VOLUME 47 NUMBER 9 Celebrating 40 Years Of Voyager Wonders
SEPTEMBER2017JetPropulsionLaboratoryVOLUME 47NUMBER 9Celebrating 40 years of Voyager wondersMission veterans recall the dedication of the team; rock concert looks back four decadesBy Mark WhalenJPL’s iconic explorers, the twin Voyagers, continue on their journey at the edgeof the solar system started 40 years ago.JPL celebrated Voyager in late Augustwith a series of events befitting one of themost accomplished and revered roboticspace missions of all time.Josh Krohn / JPL Photo LabOn Friday, Aug. 25, Lab Director Michael Watkins welcomed JPLers, Voyagerveterans and political representatives to acommemoration on the Mall.Voyager has been not only a great voyage of exploration, but one of the great-From left: Voyager Project Manager Suzy Dodd, Project Scientist Ed Stone, Communications and Education DirectorBlaine Baggett, JPL Chief Engineer Chris Jones and John Casani, Voyager’s first project manager.est engineering feats of all time, Watkinsnoted. “I hope all of us here today feel atold the commitment was for four years.we had ever been,” said Casani. “So itpart of the Voyager project,” he said.Hardly, as it turns out.was quite a challenge.”Congresswoman Judy Chu, elected in“There was no way to know whether a2009 to represent the 27th district thatspacecraft — never mind two — could goThe panel chat was interspersed withincludes JPL and Caltech, presented afor 40 years,” said Stone, Voyager’s onlyvideo clips featuring historic interviews,Congressional certificate of recognition toproject scientist since 1972, who still re-launch footage, and Voyager team mem-the Laboratory.ceives requests for interviews on Voyagerbers’ agonizing waits for data return, de-from around the world.bating science on the fly, and celebrating.“I will always be your ally in Washington,place“Over a period of seven months weThursday, Aug. 24 — an event featuringwere overwhelmed with discoveries, oneState Senator Anthony Portantino pre-four key Voyager veterans and a von Kar-after another,” said Jones. “I felt a sensesented a legislative resolution recognizingman lecture by a 44-year member of theof discovery. These odd-shaped worldsVoyager as “one of the most audaciousproject.just blew us away.”D.C.,” said Chu, “and will continue to fightfor funding to NASA and JPL.”TwocommemorationstookBut JPLers were up to it.A Pickering Auditorium panel discus-Dodd, at the time a young engineerRepresentatives for U.S. Rep. Adamsion Aug. 24 included Stone; John Casa-straight out of Caltech, built Voyager’sSchiff, Assemblywoman Laura Friedmanni, a veteran JPL manager and Voyager’sclosest approach sequence.and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kath-first project manager; Suzanne Dodd, a“From a science point of view, there’sryn Barger were also on hand for remarks.former Voyager engineer and the currenta tremendous amount we have learnedFormer JPL Director Dr. Ed Stone toldproject manager; and Chris Jones, Voy-about the solar system,” said Stone. “Theager’s fault protection engineer.two orbiters will travel for billions of yearsscientific endeavors of all time.”the gathering that when he was offeredthe position of project scientist he was“(Before Voyager,) Mars was as far asContinued on page 5
2UniverseEclipse brings JPLers outside, togetherEmployees take the time to enjoy’s nature’s wonderBy Susan BraunheimMuch of the Lab came out to enjoy thepartial solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Buildings emptied and the Mall filled up as thepartial eclipse drew thousands of JPLersoutside.Excited spectators started gatheringwell before the Public Services Officewas expected to start handing out solar eclipse glasses. By the end of theevent, the office had distributed morethan 1,500 glasses to employees on theMall, along with a 2017 Eclipse AcrossAmerica handout from NASA.“It was amazing, the number of employ-JPL’s Education Office supplied a solarThe team also created a set of eclipseees who were out in the mall well beforeprojector (a simple telescope that pro-lessons for teachers as part of theirthe beginning of the eclipse,” said Kimjected an image of the sun onto a pieceTeachable Moments blog, aimed to showLievense, manager for Public Services.of paper), a solar telescope and severaleducators how to turn JPL and NASAnews into lessons for students.Once equipped with safe eyewear, thepinhole cameras made from items likecrowd turned their attention skyward,cereal boxes and postcards for viewers tomatching the unusual event above withlook through during the event.a unique sight below: a sea of upturnedfaces with smiling, open mouths.One of those participants, AlexanderMrad, administrator for the Science Divi-In the Pasadena area, the partial eclipsebegan at 9:05 a.m., reached its maximumKimberly Orr, web producer for the Edu-of 62 percent at 10:21 a.m., and endedcation Office, helped