Going Out in a Blaze of Glory:  Cassini Science Highlights and the Grand Finale

Spilker, Linda

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Going Out in a Blaze of Glory: Cassini Science Highlights and the Grand Finale

dc.contributor.author	Spilker, Linda
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Aerospace Engineering	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. The Center for Space Technology and Research	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-09T20:42:04Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-09T20:42:04Z
dc.date.issued	2017-02-22
dc.description	Presented on February 22, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Scheller College of Business, LeCraw Auditorium	en_US
dc.description	Dr. Linda Spilker is a NASA research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. She is currently the Cassini Project Scientist and a Co-Investigator on the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer team and has worked on Cassini since 1988. Since joining JPL almost 40 years ago she has worked on the Voyager Project, the Cassini Project and conducted independent research on the origin and evolution of planetary ring systems.	en_US
dc.description	Runtime: 69:55 minutes	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The Cassini mission’s findings have revolutionized our understanding of Saturn, its complex rings, the amazing assortment of moons and the planet’s dynamic magnetic environment. Cassini’s Grand Finale begins in April 2017 with repeated dives between the innermost ring and the top of Saturn’s atmosphere. Cassini will send back its final bits of unique data on September 15, 2017 as it plunges into Saturn’s atmosphere, vaporizing to protect tiny Enceladus, one of Saturn’s ocean worlds. Come and hear the story of recent science discoveries and the upcoming excitement during the final orbits. Dr. Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, will present highlights of Cassini’s ambitious inquiry at Saturn and an overview of science observations in the final orbits.	en_US
dc.format.extent	69:55 minutes
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/56509
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	CSTAR Distinguished Lecture	en_US
dc.subject	Cassini	en_US
dc.subject	Saturn	en_US
dc.title	Going Out in a Blaze of Glory: Cassini Science Highlights and the Grand Finale	en_US
dc.type	Moving Image
dc.type.genre	Lecture
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local.contributor.corporatename	Center for Space Technology and Research
local.relation.ispartofseries	C-STAR Distinguished Speaker Seminar
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