New and exciting activities in the
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
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Recent News from MacCenter Fellows
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Ryugu Reference Project (RRP) Measurement Definition Team
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Professor Katharina Lodders and Associate Professor Kun Wang were chosen to be on JAXA’s Ryugu Reference Project (RRP) Measurement Definition Team.
The aim for the team is to define the best solar system elemental and isotopic composition using JAXA's returned Ryugu asteroid sample.
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TIGERISS passes NASA Key Decision Point
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Research Associate Professor Brian Rauch and other members of the TIGERISS team have passed a NASA Key Decision Point, moving the TIGERISS mission on to its next phase.
Brian is the Principal Investigator for TIGERISS. Although it may be a "very small mission" in the graphic below, it is a big mission here at WashU!
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Can We Burn Uranus? | Dead Planets Society Podcast
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Associate Professor Paul Byrne was a guest on the New Scientist’s “Dead Planets Society” podcast, a show that applies physics to “outlandish ideas about how to tinker with the cosmos.” On this episode, the hosts pose the question: Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds? Byrne weighs in on the logistics of the hypothetical gem heist.
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APS Graduate Women and
Gender Minorities in Physics Conference
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McDonnell Center Graduate Fellow Mary Iskakova attended the American Physical Society Conference for Graduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics held in Washington, DC last week. She had a wonderful time and says, "It was energizing to meet so many smart, enthusiastic, and ambitious women and to discuss both the challenges and successes of being in the field of physics. I hope APS continues to organize many more conferences like this, and that I have the opportunity to participate again—maybe even as a speaker one day!"
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First Fridays at the St. Louis Science Center
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Mike Malolepszy recently retired from WashU. He worked as a computer specialist in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and then in the Department of Biology. He also worked as a Radio Telescope Array & Correlator Operator at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array in New Mexico. Recently, he has also been working with our partners at the St. Louis Science Center's McDonnell Planetarium doing live planetarium programs including the "Sky Tonight" presentations as part of the Science Center's First Friday events. If weather cooperates, telescope viewings are offered after that. The planetarium show, telescope viewing and parking in the Forest Park lot are all free on the first Fridays.
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| First Fridays at the St. Louis Science Center
Friday, September 6
5-9pm, St. Louis Science Center
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MacCenter Fellows in the News
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Wildfire Progression Time Series Mapping with Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)
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EEPS Brown Bag Series
Roger Michaelides
Washington University in St. Louis
Friday, August 30
Noon, Rudolph 301
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| Lunar Volcanic History, Fitting the Puzzle Pieces
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EEPS Brown Bag Series
Brad Jolliff
Washington University in St. Louis
Friday, August 30
Noon, Rudolph 301
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Venus
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EEPS Colloquium
Paul Byrne
Washington University in St. Louis
Thursday, September 5
11:30am, Rudolph 301
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Compiled and edited by Alison Verbeck. Please send any contributions to alison@wustl.edu.
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