This year's Summer Science Saturday public open house event featured the Parker Solar Probe (PSP). Professor Joe Giacalone, co-investigator for the Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun instrument aboard PSP, presented a lecture titled, Parker Solar Probe: A Mission to Touch the Sun. Over 300 attendees spent time learning about a variety of research and disciplines through displays and activities provided by numerous local groups, including LPL graduate students, OSIRIS-REx,  UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Planetary Science Institute, Texas Instruments, Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association, Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, Arizona Native Plant Society, UA Insect Collection, UA Mirror Lab, and the International Association of Astronomical Artists, among several others.  

Next year's Summer Science Saturday, Apollo 50: Next Giant Leap, is planned for July 20, 2019, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and in anticipation of future exploration of the moon and Mars.