What happens when you try to build several groundbreaking spacecraft at the same time, and get them ready on a tight timeline? Join JPL engineer Ravi Prakash to explore 4 new missions launching in 2028, and discover how JPL is changing the way we tackle big engineering challenges to make them possible. Ravi Prakash has been at JPL since 2005 and was part of the team that landed the Curiosity rover on Mars. After taking a break to design products that fight poverty, he returned to JPL to lead operations for the InSight lander on Mars, helped integrate the science instruments for the Psyche mission to an asteroid, and now works on the VERITAS mission to explore Venus. Ravi spends all his free time trying desperately to make his wife and two daughters laugh.
Space Mission Engineering with NASA’s Ravi Prakash
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Space Mission Engineering with NASA’s Ravi Prakash
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October 28, 2026
11:00 am to 11:45 am EST
Grade Level: 4-8
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