Planetary Exploration Newsletter Volume 2, Number 8 (February 3, 2008)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Matt Balme
Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Nic Richmond
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

1. [NASA] Senior Advisor for Research and Analysis (SARA) Updates
2. [NASA] PDS Releases New Horizons Data
3. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions

[NASA] SENIOR ADVISOR FOR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS (SARA) UPDATES

Dear Colleagues,

The most recent updates to the SARA webpage have just been made http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara.html

A list of page changes can be found at http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara_whats_new.html

The most recent letter from SARA can be found at http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara_letters.html

Best Wishes,

Yvonne Pendleton, Senior Advisor for Research and Analysis.

[NASA] PDS RELEASES NEW HORIZONS DATA

The NASA Planetary Data System is pleased to announce the first delivery of the data from the NEW HORIZONS mission. The delivery includes POST-LAUNCH CHECKOUT and JUPITER FLYBY row and calibrated data for the following New Horizons instruments:

MVIC (Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera)
LEISA (Linear Etalon Image Spectral Array)
Alice (UV imaging spectrometer)
SWAP (Solar Wind Around Pluto)
PEPSSI (Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Sciences Investigation)
LORRI (Long Range Reconnaissance Imager)
SDC (Student Dust Counter)
SPICE data are also available.

To see and download the data as well as mission and instrument information, go to

http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/missions/newhorizons/index.html

PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html

April 11-12, 2008
Peering into the Cradle of Life: Processes and Habitats on the Archean Earth
http://archenv.geo.uu.nl/
Vienna, Austria

October 5-10, 2008
IAGA International Symposium : Space Weather and its Effects on Spacecraft
http://http://iaga.cu.edu.eg/
Cairo, Egypt

July 27-31, 2009
Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference
http://mop2009.uni-koeln.de/
Cologne, Germany

[Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, please send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor at psi.edu.]

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