Mars Exploration Science Calendar
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2008 First Quarter, 2008==================================================== Jan. 8-12:
Meeting #211 of the American Astronomical Society, Austin, TX. http://www.aas.org/ Jan.
10: 2001 MARS ODYSSEY - 40th PROJECT
SCIENCE GROUP MEETING, JPL. – Contact
Jeff Plaut (Jeffrey.J.Plaut@jpl.nasa.gov,) Jan.
16-18: Mars Express-Science Team Meeting (SWT/SOWG/DAWG/MAPSS Workshop),
ESTEC. Noordwijk, Netherlands contact Agustin Chicarro (Augustin.Chicarro@esa.int) Jan. 20-25: Gordon Research Conference on the Origin
of Life, Ventura, CA. http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=origin.
Jan. 24-31:
PHX ORT8 (surface) Operational Readiness Test Jan. 22-25: AGU Chapman Conference on the Solar Wind
Interaction with Mars, San Diego, CA, http://www.agu.org/meetings/chapman/2008/acall/ Jan. 22-25: International Conference on "Terrestrial Planets:
Evolution through Time", Ahmedabad, India, http://www.prl.res.in/~djconf08/.
Feb. 4–5: Workshop on Martian Gullies: Theories and Tests, at the Lunar
and Planetary Institute
(LPI), 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/gullies2008/. Feb. 20-21: MEPAG meeting, Monrovia, CA.
http://www.nasa.gov/mepag/ Feb. 20-22: ISU's 12th Annual Symposium, ‘Space Solutions to Earth’s Global
Challenges’, ISU Central Campus, Strasbourg, http://www.isunet.edu/ March 3-5: American Society of Civil Engineers'
Aerospace Division presents the Earth & Space Conference 2008, 11th
Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging
Environments, Long Beach, California, www.asce.org/conferences/space08. Note special sessions/workshops: ·
Exploration
and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Bodies. Session covered: Methods and Techniques for
Subsurface Access and Sample Acquisition; In Situ Resource Utilization;
Planetary Analogs; Lunar/Mars Surface Architectures; Remote Instrumentation
and Sensors for Extreme Environments; In-situ Instrumentation and Sensors for
Extreme Environments; Planetary Mechanisms Driven by Electroactive Actuation
Materials; Space Commercialization; Advanced Chemical Propellant, Power, and
Pneumatic Systems for Planetary Missions; Future Missions. ·
3rd
NASA/ARO/ASCE Granular Materials in Lunar and Martian Exploration Workshop. Some topics covered: Properties
of Lunar and Martian Regolith and Simulants; Geotechnical Properties of
Planetary Regolith; Modeling etc. Mar. 8-9, Vernadsky-Brown
Microsymposium #47 - Early Climate and Weathering on Mars, http://www.planetary.brown.edu/planetary/international/micro47.html, Contact Jim Head,
James_Head@brown.edu Mar. 10-14: PHX ORT9 (EDL) Operational Readiness Test Mar. 10-14: 39th Lunar and Planetary Science
Conference, League City, TX Abstract deadline: January 8 (January 3rd for
non-PDF submissions), http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/ March 27: FORGING THE FUTURE OF SPACE SCIENCE THE
NEXT 50 YEARS. INTERNATIONAL POLAR
YEAR: UNDERSTANDING THE POLES OF THE EARTH, MOON AND MARS. Paris, France, http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb/IGY_Paris_event.html Second Quarter, 2008==================================================== Apr. 13-18 2008 -
European Geophysical Union (EGU) Meeting, Vienna, Austria,
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/. Abstract deadline is 14 January 2008. Deadline
for Pre-Registration is 31 March 2008. Apr. 15-17, 2008 Astrobiology
Science Conference (AbSciCon 2008), Santa Clara, California, USA, http://abscicon.seti.org/. Sessions will be held related to the major
scientific themes: "The Astrophysical and Planetary Context for
Life," "The Origin and Evolution of Life," and "The
Search for Life in our Solar System and Beyond." Apr. 17-May
1: PHX ORT10 (dress rehearsal) Operational
Readiness Test Apr. 20-23: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists 2008 Annual Convention and Exposition, Deliver the Conventional;
Pursue the Unconventional, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San
Antonio, Texas; http://www.aapg.org/sanantonio/. Note the technical sessions -“Astrogeology—A Far-Sighted Look at Unconventional
Resources” co-chaired by Darrell Sims and Cynthia Dinwiddie. -“Return to the Moon: Research, Resources, and
Rewards,” co-chaired by Harrison H. Schmitt and William A. Ambrose. Apr. 21-23: Mars Water Cycle Workshop, the Muséum
National d’Histoires Naturelles, Paris, France. http://www.aero.jussieu.fr/info-pratique/seminaire/MarsWC-Site. Important deadlines: Feb. 21, 2008 for
abstract submission; Mar. 21, 2008 for registration. Apr. 21–23: Workshop on Ground Truth from Mars:
Science Payoff from a Sample Return Mission, at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old
Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Abs.
