Donors supporting space science and engineering at Caltech have made it possible to solicit opportunities through the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) to fund 1-2 grants totaling approximately $200k (direct cost) to carry out technical development efforts.
The goal of this workshop is to explore approaches to the next-generation planetary radar capable of providing compelling science and offer NASA mission assurance by being able to track spacecraft.
In this short course, we will discuss the prospects for giant leaps that could be enabled by modern geodetic observations beyond the Earth-Moon system.
The location where NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will observe the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's attempt at powered controlled flight at Mars is called "Van Zyl Overlook," after Jakob van Zyl, the team's longtime colleague, mentor, and leader at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. He passed away unexpectedly in August 2020, about a month after the launch of Perseverance.
He was a huge fan of our Institute and the Caltech Space Challenge and we miss him still.
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Details »Join us for a very special lecture by Rob Manning, the Chief Engineer of JPL, explaining the challenges and some of the stories and lessons that have led to the Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) design of this newest Mars mission
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