Distinguished Lectures
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...
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...
Understanding Particles and Fields Throughout the Solar System
Date 2015-10-07 Author Baker, Daniel Description Even before the official dawn of the Space Age – that is, before the launch of the Sputnik and Explorer spacecraft in 1957-1958 – many investigators around the world were engaged in space physics research. Using...
Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet
Date 2015-04-13 Author Squyres, Steven W. Description Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the...
The Voyager spacecraft after 37 years in space: The quest for traveling beyond our solar system
Author Krimigis, Stamatios Description The twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are exploring where nothing from Earth has flown before. Although the primary mission was completed in 1989, these spacecraft are expected to obtain useful interplanetary, and possibly...