The deadline for NASA's Discovery proposals was this week. 28 proposals were submitted with targets ranging from Phobos and Deimos, t...

For the last couple of weeks, we have been examining the Io-abstracts submitted for next month's Lunar and Planetary Science Confer...

While normally I remember to cover the big four conferences for planetary science each year (LPSC in March, AGU in May and December, and DPS...

The final draft of the Io Decadal Survey White Paper has been posted online.  The white paper consists of two sections: the first summarize...

The Planetary Science Decadal Survey is now well underway as the community discusses how NASA should spend its money in the discipline over...

News has been pretty quiet lately, but here are some quick notes: As has been pointed out to me by Michael New, the lead Discovery Program S...

Details of the next NASA Discovery Program Mission Announcement of Opportunity have been released by NASA. The draft of the AO will be rel...

Well, Hey Hey all! You've probably been wondering where in the world I have been. Well, I have been around, but unfortunately there ha...

With a mission now planned for the Jupiter system in the 2020s, how will the Io Volcano Observer proposal be affected? Would a dedicated I...

The Lunar and Planetary Science Conference will see two Io Volcano Observer posters. The first, by Alfred McEwen et al. , is titled " ...

Van Kane has a couple of posts from yesterday's special Planetary Science Subcommittee (PSS) meeting on the effects of the Mars Science ...

My boss Dr. Alfred McEwen has given me permission to post the presentation on the Io Volcano Observer (IVO) mission concept he gave a few we...

Van Kane, over at the Future Planetary Exploration blog, has posted an excellent overview of the Io Volcano Observer (IVO) mission concept ....

Okay, it has been a while since I have discussed the Io Volcano Observer (IVO). This mission concept was developed in response to the Disco...

NASA Night at DPS just ended a few minutes ago, and I took the opportunity to view the presentations online. In a bit, it should also be ar...

Yesterday was the second and final day of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference in Tucson, Arizona. This is a small conference wher...

As mentioned last month , NASA has commissioned several concept studies for Discovery-class mission that make use of the new Advanced Stirl...

Leonard Dudzinski, the Program Executive for NASA's Radioisotope Power Systems Program, presented details on the availability of pluton...