Astromaterials Data Management in the Era of Sample-Return Missions Community Workshop : November 8–10, 2021, Virtual

Abstract

The workshop will provide an opportunity to present and discuss all the current projects and initiatives for astromaterials sample tracking and data management. It will bring together researchers, scientists and software engineers working on systems to track samples between curation and sample scientists, and the management, visualization and archiving of datasets resulting from the analysis of planetary materials. Those include both mission-returned samples and astromaterials (meteorites, micrometeorites and interplanetary dust particles). The organizers invite contributions spanning all these related topics, including data management for past (e.g., Apollo), current (e.g., Hayabusa2, OSIRIS-REx, ANGSA and Chang'e 5) and future (e.g., Mars Sample Return, MMX) sample-return missions. Contributions on the standards and requirements for data publication and open-access archiving are also encouraged. In particular, we plan keynote presentations and special breakout sessions on new and current projects for sample tracking and data visualization. In addition to sample-return missions and projects associated with NASA curated samples, we will also encourage participation of meteorite curations at major organizations/institutions/museums.