Events
The LPI hosts public events annually and supports multiple partner events throughout the Houston area. We hold Sky Fest family events and the Cosmic Explorations Speaker Series at our facility. We also participate in events at public libraries, camps, and other community venues. In addition, the Education and Public Engagement staff supports the LPI scientists’ education efforts throughout the Houston area.
Upcoming Events
Dragonfly: Exploring an Organic-Rich Moon
May 13, 2021, 7:30 p.m. (CDT)
Join us as Dr. Melissa Trainer (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) describes NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Titan. This large icy moon of Saturn has a subsurface ocean of liquid water, methane lakes and rivers on the surface, and methane clouds and rain. Other more complex organics are formed in the atmosphere. Dragonfly is a rotorcraft with a sophisticated scientific payload, designed to take advantage of Titan's dense atmosphere by flying to and landing at different sites on this geologically complex moon. This revolutionary mission concept will enable scientists to characterize the habitability of Titan's environment, to investigate how far pre-life chemistry has progressed, and even to search for chemical signatures of life.
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Join this eventJohnson Space Center Astronomical Society (JSCAS)
The Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society is dedicated to the acquisition and dissemination of information pertaining to the science of Astronomy. If you would like to join their monthly meeting visit: http://www.jscas.net/index.htm
JSCAS Schedule:
- May 14th
- June 11th
- July 9th
- August 13th
- September 10th
- October 8th
- November 12th
- December 10th
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Scientists and staff of the LPI are available for presentations to schools, civic groups, and other organizations in the Houston region.
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