** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at new.livestream.com/lindahall ** May 9, 2019, in the Main Reading Room of the Linda Hall Library. The lecture: NASA is going back to the Moon and on to Mars for long-term human exploration and utilization. Alicia Dwyer Cianciolo, an aerospace engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, will discuss how recent work at NASA to develop human landers at Mars is influencing new lunar lander vehicle designs. The goal is to develop and utilize technologies that will increase sustainability and lower costs on future missions. The speaker: Alicia Dwyer Cianciolo is an aerospace engineer at the NASA Langley Research Center, located in Hampton, Virginia. She specializes in developing simulations to analyze vehicle flight through different atmospheres in the solar system. Primarily focusing on Mars over the past 17 years, she has worked on several missions to the planet. Most recently, as a member of the Entry, Decent and Landing Team, she helped to successfully land InSight on November 26, 2018. Currently, she works to analyze entry technologies that will enable human exploration of both the Moon and Mars. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Creighton University and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The George Washington University. Video produced by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.

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