Welcome to Luciano Iess's Homepage
On the left: the JUNO mission (NASA) was launched on 5 agosto 2011 and it will orbit around Jupiter till 2021 and beyond. Its main purposes are the study of the atmosphere and the interior structure of the planet. Centre: artist view of the Cassini and Huygens probes at Saturn. Right: Saturn almost at equinox, as seen from Cassini (ISS Cassini).
Guest Lectures
*** Guest Lectures on Space Navigation:
J.B. Jones, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Navigation Team Chief, Cassini mission
*** Guest Lectures on Mission Operations (2010):
J.L. Webster, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Chief Operations Manager, Cassini mission
*** Guest Lectures on Space Missions (2014):
R.T. Mitchell, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (ret.), Former Project Manager of the Galileo and Cassini missions
*** Guest Lectures on Space Missions (2016):
Space Systems Engineering Lectures - BepiColombo: the Challenge of a Mission to Mercury
Jan Van Casteren, ESA ESTEC, former Project Manager of the mission BepiColombo.
Room 15, May 3 and 4, 10:15-11:45 am, May 5, 10:15-11:00 am
BepiColombo is an international mission for the exploration of planet Mercury, using two orbiters equipped with scientific instruments. The energy required to bring a spacecraft to Mercury is very large, hence a novel mission design with electric propulsion together with planetary gravity assists is used. The combination of a harsh thermal environment close to the Sun and the tight launch mass constraint, drives the need for new technologies and makes the mission implementation a true system engineering challenge. The lectures touch upon some main system engineering subjects like mission design, specifications, system budgets, technology development and verification.
*** Guest Lectures on Space Missions and Space Environment (2017):
Space Systems Engineering Lectures - The science and engineering of the Juno mission
Scott Bolton, Southwest Research Institute, Principal Investigator of the Juno mission to Jupiter.
Lecture hall 41 May 3, 10:15-11:45
Lecture hall 38 May 3, 12:00-13:30
Jack Connerney, NASA GSFC, Deputy Principal Investigator of the Juno mission to Jupiter.
Lecture hall 41 May 2 10:15-11:45
Lecture hall 38 May 4, 12:00-13:30
*** Guest Lectures on Space Missions and Space Environment (2018):
Space Systems Engineering Lectures - "Cassini and the Golden Age of Space Exploration"
Images, Memoires and Details from a fantastic mission.
Charles Elachi, Caltech, former director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Lecture hall 7, March 6 10:00-12:00
Space Systems Engineering Lectures - "NASA’s Planetary Missions: From Design to Disposal"
Jim Green, Director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division
Lecture hall 7, March 7 10:00-12:00
Lecture hall 7, March 7 12:00-14:00 (replica)
Milky Way from ALMA