Upcoming Events
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Call for Concepts for Study Programs
The Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) is soliciting concepts for Study Programs to be carried out during the 2022 calendar year. Concepts are solicited in the areas of space engineering, planetary science, remote sensing and earth system science, astrobiology, and astronomy and physics from space.
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Lecture: How a team of young Caltech/JPL researchers transformed the field of Earth Observation with Spaceborne Radars
Forty years ago, in November 1981, a team of young JPL scientists and engineers conducted the first experiment ever flown on the Space Shuttle. The Shuttle Imaging Radar-A (SIR-A) imaged large areas of our planet and led to the discovery of a network of ancient paleo rivers in Egypt and North Africa. This talk, given by the leader of that team, will cover the history of how this team conceived and accomplished these advances that dramatically expanded our ability to map and monitor the changes on our planet.
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Workshop: Next-Generation Planetary Geodesy - Part II
This is the second workshop in the series of next-generation planetary geodesy workshops. We will focus on studying the formation and evolution of the Martian crust and lithosphere as well as how geodetic data will inform us of the geodynamic regime and habitability of Europa and Enceladus.
Proposal Concepts Due
Proposals Due
Panel Session/Networking Event:
The Space Connection - Navigating the Bridge between JPL and the Caltech Campus
Proposals Selections Announced
Solicitation Release Date
Proposal Concepts Due (noon)
Proposals Due (noon)
Star Formation and Nearby Galaxies with JWST
Proposal Concepts Due
KISS Affiliates Program Nominations Concepts Due
Proposals Due
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Interstellar Comets – Visitors from Another Solar System – Natural or Artificial?
Watch Dr. Karen Meech from University of Hawai’i talk about interstellar comets at the Keck Institute for Space Studies lecture on September 14, 2021.
The recent discovery of the first interstellar object, 1I/`Oumuamua, passing through the solar system in 2017 has provoked intense, sustained interest by the scientific community. This talk summarized what we know about our first two interstellar visitors and present some new ways to explore these intriguing objects in the future.
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Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks: Next-Generation Approach for Space-Based Integration of OCS, CO2, and SIF
The workshop "Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks: Space-Based Integration of OCS, CO2, and SIF" assembled a multi-disciplinary team to conceive a new integrated technique for measuring photosynthesis at regional to global scales. The results of this collaborative work have been presented in the Final Report for this study.
Final Report DOI: 10.7907/81y6-119
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Revolutionizing Access to the Mars Surface
Zach Putnam from the KISS study "Revolutionizing Access to the Martian Surface" presented out a short overview of Workshop #1 at the International Planetary Probe Workshop on July 8, 2021. The workshop goals and the initial findings were discussed. Four sub-teams were formed and will be gearing up for the second workshop in September 2021.
A copy of Zach’s presentation is available below.
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NASA Balloon Detects California Earthquake – Next Stop, Venus?
The technique is being developed to detect venusquakes. A new study details how, in 2019, it made the first balloon-borne detection of a quake much closer to home.
Read the full story at Caltech Weekly and explore "Probing the Interior Structure of Venus" report prepared by Venus Seismology Study Team in 2015.
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