AESS Dallas Meeting on March 22, 2005

Aerospace &

Electronic Systems Society

“An Overview of the Curiosity Mission to Mars”

Date: November 01, 2012, Full Buffet 6:30 PM / Program 7:00 PM

Place: Holiday Inn Select – Richardson, 1655 N. Central Expressway

(On the Southbound Service Road, south of Campbell Rd, North of Collins Road)

Our society meetings are open to all interested in attending ($5 for IEEE members and $10 for non-members). Our meetings start at 6:30 PM with a social, networking period with full buffet, followed by the program at 7:00 PM. Please mark your calendars and be sure to attend our very informative programs.

Speaker: Mr. Calvin H. Seaman, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX

Program Summary:

Mars has fascinated humans since ancient times. The planet is one of our closest neighbors, and many spacecraft have been sent to explore Mars, yet much of Martian history remains unknown – most significantly, the water history of Mars and whether living organisms ever existed on the surface. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mission successfully landed a large mobile rover, named Curiosity, at Gale Crater on the surface of Mars on August 6, 2012. Curiosity’s mission is to move around and explore the surface for (at least) one Martian year (23 Earth-months). Come hear about the Curiosity Mission to Mars, including an overview of the planet, and the MSL mission objectives related to Mars habitability, climate, and geology.

Calvin Seaman has over 30 years’ experience in the aerospace industry, with the United States Air Force (4 yrs), the Lockheed Martin Corporation (2 yrs), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (25 yrs). A major portion of his career has been dedicated to mission design, unique Extravehicular Activity (EVA) tool development, and astronaut training to support the repair and servicing of the Space Shuttle and various space-based satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Russian Mir Space Station. In addition, Cal has designed numerous EVA interfaces aboard the International Space Station (ISS), and served for six years as the NASA-ISS Technical Liaison to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, located in Tsukuba*, Japan.

Cal earned a Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA and Master's Degrees in Astrophysics and Astronomy from the University of Houston.

(* Tsukuba is pronounced “scuba.”)

Visit the IEEE AESS Dallas Chapter web site at http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/dallas/aes

For information, please contact

Nathan R. Huntoon, (214) 768-1402 nhuntoon@lyle.smu.edu;

Chris Pilcher, (972) 344-3183 cpilcher@raytheon.com;

Mark Gober, (972) 344-7396 Mark_D_Gober@raytheon.com

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