NASA’s Astromaterials Data System Town Hall

Monday, March 16th, 12:00 to 1:15 PM
Indian Springs, The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, Houston, TX, USA

This town hall invites researchers studying Astromaterials specimens to learn about NASA-JSC’s Astromaterials Data System (AstroMat), to get an update on available services and the status of ongoing developments, and to engage in its design and development. Learn how AstroMat can help you comply with new journal policies for data access and with funders’ requirements for Data Management Plans. Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis.

AstroMat Town Hall at LPSC 2020

In July 2019, several members of the AstroMat team visited NASA’s Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office (AACO) at Johnson Space Center for an up close look at their lunar sample collection. The AACO is part of the Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science division that handles samples from lunar material, meteorites, cosmic dust, and more. Read more about their visit here.

AstroMat Team Members Visit Johnson Space Center

Please join us Thursday March 21 at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference for our poster presentations on the Astromaterials Data System (Poster #684) and MoonDB(Poster #700). See below for more information.

March 21, 6:00 – 9:00 pm, Town Center Exhibit Area, The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel

The Astromaterials Data System: Transforming Access to Planetary Sample Data: The Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) curates the world’s most extensive and precious collections of extraterrestrial materials – meteorites, cosmic and interplanetary dust, solar wind, and lunar rocks – and makes them available to the global research community for scientific research. Thousands of geochemical, petrological, and geochronological studies have been conducted over time, producing a treasure trove of data that hold a huge potential for future discoveries. JSC and the EarthChem group at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have embarked on a major effort to build a comprehensive data system for all analytical data generated from JSC’s astromaterials collections, the Astromaterials Data System (AstroMat, www.astromat.org). AstroMat will not only ensure long-term preservation and access of analytical data for specimens curated at JSC, but provide a context-rich searchable database of the data offering for the first time the ability to easily compare analytical data across diverse extraterrestrial collections, thus facilitating the study of comparative planetology.

MoonDB: 50 Years of Lunar Sample Data Ready for the Data Revolution: MoonDB (http://www.moondb.org) is a data system designed to restore and synthesize geochemical and petrological measurements from the study of lunar samples. Since 2015, major, trace, and isotope data for nearly 2,600 samples from approximately 650 references were compiled into the database. MoonDB’s web application allows users to browse, search, and retrieve data, and currently allows for queries by mission, landmark, specimen type, sampling technique, analysis method, and analyte. Users can download the data in multiple forms, see data holdings, and access MoonDB APIs. MoonDB also offers repository services for legacy and new datasets submitted by users to share their data and comply with funders’ and publishers’ policies for FAIR data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). Additionally, MoonDB has created a comprehensive reference library of over 5,000 papers and abstracts related to lunar samples and meteorites that will become accessible and searchable in late 2019.

AstroMat and MoonDB posters at LPSC

Data Availability Update

Dear Astromaterials Data System mailing list subscribers,

Thanks to all who joined us at the Astromat Workshop at MetSoc24! We had a great discussion about data archiving needs in the astromaterials community and standards for astromaterials sample data.

We recently updated the Astromat website with an improved site layout, live system statistics, and quicker ways to get to the information and data you need. Take a look and let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions.

Members of the Astromat Team will be at Goldschmidt 2024 in Chicago next week. Come find us at the Exhibit Hall or one of the following sessions!

Exhibit Hall: EarthChem & the Astromaterials Data System Booth #2

Maximizing the Return on Investment in Astromaterials Samples Collection and Analysis with FAIR & Analysis-Ready Data at the Astromaterials Data System in Session: 6hP1 - Meeting Technical Challenges of Current and Future Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry

Astromat: Future-proofing astromaterials research in Session: 14dP1 - 25 years of GEOROC and PetDB: the past, present and future of research with global geochemical databases

Wednesday, 21 August, 8:30 - 11:30am; 2:30 - 4:00pm

Session: 25 years of GEOROC and PetDB: the past, present and future of research with global geochemical databases. The oral sessions are on Wednesday followed by an optional event afterwards.