with the equipmentat 11:44 a.m. About 12 million peopleand answered questions throughout thetraveled to locations of totality across theeclipse.country during the eclipse.Judging from the half-empty parking lotsion, had been looking forward to watch-“It was great to see that even at JPL,ing the eclipse for months. “It’s such awhere people make amazing discoveriesrare event, which is exciting in itself. Iabout space every day, the eclipse gener-Kevin Tally, an engineer in the Crossalso wonder how people thousands ofated so much enthusiasm,” Orr said. “ItMission System Development and Imple-years ago would have been shocked andgoes to show why it’s so important thatmentation Group, used the eclipse as afrightened by it,” Mrad said.we share what we do, especially with stu-reason to travel and catch up with olddents, and encourage others to explorefriends in Hopkinsville, Ky.“We have come such a long way and Iam so happy to be a part of something sobig. All the JPLers gathering together onthe wonders of space.”Monday, more than a few were JPLers.“We were very close to a wooded lotIn addition to hosting the gathering onand could hear the confusion of the cica-Lab, the Education Office organized adas as the darkness grew. It was such a“Eclipses happen so infrequently, andgroup of volunteers from JPL to go to ninecool experience,” Tally said.being here at JPL makes it so much morelocations around Los Angeles to handspecial. It is exceptional knowing thatout glasses and provide information andto share their photos on social mediawe are a part of a group working to learnactivities related to the eclipse. Jeff Neeby using #Eclipse2017 and taggingmore about these types of events,” saidof JPL’s Informal Education Group, who@NASAJPL.Alexandria Deisler, a project resourceorganized the effort, equipped each of theFor more information on Teachable Mo-analyst for the Project Resource Controlssite leads with a box of resources, includ-ments, go to https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/9x/1x Group.ing materials to make pinhole cameras.edu/news/column/teachable-moments.the Mall is a great feeling.”Eclipseviewersareencouraged
Parking app competition spurs creative ideasBy Mark Whalenmy own problem as well as other JPL colleagues’ at the same time.”For decades, a scarcity of parking hasA self-described “newbie” to app de-been a nagging issue at the Laboratory.velopment, Niamsuwan created a hands-Too many cars, not enough spaces.free app that speaks and automaticallyMore parking will not materialize, but toswitches views to display a forecast andhelp find the available spaces, some helpthe real-time status of selected parkingis on the way.lots. Once the user enters the lot, the appSoon, there will be an app for that.turns itself into a navigation tool, guidingA recent competition to develop an appthe driver along the path that maximizesto help JPLers identify available parkingthe chance to find an available spot.produced two winning entries that will aidTo create his app, Niamsuwan toiled forthe creation of the app that will be avail-a few weekends, a few long nights, and “aable for use within a couple of months.couple of hours of exercising by walking“The two winning apps written by Noppasin Niamsuwan (SweetSpot) and Mihaiup and down in the parking structure justto feel the field.”Alex Ruber (Rocket Park) exemplified“The learning curve was not as steepboldly looking at unconventional and cre-as I thought and the satisfaction fromative solutions,” said Brent McWatters ofcreating your own tool is almost instant,”the Custom Application Consulting andhe said.Development Group, one of the judgesRuber, a UC San Diego intern in JPL’sin the competition. “Their proposed solu-Flight Engineering Group, still can’t be-tions provide JPL exciting possibilitieslieve he was chosen as a winner. “I’mand many of their features will be used inthankful for the opportunity and the rec-the final Android and iOS apps to alleviateognition,” he said. “And I want to thankour difficult parking situation.”NASA for giving me the opportunity toWith in-ground car sensors being installed in September or October, JPLJPL Deputy Director Larry James presents certificatesto co-winners Noppasin Niamsuwan (above) and MihaiAlex Ruber.intern here; it’s been an absolutely wonderful and life-changing experience.”is working on having Android and iOSRuber’s app design offers users thenology to create virtual tours for visi-(iPhone) apps available Labwide forability to quickly and easily view currentlytors, employees and future interns isdownload in that timeframe. The primaryavailable parking spots around JPL andsomething I’d like to add,” said Ruber.goal for the first iteration is providing es-sends out push notifications when users“In the future, I envision augmented re-sential parking information to those com-have reached a certain radial distanceality ‘heads-up