Our Lockheed Martin IQ webinar series continues with a fascinating session on returning otherworldly samples back to Earth. Our own Lockheed Martin teammate and engineer, Camille Calibeo, also known as @TheGalacticGal on social media, hosts a panel discussion about the history and future of sample return. It’s how NASA reaches out to touch distant objects in the solar system and brings them back to Earth for groundbreaking science. On the panel: HOST: Camille Calibeo, Lockheed Martin Engineer and @TheGalacticGal on Social Media Dr. Jim Green, Chief Scientist, NASA Dr. Don Brownlee, Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington Sandy Freund, OSIRIS-REx Program Manager, Lockheed Martin Dave Mitchell, Director of Engineering & Technology, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center Jennifer Trosper, Deputy Project Manager,NASA JPL Decades of discovery in this field fills in the gaps of our knowledge of how our solar system and planet formed, how life may have originated on Earth and whether it exists beyond our home planet. This star-studded panel explores the missions, technologies and science behind sample return—including NASA's most recent mission – OSIRIS-REx – which is getting ready to begin its journey back to Earth with an asteroid sample, set to arrive in 2023. We also look into the future and how all this experience sets us up for the ambitious goal of a Mars Sample Return.
