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November 2-6 Workshop: Bridging Exoplanet and Solar System Science The primary objective of the workshop is to compare exoplanets with the planets within our solar system to advance the understanding of planetary systems in general. 06 - 10 July Workshop: Don't Follow (Just) the Water: Does Life Occur in Non-Aqueous Media? 24 August Short Course: Using In-Situ Resources for 3D Additive Construction in Space 27 August Public Lecture: Tyranny of the Rocket Equation 24 - 28 August Workshop: Three Dimensional (3D) Additive Construction for Space using In-Situ Resources 14 - 17 September Workshop: Don't Follow (Just) the Water: Does Life Occur in Non-Aqueous Media? Part II 5 - 9 October Workshop: Exploring New Multi-Instrument Approaches to Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space 27 October Space Entrepreneurship Panel: Profits in the Final Frontier 4 November Lecture: Light, Atomic Clocks, and Testing Einstein’s Assumptions 2 - 5 November Workshop: Optical Frequency Combs for Space Applications 6 November Proposal Concepts Due 22 December Proposals Due 17 November Panel Session/Networking Event: The Space Connection - Navigating the Bridge between JPL and the Caltech Campus 7 - 11 December Workshop: Methane on Mars 13 January Lecture: Building the First Spaceport in Low Earth Orbit 8 - 11 February Workshop: Optical Frequency Combs for Space Applications - Part II 15 February Proposals Selections Announced 14 - 17 June Workshop: Methane on Mars - Part II 24 May Lecture: Archaeology from Space: Using Space-based Remote Sensing to find Lost Cities on Earth 11-14 July Workshop: Optical Communication on SmallSats – Enabling the Next Era in Space Science 22-26 August Workshop: Exoplanet Imaging and Characterization: Coherent Differential Imaging and Signal Detection June 28 -July 1 Workshop: Addressing the Mars ISRU Challenge: Production of Oxygen and Fuel from CO2 using Sunlight 19-20 September Workshop: Addressing the Mars ISRU Challenge: Production of Oxygen and Fuel from CO2 using Sunlight 15-19 August Co-Sponsored: Using Satellite Observations to Advance Climate Models 3-7 October Workshop: Space Science Opportunities Augmented by Exploration Telepresence 3 October Solicitation Release Date 2 November Lecture: Artificial Intelligence Support of Rosetta Orbiter Science Operations 8 November Lecture: Robotics for Space Exploration - Challenge to the Moon and Beyond 3 November Proposal Concepts Due (noon) 5-8 December Workshop: Exoplanet Imaging and Characterization: Coherent Differential Imaging and Signal Detection Part II 20 December Proposals Due (noon) 18-20 January Star Formation and Nearby Galaxies with JWST 07-09 February Workshop: Optical Communication on SmallSats – Part 2 26-31 March Event: Caltech Space Challenge 2017 03-04 June Symposium: The Dawn of Private Space Science 13 March Lecture: Hybrid Rocket Propulsion for a Low Temperature Mars Ascent Vehicle 4 April Lecture: The Glass Ceiling and The Glass Universe 24 March Lecture: The Role of Leadership in the Journey to Gender Equality 5-8 June Workshop: The Cryogenic Comet Sample Return 11-13 July Workshop: Space Science Opportunities Augmented by Exploration Telepresence - Part II 15 May Lecture: Cassini's Grand Finale 8-11 August Workshop: Unlocking the Climate Record Stored within Mars' Polar Layered Deposits 18-22 September Workshop: Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks 9-12 October Workshop: Accessing the Subsurface Oceans of Icy Worlds 17 July Lecture: Building the Giant Magellan Telescope 16 August Special Event: JPL Postdoc Research Day 8 August Short Course: The Polar Ice Caps and Climate of Mars Nov. 28 - Dec.1 Workshop: Unlocking the Climate Record Stored within Mars' Polar Layered Deposits - Part II 21-25 August Co-sponsored Event: Using Satellite Observations to Advance Climate Models 30 August Symposium: DaMaSC IV - Beyond WIMP Dark Matter October 31 - November 3 Workshop: Cryogenic Comet (and Centaur) Sample Return - Part II September 11 Lecture: NASA's Dawn Mission to the Asteroid Belt October 3 Announcement: Call for Concepts for Study Programs October 1 Announcement: Call for Concepts for Study Programs November 3 Announcement: Proposal Concepts Due December 20 Announcement: Proposals Due November 15 Special Event: JPL Research Poster Conference January 16-19 Workshop: The Architecture of LISA Science Analysis February 12-16 Workshop: MarsX: Mars Subsurface Exploration March 19-23 Workshop: Designing Future CMB Experiments December 9 Symposium: Plan B: Engineering a Cooler Earth January 30 Symposium: Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration 27-31 August Co-sponsored Event: NASA Summer School on Satellite Observations and Climate Models 22 February Lecture: The Interstellar Age 15-18 May Workshop: Technology Requirements to Operate at and utilize the Solar Gravity Lens for Exoplanet Imaging 2 April Lecture: Moon Diver Mission Concept 1-5 October Workshop: Unlocking a New Era in Biodiversity Science 1 October Short Course: Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals 15-19 October Workshop: Tidal Heating – Lessons from Io and the Jovian System 15 October Short Course: Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds Oct.29 - Nov.2 Workshop: Large Constellations and Formations for Exploring Interstellar Objects