SPACE EXPLORATION 2025: A SYMPOSIUM ON HUMANITY’S CHALLENGES AND CELESTIAL SOLUTIONS “COSPAR 2025”                 

Host Organizations:  Cyprus Space Exploration Organization (CSEO)

Date: 3 – 7 November 2025

Place: Nicosia, Cyprus

Various sessions organized under the themes: 

• Humanity’s Challenges and the Potential of Space
• Space as a Unifying Force: Fostering International Collaboration
• Space Tech for Earth and Beyond: Innovation, AI, and Sustainable Solutions
• The Ethics of Exploration: Responsible and Inclusive Space Endeavours
• Capacity Building, CubeSats and Outreach Event
• Planetary Protection

Selected papers published in Advances in Space Research and Life Sciences in Space Research, fully refereed journals with no deadlines, open to all submissions in relevant fields. 

Contact: COSPAR Secretariat  [email protected]

Scientific program, abstract submission – opening end December 2024 or early January 2025

Abstract Deadline:  4 April 2025

https://www.cospar-assembly.org/symposia

Registration, accommodation, etc.

COSPAR 2025 Symposium

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46TH SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR) AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS “COSPAR 2026”                                       

Host Organization: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)

Place: Florence, Italy

Date: 1 – 9 August 2026

Topics: 

Approximately 150 meetings covering the fields of COSPAR Scientific Commissions (SC), Panels, and Task Groups:

• SC A:  The Earth’s Surface, Meteorology and Climate
• SC B:  The Earth-Moon System, Planets, and Small Bodies of the Solar System
• SC C:  The Upper Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets Including Reference Atmospheres
• SC D:  Space Plasmas in the Solar System, Including Planetary Magnetospheres
• SC E:  Research in Astrophysics from Space
• SC F:  Life Sciences as Related to Space
• SC G:  Materials Sciences in Space
• SC H:  Fundamental Physics in Space
• Panel on Satellite Dynamics (PSD)
• Panel on Scientific Ballooning (PSB)
• Panel on Potentially Environmentally Detrimental Activities in Space (PEDAS)
• Panel on Radiation Belt Environment Modelling (PRBEM)
• Panel on Space Weather (PSW)
• Panel on Planetary Protection (PPP)
• Panel on Capacity Building (PCB)
• Panel on Education (PE)
• Panel on Exploration (PEX)
• Panel on Interstellar Research (PIR)
• Panel on Innovative Solutions (PoIS)
• Panel on Social Sciences and the Humanities (PSSH)
• Panel on IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility) (PIDEA)
• Panel on Establishing a Constellation of Small Satellites (PCSS)
• Panel on Machine Learning and Data Science (PMLDS)
• Task Group on Establishing an International Geospace Systems Program (TGIGSP)

Selected papers published in Advances in Space Research and Life Sciences in Space Research, fully refereed journals with no deadlines open to all submissions in relevant fields.

Contact: COSPAR Secretariat, [email protected]

Scientific program, abstract submission beginning mid-August 2025

Abstract Deadline: mid-February 2026

https://www.cospar-assembly.org/assembly

Registration, accommodation, etc. 

https://www.cospar2026.org

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NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION PLANETARY DATA ECOSYSTEM WEBSITE

NASA’s Planetary Science Division has developed a Planetary Data Ecosystem (PDE) website as a community resource and to help increase the discoverability of and access to planetary data, tools, and related information.

 On this new website, you’ll discover Planetary Science Division funded:

• Data repositories, databases, and catalogs that include data and higher-order data products from space missions and ground-based facilities and generated by research and analysis projects.
• Software and tools including applications for data processing, mission support, visualization, models and simulation tools, and data analysis tools tailored for planetary science applications. 
• Standards and policies help researchers perform robust planetary science and following open science practices.
• Learning resources, such as presentations, tutorials, past workshop materials, and upcoming events, so that we remain on the cutting edge of data analysis and lower barriers for using planetary data and tools. 
• Community groups focused on planetary science and exploration.

This website can be viewed at: https://planetary.data.nasa.gov/

Comments and feedback on this website are welcome and encouraged. Please email the NASA Headquarters PDE Team with any comments, additional information, or corrections at [email protected].

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ANNOUNCING APOPHIS T-4 YEARS WORKSHOP

The Apophis T-4 Years: Knowledge Opportunity for the Science of Planetary Defense workshop will be held April 9-10, 2025, at the University of Tokyo.

