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DURING THE SEVENTH MOSCOW SOLAR SYSTEM SYMPOSIUM (7M-S3) INTERNATIONAL SPACE AGENCY AND SCIENCE PERSONNEL HELD A SPLINTER MEETING AT THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (RAS) SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IKI) ON TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2016 TO DISCUSS THE JAPANESE SPACE AGENCY (JAXA) MARTIAN MOON EXPLORATION MISSION (MMX). THE MEETING FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING DATA NEEDED TO SUPPORT LANDING SITE SELECTION AND MISSION OPERATIONS FOR MMX A DEIMOS RENDEZVOUS AND PHOBOS SAMPLE RETURN MISSION AS WELL AS FOR FUTURE ROBOTIC AND HUMAN EXPLORATION OF THE MARTIAN MOONS PHOBOS AND DEIMOS. THE GROUP OF SPACE AGENCY AND SCIENCE PERSONNEL INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF NASA S SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION CREATED THE INTERNATIONAL PHOBOS / DEIMOS LANDING SITE WORKING GROUP (PDLSWG). THIS PROPOSAL IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE DIRECTOR OF NASA S SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION REQUEST FOR THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THIS SINGLE SOURCE PROPOSAL TO LEAD THE PDLSWG AND DERIVE HIGH PRIORITY PHOBOS / DEIMOS MAP-PROJECTED DATASETS FOR USE BY GIS TOOLS AND CATALOGS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY TO SEARCH TO HELP MAKE DER4IVED DATASETS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE GROUP.

$497,000FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

George Mason University, Fairfax VA

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