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GT Planetary Science & Astrobiology Seminar/ Perseverance Landing Panel
Learn more here! The Center for Space Technology and Research (C-STAR), along with the ExplOrigins Group representing the Georgia Tech Astrobiology community, presents Space Science Week at Tech, a week’s worth of lectures and presentations celebrating...

GT Planetary & Astrobiology Seminar with Dr. Aileen Yingst
Friday, Feb. 12 11 a.m. The World In A Grain of Sand: What the Perseverance Rover Can Tell Us About the Geology of Mars Speaker: Aileen Yingst, Senior Scientist, Planetary Space Institute; Co-Investigator, SHERLOC/WATSON, Perseverance Rover; Deputy Primary...

CSTAR and EAS Dragonfly Panel
On Friday, Nov. 20, C-STAR will host a virtual panel featuring four members of the team working on NASA’s Dragonfly project, a 2027 mission that will send a robotic rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. From NASA’s Dragonfly website:...

Titan Week: Dragonfly: In Situ Exploration of Titan’s Organic Chemistry and Habitability
Dr. Elizabeth Turtle, PI of Dragonfly Mission Thursday, November 19, 6:30 pm More info: https://cos.gatech.edu/events/titan-week-cstar-distinguished-lecture-2020-0 Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is an Ocean World with a dense atmosphere, abundant complex organic...

2020 Exploration and Origins Colloquium
On behalf of Georgia Tech Astrobiology and the ExplOrigins early career group, we invite you to join us for the 2020 Exploration and Origins Colloquium. Please click HERE to register or submit a poster abstract. The colloquium kicks off with a poster session on Monday...

2019 Exploration and Origins Colloquium
Building on the success of the 2018 Astrobiology Colloquium, Georgia Tech Astrobiology and ExplOrigins groups are proud to announce the 2019 Exploration and Origins Colloquium, which will take place on March 28-29, 2019. This is the 2nd annual networking event under...

Symposium on Space Innovations
November 13-14, 2018 The Georgia Institute of Technology is partnering with industry to host the second annual Symposium on Space Innovations, highlighting recent innovations in space science and technologies. Building on the success of the inaugural 2017 event, this...

Why Do We Look Up at the Heavens?
Brother Guy Consolmagno Why did we go to the Moon? Why does the Vatican support an astronomical observatory? These questions mask a deeper question: why do individuals choose to spend their lives in pursuit of pure knowledge? The motivation behind our choices, both as...

Going Out in a Blaze of Glory: Cassini Science Highlights and the Grand Finale – Linda Spilker
The Cassini mission’s findings have revolutionized our understanding of Saturn, its complex rings, the amazing assortment of moons and the planet’s dynamic magnetic environment. Cassini’s Grand Finale begins in April 2017 with repeated dives between the innermost...

Why We Explore?
Date 2015-11-18 Author Crocker, James H. Description We explore because exploration has been written in the human heart. The exploration of space is mankind’s greatest adventure. Today, given the social and environmental needs of the world, how can the existence of...