deadline = February 7, 2008, Registration deadline = March 24, 2008. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/msr2008/ Apr. 28-May 2: Planetary Dunes
Workshop, White Sands, New Mexico. http://www.mars-dunes.org/meetings/index.php April 29-30: MRO PSG 19; either in or near Laurel, MD May 5–8: The Science of Solar
System Ices (ScSSI): A Cross-Disciplinary Workshop, Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel and Resort,
Oxnard, California, http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/scssi2008/, abs.
deadline Feb. 19,2008. May 12-16: SpacOps2008,
Heidelberg, Germany; hosted by ESA and Eumetsat, organised by AIAA, http://www.spaceops2008.org May 25: Phoenix mission
landing on Mars. Landing is at approximately
4:30 pm Pacific Time. PHX mission web
site: http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/ May 27–30 2008, AGU
Joint Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja08/ Jun. 1-5: Meeting #212 of the
American Astronomical Society, St. Louis, MO http://www.aas.org/ June 8-11: The Fifth Annual Planetary and Terrestrial
Mining Sciences Symposium (PTMSS), Montreal, Quebec, hosted by NORCAT, www.ptmss.com. Abstract deadline May 9, 2008. June 23 – 27: 6th International Planetary Probe Workshop
(IPPW-6) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia,
USA. http://www.planetaryprobe.org/ June 25: Mars solstice
(beginning of northern summer) June 29
- July 3: Planetary Permafrost and
Astrobiology will be a special session at the Ninth International Conference
On Permafrost (NICOP), on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The session is being organized by François Costard, David Gilichinsky,
Nicolas Mangold, and Chris McKay. http://nicop.org/ Third Quarter, 2008==================================================== July 13–20: 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly; Montreal,
Canada. http://www.cospar-assembly.org/. Abstract submission deadline: 17 February
2008. July 28 - August 1: 71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical
Society, Matsue, Japan, http://www.metsoc2008.jp/. Abstract Deadline May 7, preregistration deadline June 30. August (sometime): Third MSL Landing Site workshop August 6-14:
The 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Sweden, http://www.33igc.org/. Abstract deadline is 1st February 2008. ·
Note: a
Disciplinary Symposium in Comparative Planetology with a special session on
the Geology of Mars and Venus Aug. 11-16: Sixth International Conference on Case
Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Arlington, VA, http://www.6icchge2008.org. One of the themes is “Application of
Geotechnical Engineering in Outer Space, including Granular Material Behavior
in Lunar and Martian Environments; Extraterrestrial Mining, Construction, and
Transportation Infrastructure Development”.
Aug. 18-22: Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and
Planetary Evolution IV, at the Sunwa River Lodge, South Africa, http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lmi2008/home.shtml. Indication of interest deadline Dec. 1,
2007; abstract deadline May 15, 2008. Aug. 24-29: XV International Conference on the Origin
of Life, Florence, Italy, abs. deadline April, 2008, http://www.dbag.unifi.it/issol2008/Invitation.htm. Sponsored by the International Society for
the Study of the Origin of Life (ISSOL). Sept. (mid): Workshop on Early Solar System Impact
Bombardment. For more information,
contact one of the scientific organizers: David Kring, Bill Bottke Sept. 22-26: European Planetary Science Congress
(EPSC), Münster, Germany, http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc2008/ Fourth Quarter, 2008==================================================== 29 Sept. - 3 October: 59th International Astronautical
Congress , Glasgow http://www.iafastro.com/,
including a Space Exploration Symposium (co-conveners B.H. Foing, C.
Sallaberger) the whole week (with sessions on astronomy, Moon, Mars, advanced
concepts, solar system exploration) Oct. 5-9: Geological Society
of America national meeting, Houston, TX.
