ISU Space Café - Mars Sample Return with Dr. Michela Muñoz Fernández

International Space University US Alumni Association

Ms. Muñoz will talk about her role in the NASA Mars Sample Return mission design.

Assembly

The International Space University - USA Alumni Association’s Washington, DC Chapter is pleased to present our next monthly event! These events bring together prominent experts on space, ISU alumni, the space community, and the interested public in a casual forum that encourages interaction and discussion.Date: Tuesday, October 24thTime: 6:00pm - 8:00 pmVenue: 1700 N Moore St, Arlington, VA, 22209 (Assembly)Dr. Michela Muñoz Fernández is a Mars Sample Return Program Executive at NASA HQ. Michela has held a variety of technical and managerial roles for the past 25 years on NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) missions (Mars Sample Return, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, Artemis I, Juno, Space Interferometry Mission, Deep Space 1, Rosetta). She is a co-author of the Deep Space Communications book (JPL Deep Space Communications and Navigation Series). She won two Amelia Earhart Awards plus other NASA and ESA awards and was selected to advance to several phases of ESA's astronaut program. Michela holds an M.S. and two B.S. degrees, summa cum laude, in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications Engineering (Spain), an M.S. in Space Studies from the International Space University (France), and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.