Keck Institute for Space Studies - Audio

Tom Jones, Garrett Reisman, Rusty Schweickart, and Louis Friedman present a lecture "The Future of Human Spaceflight" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, April 8, 2014

Andrea Donnellan (JPL) presents a lecture "The Past, Present, and Future of Understanding Earthquakes Using Space Observations" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, April 14, 2014

John Ziemer, Concept Innovation Methods Chief at JPL, presents "Exploring Mission Concepts with the JPL Innovation Foundry A-Team" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on January 15, 2014.

Yi Chao, from Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc., discusses the future of remote sensing. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Steve Chien from JPL/Caltech discusses science driven autonomy for space exploration and parallels to ocean science. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Mike Jakuba from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discusses the successes, challenges and opportunities for autonomy in robotics for oceanographic science. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Craig Lee from the University of Washington discusses the physical dynamics of the marine carbon cycle. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Douglas Wallace from Dalhousie University discusses the ocean carbon cycle. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Anna Wahlin from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden discusses Oceanography at the Antarctic Margins. This talk was part of The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on September 9, 2013.

Eric Rignot from UC Irvine discusses Observing Antarctic Glaciers. This talk was part of The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on September 9, 2013.

Tony Payne from the University of Bristol discusses Ocean-Ice Interactions: A Cryospheric Perspective. This talk was part of The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on September 9, 2013.

David Holland from New York University discusses Ocean-Ice Interactions: An Oceanic Perspective. This talk was part of The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on September 9, 2013.

Gerald Schubert from UCLA prepared a talk which is presented by Dave Stevenson from Caltech. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Dave Stevenson from Caltech discusses magnetic fields in solar system planets. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Wes Traub from JPL discusses exoplanets. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Evgenya Shkolnik from Lowell Observatory discusses detecting exoplanetary magnetic fields with star-planet interactions. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Jospeh Lazio from JPL discusses magnetic fields in extrasolar planets: observational approaches. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Leon Alkalai from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory discusses future lunar missions. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Tony Colaprete from NASA Ames Research Center discusses results from the LCROSS Solar Viewing NIR Spectrometer. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Jean-Philippe Combe from Bear Fight Institute discusses lunar OH/H2O. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Andy Ingersoll from Caltech Institute discusses volatiles on airless bodies. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Paul Lucey from University of Hawaii and Dave Paige from UCLA discuss recent results. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Tim McClanahan from NASA/GSFC discusses lunar hydrogen sequestration towards poleward facing slopes. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Catherine Neish from NASA/GSFC discusses radar observations of the lunar poles. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Dave Paige from UCLA discusses recent thermal results. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Jerry Sanders from NASA/JSC discusses future missions and in situ resource utilization requirements. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Robert Staehle from JPL discusses new technology for smallsat missions. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Matt Golombek, Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist at JPL, discusses remote sensing of physical properties of surface materials on Mars during this Keck Institute for Space Studies technical lecture at Caltech on July 8, 2013.

Titan, the moon of Saturn with a thick atmosphere and liquid hydrocarbon lakes, is considered the best target in the solar system for the study of organic chemistry on a planetary scale. Solar radiation and energetic particles activate methane and nitrogen in the atmosphere of Titan, which react to form complex organic aerosols. Dr. Cable describes how we can use lab on a chip technologies to tease apart these complex organic mixtures and identify key species (June 19, 2013).

Over the last decade, a few commercial telecommunication ventures as well as several well-funded military programs have attempted to develop autonomous, solar powered, high-altitude light-than-air (LTA) vehicles known as airships, which could maneuver and station-keep for weeks, months, or even years. (May 2, 2013).

Sarah Miller, from UC Riverside and Caltech, gives an introduction to the Airships: A New Horizon for Science Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Rob Fesen from Dartmouth discusses the timeliness of science on airships at the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Jens Kauffmann from Caltech compares airships to other science platforms during this Keck Institute for Space Studies Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Steve Lord from Caltech discusses atmospheric considerations and advantages during the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Randy Friedl from JPL discusses airships and Earth science opportunities during the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Geoff Blake from Caltech discusses key science opportunities from airships in planetary and small bodies science at the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Michael Werner from JPL/Caltech gives a talk on Astrophysics v. Airships during this Keck Institute for Space Studies short course on Airships (April 30, 2013).

Paul Goldsmith from JPL discusses airship platform for long-wavelength astrophysics at the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

George Washington University Professor Emeritus John Logsdon will discuss the factors that led President John F. Kennedy to set sending Americans to the Moon as a national goal (February 20, 2013).

Professor Jim Bell from Arizona State University reviews some of the recent highlights from Mars surface missions (especially the continuing adventures of the Opportunity and Curiosity rovers), discusses the kinds of up-close contact science measurements that can be done from such robotic vehicles, and talks about how the lessons learned from these missions can influence future Mars, asteroid, and comet rovers and landers. (February 20, 2013).

Space agencies around the world, including in the United States, are increasing their reliance on private corporations to reduce costs and avoid long development cycles. But what is the impact on the space, planetary, and earth sciences? How will we strike a balance between scientific inquiry and the bottom line? An internationally renowned panel of scientists, industry executives, and policy experts discuss these issues and more (January 10, 2013).

JPL's Torrence Johnson discusses missions to primitive bodies (April 30, 2012).

JPL's Suzanne Smrekar discusses how Venus ended up so different from Earth today given its similar birth position in the solar disk (November 5, 2012).

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo's Jordi Puig-Suari discusses how miniature spacecrafts are the choice for student satellites worldwide and are becoming a serious option for many missions being developed by traditional space organizations (October 30, 2012).

Colorado State University's Ian Baker discusses the global carbon cycle (August 26, 2012).

Joe Berry from Carnegie Institution for Sciences at Stanford gives a primer into photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence (August 26, 2012).

JPL's Christian Frankenberg discusses retrieval of chlorophyll fluorescence from space (August 26, 2012).

JPL's Robert Rasmussen discusses principled system architecture (July 30, 2012).

MIT's Brian Williams discusses autonomy practices (July 30, 2012).

JPL's Kim Gostelow discusses capturing flight software architecture using domain specific languages (July 30, 2012).

Caltech's Richard Murray discusses control theory and methods (July 30, 2012).