display’ windshields oring to JPL in a way that doesn’t distractfrom the Lab. To help employees planautonomous cars that can locate and self-from their driving, said McWatters, whosetheir day, he said, the app has an interac-navigate the driver directly to the closestgroup will develop the working app.tive graph that predicts and recommendsopen parking space.”Give JPLers a challenge, a goal and athe best places to park at any given dateThe new app will be available for bothcompetition, and the creative juices getand time in the future. And it uses aug-JPL and non-JPL issued phones, saidflowing.mented-reality technology to point andMcWatters. Most JPL-issued phones willdirect users to available parking spots.have the app downloaded to their deviceNiamsuwan, a signal analysis engineerin the Radar Science Group, knows theRuber will soon return to UCSD to com-issue first-hand. “I’m in this situation too,”plete his undergraduate degree in appliedThe first version this fall will be a morehe said. “Almost every day, 30 minutes ofmathematics and computer science. He’sbasic app, said McWatters, with more ad-my precious time is drained by this park-already brainstorming the future.vanced features to follow in later releases.ing problem. I saw an opportunity to solve“Implementing augmented-reality tech-automatically once it becomes available.Continued on page 4Universe3
Capt. Kirk sent a message to Voyager at JPLWith help from Star Trek’s Capt. Kirk, onSept. 5 — the 40th anniversary of Voyager1’s launch — NASA revealed the winning#MessageToVoyager and beamed it intospace.“Message to Voyager” is a social mediacampaign inspired by the messages ofgoodwill carried on the Golden Recordaboard each Voyager spacecraft.The winning message: “We offer friendship across the stars. You are not alone.”It was submitted by Oliver Jenkins andFrom left: Annabel Kennedy, William Shatner, Jeff Berner, Tracy Drain.announced on NASA Television.As part of the celebration of Voy-#MessageToVoyager. NASA tracked more than 30,000 submissions.ager’s 40 years of continuing explora-The Voyager team, together with JPL and NASA headquarters, selected their 10 favor-tion, NASA invited the public to submitites, which were then put to a public vote. The winning message was sent into interstel-short, uplifting messages to the Voy-lar space by a command that originated from mission control at JPL with help from theager 1 spacecraft and all that lies beyondoriginal Capt. Kirk, William Shatner; Tracy Drain, Juno mission deputy chief engineer; Jeffit. These messages were a maximumBerner, DSN chief engineer; and Annabel Kennedy, DSN command engineer.of 60 characters and were taggedWatch here: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/message.R2D2 made by JPL engineerBy Leslie MullenA mobile replica of R2D2 visited the Mall Aug. 3, complete with all the beeps andwhistles of the beloved Star Wars character. The droid was built by Keri Bean, a Mission Operations Engineer at JPL.Bean is a member of the R2D2 Builders Club (https://astromech.net/), which currently has about 150 local members, and 3,000 members around the world.“It took two years and a month, between getting all the right parts and doing all thework, to build it,” she said, and she’s still working on making it a fully complete model.Future plans include adding a pico projector, for what would R2D2 do without the ability to transmit holographic messages?She’s cut R2’s speed down to 5 percent of what it was originally capable of, but itstill scooted around the Mall fast enough to outrun any Imperial droids that might bechasing it.Keri BeanPARKING APP Continued from page 3days in advance.“We are looking at a design where users can be notified a“All the parking app contest entries — and the winning appscouple miles before they approach the Lab so they can choosein particular — demonstrated creative approaches that will bewhich exit to take based on the parking situation, without havingutilized in creating a useful parking app,” added McWatters.to even open the app,” said McWatters, who added that historical data will also be available for predicting when lots will be fullTo see the finalists’ presentations at the judging ceremony, visitJPL Tube: https://jpltube.jpl.nasa.gov/Watch 4KFeCm.Universe4
