{"148871":{"#nid":"148871","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Lecture on Curiosity\u0027s Landing \u0026 the Future of Space Exploration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver the last 50 years, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) spacecraft have visited every planet in our solar system and roved for more than 8 years on the surface of Mars. In addition, space borne telescopes have detected planets around neighboring systems, studied the composition and dynamic of galaxies across the Universe, and monitored changes in our planet\u2019s surface and atmosphere.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this presentation, Dr. Charles Elachi will discuss the challenges of robotic space and Earth exploration, highlights of Curiosity\u2019s recent landing on Mars, and present some of the engineering and technological challenges for future missions of exploration and discovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver the last 50 years, Jet Propulsion Laboratory spacecraft have visited every planet in our solar system and roved for more than 8 years on the surface of Mars.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Charles Elachi, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will discuss robotic space exploration, Curiosity\u2019s landing and future missions."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2012-08-22 22:52:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:59:37","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-08-29T13:05:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-08-29T13:55:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-08-29T13:55:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-08-29 17:05:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-08-29 17:55:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-08-29 17:55:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/about\/bio_elachi.cfm","title":"Dr. Charles Elachi Bio"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/","title":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory"}],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"41501","name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory"},{"id":"6316","name":"JPL"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECindy Pendley - cindy.pendley@ae.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}