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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">2025 NASA Planetary Science Summer School Applications Due March 18, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">I’d like to call your attention to the deadline of March 18, 2025, for application to the 37<sup>th</sup> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thanks so much for your help!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kevin Frank/ja<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Manager, NASA Planetary Science Summer School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">4800 Oak Grove Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Pasadena CA 91109<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">NASA Planetary Science Summer School<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">NASA Science Mission Design Schools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Now through March 18, 2025</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">, NASA is encouraging applications for its 37<sup>th</sup> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Session 1</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">: Preparatory Sessions May 8 – July 24.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Culminating Week with JPL’s Team X July 28 - August 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Session 2</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">: Preparatory Sessions May 22 - August 7.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Culminating Week with JPL’s Team X August 11 - 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4SrUhm7xsQ">Watch the recorded PSSS Informational Webinar</a> held on February 12, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">To apply and learn more about the NASA Science Mission Design Schools:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://go.nasa.gov/missiondesignschools"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">http://go.nasa.gov/missiondesignschools</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
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