This workshop will focus on international collaboration opportunities for both Earth–based observations and in situ investigations, the OSIRIS–APEX mission, Destiny+, and other implementable mission or instrument concepts. There are adjacent workshops at the same location dedicated to Hera (April 7–8, 2025) and RAMSES (April 11, 2025). Apophis T–4 (April 9–10, 2025) will place the greatest emphasis on Apophis science. Hera and RAMSES Workshop information will be available soon.  Both in-person and virtual attendance are anticipated.

The abstract deadline is February 3, 2025.  Please register your indication of interest at the meeting website and check for ongoing updates, including details on limited travel grant support for students and early-career researchers. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/apophis2025/

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INVITATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO EGU GA2025 PS6.1 – EMERGENCE, CHEMISTRY, AND EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

The convenor team (Nora Hänni, Niels Ligterink, Kelly Miller, Fabian Klenner, Cécile Engrand) of EGU’s session PS6.1 entitled ‘Emergence, chemistry, and evolution of organic matter in the Solar System’ is inviting your contribution. The EGU General Assembly 2025 will take place in Vienna (Austria) in a hybrid format 27 April – 2 May 2025 and we are aiming to enrich the meeting with a platform for the Solar System organics community.

The scope of our session is the following: We want to bring together scientists with backgrounds in laboratory experimentation, chemical modelling, space exploration, instrumentation, theoretical chemistry, and observations in order to share knowledge and progress our understanding of the evolution of organic chemistry in interplanetary / interstellar dust particles, meteorites, comets, asteroids, KBOs, icy moons, terrestrial planets, and planetary atmospheres and ask how future space exploration missions such as OSIRIS-REx, Hayabusa2, Europa Clipper, JUICE, Dragonfly, and Martian Moons Explorer (MMX) can push the boundaries of our current knowledge.

Key questions of our session are: How did organics in all those environments form? Was this chemical complexity inherited, did it emerge in the Solar System, or a combination of both? What do these molecules tell us about the physical conditions and formational history of planetary bodies and other objects in the Solar System? Is there a link between this organic matter and the emergence of life?

If you are interested in contributing and sharing your research in this session, you can find a more detailed session description here, where you also can submit your abstract to PS6.1:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/52089

EGU rules and regulations for abstract submission are compiled here:

https://www.egu25.eu/programme/how_to_submit.html

Abstracts are due Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET.

We thank you for considering a contribution to our session and for spreading the word to people you know may be interested.

Kind regards,

the conveners: Nora Hänni, Niels Ligterink, Kelly Miller, Fabian Klenner, Cécile Engrand

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NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR

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. 

Calendar for future seminars:

https://zoom.us/meeting/tJMudu6upzwsGdKrlGdxLvb2e_I91uILetOL/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCvrTotHN2SthqBRowEA4j4KO7xmGZdjad2jhPCBzh_dAGkM91ra-NqOfTV

Recordings are archived and posted at: 

https://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/index.php#Spotlight-Presentations

For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, [email protected]

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SUBMIT A PLANETARY SESSION TO THE 2025 GSA CONNECTS ANNUAL MEETING

19-22 October 2025 in San Antonio, Texas

https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2025

Planetary Science will take center stage at the 2025 meeting as one of its three main themes:

From Earth to the Cosmos: Geoscience Beyond Our Planet

This theme invites exploration of planetary geoscience in its full scope, bridging terrestrial geology with the study of solid, icy, and gaseous bodies across the Solar System and extending to exoplanets. Planetary Science covers impacts, volcanism and tectonism, atmospheric,

sedimentary, and hydrologic processes, regolith formation, potential biosignatures and habitability. New frontiers include materials for In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), such as ice and critical minerals, which are crucial for supporting future human habitation on other worlds. Through this expanded lens, geoscientists can explore not only Earth’s unique attributes but also the geological and material diversity across our Solar System, contributing to advancements in both science of planetary environments and commercial space exploration.

GSA also welcomes proposals for field trips and short courses.

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LAD DISSERTATION PRIZE, DEADLINE DEC 31, 2024, 11:59 ET

The Dissertation Prize is typically presented on an annual basis to recognize an outstanding theoretical or experimental doctoral dissertation (or the equivalent) in laboratory astrophysics. The prize is awarded to an individual who has completed their PhD or equivalent degree in any of the three calendar years immediately preceding the award year. Candidates must have already graduated before the prize deadline to be eligible. 

