VEXAG/Venus Express/Akatsuki/ VEXAG Calendars - March 2013

Current VEXAG Sponsored Meeting

VEXAG Meeting #11 will be held November 19–21, 2013, in the Washington, DC, area.

2 Venus Town Hall Meetings will be held during the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 2013 – A Venus Technology Forum on Monday, 18 March 2013 and Venus Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 – both at 12:00–1:30. A Student/Early Career Mixer will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 following the Venus Session.

Venus Express Science Team Meetings

International Venus Conference
June 10–14, 2013
Catania, Sicily
Abstract Deadline – 15 March 15, 2013
Topics – Surface and Interior; Atmosphere Dynamics; Atmosphere Structure; Atmosphere Chemistry and Clouds; Thermosphere, Ionosphere, and Escape Processes; Supporting Laboratory Measurements; Planetary Evolution

Akatsuki (Venus Climate Orbiter, Planet-C) Project Events

May 20, 2010 - Launch
December 7, 2010 – Arrival at Venus – Failed Orbit Insertion
November 2015 – Venus Fly-by
Sometime in 2016 – Possible Venus Orbit Insertion

Members of the Venus community are encouraged to participate in:.

44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC)
March 18–22, 2013
The Woodlands, TX
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013
Vienna, Austria
April 7–12, 2013
10th Low-Cost Planetary Mission Conference (LCMP-10) followed by Theodore von Karman Symposium
June 18–20, 2013 and June 21, 2013
Pasadena California

The 10th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-10)
June 17–22, 2013
San Jose, California
Short Course: Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems June 15–16, 2013
Extended Abstract Deadline: April 3, 2013
Join us for the 10 International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-10), hosted by San Jose State University, June 17–21, 2013. The 10th Probe Workshop brings together engineers, technologists, scientists, mission designers, space agency leaders, and students from around the world for a week-long collaboration focused on exploration of Solar System atmospheres and surfaces using atmospheric entry and descent probes and aerial vehicles. Preceding the workshop, a 2-day short course on Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Systems is offered on June 15–16.
Student Scholarship Application Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2013
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 10th Annual Meeting
Special Session on Science and Exploration of Mars and Venus(PS03)
June 24–28, 2013
Abstarct Deadline: January 29, 2013

Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly, DACA-13
July 8–12, 2013
Davos Switzerland
European Planetary Science Congress 2013
University College London
September 8–13, 2013
London, United Kingdom
45th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS 2013)
October 6–11, 2013
Denver, Colorado, USA

4MS3 (4th Moscow Solar System Symposium)
October 2013
Fall AGU Meeting
December 15–19, 2013
San Francisco, California, USA

40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
August 2–10, 2014
Moscow, Russia
Abstract Deadline: Mid-February 2014
Planet Formation and Evolution 2014
September 10–12, 2014
Kiel, Germany

46th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS 2014)
November 9–14, 2014
Tucson, Arizona, USA

Science Conferences/Other Meetings 2012

March 19–23, 2012
43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
The Woodlands, Texas

June 18–22 2012
9th Interplanetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-9)
Toulouse France

July 14–22 2012
COSPAR 2012
Mysore, India

October 14–19 2012
DPS Meeting
Reno, Nevada,

December 10–14 2012
Fall AGU Meeting
San Francisco, California

Last updated
March 11, 2013