Past Presentations/Speaker Series
Europa Lander Speaker Series
Europa Lander Speaker Series #1
Safe Landing on Uncertain Terrain
Europa Lander's safe arrival rests on five technical pillars: Terrain Relative Navigation, Hazard Detection, a SkyCrane architecture, accommodating rough terrain, and radiation tolerant avionics. Dr. Alejandro San Martin, Deputy Chief Engineer for Europa Lander, discusses the criteria for a successful Europan Deorbit, Descent, and Landing, followed by a Q & A period.
Watch on YouTubeEuropa Lander Speaker Series #2
So You Want To Sample on Europa (and Other Ocean Worlds)?: A Primer
Members of the Europa Lander pre-project Sampling Subsystem team describe how to sample the cold and icy surface of Europa (and other ocean worlds). There will be a question and answer period following the talk.
Watch on YouTubeEuropa speaker series #3
Exploring a Distant Alien Environment: Autonomous Sampling on Europa
Members of the Europa Lander pre-project Sampling Subsystem team describe how to get the most Europan science bang for the buck via autonomous sampling, along with discussion of field testing and Martian sampling heritage. There will be a question and answer period following the talk.
Watch on YouTube2020 Virtual Workshop
The slides and video from the May 14th virtual meeting are available here:
For more information on the Europa Lander mission concept, including the overview presentations from the 2019 AbSciCon workshop, please visit:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/europa-lander
2019 AbSciCon Community Workshop
The Europa Lander pre-project team organized a community workshop at the AbSciCon conference, in Seattle WA, on June 26, 2019. The workshop on "Instrumentation for the In Situ Exploration of Europa and Ocean Worlds" brought together pre-project science and engineering staff with conference attendees, including teams selected in the ICEE-2 program as well as other interested community members. About 150 people attended the workshop. The material below was presented at that workshop.