In September 2020, PDS ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: 2020.09.01 Mars Global Surveyor: TES Atmospheric Recalibration2020.09.18 Rosetta: CONSERT […]
In July 2020, PDS ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: 2020.07.30 Rosetta OSIRIS data from cruise phases […]
In support of NASA’s effort to explore the lunar south pole, including the Artemis program’s scheduled landing there of the first woman and next man in 2024, the LPI continues […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is anticipated to launch in March 2021, with the first scientific data becoming available six months after launch. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) would […]
We are trying to assess the current state of Python usage and tools coverage for planetary science applications. If you use software to conduct research in planetary science, please take […]
The NASA Planetary Data System announces the Release 1A of data from the InSight Lander mission to Mars, covering the period from landing through the start of science monitoring (November […]
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) has a new online resource available for the Moon’s south pole. Given NASA’s recent direction to implement Space Policy Directive-1 landing astronauts at the […]
The Planetary Data System (PDS) Atmospheres Node is pleased to announce the release of a preliminary version of newly designed, comprehensive webpages for accessing Cassini mission data: https://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/data_and_services/atmospheres_data/Cassini/Cassini.html These pages […]
The VEXAG Venus Exploration Documents, which were last updated in 2014, are being revised in anticipation of the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey. Drafts of each our updated draft Venus […]
The Planetary Data System is pleased to announce the first PDS-wide announcement of any Dawn data. The Ceres regional Digital Terrain Map of the Occator region has been constructed from […]
The University of Arizona (UA) Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory (SO) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work with Dr. Ewan Douglas on space astrophysics instrumentation and […]
Dear Colleagues, We’d like to alert you to the fact that a new topical selection has been added to the drop-down menu for Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) abstracts: […]
To the Small Bodies community: Note the following report that came out on Thursday, December 20, 2018. Strategic Investments in Instrumentation and Facilities for Extraterrestrial Sample Curation and Analysis: The […]
The VEXAG Venus Exploration Documents, which were last updated in 2014, are being revised in anticipation of the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey. Drafts of each our updated draft Venus […]
Findings from the Fall 2018 Outer Planets Assessments Group (OPAG) meeting have been posted and can be found online here: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/archive/.
In case you missed the press conference at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting (Washington, DC) last week, the OSIRIS-REx team reported their initial scientific findings on arriving at the asteroid Bennu. […]
Registration for the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) and for conference exhibitors is now open. Bringing together international specialists in petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, geology, and astronomy to present the […]
The Lunar and Planetary Institute is pleased to announce the release of Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn, the latest volume in the prestigious Space Science Series, published by The University of […]
The next Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) meeting will be held on February 5-6, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Details of the meeting will be posted as they […]
Exoclimes V will take place at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK on August 12-15, 2019. Exoclimes is the premier international meeting focused on exoplanet atmospheres, their modeling, and their […]