Join the Planetary Data System at LPSC 2025! |
 |
| We are excited to announce that the Planetary Data System (PDS) will be hosting talks, demos, and drop-in consulting hours at the LPSC conference in Houston from Monday through Thursday. Whether you're a seasoned researcher or a curious newcomer, our team is here to help you navigate the cosmos of planetary data. |
What's happening?
 |
Talks |
| Discover the latest advancements and innovations in planetary data. |
 |
Demos |
| Get hands-on with our tools and services. |
 |
Office Hours |
| Schedule and appointment or simply drop in for personalized guidance and support with using PDS or archiving your data. |
 |
Special Events |
| Geosciences Node Town Hall, PDS Project Office Update, and Bring Your Data Workshop |
What are the hours?
We will be in the Creekside Park meeting room, Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 5 pm.
Check out the full schedule below.
Monday, March 10 | in Creekside Park from 8:00a to 5:00p |
| 8:00a | |
Office Hours Connect with experts and get personalized guidance for archiving, finding, and working with planetary data. Available throughout the day when talks and demos are not scheduled. | |
| 10:25a | |
Orbital Data Explorer (demo) Learn how to use this online tool for quickly locating, reviewing, and downloading orbital observations of Mars, Mercury, Venus, and the Moon. |
 |
| 10:55a | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 12:00p | |
OLAF (demo) The On-line Archiving Facility is a web-based tool that will accept data and documentation and autogenerate a
PDS4 compliant archive package. This is designed for simple data sets and is the easiest way to archive your data. |
|
| 12:30p | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 2:20p | |
Small Body Image Browser (demo) The Small Body Image Browser is a tool to let you search and browse for asteroid images. |
|
| 2:50p | |
PDS Geo for New Users, with Q&A (talk) Introduction to basic concepts for users who are new to the PDS Geo archives. |
|
| 3:20p | |
Analyst's Notebook (demo) Take a tour of this landed mission discovery tool for Mars 2020, MSL, InSight, and MER.
We will cover Notebook functions including the new beta 3D map. |
|
| 3:50p | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 5:00p | The PDS room is closed for the day. | ||
Tuesday, March 11 | in Creekside Park from 8:00a to 5:00p |
| 8:00a | |
Office Hours Connect with experts and get personalized guidance for archiving, finding, and working with planetary data. Available throughout the day when talks and demos are not scheduled. | |
| 9:25a | |
PDS Geosciences Node Updates (talk) Hear the latest on Geosciences Node recent activities, archive migration, and what to look for in the coming year. |
|
| 9:55a | |
Archiving with PDS Geo (talk) Learn the process of submitting a dataset to the PDS Geo Node, from initiating contact and designing an archive to the peer review process. |
|
| 10:25a | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. |
|
| 12:00p | |
Bring Your Data Workshop Sit down with a PDS staff and start the process of getting your data ready. |
|
| 1:00p | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. |
|
| 3:00p | |
Latest PDS Activities, Future Plans, and Community Feedback with the PDS Project Office and NASA Headquarters Please join us for an overview of the latest PDS-wide activities and future plans, including new PDS web presence, PDS4 data holdings, releases and training, data services, and plans for data in the cloud. Members of the PDS Project Office and NASA Headquarters will be present to hear your feedback and to answer your questions. |
|
| 3:50p | |
Mars 2020 Three Forks Sample Depot Archive (demo) Take a tour of the archive data describing the Mars 2020 sample tubes cached at the
Three Forks Depot for sample return and let us know if you would like to see additional data included. |
|
| 4:20p | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 5:00p | The PDS room is closed for the day. | ||
Wednesday, March 12 | in Creekside Park from 8:00a to 5:00p |
| 8:00a | |
Office Hours Connect with experts and get personalized guidance for archiving, finding, and working with planetary data. Available throughout the day when talks and demos are not scheduled. | |
| 9:25a | |
PDS4 Label Primer for Data Providers (talk) Take a deep dive into the creation of PDS4 labels to assist you in the development of your next planetary data archive. |
|
| 9:55a | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 10:25a | |
Analyst's Notebook (demo) Take a tour of this landed mission discovery tool for Mars 2020, MSL, InSight, and MER.
We will cover Notebook functions including the new beta 3D map. |
|
| 10:55p | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 12:00p | The PDS room is closed from 12:00p to 1:00p on Wednesday. | ||
| 1:00p | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. |
|
| 2:20p | |
Small Bodies Data Ferret (demo)
Get hands on with the Data Ferret, a tool that searches for archived data on a specific asteroid or comet. |
|
| 2:50p | |
Orbital Data Explorer (demo) Learn how to use this online tool for quickly locating, reviewing, and downloading orbital observations of Mars, Mercury, Venus, and the Moon. |
|
| 3:20p | |
Geosciences Node Town Hall Designed for data providers and researchers, this session is your chance to share what you love, provide feedback, and discuss how the Geosciences Node can better serve the planetary data community. Your insights are invaluable to us! |
|
| 4:20p | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 5:00p | The PDS room is closed for the day. | ||
Thursday, March 13 | in Creekside Park from 8:00a to 5:00p |
| 8:00a | |
Office Hours Connect with experts and get personalized guidance for archiving, finding, and working with planetary data. Available throughout the day when talks and demos are not scheduled. | |
| 9:25a | |
PDS Geo for New Users, with Q&A (talk) Introduction to basic concepts for users who are new to the PDS Geo archives. |
|
| 9:55a | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 10:25a | |
PDS Geosciences Node Updates (talk) Hear the latest on Geosciences Node recent activities, archive migration, and what to look for in the coming year. |
|
| 10:55a | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes and continues during the lunch hour! |
|
| 2:20p | |
Archiving with PDS Geo (talk) Learn the process of submitting a dataset to the PDS Geo Node, from initiating contact and designing an archive to the peer review process. |
|
| 2:50p | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 3:20p | |
PDS Geo Spectral Library (demo) Learn about the PDS Geosciences Node’s searchable catalog of laboratory spectral measurements. |
|
| 3:50p | |
Office Hours Drop-in availability resumes. | |
| 5:00p | The PDS room is closed for the conference. But check out our Thursday night posters! | ||
| 6:30p |  |
Poster Session (in the Poster Hall)
|
|
|
PDS @ LPSC is organized by NASA's
PDS Geosciences Node |