Jamie L. Molaro

Making Space Workshops

I’m so excited to be holding a series of SciArt workshops this year supported by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). My first event is in Tucson, AZ this April, with plans in motion for Los Angeles and Denver later this year. Check out the workshop description and website below. I’ve also added…
Birdularity

Please enjoy my most recent research effort studying the birdularity of mythological creatures. This largely came out of work accomplished last week while at an OSIRIS-REx team meeting. It was truly a group effort, and we are really happy with the outcome. The full manuscript can be downloaded at the link below. Quantitative assessment of…
Open Source Rover

We decided to build a rover! The Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory has put out plans for the Open Source Rover, which is a mini version of the Mars Curiosity rover. Check them out! My husband and I decided to build one because I am a nerd for space robots, and we both like making things. We…
Celebrate Space on NYE19

Since I’ve been on vacation for the holidays, I’ve finally had a chance to finish a new Paper Planet of Pluto. Just in time for the NYE flyby of the Kuiper Belt Object (or KBO) informally named Ultima Thule! I love the name Ultima Thule [see edit below regarding the naming debate] – it means…
InSight Landing on Mars

Woohoo! My friends, here is a celebratory space craft for the successful landing of the InSight Spacecraft on Mars today! InSight is a geophysics mission that will study Mar’s interior using a seismometer as well as a heat probe it will deploy after digging down several meters into the soil. Watching a landing (like watching…

Making Space Workshops

Birdularity

Open Source Rover

Celebrate Space on NYE19

InSight Landing on Mars