March 27, 2026 8-10 PM

Event Type: Lecture and Stargazing
Title: Space Exploration and Discovery: From the Deserts of Egypt to Saturn's Moon Titan
Lecturer: Charles Elachi
Position: Former Director
Institution: NASA JPL
Abstract:
The speaker will describe, from first hand experience, the fun and excitement of hosting a number of scientific missions of exploration undertaken by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. These include the Mars rovers and helicopter, discoveries of lakes on Saturn's Moon Titan, sounding for oceans under the ice shelf of Jupiter's moon Europa, uncovering buried ancient rivers in Egypt, and mapping earthquakes with the recent JPL NiSAR mission.