The prize includes a cash award, a citation, and an invited lecture by the recipient at a meeting of the Laboratory Astrophysics Division. 

The recipients for each year will be announced typically in January/February of that year, and they will be invited to present their prize talk at the annual LAD meeting, which is typically held jointly with the AAS Summer Meeting. Any nominee not selected will be automatically considered in the next two consecutive years, or as long as the nominee is eligible, whichever is less. 

PRIZE NOMINATION PACKAGE DETAILS:

The Nomination package for the Dissertation Prize must include:

1. A nomination letter, including a one-sentence proposed citation.  The letter should clearly state that it is the nomination letter. Only one signator is allowed.
2. Two letters of support. These are separate and distinct from the nomination letter and should clearly indicate that they are letters of support. Additional letters will not be considered. Only one signator per letter is allowed.
3. A summary of the thesis (not to exceed 5 pages including figures and bibliography).
4. A statement from the nominee’s university that a Ph.D. or equivalent degree has been awarded. 
5. A curriculum vitae.
6. A publication list.

Additional material (such as reprints, etc.) will not be considered.

All nomination material must be emailed as a single or multiple PDF file(s) by the deadline to the LAD Secretary ([email protected]). 

Please note that the entire package need not be compiled (though this is appreciated, in the order of the above list) or sent by any single or specific person. Anyone involved in the nomination or supporting materials, including the candidate, can email any of the components (1-6, above) to the LAD Secretary and the package will be considered as long as all components are received by the deadline. 

Nominators, letter writers, and candidates need not be AAS or LAD members. Self-nominations are allowed. The deadline for receipt of the Dissertation Prize nomination package is 11:59 pm ET on December 31st each year. 

Attracting and serving a diverse and inclusive membership worldwide is a primary goal for LAD. In calling for nominations, we wish to remind you how important it is to give full consideration to qualified women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and scientists from outside the United States. 

Feel free to email any questions you may have to 

Rachel Smith, LAD Secretary, [email protected]

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SUPERCAM MARS DATA USER WORKSHOP AT LPSC 2025

The Perseverance/SuperCam instrument team will host a data user workshop at the Lunar & Planetary Science Conference the second week of March 2025. The workshop is for people outside of the team who are interested in using the publicly available data and/or collaborating

with others on the data. Data sets include visible & near infrared (VISIR) passive spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and derived elemental chemistry, time-resolved remote Raman and luminescence spectroscopy, acoustic data from the microphone, and

imaging. The day of the week and time of the workshop will be posted in early 2025. The SuperCam team has collected nearly four years of data from hundreds of targets in Jezero crater on Mars, and it is available at:

https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mars2020/supercam.htm

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PEN: LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 60

The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 60 of data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. This release contains raw, calibrated, and derived data products covering the nominal time period from March 15 through June 14, 2024. Some instrument teams are delivering more recent data. The data are archived at various PDS nodes.

• CRaTER at the PPI Node
• Diviner at the Geosciences Node
• LAMP* at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node
• LEND at the Geosciences Node
• LOLA at the Geosciences Node
• LROC at the LROC Data Node
• Mini-RF at the Geosciences Node
• Radio Science at the Geosciences Node
• SPICE at the NAIF Node

NOTE: LAMP data is delayed and will be available soon in both PDS3 and PDS4 format with PDS4 LID urn:nasa:pds:lro_lamp

The data may be accessed from:  https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/lro/

For a dataset-oriented perspective, go to:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20241213.shtml

LRO releases occur every three months. The next release is scheduled for March 14, 2025.

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ROSES-24 AMENDMENT 78: D.10 TESS GENERAL INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM

FINAL TEXT AND DUE DATE

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) General Investigator (GI) Program (NNH24ZDA001N) solicits proposals for the acquisition and analysis of scientific data from the TESS mission. The primary purpose of the TESS GI Program is to enhance and maximize the science return from TESS.

Phase-1 proposals are due by 4:30 pm Eastern time on March 27, 2025, via the Astrophysics Research Knowledgebase Remote Proposal System.

