Monthly Meeting

NOTES: We are back to meeting in person! This meeting, and future ones, will start at 7:00 pm.
The basement outside door will be CLOSED so you’ll need to enter upstairs. NOTE THAT EFFECTIVE AUGUST 3, THE CITY REQUIRES EVERYONE ENTERING THE BUILDING TO WEAR A FACE COVERING UNTIL THEY ARE SEATED IN THE MEETING ROOM, WHERE YOU MAY REMOVE YOUR MASK IF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND MAINTAIN 6 FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING.

NASA’s exploration of Mars continued in 2021 with the arrival of NASA’s Perseverance rover, carrying the Ingenuity helicopter. What’s more, an orbiter and a rover journeyed from China, a new player in interplanetary space. Perseverance’s mission begins a plan that, years from now, aims to bring samples of rock and soil from the Martian surface to laboratories on Earth. Bill Higgins examines the engineering and science of these remarkable robots.

William S. Higgins, a volunteer speaker in NASA’s Solar System Ambassador program, speaks and writes about spaceflight, astronomy, and other topics in science and technology. He works as a radiation safety physicist at Fermilab, where he is involved in the transport of high-energy particle beams. He joined the Naperville Astronomical Association in 1989.

The public is welcome to attend, free of charge.

This event is open to the public and free of charge.