Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter: February 2014
Dear Members of the Mars Community, On behalf of Lisa Pratt (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and Amy Hale of the Mars Program Science Office, attached is the Mars […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
First Announcement for Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute’s Exploration Science Forum
NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute’s Exploration Science Forum (formerly the Lunar Science Forum): First Announcement Dear Colleagues: The Solar System Exploration Research Institute (SSERVI) is pleased to announce the 1st annual […]
Cosmochemistry at Goldschmidt 2014
Dear Colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to the cosmochemistry symposium Session 1a “The Solar System and its Stellar Environment” of the Goldschmidt Conference 2014 to be held […]
NASA’s LRO Snaps a Picture of NASA’s LADEE Spacecraft
With precise timing, the camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was able to take a picture of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft as it orbited […]
Curiosity Mars Rover Checking Possible Smoother Route
The team operating NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is considering a path across a small sand dune to reach a favorable route to science destinations. A favorable route would skirt some […]
2014 European Lunar Symposium
Dear All, You are invited to attend a two-day pan-European lunar science and exploration meeting to be held at the Natural History Museum in London on 15th and 16th May […]
MARS CRITICAL DATA PRODUCTS PROGRAM (Round 9) – Initial Landing Site Characterization for the Mars 2020 Rover Mission
The Mars Exploration Program has issued, in January 2014, a Request for Proposal for round IX of the Mars Critical Data Products program. This RFP provides support for initial landing […]
WORKSHOP FOR POTENTIAL USERS OF MARS CHEMCAM/LIBS DATA AT LPSC
The ChemCam LIBS dataset from the Curiosity rover represents a large and varied geochemical dataset available for the planetary community. It involves active laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), passive reflectance spectra […]
NASA Preparing for 2014 Comet Watch at Mars
This spring, NASA will be paying cautious attention to a comet that could put on a barnstorming show at Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. On that date, comet C/2013 A1 […]
Workshop on Planetary Volcanism
The Workshop on Planetary Volcanism will be held May 28-30, 2014, at the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) in Houston, Texas. The second announcement with the call for abstracts, registration […]
Call for Chapter Contributions to “Venus And Mercury: Prospective Energy And Material Resources “
“Venus and Mercury: Prospective Energy and Material Resources” is the 4th book in this series. Previous books focused on Mars, the Moon, and Asteroids. We would like to invite chapter […]
Planetary Chemistry Theme at Goldschmidt 2014 Meeting
Planetary Chemistry is a focus of the Californian Goldschmidt 2014 meeting with the following special sessions and conveners: The abstract deadline is on February 8th, 2014 at 23:59 (GMT). Theme […]
Cosmochemistry Theme at Goldschmidt 2014 Meeting
The Californian Goldschmidt will take place in Sacramento between June 8th and June 13th, 2014. Goldschmidt 2014 will follow the pattern established for the recent Goldschmidt conferences, and should be […]
MARS CRITICAL DATA PRODUCTS PROGRAM (IX) – Initial Landing Site Characterization for the Mars 2020 Rover Mission
The Mars Exploration Program has issued, in January 2014, a Request for Proposal for round IX of the Mars Critical Data Products program. This RFP provides support for initial landing […]
NASA’s Opportunity at 10: New Findings from Old Rover
New findings from rock samples collected and examined by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity have confirmed an ancient wet environment that was milder and older than the acidic and oxidizing […]
Countdown to Pluto
Are we there yet? One of the fastest spacecraft ever built — NASA’s New Horizons — is hurtling through the void at nearly one million miles per day. Launched in […]
NASA Invites Public to Send Names on an Asteroid Mission and Beyond
NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be etched on a microchip aboard a spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in 2016. The “Messages to […]
Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet
Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres. Plumes of water vapor […]
NASA Instruments on European Comet Spacecraft Begin Activation Countdown
Three NASA science instruments are being prepared for check-out operations aboard the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land […]
NASA Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals for Evaluation
NASA has received 58 proposals for science and exploration technology instruments to fly aboard the agency’s next Mars rover in 2020, twice the usual number submitted for instrument competitions in […]