Go to:  https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2024

Programmatic questions regarding D.10 TESS GI, may be directed to John Wisniewski at [email protected] or to Joshua Pepper at [email protected]. Technical questions concerning this program element may be directed to the TESS General Investigator Program Lead Christina Hedges at [email protected]

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(EXO-)VENUS SESSION AT EGU 2025 FROM 27 APRIL – 2 MAY, 2025

We are pleased to announce the (exo-)Venus session at EGU 2025 from 27 April – 2 May 2025 (Vienna and online): 

PS1.2 Venus: models, observations, (ancient) Earth- and exoplanet analogue

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessionprogramme/5526#

Abstract deadline: 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET

Invited talk by: Prof. Stephen Kane (UC Riverside, USA) 

Session Summary

In June 2021, NASA and ESA selected a fleet of three international missions to Venus, which are planned to launch in 2031. Moreover, other missions are in preparation, such as Shukrayaan-1 (ISRO), Venus Life Finder (Rocket Lab), and VOICE (Chinese Academy of Sciences). With the ‘Decade of Venus’ upon us, many fundamental questions remain regarding the planet. Did Venus ever have an ocean? How and when did intense greenhouse conditions develop? How does its internal structure compare to Earth’s? How can we better understand Venus’ geologic history as preserved on its surface as well as the present-day state of activity and couplings between the surface and atmosphere? Although Venus is one of the most uninhabitable planets in the Solar System, understanding our nearest planetary neighbor may unveil important lessons on atmospheric and surface processes, interior dynamics, and habitability. Moreover, as an early-Earth analogue, Venus may help us draw important conclusions on the history of our own planet. Beyond the solar system, Venus’ analogues are likely a common type of exoplanets, and we probably have already discovered many of Venus’ sisters orbiting other stars. This session welcomes contributions that address the past, present, and future of Venus science and exploration, and what Venus can teach us about (ancient) Earth as well as exo-Venus analogues. Moreover, Venus mission concepts, new Venus observations, Earth-Venus comparisons, exoplanet observations, new results from previous observations, and the latest lab and modelling approaches are all welcome to our discussion of solving Venus’ mysteries.

We hope you will consider submitting an abstract to this session. We are looking forward to it!

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EGU SESSION PS2.1: JUPITER’S ICY MOONS – WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE EUROPA

CLIPPER AND JUICE CAN TAKE US

The end of the year is fast approaching, and with it is the abstract submission for the upcoming EGU meeting! Do you have any exciting new results on Jupiter’s icy moons science? Please consider submitting an abstract to session PS2.1 entitled “Jupiter’s icy moons: where we are,

and where Europa Clipper and Juice can take us.”

More information about the session is available on the conference website:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/51969

The EGU abstract submission deadline is Wednesday 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts!

Your convening team,

Ines Belgacem, Haje Korth, Thomas Cornet, and Umberto De Filippis

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EGU 2025/SESSION PS2.3: TITAN EXPLORATION: VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 27 APRIL – 2 MAY, 2025

Titan is one of the most complex environments in the solar system, a complexity expressed in a triad of manifestations: in the photochemically intense and seasonally varying atmosphere; in the unique hydrocarbon lakes and oceans, the dunes and other geomorphological features; and in the astrobiologically intriguing subsurface water ocean.

We invite the international Titan community to convene in the 2025 EGU general assembly where all above aspects will be discussed from observational, theoretical and experimental perspectives. We look forward discussing the latest discoveries from the analysis of Cassini-Huygens, JWST and ground-based observations, as well as exploring anticipated results from the forthcoming Dragonfly mission. This is also a great opportunity for the community to exchange ideas with colleagues studying the Earth, the only other planet matching Titan’s systemic complexity.

Share: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/51968

The EGU abstract submission deadline is Wednesday 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET.

Please consider submitting an abstract to this session

The Conveners: Panayotis Lavvas, Athena Coustenis, Tommi Koskinen, Conor Nixon, Anezina Solomonidou

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EGU 2025 GREAT DEBATE B1: VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 27 APRIL – 2 MAY, 2025

Habitability in Our Solar System: Do Any Worlds Besides Earth Offer Habitable Conditions?

As our understanding of the solar system expands, so does our curiosity about the potential for life beyond Earth. This Union Symposium aims to bring together leading experts to discuss the latest research and ideas on the habitability of other worlds within our solar system. The symposium will focus on key celestial bodies such as Mars, Europa, Ganymede, Enceladus, and Titan, which have emerged as prime candidates in the search for environments that might support life.

