Are you ready for some science? No matter where you are, you can join us online for a live public talk from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT) about the Curiosity rover’s first year on Mars. This talk will revisit the dramatic, nail-biting landing and some of the mission’s top science results.
The speaker is JPL’s Ashwin Vasavada, deputy project scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity mission.
Live streaming high-definition video of the event will be carried on Ustream, with chat available, at: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl.
This artist’s concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech