LPL Newsletter: August 2019
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
We expect August to be an exciting month for a lot of people at LPL as two spacecraft mark milestones.
Fifteen years after the first “OSIRIS” mission was proposed, OSIRIS-REx is close enough to the asteroid Bennu that the team expects to get the first image of the asteroid in mid-August. There will then be more than a year of studying Bennu before collecting a sample that will ultimately be returned to Earth. We usually hear about the scientists and engineers involved, but there are other talented people needed to make a mission truly a success, as the accompanying story about graphic artist Heather Roper explains.
Early this month, the launch window opens for the Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft that will get closer to the Sun than any previous man-made object. LPL faculty members Joe Giacalone and Kristopher Klein are both part of the mission team. You can also find images from LPL’s Summer Science Saturday, which had a focus on the Sun and the Parker Solar Probe, at tucson.com.
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Black on Black on Black: OSIRIS-REx Graphic Designer Melds Science and Art in 'Stunning' Illustrations
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
As graphic designer for the OSIRIS-REx mission, Heather Roper tells the spacecraft's story through images and illustrations that stay true to the science.
UA Scientists Helping Send Probe to the Sun
Monday, July 23, 2018
This KGUN-9 (Tucson) report outlines the research goals for the Parker Solar Probe and features LPL Professor Joe Giacalone, Co-Investigator for the Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun instrument, discussing the mission in the context of his research.