Earth + Space
Mansi Kasliwal (MS ’07, PhD ’11) Leads Roman’s Alert System, Built on a Decade of Palomar Work
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched Sunday. The system that will alert astronomers to fleeting discoveries in its images builds on years of work at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory.
Suzanne Dodd (BS ’84) and the Team Keeping the Voyager Missions Alive
Dodd joined Voyager as a sequence engineer in 1984 and has run the mission since 2010. A New York Times report goes inside the power gamble her team just pulled off on Voyager 2.
Caltech and Sophia Space Receive Patent for Passive-Cooling Orbital Data Centers
Solar-powered tiles would manage their own heat and connect by fiber optics, with a first demonstration planned for 2027.
Viking 1 at 50: When JPL First Saw Mars from the Surface
Fifty years ago, Viking 1 returned the first photograph from the surface of Mars. Al Hibbs (BS ’45, PhD ’55) narrated the moment for a live television audience, one of several Techers on the mission.
Caltech to Build the World’s Most Sensitive Radio Telescope
Schmidt Sciences has funded construction of the Deep Synoptic array, which will survey the sky 100 times faster than any radio telescope before it.
How Mansi Kasliwal is Leading Palomar’s Next Era
The new Palomar Observatory director on commissioning next-generation instruments, hunting for the next Earth, and why there’s no place like the mountain.