Training Events
Small Sample Handling Workshop
Dates: June 4–6, 2024
Location: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Mode: In person
Description: Hands-on training in micromanipulation of small-scale astromaterials.
Application Deadline: The application deadline for this workshop has passed.
Modern SEM Techniques Workshop
Dates: August 12–14, 2024
Location: LPI, Houston, TX
Mode: In person
Description: Theoretical and hands-on training in electron imaging and X-ray spectroscopy for application to planetary samples.
Application Deadline: The application deadline for this workshop has passed.
Isotope Geochemistry & Cosmochemistry
Dates: September 10–12, 2024
Location: Houston, TX
Mode: In person
Description: Interactive workshop on applications of isotope geochemistry using thermal ionization mass spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to planetary samples.
Application Deadline: The application deadline for this workshop has passed.
How to Become Part of the NASA Planetary Sample Science Community
Dates: November 6, 13, and 20, 2024
Mode: Virtual
Description: A series of virtual sessions that will provide an introduction to NASA’s astromaterials collections, the NASA Planetary Sciences Enabling Facilities (PSEF) program, and the proposal writing process.
Registration Deadline: November 20, 2024
Itokawa and the Dawn of Asteroidal Sample Return
Dates: January 28–30, 2025
Location: LPI, Houston, TX
Mode: In person and virtual
Description: Invited and contributed presentations on the Hayabusa mission, Itokawa samples, asteroid-meteorite connections, and recent advances in meteor tracking and rapid meteorite recovery. Solicited topics for abstracts and the abstract deadline will be announced at a later date.
Purpose
To stimulate and enable innovative scientific investigations of the invaluable collections of extraterrestrial materials curated at ARES/JSC and other institutions.
Collections curated at ARES include:
- Apollo and some Luna samples of the Moon
- Particles from asteroid Itokawa collected by the Hayabusa mission
- Cosmic dust collected in the stratosphere
- Comet and interstellar samples returned by the Stardust mission
- Samples of solar wind returned by the Genesis mission
- Meteorites collected in Antarctica by the ANSMET expeditions
- Samples of asteroid Ryugu collected by the Hayabusa2 mission
- Sample of asteroid Bennu collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission
- Space-exposed hardware with micrometeorite impacts
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