WOMEN IN SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION (WISE) is a lecture series curated by Dr. Gary Blackwood, NASA/JPL, retired.
For these lectures, Sky's The Limit is offering free registration to young women 12-18 who anticipate a career in the sciences.
The Europa Clipper spacecraft, launched by NASA in October 2024, is currently on its way to Jupiter’s moon Europa, heading for an arrival in 2030 in the Jupiter system. Europa, a moon about the same size as Earth’s Moon, is thought to have a vast subsurface ocean beneath its icy surface and could be one of the best places in our solar system to search for life beyond the Earth. Learn all about Europa, why we think it could be habitable, and how the Europa Clipper mission will assess its habitability.
Trina L. Ray is an astronomer and retired scientist and science system engineer from NASA/JPL who has worked every outer planet flagship mission JPL has ever flown. She started her career on the Voyager Mission (Neptune encounter) in August of 1989. She worked decades on the Cassini mission earning a NASA Exceptional Service Medal for her work on the Titan flybys. She closed out her 36-year long career at JPL working on NASA’s newest flagship, Europa Clipper, and saw it successfully launch and enter its operations phase.
Trina is an active public speaker, having won the prestigious Bruce Murray award for Excellence in Education and Public Engagement and is invited to give public talks globally. An avid figure skating fan having won an auction for lifetime tickets to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships back in 2011, Trina has attended every year since 1996 and was delighted when Europa Clipper and U.S. Figure skating collaborated on short YouTube spot back in 2024 (Olympic Figure Skaters Explore the Icy Moon Europa with NASA (2min23seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQR_iNjEjlw).
She’s a Sci-Fi fan and the human attendant to two wonderful indoor cats.
Due to the overwhelming popularity of these programs, STL must limit the number of attendees by requiring reservations and a non-refundable donation of $25 per vehicle. NO WALK-INS OR BIKES.
In the event of cancellation – either by the ticket holder or due to circumstances beyond our control – the donation will be retained by STL. The donation is 100% tax deductible.
PLEASE NOTE: Night Sky Programs are held outdoors, and desert weather is unpredictable. Sky's The Limit will make every effort to provide a meaningful event, but rain, high winds, and other inclement weather may make a program impossible. In the event of cancellation for any reason, an alternative date will be offered, but there are no refunds.
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