Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series | CaltechLive!

JPL's Theodore von Kármán Lectures bring the excitement of JPL's missions to an audience of both Caltech/JPL employees and the general public. (And they're free to attend!)

Named after the founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and presented by JPL's Communications and Education Directorate, these lectures bring the excitement of the space program's missions, instruments and other technologies to both JPL employees and the local community.

These online lectures are free, with no tickets or reservations required.

Learn more about the series on JPL's lecture series web page, or go directly to a YouTube playlist of past lectures in the series.

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Upcoming von Kármán Lectures

August 19, 2021 7:00 pm

Theodore von Kármán Lecture

Online Event

Psyche: Mission to a Metal World

Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Principal Investigator, NASA Psyche Mission, Arizona State University,

September 16, 2021 7:00 pm

Theodore von Kármán Lecture

Online Event

Instrumental: Engineers Who Make Science Possible

Janelle Wellons, Instrument Operations Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL,

October 14, 2021 7:00 pm

Theodore von Kármán Lecture

Online Event

The Warm Glow of our Cool Universe

Dida Markovic, Research Scientist, NASA/JPL,

Dr. Phil Korngut, Research Scientist; SPHEREx instrument scientist, Caltech,

November 11, 2021 7:00 pm

Theodore von Kármán Lecture

Online Event

Rising Tides: First Year in Space for NASA's Earth Flagship

Josh Willis, Lead NASA Scientist for Sentinel-6, NASA/JPL,