Guess what? We have a SPECIAL GUEST just for Supercharged Science students! You’ll get to learn about volcanoes in our Solar System with NASA Scientist Dr. Rosaly Lopes!
We were originally going to do this class when we studied volcanoes in May, but everyone’s schedule was too full, so we rescheduled this presentation/interview for summer.
Dr. Rosaly Lopes, a volcanologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), began her college studies in astrophysics but was soon inspired to study volcanoes on Earth and in space. She knew from when she was seven years old that she wanted to be an astronaut and work for NASA.
Her first job at JPL was with the Galileo spacecraft that flew by Venus to study the volcanic features of Jupiter’s moon Io. She has worked on the Cassini mission to Saturn studying data captured by Cassini about the moon Titan.
By studying volcanoes in space, we can better understand volcanoes on Earth because other planets have other variations like different gravitational fields and atmospheres.
Dr Lopes has visited over 50 volcanoes and has written seven books including a guidebook that describes every volcano on our planet.
Students will be able to ask questions and interact with Dr. Lopes through a special class presentation!
You can read more about her here:
https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Lopes/
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/119/rosaly-lopes/