A dream lives onas our silent ambassadors.”You are Voyager 2 and Voyager 1.”“Voyager has been publically engaging, not just scientifically engaging,” said Casani, who contacted scientist CarlIn August 2012 Voyager 1 became the first human-made objectSagan about the type of message that should be included onin interstellar space, while Voyager 2 is expected to enter thethe spacecraft. The result was Voyager’s Golden Record, whichspace between the stars in the coming years. For more informa-contains images and sounds selected to portray the diversity oftion on the mission, visit https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov.life on Earth.scribed his experiences during the von Karman Lecture SeriesNews BriefsAug. 24 (at JPL) and 25 (at Pasadena City College).NASA awards Caltech contract extension to operate JPLAlan Cummings, a Voyager team member since 1973, de-Cummings was in charge of telescopes.“The front aperture was covered in a thin aluminum foil, 3 microns thick. We were afraid that a technician could poke a holein them. So right before we sealed up the spacecraft for launch,I got to go up there and look at them. I didn’t find any holes but Ifound one that was loose, so I tightened it.“That was very exciting. I was the last one to inspect it.”Cummings, a senior research scientist at Caltech, noted Voyager is “an amazing machine with very robust systems.” Then headded some perspective.“Your iPhone with 16 gigabytes of memory is 235,000 timesmore powerful.”(Cummings’ presentation is available at https://jpltube.jpl.nasa.gov.)Friday’s event on the Mall was also a feel-good return to the1970s with a concert by the JPL rock band “The RTGs.”In tribute to the rock legend who performed on the JPL Mall in1989, the band led off with Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Good,” asong that is on the Golden Record. The group then moved to the’70s with Toto’s “Hold the Line,” “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac,“Smoke on the Water,” by Deep Purple, Foreigner’s “Double Vision” and finally “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd.The band exhibited a bit of poetic license on the last number.Keyboardist Liz Landau sang replacement lyrics near the endof the song, starting with a rhyme for “There is no pain, you arereceding”:“Science you send, we are receivingFrom distant ships beyond the horizonYour signals come to us in wavesSo faint, sometimes we don’t know what you’re sayingWhen I was a child I saw your Neptune picsOn PBS in 1989Moving outward, farther stillAmbassadors with sights and sounds from EarthA record goldNASA has awarded a contract to Caltech to extend operations of JPLthrough Sept. 30, 2018.This contract extends the agreement between Caltech and NASA formanagement of JPL beyond its current expiration date of Sept. 30, and hasa maximum value of 2.5 billion. Work on the cost plus fixed-fee, indefinitedelivery/indefinite-quantity contract begins Oct. 1.The purpose of this contract is to develop and sustain core competenciesin support of NASA-sponsored work in the areas of Earth and planetary sciences, heliophysics, astrophysics, and aeronautics and space activities, toinclude the development of spacecraft and instruments.Caltech also will manage NASA-sponsored programs that carry out competed and peer-reviewed research, NASA partnerships with other government agencies, academia and the private sector, and the operation, research,and management of NASA’s Deep Space Network.P assingsPlanetary scientist and visualizationspecialist Eric De Jong, 70, died Aug.13.De Jong, principal investigator for theNASA/JPL Solar System VisualizationProject, joined JPL in 1990. He wasconsidered a pioneer in the rapid development of visualization products andimage processing for both scientificinvestigation and public outreach andeducation.His work created vivid experiencesof many of NASA’s most successfulmissions including Juno, Mars ScienceLaboratory, Mars Phoenix, Mars Pathfinder, the Mars Exploration Rovers,Mars Odyssey, Mars ReconnaissanceOrbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,Magellan, Galileo, Ulysses, Voyager,TOPEX/Poseidon and the Shuttle RadarTopographic Mission.This year, De Jong was awarded NASA’s Distinguished Public Service MedalL ettersEric De Jongfor his visualization work communicating to the public humanity¹sexploration of the cosmos.Cremation services were private.My heartfelt thanks go to JPL for the beautiful plant sent in memory ofmy mother, Maxine Williamson, who recently passed away. I am particularlygrateful to my colleagues in the Project Support Office who made a generouscontribution to a charity my mother supported, the Ozark Food Harvest foodbank serving people in need in SW Missouri. My mother, even though notable to finish high school, was an avid reader in many areas and, in particular, followed NASA and the Lab’s activities for more than 40 years. She wasproud of her family connections at JPL and would be thrilled to know she wasremembered by so many kind and supportive co-workers of mine.Dave DurhamUniverse5VOYAGER Continued from page 1
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VOLUME 47 NUMBER 9 2017 Continued on page 5 Celebrating 40 years of Voyager wonders By Mark Whalen From left: Voyager Project Manager Suzy Dodd, Project Scientist Ed Stone, Communications and Education Director Blaine Baggett, JPL Chief Engineer Chris Jones and John Casani, Voyager's first project manager.
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