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How To Become Part Of The NASA Planetary Sample Science Community

By Keith Cowing
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NASA Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group
August 19, 2024
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How To Become Part Of The NASA Planetary Sample Science Community
How To Become Part Of The NASA Planetary Sample Science Community — NASA/LPI

How to Become Part of the NASA Planetary Sample Science Community is a series of virtual sessions scheduled for November 6, 13, and 20, 2024. These sessions will provide an introduction to NASA’s astromaterials collections, the NASA Planetary Sciences Enabling Facilities (PSEF) program, and the proposal writing process.

Each session will consist of presentations and a live question-and-answer session. In addition, questions for the presenters may be submitted ahead of time. More information about the submission process will be provided at a later date.


November 6, 2024, 1:00 p.m. CST
Topic: NASA’s Astromaterials Collections and How to Obtain Sample Allocations
Presenters: NASA JSC/ARES Astromaterials Curator Francis McCubbin, NASA JSC/ARES Apollo Curator Ryan Ziegler

November 13, 2024, 1:00 p.m. CST
Topic: Description of NASA’s Planetary Sciences Enabling Facilities (PSEF) program and the ARES National Facility for Astromaterials Research
Presenters: NASA HQ Aaron Burton, NASA JSC/ARES Justin Simon

November 20, 2024, 1:00 p.m. CST
Topic: How to Obtain Funding from NASA’s Planetary Science Division to Support Astromaterials Investigations
Presenter: NASA HQ Katie Robinson
Registration

Registration fees are not being collected for these sessions, but registration is required. Registration will be available through November 20, 2024. Before each session, all registered attendees will receive an email from Houston Meeting Info with virtual connection information.

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/planetarysamplescience2024

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