The panel will delve into novel and cutting-edge research on the factors that could make these worlds habitable, addressing critical questions

This symposium will provide a platform for interdisciplinary discussion, drawing on expertise from planetary science, astrobiology, geology, and atmospheric science. The session will be structured as a moderated panel discussion of invited experts who are at the forefront of this research. These panelists will share their insights, engage in a dynamic discussion, and respond to questions from the audience, fostering a collaborative exploration of this critical topic.

The goal of this Union Symposium is to bridge the gap between different disciplines and encourage the sharing of ideas and perspectives that could lead to a deeper understanding of habitability within our solar system. This discussion is not only vital for the scientific community but also holds significant implications for future space exploration and the search for life beyond our planet.

Share: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/54293

Convener: Anezina Solomonidou | Co-convener: Joana S. OliveiraECS

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SAVE THE DATE: BINARY ASTEROIDS VI

We are pleased to announce the 6th Binary Asteroids Meeting will be hosted by the Nice Observatory next year. The workshop will be focused on binary and multiple systems among the NEO, Hungaria, main-belt, Trojan, Centaur, and TNO populations. We hope to gather experts on all topics related to binaries, including their detection, characterization, formation, and dynamical evolution. 

When: September 15-17, 2025

Where: Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Further details and registration information will follow. Please fill out the following form if you are interested in receiving future updates and registration information: https://forms.gle/dCVgFa2t6WXVLMuM8

Regards,

The local organizing committee: Harrison Agrusa, Benoit Carry, Luana Liberato, Raphael Marschall, Patrick Michel, Kate Minker, Paolo Tanga

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (MEMBER AND CHAIR) OF THE EXOPLANET PROGRAM ANALYSIS GROUP (EXOPAG)

Dear Colleagues:

The Astrophysics Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is pleased to issue this open call for nominations to serve on the Executive Committee (EC) of NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG), both as an EC member and/or as Chair. In the coming months, NASA anticipates making several new appointments to the ExoPAG EC, replacing four current members of the committee who have reached the end of their terms. NASA also anticipates making a new appointment to serve as Chair of the ExoPAG EC. New appointments will start in the Spring of 2025 and will be for a period of three years.

NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP, http://exoplanets.nasa.gov) is the NASA program office that serves as the focal point for exoplanet science and technology, and devises strategies to help NASA achieve its goals in the area of exoplanet science. The ExoPAG is an open, interdisciplinary forum that provides a way for the scientific community to give input to ExEP, and for conducting analyses in support of ExEP science objectives and their implications for planning and prioritization of Program activities. The ExoPAG is led by a Chair who also serves on NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC). The Chair works with a volunteer Executive Committee, whose membership is chosen to reflect the broad range of scientific disciplines and interests represented in the exoplanet field (e.g. spanning Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Heliophysics, and Earth Science). Together, the ExoPAG Chair and Executive Committee are responsible for capturing and organizing community input, overseeing ExoPAG analyses, reporting ExoPAG findings and inputs to the Astrophysics Division Director, and keeping the scientific community apprised of ongoing activities and opportunities within ExEP. Detailed information about the structure and function of the ExoPAG, including the current and past membership of the EC, can be found at http://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exopag.

Nominations for the ExoPAG EC and/or EC Chair should be submitted via email to the address: [email protected] . Nominations must include both a cover letter and a one-page CV summarizing the nominee’s relevant background. The cover letter should provide a description of the nominee’s area of expertise, qualifications for service, commitment to NASA’s core value of inclusion, and anticipated contributions to the ExoPAG Executive Committee. Cover letters should indicate whether the applicant is interested in serving on the EC or in chairing the EC (or both). Nominations will only be accepted for scientists who are employed at a U.S. institution for the period of the service. There are no citizenship restrictions. Nominations from individuals at academic institutions—university, college, or non-NASA research laboratory—are strongly encouraged. Self-nominations are welcome and treated equally as external nominations. The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2025, with announcement of selections anticipated in Spring of 2025. Selections will be announced by the ExoPAG mailing list (http://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/announcementList).

We look forward to working with all of our stakeholders to develop a robust and compelling Exoplanet Exploration Program.

Sincerely,

Dr. John Wisniewski, NASA Headquarters Deputy Exoplanet Exploration Program Scientist, ExoPAG Executive Secretary

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MARS MATISSE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP

The 2025 “Mars Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather SciencE” (M-MATISSE) community workshop will be held on 19-23 May 2025 at University College London, United Kingdom. Everyone with interest in the ESA Medium class (M7) mission candidate is welcome to participate.

