LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2022 (LPSC 2022), Mar 7-11, 2022, The Woodlands, TX/virtual

The 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2022) will take place at its usual location, The Woodlands, Texas, from March 7-11, 2022.  Organizers had to hold the meeting virtually in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but will resume this conference on an in-person basis in 2022, although global virtual participation is also possible.

More information is on the event’s website.

NASA will hold three “Town Hall” meetings during the conference:

• Tuesday, March 8, 1:00 pm Central Time (2:00 pm Eastern): NASA Planetary Science
  • Lori Glaze, NASA Planetary Science Division Director
  • Joel Kearns, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration
  • Jeffrey Gramling, NASA Mars Sample Return Program Director
  • Jacob Bleacher, NASA Chief Exploration Scientist
• Wednesday, March 9, 11:45 am Central Time (12:45 pm Eastern): Artemis
  • Jacob Bleacher, NASA Chief Exploration Scientist
  • Sarah Noble, NASA Planetary Science Division Program Scientist
• Thursday, March 10, 1:00 pm Central Time (2:00 pm Eastern): R&A
  • Stephen Rinehart, NASA Planetary Research Program Director

The Masursky Lecture is on Monday, March 7, at 1:00 pm Central Time (2:00 pm Eastern).  It will be presented this year by Wesleyan University professor Martha Gilmore who will discuss “To Venus and Back Again.”