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1. The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, MEDA. A Suite of Environmental Sensors for the Mars 2020 Mission

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J. A. Rodriguez-Manfredi, M. de la Torre Juárez, A. Alonso, V. Apéstigue, I. Arruego, T. Atienza, D. Banfield, J. Boland, M. A. Carrera, L. Castañer, J. Ceballos, H. Chen-Chen, A. Cobos, P. G. Conrad, E. Cordoba, T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia, A. de Vicente-Retortillo, M. Domínguez-Pumar, S. Espejo, A. G. Fairen, A. Fernández-Palma, R. Ferrándiz, F. Ferri, E. Fischer, A. García-Manchado, M. García-Villadangos, M. Genzer, S. Giménez, J. Gómez-Elvira, F. Gómez, S. D. Guzewich, A.-M. Harri, C. D. Hernández, M. Hieta, R. Hueso, I. Jaakonaho, J. J. Jiménez, V. Jiménez, A. Larman, R. Leiter, A. Lepinette, M. T. Lemmon, G. López, S. N. Madsen, T. Mäkinen, M. Marín, J. Martín-Soler, G. Martínez, A. Molina, L. Mora-Sotomayor, J. F. Moreno-Álvarez, S. Navarro, C. E. Newman, C. Ortega, M. C. Parrondo, V. Peinado, A. Peña, I. Pérez-Grande, S. Pérez-Hoyos, J. Pla-García, J. Polkko, M. Postigo, O. Prieto-Ballesteros, S. C. R. Rafkin, M. Ramos, M. I. Richardson, J. Romeral, C. Romero, K. D. Runyon, A. Saiz-Lopez, A. Sánchez-Lavega, I. Sard, J. T. Schofield, E. Sebastian, M. D. Smith, R. J. Sullivan, L. K. Tamppari, A. D. Thompson, D. Toledo, F. Torrero, J. Torres, R. Urquí, T. Velasco, D. Viúdez-Moreiras, and S. Zurita

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Space Sciences (General)
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NASA’s Mars 2020 (M2020) rover mission includes a suite of sensors to monitor current environmental conditions near the surface of Mars and to constrain bulk aerosol properties from changes in atmospheric radiation at the surface. The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) consists of a set of meteorological sensors including wind sensor, a barometer, a relative humidity sensor, a set of 5 thermocouples to measure atmospheric temperature at ∼1.5 m and ∼0.5 m above the surface, a set of thermopiles to characterize the thermal IR brightness temperatures of the surface and the lower atmosphere. MEDA adds a radiation and dust sensor to monitor the optical atmospheric properties that can be used to infer bulk aerosol physical properties such as particle size distribution, non-sphericity, and concentration. The MEDA package and its scientific purpose are described in this document as well as how it responded to the calibration tests and how it helps prepare for the human exploration of Mars. A comparison is also presented to previous environmental monitoring payloads landed on Mars on the Viking, Pathfinder, Phoenix, MSL, and InSight spacecraft.

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2021
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2. The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, MEDA. A Suite of Environmental Sensors for the Mars 2020 Mission

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J. A. Rodriguez-Manfredi, M. de la Torre Juárez, A. Alonso, V. Apéstigue, I. Arruego, T. Atienza, D. Banfield, J. Boland, M. A. Carrera, L. Castañer, J. Ceballos, H. Chen-Chen, A. Cobos, P. G. Conrad, E. Cordoba, T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia, A. de Vicente-Retortillo, M. Domínguez-Pumar, S. Espejo, A. G. Fairen, A. Fernández-Palma, R. Ferrándiz, F. Ferri, E. Fischer, A. García-Manchado, M. García-Villadangos, M. Genzer, S. Giménez, J. Gómez-Elvira, F. Gómez, S. D. Guzewich, A.-M. Harri, C. D. Hernández, M. Hieta, R. Hueso, I. Jaakonaho, J. J. Jiménez, V. Jiménez, A. Larman, R. Leiter, A. Lepinette, M. T. Lemmon, G. López, S. N. Madsen, T. Mäkinen, M. Marín, J. Martín-Soler, G. Martínez, A. Molina, L. Mora-Sotomayor, J. F. Moreno-Álvarez, S. Navarro, C. E. Newman, C. Ortega, M. C. Parrondo, V. Peinado, A. Peña, I. Pérez-Grande, S. Pérez-Hoyos, J. Pla-García, J. Polkko, M. Postigo, O. Prieto-Ballesteros, S. C. R. Rafkin, M. Ramos, M. I. Richardson, J. Romeral, C. Romero, K. D. Runyon, A. Saiz-Lopez, A. Sánchez-Lavega, I. Sard, J. T. Schofield, E. Sebastian, M. D. Smith, R. J. Sullivan, L. K. Tamppari, A. D. Thompson, D. Toledo, F. Torrero, J. Torres, R. Urquí, T. Velasco, D. Viúdez-Moreiras, and S. Zurita

