JPL’s Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series, presented by the Communications and Education Directorate, aims to bring the excitement of JPL’s missions, instruments and other technologies to an audience of both JPL employees and the general public.
The Von Kármán Lecture Series
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: How We Find, Name, and Investigate Exoplanets
We live in a golden age of discovery with more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets. But how do we find these worlds, and what challenges do we face in the search […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: How We Find, Name, and Investigate Exoplanets
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) Mission
When strong winds on one continent stir up mineral rock dust, those airborne particles can travel thousands of miles and affect entirely different continents. The suspended dust in the air […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) Mission
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Near-Earth Objects Opportunities for Discoveries
Comets and asteroids offer clues to planetary formation. As leftover debris from the formation process, studying the chemical makeup of comets and asteroids can help us understand the material from […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Near-Earth Objects Opportunities for Discoveries
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Curiosity: A Decade on Mars
Ten years and over 17 miles of driving has taught us there is more to Mars than we could ever imagine. We’ll take a look at highlights from the past […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Curiosity: A Decade on Mars
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Voyager: 45 Years in Space
As the twin Voyager spacecraft approach their 45th anniversary, we take a look at where the mission has been, what they’ve taught us, and where they go from here. In […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Voyager: 45 Years in Space
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor (OWLS)
The Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor (OWLS) is an integrated, portable, and autonomous life-detection instrument suite designed to identify and characterize life on ocean worlds. It’s the first to explore a […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor (OWLS)
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Perseverance: Two Years on Mars
Throughout its exploration of the region, Perseverance will collect promising samples, seal them in tubes, and store them in its chassis until they are deposited on the Martian surface for […]
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