Dr. Alfred Eggers returns for a visit to Ames and the arc jet with (left to right); Ryan Mcdaniel, Dinesh Rabhu, Joe Olejnizak, Alfred Eggers, Jeff Brown, Joe Hartman, Sylvia Johnson.

U. S. Congressman Culbertson, Texas and Mr John Webb, Webb & Associates visit and tour Ames Research Center with Center Director G. Scott Hubbard (pre-tour briefing at the Thermal Protection Facility - Arc Jet by Sylvia Johnson)

An artist illustrates a panel discussion titled, “Europa Clipper: Making a Mission to Understand Our Place in the Universe,” with panelists Robert Pappalardo, Europa Clipper Project Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Karen Kirby, Europa Clipper Deputy Project System Engineer, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL); Jennifer Dooley, Europa Clipper Project Systems Engineer, JPL; Thomas Magner, Manager, APL; and Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer, The Planetary Society, during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)