{"641300":{"#nid":"641300","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Titan Week: CSTAR Dragonfly Panel ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeet the Team Designing Dragonfly, a\u0026nbsp;Robotic Spacecraft for Exploring\u0026nbsp;Titan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe week of Nov. 16 is Titan Week at Georgia Tech, courtesy of the Center for Space Technology and Research. C-STAR celebrates the latest news\u0026nbsp;and mission updates on exploration of Saturn\u0026#39;s intriguing moon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn Friday, Nov. 20, C-STAR will host a virtual panel featuring four members of the team working on NASA\u0026#39;s Dragonfly project, a 2027 mission that will send a robotic rotorcraft to explore Saturn\u0026#39;s moon Titan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFrom NASA\u0026#39;s Dragonfly website\u003C\/em\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Dragonfly marks the first time NASA will fly a multi-rotor vehicle for science on another planet. Taking advantage of Titan\u0026rsquo;s dense atmosphere \u0026ndash; four times denser than Earth\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ndash; it will also become the first vehicle ever to fly its entire science payload to multiple locations for repeatable and targeted access to surface materials. By surveying dozens of locations across the icy world, Dragonfly will characterize the habitability of Titan\u0026rsquo;s environment and investigate the progression of its prebiotic chemistry.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe panelists:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth (Zibi) Turtle\u003C\/strong\u003E, Dragonfly principal investigator\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKristen Sotzen\u003C\/strong\u003E, Dragonfly Geophysics and Meteorology Instrument Engineer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDoug Adams\u003C\/strong\u003E, Flight System Engineer\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMelissa Trainer\u003C\/strong\u003E, Deputy principal investigator, Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer Lead\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhen\u003C\/em\u003E: 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, via \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/register\/cgvddrzt\u0022\u003EBlueJeans\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information: info@cstar.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout C-STAR\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Space Technology and Research (C-STAR) organizes, integrates, and facilitates Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s space science and technology research activities. C-STAR brings together a wide range of Georgia Tech faculty who are active in space-related research and functions as a focal point for the growth of the space industry in the state of Georgia.\u0026nbsp;C-STAR personnel are advancing the frontiers of astrophysics, Earth science, planetary science, robotics, space policy, space technology, and space systems engineering. C-STAR was established in 2013 and is\u0026nbsp;actively engaged in partnerships with NASA\u0026#39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Georgia Department of Economic Development Center of Innovation for Aerospace, and the Georgia Space Grant Consortium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeveral members of the team working on NASA\u0026#39;s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander for space missions will talk about their work and answer questions during this Center for Space Technology and Research (CSTAR) virtual panel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Space Technology and Research (C-STAR) welcomes members of the Dragonfly interplanetary lander project."}],"uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2020-11-13 20:45:34","changed_gmt":"2020-11-16 18:01:51","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-11-20T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2020-11-20T12:45:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-11-20T12:45:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-11-20 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-11-20 17:45:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-11-20 17:45:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"641347":{"id":"641347","type":"image","title":"Titan Week: CSTAR Dragonfly Panel v2","body":null,"created":"1605549562","gmt_created":"2020-11-16 17:59:22","changed":"1605549562","gmt_changed":"2020-11-16 17:59:22","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243716","name":"TitanWeek_v3.1sm2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TitanWeek_v3.1sm2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TitanWeek_v3.1sm2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":370478,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/TitanWeek_v3.1sm2.jpg?itok=J9EScYMw"}}},"media_ids":["641347"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cstar.gatech.edu","title":"Center for Space Technology and Research "}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"95631","name":"Center for Space Technology and Research"},{"id":"91821","name":"C-STAR"},{"id":"13302","name":"Titan"},{"id":"186255","name":"Dragonfly"},{"id":"186256","name":"Elizabeth Turtle"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Einfo@cstar.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}