[meteorite-list] Houston-area Conference to Feature Planetary Science Results (LPSC)

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:36:54 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201503160636.t2G6asef016172_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

March 13, 2015
     
Houston-area Conference to Feature Planetary Science Results

NASA researchers and other scientists will present early science results from
the agency's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission,
ESA's (European Space Agency's) Rosetta mission, and an exploration of
the evolution of Mars' climate and atmosphere during the 46th Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference March 16-20.

The conference will take place at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and
Convention Center at 1601 Lake Robbins Drive in The Woodlands, Texas, near
Houston.

MAVEN successfully entered Martian orbit in September to study the planet's
upper atmosphere. Rosetta, after a three-year deep space hibernation, awoke
in 2014 to carefully approach and map a comet. In November, the Rosetta probe
deployed a lander, Philae, which made a historic landing on the comet. The
conference also will feature presentations on other planetary science
missions and projects, including a discussion on the evolution of the solar
system.

The conference is presented by the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.
LPI is managed by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a
national, nonprofit consortium of 105 leading research universities chartered
in 1969 by the National Academy of Sciences at the request of NASA. USRA
operates programs and institutes focused on research and education in most of
the disciplines engaged in space-related science and engineering.

Media may register to attend. For information including links to the program,
media advisories and contact information, visit:

http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2015

More information about the agenda and other activities is available online
at:

http://.lpi.usra.edu

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov

William Jeffs
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
william.p.jeffs at nasa.gov

Mary Ann Hager
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston
281-486-2136
mhager at hou.usra.edu
Received on Mon 16 Mar 2015 02:36:54 AM PDT