Officials said Ferdowsi will discuss what inspired him as a child, what it took to make the Curiosity mission happen, and what Curiosity has found since it landed on Mars.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Ferdowsi is a member of the mission engineering team on the Europa Clipper study at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His prior positions have included engineering systems, mission planner and integrated launch and cruise verification and validation engineer on Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, as well as science planner on the Cassini mission. In addition, he served as flight director during Curiosity operations.
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