VEXAG/Venus Express Calendar 2009–2010

Seventh Meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG)

Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) Meeting
October 28–29, 2009
VEXAG Meeting #7  - Mid-day Wednesday, October 28th through Thursday, October 29th in the Irvine, California area.  This follows the 2nd Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey Inner Planets Panel meeting, which will be in Irvine on Tuesday and Wednesday (October 27 and 28). The emphasis for this VEXAG meeting will be possible missions to Venus as well as an update on Venus inputs to the Planetary Sciences Decadal Study

Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey Inner Planets Panel Meetings

Steering Group Meeting 1
July 6–8,2009
National Academies’ Keck Center
Washington, D.C.
Completed

Inner Planets Panel Meeting 1
August 26–28, 2009
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, D.C.
Completed

Inner Planets Meeting 2
October 26–28 , 2009
National Academies’ Beckman Center
Irvine, CA

Steering Group Meeting 2
November 16–18, 2009
National Academies’ Beckman Center
Irvine, CA

Steering Group Meeting 3
February 22–24, 2010
Location to be determined
Arizona or California

Inner Planets Meeting 3
Time and location to be determined

Steering Group Meeting 4  
May 25–27, 2010
Location to be determined
Washington, D.C.

Venus Express Science Team Meetings

2009

November 11–13, 2009
London

2010

March 22–24, 2010
Italy (Rome or Venice)

June 20–26, 2010
VEX science workshop
Aussois, France

November 9–11, 2010
ESTEC
Noordwijk, Netherlands
5th Anniversary of Launch

Venus Express Project Events

November 9, 2005
Launch - Competed

April 11, 2006
Arrival at Venus
Venus Orbit Insertion - Completed

April 12 – June 4, 2006
Venus Express In-Orbit Experiment Commissioning – Done

June 5, 2006 – September 24, 2007
Prime Mission – Completed

September 25, 2007– December 30, 2009
Extended Mission #1

January 1, 2010 – December 30, 2012 –Extended Mission #2
ESA’s Science Program Committee on October 2, 2009 approved Venus
Express operations through 2012 subject to a Mid‐Term Review in 2010

Venus Climate Orbiter (Planet-C) Project Events

May 18–June 3, 2010
Launch Window

December 2010
Arrival at Venus – Venus Orbit Insertion

December 2010–December 2012
Prime Mission (2 years)

Science Conferences/Other Meetings

2009

October 12–14, 2009
Brown-Verdnasky Symposium of Comparative Planetology
Moscow, Russia

October 12–16, 2009
60th International Astronautical Congress
Daejeon, Republic of Korea 

December 14–18, 2009
Fall Meeting, AGU
San Francisco, California

2010

March 1–5, 2010
41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center
The Woodlands
Houston, Texas
Abstract Deadline - Thursday, December 10, 2009, 5:00 p.m. (CST)

June 14–16, 2010
Chemistry of the Planets Faraday, Saint Jacut de la Mer
Brittany, France

June 14–18, 2010
International Planetary Probe Workshop 2009 (IPPW-7)
Barcelona, Spain

July 18–25, 2010
38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly or http://www.cospar2010.org/
Bremen, Germany

August 30–September 2 , 2010
International Conference on The Venus Atmosphere: How does it Work?
Madison, Wisconsin