Next Science Working Team / Group Meeting

Tues and Wed, Oct 1 and 2:  Science Working Team @ APL
Thurs, Oct 3:  Science Working Group @ APL

Splinter Meetings:
Sat, Sun, Mon, Sept 28-30: FIELDS at UNH
Mon, Sept 30, all day:  FPI at GSFC Building 21, Room 183  (contact for access: tracey.e.dickerson@nasa.gov)
Wed, Oct 2, 8am: SITL-SOC interface coding details, at APL 200-E276

Visitor info, Agenda  (updated 9/19)

Specifically: if you click on "APL Main Campus" under "Campus Maps", you will find a map of the main campus of APL.  Our meeting will be held at the very bottom of this map at "South Campus", Building 200, south of Johns Hopkins Road.  The entrance faces south, away from the road, and there is plenty of parking in that region as well.

                Directions from Airports is provide under "Map and Directions"

                Lodging suggestions can be found under "Lodging" 

FOREIGN NATIONALS (This does not include Green Card Holders; see below):

Our meeting will be outside of APL?s security perimeter, but none-the-less Foreign Nationals must register for the meeting.  We will need the following information from each foreign national more than 7 working days before your arrival to the meeting.  PLEASE SEND THIS INFORMATION TO BOTH BARRY MAUK AT Barry.Mauk@jhuapl.edu AND TO OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR, KIM MORGAN AT Kimberly.Morgan@jhuapl.edu.  ALSO, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU BRING SOLID, VALID INDENTIFICATION (PASSPORT PREFERRED; VISAS OR WORK PERMITS MAY ALSO SUFFICE).  BRING THE ACTUAL IDENTIFICAION,  NOT JUST A COPY. Information that we need is:

                                0) Citizenship

                                1) Full Name

                                2) The Institution that you are representing

                                3) Full Contact Information

                                4) Date of Birth

                                5) Whether or not you will bring a laptop (if you do we will assume that you will be connecting to our Guest Network that give access to the internet)

GREEN CARD HOLDERS

If you have a valid green card that you bring with you and have on your person, no action is required for you.  If you do not bring your valid green card and have it with you, you will be treated as if you are a Foreign National. And, on the day of the meeting, because it will be too late to register you as a Foreign National, you will not be allowed into the meeting.  AND SO, IF YOU ARE NOT SURE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A VALID GREEN CARD WITH YOU, THEN PLEASE PROVIDE THE INFORMATION ABOVE AS IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN NATION.

10-12 March 2015, NASA KSC Area, Cocoa Beach Courtyard Marriott, KSC Logistics; Agenda, Hotel Information

Note: There will be nearly a full day on 12 March for interdisciplinary science talks. Please submit talk titles through your team lead.

SWG: 10 March 08:30 - 12:00

SWT:  10 March 13:00 - 17:00
           11 March 08:30 - 18:00
           12 March 08:30 - 16:00

12 March: 19:45 - 20:45: Board buses at KSC Visitor Center for Launch Reception/Viewing

MMS News (For the latest on MMS, like us on Facebook and get the news in your feed!)

• New:  5 Mar: A minor revision of the SWT meeting agenda was posted. Changes are mainly on Wednesday, 11 Mar.
• New:  27 Feb: A major revision of the SWT meeting agenda has been necessary owing to the need for time for launch pad tours. See link above.
• New:  25 Feb: Encapsulation was completed and the payload is on the transporter for delivery to the launch vehicle.
• A set of photos have been posted of the MMS stack and shroud being prepped for encapsulation.
• 18 Feb: SWT Agenda has been corrected/updated with minor changes, including the abbreviated version above.
• 17 Feb: Final stacking of the spacecraft has been completed. Next: pyro mating, bagging, move to encapsulation. LV testing underway.
• 17 Feb: NASA Guest Operations is expected to mail invitations to the launch by 17 Feb. Additional information will be provided with the invites.
• Scientist In The Loop added to this page at upper right.
• Future Plans: The first post-launch MMS SWT meeting will be in Boulder at LASP on 18-21 May, during the "eclipse break" from commissioning of the spacecraft.
• MMS Book Chapters can be browsed with the following linked search: http://link.springer.com/search?query=Magnetospheric+Multiscale
• Future Plans Made: The first post-launch MMS SWT meeting will be in Boulder at LASP on 15-19 June 18-21 May, during the "eclipse break" from commissioning of the spacecraft.
• If for any reason the launch slips, it will do so one day at a time, and it is expected that the launch will occur not later than 16 March.
• 12 Jan 2015: ULA reported to LSP and MMS that the qualification test of the new Booster Main Vehicle Battery (BMVB) was completed. Initial indications are the battery passed the test with the expected post-test VOC and a successful functional test after vibration. The battery capacity test and a DPA of the cells will be completed this week. This further increases confidence that the battery issue will be resolved in time to maintain the 3/12/2015 launch date.
• 11 Jan 2015: The orbital debris waiver for the Centaur upper stage has been approved by NASA HQ.
• Oct 2014: Magnetic explosion probes make it to the Cape
• 20-21 Oct 2014 GSFC SWT Meeting presentations are posted. 
• MMS Spacecraft #1 and 2 shipped to KSC on 28 Oct. 2014 and arrived 29 Oct. 2013
• The MMS Pre-Ship Review was held 22-24 Oct. 2014.
• The MMS Media Day and Social was held 17 Oct. 2014.
• The MMS Launch Readiness Date has been confirmed at 12 March 2015.
• 25-27 Mar 2014 U-Iowa SWT Meeting presentations are posted.  Photo of Kletzing add to photo gallery page.
• The MMS-THEMIS Coordination Working Group Page contains important information.
• MMS Book chapter manuscripts are now due to be submitted both here for internal review, and at the Space Science Reviews site, as explained here
• For the latest on MMS, like us on Facebook
• 20 Nov 2013: A current list of MMS publications has been created.