Noted Scientist to Lecture on Moon and Mars Exploration

MELBOURNE, FLA. — The Florida Tech Physics and Space Sciences Department presents the colloquium, “The Moon and Mars: Recent Results and Future Exploration,”
on Friday, Dec. 7, from 4 to 5 p.m. on campus. The lecture will be in the F.W. Olin Engineering Building, Room 140PS. It is open to the public.

Lecturing will be Bernard H. Foing, Ph.D., senior research coordinator at the European Space Agency, project scientist of the SMART-1 lunar orbiter and
executive director of the International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG). He is also a Florida Tech distinguished research professor.

“Building on the results from recent missions, I shall discuss the rationale and roadmap for future Moon and Mars robotic and human explorations,” said
Foing.

For more information, contact Elaine Carlyle at (321) 674-8795 or ecarlyle@fit.edu.