›3rd International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions

The purpose of this workshop is to broadly survey the current state-of-the-art and emerging capabilities in instrumentation available to future planetary missions. It is also to provide a forum for collaboration, exchange of ideas and information, and discussion of the instruments, subsystems, and other payload-related technologies needed to address fundamental planetary science questions.

Individuals with expertise in a broad range of planetary instrument and science topic areas are encouraged to attend. The conference scope is expected to include the following (not exhaustive):

Planetary science questions to be addressed in the next decade and beyond
Reviews of instruments on past missions — lessons learned and vision for what is needed for the next generation of instruments
Talks on existing and upcoming planetary missions, with a focus on the measurement systems
Instrumentation for descent probes (e.g., Saturn, Uranus, Venus)
Instruments and sample acquisition and preparation technologies for in situ analysis missions, including habitability assessment and life detection instrumentation (e.g., Venus In Situ Explorer, Titan Lake Lander, future Mars landers and rovers)
Instrumentation for next generation orbiters and flyby missions
Instruments and sample acquisition and preparation technologies for sample return missions, including improved methods for the analysis of very small samples (e.g., Mars, comets, lunar South Pole Aitken Basin, Enceladus)
CubeSat and SmallSat instruments and concepts for planetary missions
Subsystem technology developments that enable improved instrument performance or new classes of instruments (e.g., electronics, detectors, lasers, cryocoolers)
Instrument, subsystem, and sampling technology development for extreme environments (e.g., temperature, radiation)
Instruments to support human space flight missions to planetary targets (beyond low Earth orbit)
Talks from principal investigators, instrument managers, and systems engineers on the development lifecycle of a new planetary instrument, from TRL 1 to 9