Journeys at Mars: Discoveries and Future Exploration

Join experienced Mars scientists on Wednesday July 24th from 6 pm for a discussion on the future of Mars. The panel will speak from their personal perspectives about the most important discoveries from the Red Planet, and what they believe is next for Mars exploration!

The panel includes:

Dr. Noora Alsaeed

UAE Space Agency, Senior Space Science Researcher, and member of the Emirates Mars Mission ‘Hope' team

Dr. Philip Christensen

Arizona State University, PI of the Thermal Emission Imaging System on the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, and co-chair of the National Academies Decadal Survey of Planetary Science and Astrobiology

Dr. François Forget

Research Director of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and member of the French Academy of Sciences

Dr. Abigail Fraeman

JPL, Deputy Project Scientist of the Mars Science Laboratory, and Mars Exploration Rovers

Dr. Mini Wadhwa

Arizona State University, Mars Sample Return Principal Scientist, and member of the National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Jessica Watkins

NASA astronaut with over 170 days in space, and a Mars research scientist

The evening will begin at 6:00 p.m. with family-friendly activities and displays of spacecraft models, and the discussion will begin at 7:00 p.m.

The event will be held at the Beckman Auditorium, on the Caltech campus. Admission is free. Parking is available in the North Wilson Parking Garage #1 (Wilson Blvd., south of Del Mar Ave.) and California Blvd. Parking Garage #3 (south of campus on California Blvd., beneath the athletic fields). After 5:00 pm, parking is free in all unmarked (commuter) parking stalls. Limited parking may be available on local streets as well.