von Kármán Lecture - Helicopters in Space

Thursday, March 11, 2021

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Online Event

Farah Alibay, Systems Engineer, Mars 2020, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

Timothy Canham, Mars Helicopter Operations Lead, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

Public Event

This lecture will be presented online only.

How do you fly a helicopter on Mars? It takes Ingenuity and Perseverance. During this technology demo, Farah Alibay and Tim Canham will get into the details of how these craft will manage this incredible task.

About the Series

The Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series, named after JPL's founder, and presented by JPL's Office of Communication and Education, brings the excitement of the space program's missions, instruments and other technologies to both JPL employees and the local community. Lectures normally take place twice per month, on consecutive Thursdays and Fridays. The Thursday lectures take place in JPL's Theodore von Kármán Auditorium and are streamed live via YouTube and Ustream, and Friday lectures take place at Caltech. Both start at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Admission and parking are free for all lectures. No reservations are required, but seating is limited. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

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Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series

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