This series of short café talks will form part of Imperial Fringe: A Space Odyssey, an evening celebration of ‘out of this world’ science at Imperial
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About these Cassini talks
After 20 years in space and over a dozen in orbit around the ‘jewel’ of our solar system, the Cassini spacecraft ended its extraordinary mission by slamming into Saturn on the 15th of September. It leaves a legacy that has given us new moon’s, breath-taking up close images of the famous rings, and even uncovered evidence for organic materials and potential habitable places for life. Professor Michele Dougherty leads a team of scientist and engineers who have worked on the magnetometer instrument on Cassini, which was used to discover plumes of water coming off the moon Enceladus.
After overseeing Cassini final death dive into the ringed planet, the team return to the UK to talk about what it has been like working on this one in a generation mission, what we have found out about Saturn, and what it was like watching their instrument finally descend into oblivion.
The talks will take place in the College Café with different members of the team taking it in turns to tell their story and answers your questions. Admission will be organized on a first come first serve basis. Please arrive at least 5 minutes before your preferred talk slot to help us start on time.
Timetable for talks
17:45: Greg Hunt
18:20: Leah-Nani Alconcel
19:00: Ewen Davies