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2021
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4. Initial Results from the New Horizons Exploration of 2014 MU69, a Small Kuiper Belt Object

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S. A. Stern, H. A. Weaver, J. R. Spencer, C. B. Olkin, G. R. Gladstone, W. M. Grundy, J. M. Moore, D. P. Cruikshank, H. A. Elliott, W. B. McKinnon, J. Wm. Parker, A. J. Verbiscer, L. A. Young, D. A. Aguilar, J. M. Albers, T. Andert, J. P. Andrews, F. Bagenal, M. E. Banks, B. A. Bauer, J. A. Bauman, K. E. Bechtold, C. B. Beddingfield, N. Behrooz, K. B. Beisser, S. D. Benecchi, E. Bernardoni, R. A. Beyer, S. Bhaskaran, C. J. Bierson, R. P. Binzel, E. M. Birath, M. K. Bird, D. R. Boone, A. F. Bowman, V. J. Bray, D. T. Britt, L. E. Brown, M. R. Buckley, M. W. Buie, B. J. Buratti, L. M. Burke, S. S. Bushman, B. Carcich, A. L. Chaikin, C. L. Chavez, A. F. Cheng, E. J. Colwell, S. J. Conard, M. P. Conner, C. A. Conrad, J. C. Cook, S. B. Cooper, O. S. Custodio, C. M. Dalle Ore, C. C. DeBoy, P. Dharmavaram, R. D. Dhingra, G. F. Dunn, A. M. Earle, A. F. Egan, J. Eisig, M. R. El-Maarry, C. Engelbrecht, B. L. Enke, C. J. Ercol, E. D. Fattig, C. L. Ferrell, T. J. Finley, J. Firer, J. Fischetti, W. M. Folkner, M. N. Fosbury, G. H. Fountain, J. M. Freeze, L. Gabasova, L. S. Glaze, J. L. Green, G. A. Griffith, Y. Guo, M. Hahn, D. W. Hals, D. P. Hamilton, S. A. Hamilton, J. J. Hanley, A. Harch, K. A. Harmon, H. M. Hart, J. Hayes, C. B. Hersman, M. E. Hill, T. A. Hill, J. D. Hofgartner, M. E. Holdridge, M. Horanyi, A. Hosadurga, A. D. Howard, C. J. A. Howett, S. E. Jaskulek, D. E. Jennings, J. R. Jensen, M. R. Jones, H. K. Kang, D. J. Katz, D. E. Kaufmann, J. J. Kavelaars, J. T. Keane, G. P. Keleher, M. Kinczyk, M. C. Kochte, P. Kollmann, S. M. Krimigis, G. L. Kruizinga, D. Y. Kusnierkiewicz, M. S. Lahr, T. R. Lauer, G. B. Lawrence, J. E Lee, E. J. Lessac-Chenen, I. R. Linscott, C. M. Lisse, A. W. Lunsford, D. M. Mages, V. A. Mallder, N. P. Martin, B. H. May, D. J. McComas, R. L. McNutt, Jr, D. S. Mehoke, T. S. Mehoke, D. S. Nelson, H. D. Nguyen, J. I. Nunez, A. C. Ocampo, W. M. Owen, G. K. Oxton, A. H. Parker, M. Paetzold, J. Y. Pelgrift, F. J. Pelletier, J. P. Pineau, M. R. Piquette, S. B. Porter, S. Protopapa, E. Quirico, J. A. Redfern, A. L. Regiec, H. J. Reitsema, D. C. Reuter, D. C. Richardson, J. E. Riedel, M. A. Ritterbush, S. J. Robbins, D. J. Rodgers, G. D. Rogers, D. M. Rose, P. E. Rosendall, K. D. Runyon, M. G. Ryschkewitsch, M. M. Saina, M. J. Salinas, P. M. Schenk, J. R. Scherrer, W. R. Schlei, B. Schmitt, D. J. Schultz, D. C. Schurr, F. Scipioni, R. L. Sepan, R. G. Shelton, M. R. Showalter, M. Simon, K. N. Singer, E. W. Stahlheber, D. R. Stanbridge, J. A. Stansberry, A. J. Steffl, D. F. Strobel, M. M. Stothoff, T. Stryk, J. R. Stuart, M. E. Summers, M. B. Tapley, A. Taylor, H. W. Taylor, R. M. Tedford, H. B. Throop, L. S. Turner, O. M. Umurhan, J. Van Eck, D. Velez, M. H. Versteeg, M. A. Vincent, R. W. Webbert, S. E. Weidner, G. E. Weigle, II, J. R. Wendel, O. L. White, K. E. Whittenburg, B. G. Williams, K. E. Williams, S. P. Williams, H. L. Winters, A. M. Zangari, and T. H. Zurbuchen

