Mars Exploration Science Program Newsletter for May 2022
Mars Community, On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Michael Mischna, Brandi Carrier, and Jonathan Bapst of the Mars Program Science Office, the May 2022 edition of […]
Mars Community, On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Michael Mischna, Brandi Carrier, and Jonathan Bapst of the Mars Program Science Office, the May 2022 edition of […]
Mars Community, On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Michael Mischna, Brandi Carrier and Jonathan Bapst of the Mars Program Science Office, the April 2022 edition of […]
Number: NNH22ZDA010LRelease Date: April 8, 2022Response Date: June 1, 2022 This email announces the release of a Request for Information (RFI) via NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) that […]
The LPI-JSC-led Center for Lunar Science and Exploration (CLSE) is looking for volunteers to advise a team of high school students participating in the 2022-2023 Exploration of the Moon and […]
Mars Community, On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Michael Mischna, Brandi Carrier, and Jonathan Bapst of the Mars Program Science Office, the March 2022 edition of […]
Mary L. Droser, University of California, Riverside, will receive the 2022 NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences – Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal. Droser is known for her pioneering discoveries and […]
The Summer Undergraduate Program for Planetary Research, or SUPPR, is an eight-week summer internship providing undergraduates majoring in geology and related sciences with an opportunity to participate in NASA planetary […]
The National Academies’ Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences (CAPS) is conducting a NASA-sponsored independent review of the Network for Life Detection (NfoLD) White Paper on Standards of Evidence for Life […]
The origin of water on Earth is a subject of large interest and debate in planetary science. A leading model of Earth’s formation assumes that the water and other volatile […]
Applications are now being accepted for a lab technician in the Astrobiology Analytical Lab as a part of the Astrochemistry Branch at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. […]
Saturn’s moon Mimas may be the newest, if not the most unlikely member of the solar system’s family of icy bodies with internal liquid water oceans, according to a new […]
Mars Community, On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Michael Mischna, and Brandi Carrier of the Mars Program Science Office, the February 2022 edition of the Mars […]
The Allan Hills 84001 (ALH 84001) martian meteorite is an approximately four billion-year-old igneous rock composed primarily of the mineral orthopyroxene. It was discovered in Antarctica in 1984 and subsequently […]
Dear colleagues, The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) will be publishing a Special Issue on “Planetary Geophysics” in “The Leading Edge (TLE),” a peer-reviewed gateway publication. As special issue editors, […]
Dear All, Applications are open for two three-year Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) positions in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow. The project titled ‘Solar-wind: a Nano-scale […]
2nd Information Circular14th Virtual MEPAG Meeting (VM14) Wednesday and Thursday, February 2–3, 2022 1:00 pm-5:00 pm ET Members of the Mars community, I cordially invite you to participate in the […]
The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite onboard the NASA Curiosity rover has been analyzing drilled rock and scooped-up soil samples taken from the martian surface since Curiosity landed […]
Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system, is so weird in terms of its small size yet proportionally large core, isolated orbit, sulfur-rich surface, and magnetic field that scientists […]
The next Planetary Science Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting will take place on February 15, 2022, from 12.00 to 6.00 p.m. (Eastern). The agenda will include Planetary Science Division (PSD) and […]
Dear Lunar Community, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Planetary Science Division recently requested that the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) form a Specific Action Team regarding Analog Objectives for Artemis (AOA-SAT). […]