Kim Steadman

STEM

Kim Steadman received both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech. After graduate school, Kim started her career at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. While at JPL, she worked on several missions including the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cassini- Huygens Mission to Saturn, the Mars Science Laboratory, and the Mars 2020 Rover.

Currently Kim is a Surface Mission Planner for the Dragonfly Mission to Titan at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. This amazing mission is sending an octocopter to Saturn's moon Titan.

In 2015, Kim received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for her work on the Cassini Solstice Mission.

Day	Start	Rooms	Name of Event	Description Small Text
Fri	11:30 AM	M - Plaza Ballroom A	Guest of Honor Luncheon (Pre-Convention Private Event)	Pre-Convention luncheon event for the Guests of Honor.
Fri	4:00 PM	CC - Mtg Rm 6 (Science Track)	Perseverance’s Exploration of the Jezero Crater	Four years after landing, Mars Perseverance rover is still working hard! She’s explored the ancient river delta in Jezero Crater and is continuing to collect samples that may hold clues to the possibility of ancient life. Hear about her exploration of Jezero crater and the challenges she has faced along the way. STEM GOH Kim Steadman presents.
Fri	5:00 PM	CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)	Opening Ceremonies	Come one, come all to Opening Ceremonies!
Fri	7:00 PM	M - Plaza Ballroom B	Meet the Guests of Honor	Futurist, magazine writer and host of the award-winning podcast The Future And You, Stephen Euin Cobb will do a recorded interview with Guests of Honor
Sat	10:00 AM	M - Plaza Ballroom A/B	Guest of Honor Brunch Banquet / Speeches	Guest of Honor Brunch Banquet / Guest of Honor Speeches
Sat	1:00 PM	CC - Mtg Rm 6 (Science Track)	Dragonfly - Flights of Exploration Across Saturn's Moon Titan	Dragonfly is a rotorcraft lander mission that is being developed at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory as part of NASA's New Frontiers Program. Dragonfly will fly to different geological settings and travel farther than a rover could traverse. This revolutionary mission concept includes the capability to explore diverse locations to characterize the habitability of Titan's environment, to investigate how far prebiotic chemistry has progressed, and even to search for chemical signatures that could indicate water-based and/or hydrocarbon-based life. STEM GOH Kim Steadman presents.
Sat	6:00 PM	Offsite	Private Event	Toni Weisskopf will host this private dinner event.
Sat	10:00 PM	M - Plaza Ballroom A/B	Mad Scientist Guest of Honor Edition Roundtable	Roundtable discussion of various and timely science topics moderated by Les Johnson. This is a remarkable panel dating back to the earliest LibertyCons. Everyone gets a say but no one gets to say too much. This year the participants will be the current STEM GOH and 4 Past Science Guests of Honor.
Sun	10:00 AM	M - Plaza Ballroom A/B	Kaffeeklatsch	Come out for a cup of coffee with the pros!
Sun	12:00 PM	CC - Mtg Rm 6 (Science Track)	Curiosity: Twelve Years of Roving Mars	NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover landed in August 2012 in Gale Crater and has been exploring ever since. Her journey through an exceptional landscape has uncovered the unexpected about Mars. As the aging rover forces us to adopt new ways of operating her, she continues to reveal puzzles from Mars’ past. STEM GOH Kim Steadman presents.

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Kim Steadman

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