About this Event
The International Space University - USA Alumni Association’s Washington, DC Chapter is pleased to present our next monthly event! These events bring together prominent experts on space, ISU alumni, the space community, and the interested public in a casual forum that encourages interaction and discussion.
Date: Monday, November 9th 2026
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: 1020 N Highland St, Arlington VA 22201 (Phoenix Clubhouse Room)
Dial 0001 on the call box and the concierge will let you in. Take the elevator to the clubhouse room on the second floor.
Jim has worked at NASA for over four decades before retiring in December 2022. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa in 1979 and worked at Marshall Space Flight Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, and NASA Headquarters. During his distinguished career at NASA, he has been NASA’s Chief Scientist and was the longest serving director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division with the overall programmatic responsibility for 31 NASA missions and instrument contributions on other Space Agency spacecraft. Some of these mission highlights include the New Horizons spacecraft flyby of Pluto, the Juno spacecraft insertion at Jupiter, and the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, just to name a few. Jim has received NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal and the Distinguished Service Medal. He has written over 125 scientific papers in refereed journals (h-index of 41) and over 125 technical and popular articles. In 2015, Jim coordinated NASA’s involvement with the film The Martian. In 2017 Asteroid 25913 was renamed Jamesgreen in his honor. He now teaches students around the world about space and planetary science in the Metaverse in addition to giving over a dozen public speeches a year. He is currently the Provost at the International Space University (ISU) and has been a lecturer at nearly every SSP since 1992 and, on occasion, at the ISU central campus.
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1020 N Highland St, 1020 North Highland Street, Arlington, United States
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