The workshop aims to bring the scientific community together to discuss the M-MATISSE M7 mission candidate progress in order to help with the consolidation of the M-MATISSE science report (i.e., the Yellow Book) that it is due in early 2026. This is a chance to help shape the

science of the mission.

Participants are invited to submit abstracts addressing one or more of the scientific goals of the mission that can be found at:

https://sites.google.com/view/m-matisse-workshop

Abstract deadline: 24 January 2025.

Registration deadline: 31 March 2025 – There are no registration fees.

Early Career Support deadline: 24 January 2025. We are able to support a few early careers. The application for this support will open soon, please check our website for updates.

If you have any questions or wish to suggest any changes to the website, please contact us: [email protected]

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VEXAG VENUS EXPLORATION STRATEGY RELEASED

In response to the 2023 Origins, Worlds, and Life Decadal Survey, the Venus Exploration Analysis Group has developed a new strategy for Venus exploration in the coming decade and beyond.

This new strategy has now been published:  https://tinyurl.com/VenusExploration2024

The strategy report will be maintained as a living document and updated as needed. Community input and ideas for Venus science, exploration, and partnerships are always solicited and welcome!

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INITIATIVE TO CREATE A PLANETARY SCIENCE DIAMOND OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL

Members of the planetary science community are leading an initiative to create a planetary science diamond open access journal. Diamond open access means that it is free for authors to publish, and free for readers and libraries to access. Over the past couple of years there

has been an explosions of such journals in the geosciences (like Volcanica, Seismica, Tektonika, and Geodynamica, to name a few), and we will be following a similar approach that they used.

All of our internal discussions are occurring in an open forum, and if this is a project that interests you, please feel free to sign in using this link:  https://tinyurl.com/yte5zbez

The slides from our kickoff meeting can be found here:  https://sdrive.cnrs.fr/s/8XPxxe2A8tymAmZ

And a recording is on youtube here:  https://youtu.be/I-sOb51LSFc?feature=shared

You can subscribe to our email list by sending a message to [email protected] with the subject: subscribe planetary-science.doaj

We plan to have an open call for editors and associate editors in March at LPSC, and the launch date is expected to be January 2026 or earlier

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IMPACT CRATERING AND ASSOCIATED RESEARCH US (ICAARUS) WORKSHOP MAY 31 – JUNE 1, 2025, FLAGSTAFF, AZ

The Barringer Crater Company is hosting a 2-day workshop in Flagstaff (and at Meteor Crater) to promote interdisciplinary impact crater science in the US.

The goal of ICAARUS is to reinvigorate impact cratering research in the United States by assessing the current state of impact crater research as well as the funding landscape, and to strategize ways to support a sustained impact cratering community. This workshop will be the first in a series that will consider outstanding scientific problems in impact cratering to generate creative interdisciplinary research and collaboration. This workshop is open to impact crater scientists with the focus on field work, laboratory work, modeling, astrobiology,

analogues, and more!

As part of their initiative to increase impact cratering research, The Barringer Crater Company is proud to host ICAARUS 2025 and fund participants’ travel to Flagstaff.

To all interested scientists, please submit an application due January 15, 2025. Responses will be sent by the organizing committee by February 1, 2025.

The application is available at:  https://tinyurl.com/rczr4h63

For more information, contact: Dr. Steven Jaret ([email protected]) or Dr. Carolyn Crow ([email protected])

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CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL AND ICARUS

The current issues for both DPS-affiliated journals are here:

The Planetary Science Journal:

Issue 12 – Volume 5 – The Planetary Science Journal – IOPscience

Icarus:

Icarus | Vol 424, In progress (December 2024) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES

The DPS job board is now working. Job seekers and employers are encouraged to browse DPS’s job listings and advertise open positions **for free**.

Full details for several new positions can be found on the DPS job board.

A summary of recent job announcements and postdoc opportunities are listed below.

1. Software Developer for NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission

IPAC at Caltech invites applications for a Software Developer to join the team that is developing the Survey Data System for NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission. As a Software Developer, you will build and maintain the software that will prepare, reformat, and package the NEO Surveyor Survey Data Systems (NSDS) data products for routine ingestion into the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA).