June 20 Special Event: 2018 JPL Postdoc Research Day July 19 Lecture: Parker Solar Probe October 10 Lecture: The Space Barons and the New Space Age 1 November Proposal Concepts Due 5 November KISS Affiliates Program Nominations Concepts Due November 7 Special Event: 2018 JPL Research Poster Conference 18 December Proposals Due November 7 Special Event: 2018 JPL Research Poster Conference February 20 Lecture: PUFFER: NASA's Pop-Up Origami Rover May 20-24 Workshop: Data-Driven Approaches to Searches for the Technosignatures of Advanced Civilizations March 20 Lecture: Biodiversity: Perspectives of a Techie March 18-22 Workshop: Unlocking a New Era in Biodiversity Science: Linking Integrated Space Based and In-Situ Observations April 17 Lecture: Stimulating a Culture of Innovation at The Aerospace Corporation August 26-30 Workshop: Nebulae: Deep-Space Computing Clouds May 6 Lecture: The SPHEREx All-Sky Infrared Spectral Survey Satellite June 26 Lecture: Watching the Earth Breathe from the International Space Station July 15 Lecture: Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) Robotic Architecture August 8 Lecture: From Apollo to Artemis: Policy History and Promise July 8 Special Event: 2019 JPL Researchers on Campus (JROC) July 10 Special Event: 2019 JPL Postdoc Research Day August 19-23 Special Event: NASA Summer School on Satellite Observations September 16-20 Workshop: Beyond Interstellar: Extracting Science from Black Hole Images October 16-20 Workshop: Sensing Forest Water Dynamics from Space September 26 Lecture: Telescopes, Astronomical Discoveries, and Their Influence on Literature January 7 - 9 Workshop: Exploring Ocean Worlds (ExOW) January 9 - 10 Workshop: The Habitability of Hydrocarbon Worlds: Titan and Beyond January 16 Announcement: KISS 2020 Techical Development Solicitation Released January 26 Special Event: Affiliates Welcome January 31 Special Event: Affiliates Welcome Event February 12 Lecture: Origami and Spacecraft Structures February 14 Announcement: KISS 2020 Techical Development Letter of Intent Due April 1 Announcement: KISS 2020 Techical Development Proposal Due Aug. 31 - Sept. 4 Workshop: Nebulae: Deep-Space Computing Clouds Part 2 October 26 - 28 Workshop: Sensing Forest Water Dynamics from Space Part II April 14 COVID-19: Rapid Response Virtual Workshop April 14 COVID-19: Rapid Response Virtual Workshop April 14 COVID-19: Rapid Response Virtual Workshop June 9 Webinar: Human Impacts on the Atmosphere as Revealed by COVID-19 June 23-25 Virtual Workshop: The Next-Generation Ground-Based Planetary Radar July 29 Webinar: Seeking Signs of Ancient Life in Jezero Crater with the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover August 10 Webinar: Lunar Trailblazer - A Caltech-led Pioneering Small Satellite for Lunar Water and Lunar Geology March 11 - 12 Workshop: Real Time Detection and Tracking of Fires that Matter March 17 Webinar: SWARM: A New Paradigm for Communication Satellites March 29 - April 2 Workshop: Revolutionizing Access to the Martian Surface April 12 - 16 Workshop: Non-Nuclear Exploration of the Solar System May 10 - 14 Workshop: The Next-Generation Ground-Based Planetary Radar - Part II June 7 - 11 Workshop: Next-Generation Planetary Geodesy November 2 Lecture: Earth Observation with Spaceborne Radars November 8 - 11 Workshop: Next-Generation Planetary Geodesy - Part II March 25 Short Course: Revolutionizing Access to the Martian Surface November 19 Nominations Due: 2022 KISS Affiliates Program December 7 Lecture: Probing Worlds Beyond our Solar System December 17 Proposals Due: 2022 Funding Opportunity - Research Relevant to the Search for Life December 20 Proposals Due: 2022 KISS Study Programs February 23 Special Event: Fireside Chat with Chad Edwards May 9-13 Workshop: Venus In Situ Sample Capture Mission - Part II May 11 Webinar: A Year of Innovation and Action to Reduce Negative Impacts from Fires July 20-21 Symposium: Venus Science Enabled by Human Proximity June 29 Mini-Symposium: The U.S. and International Earth Observation from Space Program of Record July 11 Lecture: FLOAT & SWIM – Novel Meso-Scale Robots for Extreme Lunar and Ocean World Environments July 15 Mini-Symposium: Leveraging Commercial & Non-Profit Satellite Capabilities, Plans, and Opportunities, for Earth System Observation Continuity August 25 Lecture: Dreaming of Rocks from Mars - Scientific Desires and the Engineering of Mars Missions August 15-19 Workshop: Developing a Continuity Framework for Satellite Observations of Climate August 8-12 Summer School: NASA Summer School on Satellite Observations and Climate Models September 7 Lecture: The Science of NuSTAR – 10 years of Exploring the Energetic Universe September 19-23 Workshop: The Targeting Microhabitats for Life Detection October 24-28 Workshop: Enabling Fast Response Missions to NEOs, ISOs, and LPCs Nov. 28 - Dec. 2 Workshop: Exploring Exoplanets with Interferometry November 14-18 Workshop: Developing a Continuity Framework for Satellite Observations of Climate - Part II October 3 Announcement: Call for Concepts for Study Programs September 19 Announcement: Call for Follow-on Technical Development Proposals October 19 Announcement: Follow-on Tech Dev Proposals- Letter of Intent Due November 21 Announcement: Follow-on Technical Development Proposals Due November 2 Announcement: Proposal Concepts Due December 20 Announce…