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ExMAG Recent Activities and Recommendations

ExMAG, the Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group, chaired by Barbara Cohen, has been busy with various recent and upcoming activities. These include opening committee meetings to the public, standing up a special action team, organizing virtual workshops, and soliciting new members. The group has also put forth recommendations for NASA, including strengthening the AstroMat repository, forming international research teams for sample access, and prioritizing maintenance of unique assets. Membership details for subcommittees like Lunar Sample and Mars Sample are also outlined in the provided information.

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ExMAG Recent Activities and Recommendations

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  1. Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (ExMAG) PAC meeting, Nov. 14 2023 Barbara Cohen, Chair ExMAG.community@gmail.com

  2. Recent & Upcoming Activities • ExMAG Annual Meeting August 1–3, 2023 • ExMAG opening up some of its committee meetings to public attendance for breaking news - Monday December 18, at 11 am CT. The agenda will include annual reports by the ExMAG subcommittees and a presentation by Dr. Lisa Gaddis of the LPI on their plans for implementing the Support for Planetary Sample Science program. • ExMAG Newsletter now active • LEAG - ExMAG Special Action Team stood up – reports due Q3 2024 - Nominal Samples - Volatile Samples and Cold Curation - Sample Data • MEPAG - ExMAG virtual workshop, Connecting community scientific hypotheses to Mars sample science - Feb 13-15 2024 • Soliciting new members for 2024 11/13/23 2

  3. August Meeting Findings https://www.lpi.usra.edu/exmag/meetings/exmagapril2023/ExMAG%202023%20Draft%20Findings_ v2_Update.pdf F1. ExMAG recommends that NASA continue to adopt and use only self-identified demographics in their analyses F2. ExMAG recommends strengthening AstroMat as the extraterrestrial materials repository F3. ExMAG recommends formation of international research teams for Chang’E sample access F4. ExMAG recommends that NASA consider how to enable logistical access to all PSEF-funded facilities for researchers who need to use them F5. ExMAG recommends that NASA prioritizes maintenance and repair for the unique assets housing the facilities and equipment in NASA Curation F6. ExMAG recommends that NASA and the MSR project better define the Sample Safety and Preliminary Examination activities planned for the SRP and clearly delineate such activities from sample science F7. ExMAG recommends that NASA add a criterion to the SRP site selection process consistent with NASA DEIA principles 11/13/23 3

  4. ExMAG membership Lunar Sample Subcommittee Apollo samples, Artemis sample planning Jessica Barnes Barbara Cohen (GSFC), Chair Jemma Davidson (ASU), Vice- Chair and incoming chair Michelle Thompson (Purdue), Secretary Jessica Barnes (U of Arizona) Kate Burgess (NRL) Jon Friedrich (Fordham) Juliane Gross (Rutgers) Pierre Haenecour (UA) Lydia Hallis (U Glasgow) Philipp Heck (Field Museum) Manavi Jadhav (UL) Yang Liu (JPL) Rhiannon Mayne (TCU) Molly McCanta (UT) Larry Nittler (CIW) Laura Chaves (Purdue) – nonvoting EC member, social media coordinator ExMAG STEERING COMMITTEE Mars Sample Subcommittee MMX and Mars Sample Return planning Lydia Hallis and Yang Liu ExMAG Chair Barbara Cohen Astromaterials Curator Francis McCubbin Microparticle Subcommittee Cosmic Dust, Stardust mission, microparticle impacts Philipp Heck NASA HQ Liaison Jeff Grossman Kathleen Vander Kaaden Asteroid Subcommittee Hayabusa, Hayabusa-2, OSIRIS-Rex Larry Nittler Facilities and Informatics Subcommittee Sample curation facilities, databases, and catalogs Pierre Haenecour Rhiannon Mayne Meteorite Subcommittee Antarctic meteorites Jon Friedrich Genesis Subcommittee Genesis mission Larry Nittler 11/13/23 4

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