SMD seeks volunteer reviewers, esp. for COLD Tech
SMD seeks volunteer reviewers, esp. for COLD Tech NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is seeking subject matter experts to serve as mail-in and/or panel meeting reviewers of proposals to ROSES and […]
Monthly Archives: September 2016
JOB OPPORTUNITY: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PLANETARY MATERIALS, PURDUE UNIVERSITY
The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), within the College of Science, Purdue University, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in […]
ESA sets its sights on Lunar Outpost
The Moon may be the next logical step to human space exploration and envisions bringing together international partners from public and private organizations who will work together to enable a sustained presence there. […]
ARIZONA-JAXA WORKSHOP 2016
The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) of the University of Arizona will hold a […]
COSMOQUEST CYCLE 1 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
CosmoQuest Cycle 1 Call for Proposals The CosmoQuest (CQ) Virtual Research Facility announces the release of its first request for proposals (RFP) from scientists to conduct research using the Facility’s […]
JOB OPPORTUNITY: 2017 EXPLORATION POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
The School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) at Arizona State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will serve as an Exploration Fellow. The mission of the […]
DPS Early Career Presenters Review
Are you an early career scientist preparing to present your research at the DPS 48/EPSC 11 meeting? Are you nervous? Are you looking […]
ASTROMETRY AND ASTROPHYSICS IN THE GAIA SKY
IAU Symposium 330 24-28 April 2017 Nice, France http://iaus330.sciencesconf.org/ The first release of the Gaia data has been made publicly available on September 14, 2016. Besides a catalogue of 1.1 […]
ICES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM WORKSHOP: REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
ICES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM ESA/ESAC Madrid, Spain 23-27 JANUARY 2017 If you have previously used the pre-registration form from the first announcement, please make sure to register again as mandatory […]
PDS: MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS DATA RELEASE 49
The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce Release 49 of Mars Exploration Rover data. This release includes data primarily from Sols 4231 through 4320, rover Opportunity (MER1/B), instruments: * […]
PDS: LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 27
The NASA Planetary Data System is pleased to announce a new delivery of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) data for the following instruments: * CRaTER * DLRE * LAMP * LEND […]
JOB OPPORTUNITY: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
The Department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland (located in College Park, MD) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position. Accomplished candidates in any area of astronomy, astrophysics, or […]
JOB OPPORTUNITY: ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR – EXPERIMENTAL SPACE PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
The Department of Physics and Astronomy (http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/) at the University of Iowa seeks a space physics experimentalist with a record of involvement in spaceflight hardware. Interested applicants should apply here and refer […]
JOB OPPORTUNITY: RESEARCH POSITION IN SPACE PHYSICS, SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS
The Solar System Physics and Space Technology research programme at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) invites applications for a temporary research position in Space Physics, related to the […]
New Findings from Jupiter’s Moon Europa
NASA will host a teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 26, to present new findings from images captured by the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. […]
VEXAG MEETING #14 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND REGISTRATION
VEXAG MEETING #14 – CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND REGISTRATION Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) Meeting #14 will be held on Tuesday-Thursday, November 29 – December 1, 2016 at NASA Headquarters, […]
ROSES-16 Amendment 32: B.9 H-GCR-SC deferred to ROSES-2017
ROSES-16 Amendment 32: B.9 Heliophysics Grand Challenges Research Program Science Centers will not be solicited in ROSES-2016, but it is anticipated that it will be solicited in ROSES-2017. On or […]
COMETS SYMPOSIUM AND ROSETTA SCIENCE WORKING TEAM 2016: REGISTRATION
The international conference on cometary science entitled “Comets: A new vision after Rosetta/Philae” will be held November 14-18, 2016, at the Abattoirs Museum in Toulouse, France. The 46th Rosetta Science Working Team technical session will […]
Rosetta Prepares to Plunge Comet’s Pit
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe will plummet to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on Sept. 30th, 2016. Rosetta’s “final destination” is a region of several active pits, locations from […]
Ice Cloud Captured on Saturn’s Moon Titan
It was assumed that when Voyager 1’s infrared instrument observed a high-altitude ice cloud on Titan made of dicyanoacetylene (C_{4}N_{2}) in an atmosphere with less than 1 percent of the vapor […]