Select OSIRIS-REx Sample Data Now Available in Astromaterials Data Archive

Data from the initial analyses of asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx Sample Analysis Team are now available in the Astromaterials Data Archive (ADA). Approximately 100 datasets are now accessible to download out of the ~500 datasets received to date. As future OREx publications are released, the associated datasets in ADA will be made publicly accessible.

Our team is planning a series of webinars starting Fall 2024 on archiving your data and accessing data through Astromat. Stay tuned here for the dates and registration information. If you have suggestions or would more information on using Astromat services, please feel free to reach out to our team!

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Astromaterials Data System August 2024 Update

Join us for a collaborative workshop in conjunction with MetSoc24 on the evening of July 29th. This workshop is free and open to all that are interested in or work with astromaterials sample data, including meteorites. Dinner and drinks will be provided.

Time: ~5:30 PM – 9:00 PM (starting after MetSoc sessions end)

Location: The Hotel Brussels, 26th floor “MEET 26 THREE”, Boulevard de Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels

(~15-minute walk down Boulevard de Waterloo from the MetSoc24 venue)

Register here: There is no fee to attend, but registration is required. 

Introduction: Astromat’s services for data archiving and advanced data access

Discussion: Why you should archive your data in Astromat

Discussion: How can Astromat ease the burden of data archiving? What can we do better?

Discussion: Can we find ways to make peer review of data feasible?

Demo: Using the Astromat Synthesis to access an ocean of astromaterials samples data

Discussion: What are the scientific questions that the Astromat Synthesis can help answer? What interfaces are needed for the synthesis to fulfill such promises?

Presentation: Astromaterials samples images as part of the Data Ecosystem (Josh Einsle)

Discussion: What are the best ways to integrate images into Astromat?

Virtual option to join via Zoom will be available. Connection details will be emailed to registrants in advance.

Any questions? Feel free to contact the Astromat Team at info @ astromat.org

Astromat Workshop at MetSoc24

Members of the Astromat team will be in San Francisco for the AGU Fall Meeting 2023. AGU is hosting many special features related to the Year of Open Science, including the Open Science Pavilion in the Exhibit Hall, Moscone North. Astromat will have a booth there and offer multiple opportunities for community engagement throughout the week. See below for how and where to catch up with us in person or contact us at info@astromat.org to schedule a time to connect.

Booth:
Open Samples for the Earth and Planetary Sciences – IEDA, Astromat & the Internet of Samples: booth #1514. Come by and chat with us anytime during Exhibit Hall hours.

Thursday, December 14: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Open Science and Data Help Desk Session:
Astromat at the Open Science and Data Help Desk
Tuesday, Dec. 12
10:00 AM -12:00 PM
Open Science Pavilion booth #1423
Bring your data questions or get a demo of Astromat services!

Open Science Pavilion Talk:
Opening the Treasure Trove of Physical Samples Data in the Earth & Planetary Sciences
Tuesday, Dec. 12
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Open Science Pavilion presentation area
Kerstin Lehnert will present this Open Science Pavilion talk with opportunities for audience Q&A.

Additional Astromat talks and posters:
IN33B-0733 Supporting Current and Future Producers and Users of Astromaterials Samples Data
Wednesday, Dec. 13
2:10 PM – 6:30 PM
Poster Hall A-C – South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)
Robert Downs and other Astromat team members will highlight the latest developments with Astromat for the astromaterials samples community in this poster presentation.

V53A-01 The Astromaterials Data System: FAIR-AR (Analysis-Ready) Astromaterials Samples Data (Invited)
Friday, December 15
2:10 PM – 2:20 PM
153 – South (Upper Mezzanine, South, MC)
Kerstin Lehnhert will present this invited talk in the session Next-Generation Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry: New Approaches to Harnessing the Multidimensionality of Complex Earth and Planetary Systems.

AstroMat Team Members Visit Johnson Space Center

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