S. Krimigis | From Mercury to Pluto in 50 years: A Modern Epic in the Exploration of the Solar System

Moving from Earth to space. Stamatios Krimigis, the greatest Greek Astrophysicist, tοοκ us on a historic journey in the exploration of our solar system. Krimigis has participated in the most important NASA expeditions to the planets of our solar “neighborhood”, such as the Voyager 1 και 2 and recently the New Horizons expedition, which in 2015 reached Pluto for the first time. During his talk at the Athens Science Festival he unraveled before our eyes the exciting stories of the space explorations in our solar system that began from Mercury and reached Pluto in 50 years-time, discovering places that no one could ever imagine.

Professor Stamatios Krimigis’ talk in Athens Science Festival 2017 under the title “From Mercury to Pluto in 50 years: A Modern Epic in the Exploration of the Solar System ” took place with the support of the US Embassy.