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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. The lecture is also available via a live webcast or web archive.



2008 Lecture Series Season


		Sep. 25 & 26 Topic: California's "Big One" and the San Andreas 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 Topic: 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 Topic: Looking Through Space in the Infrared Infrared Astronomy is responsible for some of the most revealing and interesting views of the Universe to date. + Lecture/webcast information

		Dec. 11 & 12 Topic: Dark Energy & the Expansion of the Universe Evidence that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating points to "Dark Energy" as the cause of this rapid expansion. + Lecture/webcast information




2008 Archived Lectures


		Jan. 24 & 25 Topic: 50th Anniversary of the First U.S. Spacecraft Launch The premier of a new historical video produced by JPL Office of Communications and Education Division Manager, Blaine Baggett. + Lecture/webcast information (Webcast Unavailable)

		Feb. 28 & 29 Topic: Alternative Renewable Energy Sources for Earth 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 Topic: Yellowstone-like Geysers on Saturn's Moon Enceladus The Cassini spacecraft reveals a dynamic world of icy jets and towering plumes on Saturn's Moon Enceladus. + Lecture/webcast information

		Apr. 24 & 25 Topic: Genesis Solar Wind Sample Return Results 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 Topic: Phoenix Landing & Exploration 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 Topic: The Solar Wind and 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 Topic: 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 Topic: Keeping an Eye on Earth's Changing Climate Measuring global sea level changes continually chronicles how Earth's climate fluctuates and changes over time. + Lecture/webcast information

Click here for the 2007 lecture schedule and archived webcasts.

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