Presentations
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Town Hall: Planetary Science Research Programs
Kathleen Vander Kaaden, Delia Santiago-Materese
Learn More![Title slide with text and background image of a child sitting on an adult's shoulders in silhouette with an eclipse in the background in colors of orange and gold](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ratownhall-052124.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference
March 11-15, 2024; The Woodlands, Texas
NASA's SMD Bridge Program
A Co-created Program that Funds Faculty and Students at Under-resourced Emerging Research Institutions
Nicolle Zellner, Padi Boyd, Steven Villanueva, Vemitra Alexander, Daniella Scalice, Lalitha Balachandran, Jeremias Nunez, Bri Hart, Eddie Gonzales, and Trena Ferrell
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Fieldwork for PSD ROSES24
Beyond Permits, Toward Relationships: New NASA Planetary Science Division Requirements for Ethics in Fieldwork
Daniella Scalice, Melissa Kirven-Brooks, Aaron Gronstal, Melissa Martin,
Richard Eckman, Kathleen Vander Kaaden, Delia Santiago-Materese, Meagan Thompson, Curtis Williams, Mary Voytek, and Jennifer Wade
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Here to Observe (H2O) Program
To Spark and Maintain an Interest for Underrepresented Students Considering STEM Careers
D. J. Smith, N. P. Lang, L. Moore, C. Niebur, S. Rinehart, D. Santiago-Materese, M. Thompson, H. Throop, K. E. Vander Kaaden
Read More![Cover slide showing text and illustration of adult with child on shoulders, both have arms outstretched in silhouette with eclipse in background](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lpsc24-h2o.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg&crop=1)
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Inclusion Plans
Inclusion Plans in NASA's Science Mission Directorate for ROSES-2024
Amanda L. Nahm, Ryan N. Watkins, and the SMD inclusion plan community of practice
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MSR Science
Mars Sample Return Science Planning: An Update
Lindsay Hays on behalf of Gerhard Kminek, Brandi Carrier, Dave Beaty, Elliott Sefton-Nash, Fiona Thiessen, Tim Haltigin, and Bonnie Teece
Read More![title slide with text showing various robotic elements of Mars Sample Return program](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lpsc24-mars.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg&crop=1)
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PSD R&A Town Hall
Planetary Science Division Research and Analysis Programs Town Hall
Delia Santiago-Materese and Kathleen Vander Kaaden
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SMD Yearbook
The NASA Science Mission Directorate's ROSES 2021 Research and Analysis Yearbook: An Online Resource for Programmatic and Self-Reported Demographic Data
Heidi B. Jensen, Lorenzo L. Pappas, Nazifa A. Taha, and Michael H. New
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Tech Dev Plan
Draft Planetary Science Techology Development Plan
Erica N. Montbach, Michael Lienhard, Anna Maria Pal, Shahid Aslam, Majd Mayyasi, Andrew Maynard, Jeffrey Hall, and Leonard Dudzinski
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Planetary Science Advisory Committee
Agendas, notes, and presentations from NASA PAC meetings are posted online at the conclusion of each meeting.
PAC Meeting Documents![Against a black background, a photograph of Earth from space is at center, a deep blue circle with white, wispy swirls throughout and a slight shadow at bottom. The other planets appear as circles arrayed behind Earth – Mercury a gray crescent and Venus a bright orange and yellow orb at upper left, the Moon a much smaller gray circle at upper right, and Mars as a slightly smaller brownish yellow circle at lower right, with its bottom third shadowed.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pia01341-jpl-inner-planets-montage.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)