The 1014th meeting of 

The Mineralogical Society

of

Southern California

 

MSSC ZOOM PRESENTATION

Mars Update

Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, specifically

presented by Kathryn M. Stack

Friday, June 9, 2023 at  7:30.

See program notes below

Visitors are always welcome

About us…

The MSSC is a member of the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies and is dedicated to the dissemination of general knowledge of the mineralogical and related earth sciences through the study of mineral specimens.  We are a scientific non-profit organization that actively supports those endeavors through public outreach, field study and related programs.

For more information info@mineralsocal.org


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Program Notes: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 7:30, 

About the program: Katie Stack Morgan “Mars Update”: Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, specifically. Katie’s research focuses on the Martian sedimentary rock record, using orbiter and rover image data to understand the evolution of ancient surface processes on Mars.

Katie Stack Morgan is a research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, the Deputy Project Scientist of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, and a mission scientist on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover mission. Originally from Cheshire, Connecticut, she graduated with a B.A. in geology and astronomy from Williams College in 2008 and earned her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in geology from Caltech in 2011 and 2015, respectively. For her work on the Curiosity rover, she was named to Forbes’ list of 30 under 30 and has earned several NASA Group Achievement Awards, a NASA Software of the Year award, and a NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal. Katie’s research focuses on the Martian sedimentary rock record, using orbiter and rover image data to understand the evolution of ancient surface processes on Mars.

SPECIAL ZOOM MEETING NOTICE

Effective April, 21, 2021, paid MSSC members will be automatically on the invite list each month.

For Non Members, you must request to attend the MSSC zoom meeting every month. See below for details.

Participants who want to do this must respond to our Programs chair, Rudy Lopez at programs@mineralsocal.org  no later than the Thursday before the scheduled meeting   Please include “ZOOM Meeting” in the subject line of your response. This response date will allow time for us to send you the information needed to participate in the ZOOM meeting.

Upcoming Events (all events, except field trips are via  ZOOM until further notice)

  • July 9, 2023: Paolo Sanchez: Lazurite of Cascade Canyon, California
  • August 11, 2023: Mike Sanders: Digging for Blue Barite at Stoneham, Colorado

  • August MSSC Picnic
  • September 8, 2023: TBA
  • Board Meeting, July 9, 2023, 1:00 pm. via ZOOM

The MSSC is pleased to offer the updated 2022 edition of Bob Pedersen’s X- Dana 

X-Dana Mineral Spreadsheet