Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
From A to Z: Curiosity to the Launch Pad
Richard Cook,
Deputy Project Manager,
Mars Science Laboratory,
JPL,
The Mars Science Laboratory, "Curiosity", is the latest project in NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term program of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. Scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in late 2011, and arrive at Mars in August 2012, this rolling laboratory will assess whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting microbial life and conditions favorable for preserving clues about life, if it existed. Tonight's talk will cover some of the trials and tribulations the project members encountered while creating one of the most ambitious missions in history.
For more information, please contact Rosanne Lombardi by phone at 626-395-8371 or by email at [email protected] or visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures.cfm.
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Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series
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