“My STEM Journey from the Deserts of Arizona to the Deserts of Mars”
Presented by:
Aaron Yazzie, Diné Mechanical Engineer-NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4 – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Online Virtual Presentation Via Zoom
Native American Heritage Month Virtual Celebration at CCC is free and open to the public – everyone is welcome and invited to attend.
Click this link to join the online event via Zoom https://coconino.zoom.us/j/95717222362?pwd=L2ZlOTVaYkRPNzlOVmswdmxHdk5FZz09.
Meeting ID: 957 1722 2362
Password: 716891
Listen to Aaron’s story as a NASA Mechanical Engineer who contributed to the missions to the planet Mars. Yazzie served as a surface operations downlink chair for the Mars Science Laboratory “Curiosity” Rover after landing in 2012.
He delivered flight hardware to Mars on board the InSight Lander Mission in 2018. Currently, his second set of flight hardware is aboard the Mars 2020 “Perseverance” Rover.
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