The von Kármán lecture series offers the public a front-row seat into exciting JPL-managed missions, significant science findings and futuristic technologies being developed at the Lab for NASA. The free monthly series, named after rocket pioneer and JPL founder Theodore von Kármán, takes place at JPL and Pasadena Community College. Below are the archived webcasts of the 2007 von Kármán Lecture Series.
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Jan. 25 & 26, 2007
Topic: Mars Exploration Rovers: Three Years on Mars
January 2004. Twin Rovers landed on opposite sides of Mars. Each Rover was to explore the surface for 90 days.
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Feb. 22 & 23, 2007
Topic: Dawn Mission to the Asteroid Belt
NASA's next venture into the solar system is the Dawn mission, planned for launch in October 2007.
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Mar. 22 & 23, 2007
Topic:
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Early Mission Results
Launched August 12, 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter finished its aerobraking phase on August 30, 2006.
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Apr. 12 & 13, 2007
Topic:
Your "Carbon Footprint" and the Greenhouse Effect
Carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere by fossil fuel combustion and other human activities.
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May 10 & 11, 2007
Topic:
Looking for Earth in Other Places
In the vast blackness of space, our home planet is a single sparkling oasis of life.
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Jun. 21 & 22, 2007
Topic:
Phoenix: The Next Mission to Mars
Launching in August 2007 for arrival in late May 2008, the Phoenix mission will bring 11 science experiments to explore the nothern near-polar environment on Mars.
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Jul. 19 & 20, 2007
Topic:
The Launch of Science into Space
In 1952, a group of American scientists decided the world scientific community should undertake a third International Polar Year (IPY).
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Aug. 16 & 17, 2007
Topic:
"Yellowstone" on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
The Cassini spacecraft may have found evidence of liquid water reservoirs on Saturn's Moon Enceladus.
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Sep. 20 & 21, 2007
Topic: Voyager at the Edge of The Solar System
Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager spacecraft were assigned an ambitious mission — to explore the giant outer planets.
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Oct. 18 & 19, 2007
Topic: Predicting Climate Change
Meeting the challenge of predicting climate change involves the collaboration of many different types of scientists.
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Nov. 15 & 16, 2007
Topic: Europa's Underground Ocean
Jupiter’s moon Europa may be a habitable world. Evidence points strongly to a global subsurface ocean beneath an ice shell.
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Dec. 6 & 7
Topic: Finding High Energy Cosmic Rays
The California High School Cosmic Ray Observatory (CHICOS) project is a research array for the detection of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
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