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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.

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  • Where in the World Will Our Energy Come From?
    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?

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  • The Newest Wrinkle from Saturn
    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.

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  • The Importance of Sample Return
    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.

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  • Landing a Backhoe on Mars
    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.

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  • The Heliospheric Magnetic Field, the Solar Wind
    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.

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  • Cassini Mission to Saturn Highlights
    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.

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  • The Ocean Surface Topography Mission
    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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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