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Two short talks on science, trivia in the middle, and soft drinks, beer, and food available for purchase the whole time!

Featured Topics and Speakers:

Mapping Many Million Rocks: Site Selection with OSIRIS-REx at Bennu
Speaker: Pamela Gay, Ph.D., American astronomer, educator, podcaster, and writer; Senior Education and Communication Specialist and Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute; co-host, Astronomy Cast; 2012 Outstanding St. Louis Science Educator, The Academy of Science - St. Louis

Cold Origins: NASA's Stardust Mission To *And From!* Comet Wild 2
Speaker: Ryan Ogliore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis

FREE and OPEN to ALL. Junior Academy members, middle and high school students welcome and encouraged to attend. Space is limited. Mark your calendar! Registration coming soon!

Featured Topics and Speakers:

Two short talks on science, trivia in the middle, and soft drinks, beer, and food available for purchase the whole time!

New Horizons: The Pluto Flyby
Speaker: John Mackin III, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador

Artemis: The Next Five Years of Human Spaceflight
Speaker: John Mackin IV, Guidance Navigation and Control Officer, International Space Station (ISS), Space Launch System (SLS) and Deep Space Gateway, NASA Johnson Space Center

FREE and OPEN to ALL. Junior Academy members, middle and high school students welcome and encouraged to attend. Space is limited. Mark your calendar! Click Find Out More to Register!

Featured Topics and Speakers:

Plants in Space: Using Gene and Protein Expression to Understand How Plants Cope with Microgravity
Darron Luesse, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Assistant Chair, Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

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Air Quality Monitoring Sensors to Keep Astronauts and the Earthbound Breathing Easy
Jiaxi Fang, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO, Applied Particle Technology, winners of the NASA Earth and Space Air Prize Competition

Two short talks on science, trivia in the middle, and soft drinks, beer, and food available for purchase the whole time!