CEDAR email: 2025 NASA Planetary Science Summer School Applications Due March 18, 2025

[Armijo, Joyce E (US 1853)]

2025 NASA Planetary Science Summer School Applications Due March 18, 2025



Dear Colleagues,



I'd like to call your attention to the deadline of March 18, 2025, for application to the 37th annual NASA Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS) experience at JPL Pasadena CA. We would appreciate your help in getting the word out to help us gather a qualified pool of candidates. Please share the announcement and distribute the attached flyer to your contacts who may have an interest, or who can suggest other qualified candidates to apply.



Thanks so much for your help!



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Kevin Frank/ja

Manager, NASA Planetary Science Summer School

M/S 180-109

4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena CA 91109

(818) 354-6613

NASA Science Mission Design Schools<https://go.nasa.gov/missiondesignschools>





NASA Planetary Science Summer School

NASA Science Mission Design Schools


Now through March 18, 2025, NASA is encouraging applications for its 37th Annual Planetary Science Summer School. Offered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, PSSS is a 3-month long early career development experience to help prepare the next generation of planetary science and engineering mission leaders.  Participants learn the process of developing a science hypothesis-driven robotic space mission in a concurrent engineering environment while getting an in-depth, first-hand look at mission design, mission life cycle, costs, schedule and the trade-offs inherent in each.

Applicants with the following education and career experience are eligible: Science and engineering Doctoral candidates (advancement to candidacy required), recent Ph.D.'s (up to three years beyond their Ph.D.), Postdocs, Junior Faculty with a Ph.D., and non-research Engineering Master-level students within six to nine months of graduation will be considered on a space-available basis.

There is no charge to attend. Open to U.S. Citizens and legal permanent residents and a limited number of Foreign Nationals from non-designated countries living within the U.S at the time of application and during the full session. We strive to create a welcoming environment where participants' contributions and unique perspectives are valued.

Session 1: Preparatory Sessions May 8 - July 24.
Culminating Week with JPL's Team X July 28 - August 1.
Session 2: Preparatory Sessions May 22 - August 7.
Culminating Week with JPL's Team X August 11 - 15.

PSSS is roughly equivalent in workload to a rigorous 3-credit graduate-level course, requiring an average effort of 10-12 hours per week. Participants spend the majority of the first 10 weeks in preparatory webinars acting as a science mission team, prior to spending the final culminating week being mentored by JPL's Advance Project Design Team, or "Team X" to refine their mission concept design, then present it to a mock review board of NASA Center experts.

Watch the recorded PSSS Informational Webinar<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4SrUhm7xsQ> held on February 12, 2025.

To apply and learn more about the NASA Science Mission Design Schools:
http://go.nasa.gov/missiondesignschools




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Joyce Armijo
Education Program Support
18x  |  Communications and Education Directorate, STEM Engagement - Higher Education (1853)
JPL
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
M: 626.524.8653
O: 818.354.2337
joyce.e.armijo at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:joyce.e.armijo at jpl.nasa.gov@jpl.nasa.gov>


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