Space Science Week at Tech

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Friday February 12, 2021 - Saturday February 20, 2021
      11:00 am - 10:59 am
  • Location: All events virtual. See links here: coe.gatech.edu/news/2021/02/space-science-week-tech-progress-and-perseverance
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  • URL: All events virtual. Please see event description for links.
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Contact

Center for Space Technology and Research
info@cstar.gatech.edu

 

 

Summaries

Summary Sentence: A week's worth of the latest research news on space exploration.

Full Summary: The Center for Space Technology and Research, and the ExplOrigins Group from the Georgia Tech Astrobiology Group present a week's worth of lectures and presentations on the latest space exploration activities. 

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  • C-STAR Aileen Yingst Lecture - Space Science Week at Tech C-STAR Aileen Yingst Lecture - Space Science Week at Tech
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  • ExplOrigins Colloquium 2021 - Space Science Week at Tech ExplOrigins Colloquium 2021 - Space Science Week at Tech
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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 the latest information from space exploration activities. 

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 Investigator, MAHLI Camera, Curiosity Rover 
Registration: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/gpddbxfs

Wednesday/Thursday, Feb. 17-18
ExplOrigins Colloquium
5 p.m. Feb. 17 - Poster Session
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 18 - Colloquium
Registration: https://bit.ly/3cXu6Bh

Thursday, Feb. 18
2:15 p.m. NASA Mars Perseverance Landing Watch Party
Registration:  https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/xecvbzja

Friday, Feb. 19
11 a.m. Mars+Landing Panel

  • Glenn Lightsey, Professor, Aeronautics Engineering
  • Frances Rivera-Hernandez, Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • James Wray, Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Co-Investigator, HiRISE & CRISM, MRO
  • Angela Dapremont, PhD Candidate, Planetary Science

Registration: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/buzhyshh

 

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

College of Sciences, EAS, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Physics

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Postdoc, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
College of Sciences, Center for Space Technology and Research, ExplOrigins, Space Science Week @Tech, Perseverance Rover, curiosity rover, School of Biological Sciences, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, School of Physics, School of Aerospace Engineering, college of engineering, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Status
  • Created By: Renay San Miguel
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Feb 11, 2021 - 10:30am
  • Last Updated: Feb 16, 2021 - 9:31am