Software Developer for NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission

2. Quality Assurance Scientist

IPAC at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for one or more Quality Assurance Scientists to work on the Near-Earth Object Surveyor (NEOS) program. NEOS is a NASA Planetary Defense mission, scheduled for launch in late 2027, that will detect, track, and characterize solar system small bodies that pose a hazard to the Earth. The NEOS observatory consists of a passively cooled 50 cm telescope located near Sun-Earth L1 equipped with a wide-field camera that will image the sky simultaneously in two mid-infrared bands. NEOS will detect approximately 200,000 Main Belt Asteroids, NEOs, and comets each day against a background of hundreds of millions of distant stars and galaxies.

Quality Assurance Scientist

3. Two Tenure-Track Faculty Positions at the University of Idaho

The Physics Department at the University of Idaho is seeking to hire two new tenure-track faculty members at the assistant professor level. We seek faculty members who will establish strong research programs in experimental, theoretical or computational physics that will complement or build on existing strengths within the department and the College of Science. The department currently has faculty working on various topics in astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter, nuclear physics and planetary science, and the college is pursuing initiatives in biomedical and bioengineering fields. The new faculty members will be expected to mentor undergraduate and graduate students in the physics program. The University of Idaho places a high priority on hiring faculty with an array of backgrounds and experiences, as well as researchers with a variety of perspectives.

Two Tenure-Track Faculty Positions at the University of Idaho

4. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Planetary Atmospheric Modeling

The Lunar & Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona has an opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate I in the field of planetary atmospheres. Efforts from this postdoctoral associate will emphasize developing convection-resolving models and applications of these tools to sub-stellar objects. The postdoctoral associate will also co-develop a computational methods training program delivered to undergraduate researchers from historically underrepresented groups.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Planetary Atmospheric Modeling

5. [NASA] ROSES-24 AMENDMENT 63: F.5 FINESST – SMD’S GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH CLARIFICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS

F.5 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) solicits proposals for graduate student-designed and performed research projects relevant to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

F.5 FINESST has been updated in several ways: Text in Sections 2.3 and 2.6 were moved for clarity, no changes to requirements or scope, clarifying language related to SMD citizen science was added to Section 2.6. A link to a NASA video on Biographical Sketches and Current and

Pending Requirements was added to Section 4.1.6, and a sentence about the opportunity provide a revised budget was added to Section 4.1.10. In Section 12.14 budget instructions were clarified. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. The Due date is unchanged: Proposals are due February 5, 2025. Playback information for the December 6, 2024 Webinar and Q/A is posted under other documents on the NSPIRES page for this program element. The Webinar Recording is available at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvurEfrtNDE.

For more information regarding FINESST, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/umkc3v3s

Questions regarding F.5 FINESST may be directed to [email protected]

6. Research Associate in Mega-Constellation Space Physics

The rise of satellite mega-constellations in low Earth orbit is unlocking the possibility of ubiquitous global monitoring of our planet. This Research Associate in Mega-Constellation Space Physics will explore the potential of harnessing mega-constellations for monitoring the solar wind – magnetosphere – ionosphere interaction to advance space weather science and operations.

By becoming a key member of the exciting UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project “Harnessing mega-constellations to probe space weather globally” in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London (UK), you will undertake original research exploring how satellite mega-constellation could dramatically improve upon current capabilities. You will develop global spatiotemporal fitting and data assimilation methods for mega-constellation magnetic field observations to unveil the dynamic magnetosphere – ionosphere current systems present. These methods will be tested using Imperial’s global magnetospheric simulations to understand the capabilities of current and future satellite constellations for space weather operations and science. Ultimately the methods will be applied to data collected from Eutelsat OneWeb’s Gen1 mega-constellation of over 630 satellites to advance our current scientific and operational capabilities in space weather. Through this work you will not only set new directions for space missions and satellite operators, but also improve our understanding of the dynamics of the solar wind – magnetosphere – ionosphere interaction in general.

We are looking for people with knowledge of the solar wind – magnetosphere – ionosphere interaction, and practical experience in a broad range of techniques including satellite observations, computer simulations, or theoretical analysis. The deadline for applications is Sunday 5 January 2025. The post is for 3 years, with possibility of extension subject to funding. For full details see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jobs/description/index.php?jobId=21670&jobTitle=Research+Associate+in+Mega-Constellation+Space+Physics

If you are thinking of applying, you are encouraged to contact the project PI Dr Martin Archer ([email protected]).

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