A leading Open University expert will reveal how studying extreme environments on Earth plays a vital role in planning life-detection space missions at a free talk in Leicester.
Dr Justin Filiberto, Deputy Chief of the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center will deliver a talk on ‘Assessing the Evidence for Active Basaltic Volcanism on Venus: Current Limitations and Future Prospects’.
Exploring Mars and the latest results from the ground-breaking James Webb Space Telescope will be among the hot topics up for discussion at a major conference coming to Leicester.
A behind-the-scenes account of Leicester’s role in one of the most innovative missions to explore life on Mars has been released online just days before the mission landing’s 20th anniversary.
Two space missions that involve the University of Leicester are in the final stages of the selection process that will see one successful mission taken forward by ESA for launch
