Important Changes in the NASA Planetary Science Division’s (PSD) Radioisotope Program James Green, Director, Planetary Science Division NASA For the last several years PSD has been investing in Advanced Stirling […]
Solicitation Number NNH14ZDA002J Draft Text for Comment Release Date: Spring 2014 Explorer workshop: ~2 weeks after draft AO release Final Text Release Date: Late Summer/Early Fall 2014 Preproposal conference: ~3 weeks […]
The ALMA Director, on behalf of the partner organizations and all the personnel in Chile, East Asia, Europe, and North America involved in bringing ALMA to Early Science readiness, is […]
Join us at the Humans to Mars Summit (H2M). Co-sponsored by Explore Mars, the George Washington University, and the Space Policy Institute at GW, H2M will be held on April 22-24, 2014 […]
The University of Arizona’s Theoretical Astrophysics Program invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position to begin in Fall 2014. The Theoretical Astrophysics Program is an interdisciplinary program that fosters academic and scientific links […]
Because of the government shutdown, applicants for our Planetary Mission Research Scientist position in NASA Johnson Space Center’s Astromaterials Research Office must, unfortunately, reapply to a new position number within USAJobs.gov. The previous […]
Next Application Deadline Extended to Friday, November 15, 2013 The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) provides opportunities for scientists and engineers to conduct research largely of their own choosing, yet compatible […]
BIOSIGNATURES ACROSS SPACE AND TIME Bergen, Norway, 20-22 May 2014 This meeting will to bring together astronomers, geologists, biologists and other interested scientists to share interdisciplinary approaches to detect signs of life […]
At the November 5th Planetary Science Subcommittee meeting, there was a presentation describing a plan to restructure the existing planetary science R&A programs. The slides that were presented are online: […]
NASA’s next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), is set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket Monday, Nov. 18. The two-hour launch […]
Photogrammetric Processing of Planetary Stereo Imagery using ISIS and SOCET SET® December 17-19, 2013 The Planetary Photogrammetry Guest Facility at the Astrogeology Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey would […]
A detailed analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has directly linked the density of the ionosphere – a region in the upper atmosphere that is dominated by electrically charged […]
Deep in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn is continuing its smooth, silent flight toward dwarf planet Ceres. Far behind it now is the giant protoplanet Vesta, […]
NASA has selected nine research teams from seven states for a new institute that will bring researchers together in a collaborative virtual setting to focus on questions concerning space science […]
Dear Colleagues, The Call for Letters of Application for Membership in the ExoMars 2018 Landing Site Selection Working Group (LSSWG) was released by ESA on Nov. 1, with an application […]
Calling all early-career scientists! Are you the next Carl Sagan or Jane Goodall–or just passionate about science and communicating about it? If so, this competition is for you! FameLab is […]
August 4 – 8, 2014 Umeda Satellite Campus of Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka, JAPAN This series of Cosmic Dust meetings aims finding a consensus among experts on the formation and […]
The latest video release of Mars Express can be found at: http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/Videos/2013/10/Mars_showcase The images in this movie were taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera and the video was released […]
The next Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) meeting will be held Wednesday, January 8, 2014, to Thursday, January 9, 2014, in the Washington, DC area. Participation will be possible both […]
NASA and NSF have resumed operations under a continuing resolution that keeps the government funded at fiscal year 2013 (FY2013) levels until January 15, 2014. To fund the government for […]