The von Kármán Lecture Series: 2008 Jan. 24 & 25 JPL & The Beginnings of the Space Age The premier of a new historical video produced by JPL Office of Communications and Education Division Manager, Blaine Baggett. › Lecture/webcast information Feb. 28 & 29 Where in the World Will Our Energy Come From? What would it take to get the world to rely on renewable energy sources and get away from the damaging effects of fossil fuels? › Lecture/webcast information Mar. 20 & 21 Enceladus: The Newest Wrinkle from Saturn's Tiger-Striped Moon The Cassini spacecraft reveals a dynamic world of icy jets and towering plumes on Saturn's Moon Enceladus. › Lecture/webcast information Apr. 24 & 25 The Importance of Sample Return The Genesis Mission collected solar-wind samples outside of the Earth's Magnetosphere and returned them to Earth for Analysis. › Lecture/webcast information May 15 & 16 Landing a Backhoe on Mars The Phoenix Lander will study the history of water and search for complex organic molecules in the ice-rich soil of the martian arctic. › Lecture/webcast information Jun. 19 & 20 The Heliospheric Magnetic Field, the Solar Wind & the Interstellar Medium The interaction of the heliospheric magnetic field, the solar wind and the interstellar medium are vitally important. › Lecture/webcast information Jul. 24 & 25 Cassini Mission to Saturn Highlights Near the completion of its four-year primary mission, the Cassini Spacecraft has revealed Saturn and its dynamic moons in unprecedented ways. › Lecture/webcast information Aug. 21 & 22 Keeping an Eye on Earth's Changing Climate: The Ocean Surface Topography Mission Measuring global sea level changes continually chronicles how Earth's climate fluctuates and changes over time. › Lecture/webcast information Sep. 25 & 26 The Great Southern California Shake Out California's future includes preparation for a great earthquake that could hit southern California on the southern San Andreas Fault. › Lecture/webcast information Oct. 16 & 17 New Wheels on Mars: The Mars Science Laboratory NASA's next rover mission to Mars will be twice as long and five times as heavy as the Mars Exploration Rovers. › Lecture/webcast information Nov. 13 & 14 New Worlds: Exoplanet Discoveries from the Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Astronomy is responsible for some of the most revealing and interesting views of the Universe to date. › Lecture/webcast information Dec. 11 & 12 The Mystery of Dark Energy Evidence that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating points to "Dark Energy" as the cause of this rapid expansion. › Lecture/webcast information