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

[Ron Baalke]

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