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/. Abstract deadline: 3 June 2008,
Preregistration deadline: August 2008. Oct. 11-15: 40th Annual Meeting DPS, Ithaca, NY. http://www.aas.org/~dps/meetings.html Oct 27-31: 10th
ILEWG International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon
(ICEUM10/ILC2008) in Florida, (dates TBC near LRO launch) http://sci.esa.int/ilewg Nov. 10-13: 3rd International Workshop on Mars
Atmospheres - Modelling and Data, Williamsburg, Virginia, contact Jay
Bergstrahl, J.T.Bergstrahl@larc.nasa.gov. November: End of MRO Primary Science Phase; transition to Relay Phase Nov. 18: Start of Mars
solar conjunction Dec. 15-19: Fall meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California. www.agu.org/meetings Dec. 24: End of Mars solar
conjunction Dec. 26: Mars equinox
(beginning of northern fall) 2009==================================================== Jan. 7-10:
Meeting #213 of the American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, CA. http://www.aas.org/ Mar TBD: Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf., Houston, TX (abstracts due TBD) April TBD - International Conference
on Comparative Planetology: Venus-Earth-Mars, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands.
contact Augustin Chicarro
(Augustin.Chicarro@esa.int) June (sometime): Fourth MSL Landing Site workshop Jun.
7-11: Meeting #214 of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, CA http://www.aas.org/ July 13-18: 72nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical
Society, Nancy, France, contact Marc Chaussidon, Guy Libourel or Bernard
Marty, http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/simple_template.cfm?code=news_meetings October TBD: 2009 Mars Launch Period Opens Oct. 4-9: 41st Annual Meeting DPS, San Juan, Puerto Rico. http://www.aas.org/dps/meetings.html Oct. 18-21: Geological Society of America national meeting, Portland, Oregon. http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/ Dec. TBD: Fall meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California. www.agu.org/meetings 2010==================================================== Jan.
3-7: Meeting #215 of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC. http://www.aas.org/ Mar TBD: Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf., Houston, TX (abstracts due TBD) Jun. 6-10:
Meeting #216 of the American Astronomical Society, Miami, FL. http://www.aas.org/ July 18–25: 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Bremen,
Germany July 25 or Aug 1: 73rd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical
Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, contact Dr. G. Srinivasan, http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/simple_template.cfm?code=news_meetings Oct. TBD: 42st Annual Meeting DPS, TBD.
http://www.aas.org/dps/meetings.html 31 Oct. – 3 Nov. 2010: Geological Society of America national meeting, Denver, Colorado. http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/ Dec. TBD: Fall meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California. www.agu.org/meetings 2011+==================================================== Jan.
TBD: Meeting #217 of the American Astronomical Society, Seattle, WA. http://www.aas.org/ Jun.
TBD: Meeting #218 of the American Astronomical Society, Boston, MA. http://www.aas.org/ July, 2011: 8th International Conference on
Mars, Caltech. August, 2011: 74th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical
Society, Greenwich, England, UK, contact Gretchen Benedix, http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/simple_template.cfm?code=news_meetings Oct. TBD, 2011: 43rd Annual Meeting DPS, Nice,
France. http://www.aas.org/dps/meetings.html 9-12 Oct. 2011: Geological Society of America national meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/ Dec. TBD: Fall meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California. www.agu.org/meetings August, 2012: 75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical
Society, Cairns, Queensland, Australia contact Trevor Ireland, http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/simple_template.cfm?code=news_meetings August,
2012: The 34th International
Geological Congress, Brisbane,
Australia, http://www.33igc.org/. |
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Special
holidays to consider when scheduling conferences/workshops/meetings: Rosh
Hashanah
9/30/2008 9/19/2009 9/9/2010
9/29/2011
9/17/2012 (Note that
Jewish holidays start at sundown the previous evening.) Good
Friday 3/21/08, 4/10/09, 4/2/10,
4/22/11 Thanksgiving
Day, U.S. 11/27/08, 11/26/09,
11/25/10 Thanksgiving
Day, Canada 10/13/08, 10/12/09,
10/11/10 |
Please send updates
and additional calendar items, to Dr. David Beaty, David.Beaty@jpl.nasa.gov,
818-354-7968. This calendar is
circulated monthly to the MEPAG e-mail distribution list; if you wish to be
added to or deleted from this list, contact Debbie Calderon Debbie.Calderon@jpl.nasa.gov,
818-354-9470.