Voices in Science: Evening Lecture

Join us for a full lecture by NMMNHS Research Curator and Perseverance Science Team Member Dr. Larry Crumpler on the rover's discoveries. 

The Perseverance rover has been traveling on Mars since February 2021. It has explored the rocks and landscape of an ancient river and lake, and collected the first-ever samples from Mars, to be returned to Earth for further study. Its companion, the Ingenuity helicopter, functioned as a scout for the rover and was the first aircraft to fly on another planet.  

Join Dr. Larry Crumpler for a look at what it is like to do field geology on Mars and the discoveries of Perseverance. The Museum is proud to be the only museum nationally, other than the Smithsonian Air & Space, to have been involved in both the Spirit/Opportunity and the Perseverance Rover Missions.  

Tickets are $8 for the general public, $7 for Museum members, and $5 for students. Preregistration is encouraged.

About the Speaker: Dr. Larry Crumpler is an NMMNHS Research Curator and member of the Perseverance Rover Mission science team. He previously was on the development team for the Ingenuity helicopter, the Mars Exploration Rover (Spirit & Opportunity) science team, Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer science team, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High-Resolution Camera (HiRISE) science team. On the Perseverance Mission he is responsible for geologic context mapping of the terrain traversed by the rover and is a Science Tactical Lead, who runs the planning meetings out of an office right here at the Museum. Dr. Crumpler received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, has a location on Mars named after him and was recently honored by having asteroid 12992Crumpler named after him.