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Alexandria Esteban /The Highlander
On Jan. 7, the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Physics Department hosted a virtual lecture with Dr. Varoujan Gorjian who works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The JPL is a research facility aimed towards robotic space exploration and has launched missions, such as Mars 2020, that will look into surveying Mars.
Kicking off the event, host Xinnan Du welcomed attendees and introduced the chat moderators and solar system ambassadors who have been trained by JPL to communicate NASA’s exploration missions: Jess McKibben, Christine Hirst, Bryan Scott, Emmanuel Masonsong and Elena Semerdjian. It was very exciting to see people in the chat share their excitement for the lecture.