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Astrophysics
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The Kuiper Belt is a broad, torus-shaped region in the outer Solar System beyond Neptune’s orbit. It contains primordial planetary building blocks and dwarf planets. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft conducted a flyby of Pluto and its system of moons on 14 July 2015. New Horizons then continued farther into the Kuiper Belt, adjusting its trajectory to fly close to the small Kuiper Belt object (486958) 2014 MU69 (henceforth MU69; also informally known as Ultima Thule). Stellar occultation observations in 2017 showed that MU69 was ~25 to 35 km in diameter, and therefore smaller than the diameter of Pluto (2375 km) by a factor of ~100 and less massive than Pluto by a factor of ~106. MU69 is located about 1.6 billion kilometers farther from the Sun than Pluto was at the time of the New Horizons flyby. MU69’s orbit indicates that it is a “cold classical” Kuiper Belt object, thought to be the least dynamically evolved population in the Solar System. A major goal of flying past this target is to investigate accretion processes in the outer Solar System and how those processes led to the formation of the planets. Because no small Kuiper Belt object had previously been explored by spacecraft, we also sought to provide a close-up look at such a body’s geology and composition, and to search for satellites, rings, and evidence of present or past atmosphere. We report initial scientific results and interpretations from that flyby.

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2019
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5. Magnetospheric Studies: A requirement for addressing interdisciplinary mysteries in the Ice Giant systems

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Peter Kollmann, F. Allegini, R. C. Allen, N. André, A. R. Azari, F. Bagenal, C. B. Beddingfield, D. Brain, P. Brandt, X. Cao, R. J. Cartwright, G. Clark, I. Cohen, J. F. Cooper, F. Crary, E. J. Leonard, C. Paty, I. de Pater, R. T. Desai, G. A. DiBraccio, W. Dietrich, C. Dong, R. W. Ebert, M. Felici, R. J. Filwett, G. Fischer, D. J. Gershman, M. Gkioulidou, T. K. Greathouse, L. Griton, M. Gritsevich, K. Hibbitts, G. Hospodarsky, V. Hue, G. Hunt, H. L. F. Huybrighs, M. Imai, C. M. Jackman, J. M. Jasinski, X. Jia, I. Jun, A. Kotova, W. S. Kurth, L. Lamy, J. Lazio, S. Lejosne, C. Louis, A. Masters, B. Mauk, H. Madanian, K. E. Mandt, R. McNutt, Jr., H. Melin, S. Miller, L. Moore, Q. Nenon, F. M. Neubauer, T. Nordheim, B. Palmaerts, C. Paranicas, P. Phipps, L. Regoli, K. Retherford, L. Roth, E. Roussos, K. D. Runyon, A. Rymer, J. Saur, D. Santos-Costa, Y. Y. Shprits, L. J. Spilker, T. Stallard, A. G. Smirnov, K. Soderlund, S. Stanley, A. H. Sulaiman, J. R. Szalay, D. L. Turner, S. Vines, L. Wang, B. Weiss, J. Wicht, R. J. Wilson, and E. Woodfield

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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Geology, Ice giant, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Astrobiology
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2021

6. Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU

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S A, Stern, H A, Weaver, J R, Spencer, C B, Olkin, G R, Gladstone, W M, Grundy, J M, Moore, D P, Cruikshank, H A, Elliott, W B, McKinnon, J Wm, Parker, A J, Verbiscer, L A, Young, D A, Aguilar, J M, Albers, T, Andert, J P, Andrews, F, Bagenal, M E, Banks, B A, Bauer, J A, Bauman, K E, Bechtold, C B, Beddingfield, N, Behrooz, K B, Beisser, S D, Benecchi, E, Bernardoni, R A, Beyer, S, Bhaskaran, C J, Bierson, R P, Binzel, E M, Birath, M K, Bird, D R, Boone, A F, Bowman, V J, Bray, D T, Britt, L E, Brown, M R, Buckley, M W, Buie, B J, Buratti, L M, Burke, S S, Bushman, B, Carcich, A L, Chaikin, C L, Chavez, A F, Cheng, E J, Colwell, S J, Conard, M P, Conner, C A, Conrad, J C, Cook, S B, Cooper, O S, Custodio, C M, Dalle Ore, C C, Deboy, P, Dharmavaram, R D, Dhingra, G F, Dunn, A M, Earle, A F, Egan, J, Eisig, M R, El-Maarry, C, Engelbrecht, B L, Enke, C J, Ercol, E D, Fattig, C L, Ferrell, T J, Finley, J, Firer, J, Fischetti, W M, Folkner, M N, Fosbury, G H, Fountain, J M, Freeze, L, Gabasova, L S, Glaze, J L, Green, G A, Griffith, Y, Guo, M, Hahn, D W, Hals, D P, Hamilton, S A, Hamilton, J J, Hanley, A, Harch, K A, Harmon, H M, Hart, J, Hayes, C B, Hersman, M E, Hill, T A, Hill, J D, Hofgartner, M E, Holdridge, M, Horányi, A, Hosadurga, A D, Howard, C J A, Howett, S E, Jaskulek, D E, Jennings, J R, Jensen, M R, Jones, H K, Kang, D J, Katz, D E, Kaufmann, J J, Kavelaars, J T, Keane, G P, Keleher, M, Kinczyk, M C, Kochte, P, Kollmann, S M, Krimigis, G L, Kruizinga, D Y, Kusnierkiewicz, M S, Lahr, T R, Lauer, G B, Lawrence, J E, Lee, E J, Lessac-Chenen, I R, Linscott, C M, Lisse, A W, Lunsford, D M, Mages, V A, Mallder, N P, Martin, B H, May, D J, McComas, R L, McNutt, D S, Mehoke, T S, Mehoke, D S, Nelson, H D, Nguyen, J I, Núñez, A C, Ocampo, W M, Owen, G K, Oxton, A H, Parker, M, Pätzold, J Y, Pelgrift, F J, Pelletier, J P, Pineau, M R, Piquette, S B, Porter, S, Protopapa, E, Quirico, J A, Redfern, A L, Regiec, H J, Reitsema, D C, Reuter, D C, Richardson, J E, Riedel, M A, Ritterbush, S J, Robbins, D J, Rodgers, G D, Rogers, D M, Rose, P E, Rosendall, K D, Runyon, M G, Ryschkewitsch, M M, Saina, M J, Salinas, P M, Schenk, J R, Scherrer, W R, Schlei, B, Schmitt, D J, Schultz, D C, Schurr, F, Scipioni, R L, Sepan, R G, Shelton, M R, Showalter, M, Simon, K N, Singer, E W, Stahlheber, D R, Stanbridge, J A, Stansberry, A J, Steffl, D F, Strobel, M M, Stothoff, T, Stryk, J R, Stuart, M E, Summers, M B, Tapley, A, Taylor, H W, Taylor, R M, Tedford, H B, Throop, L S, Turner, O M, Umurhan, J, Van Eck, D, Velez, M H, Versteeg, M A, Vincent, R W, Webbert, S E, Weidner, G E, Weigle, J R, Wendel, O L, White, K E, Whittenburg, B G, Williams, K E, Williams, S P, Williams, H L, Winters, A M, Zangari, and T H, Zurbuchen

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The Kuiper Belt is a distant region of the outer Solar System. On 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft flew close to (486958) 2014 MU

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2019

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