John R. Engen Chief Executive Officer of New Mexico Consortium, introduces former NASA astronaut John M. Grunsfeld,, one of 12 speakers for the Cosmic Frontiers: Planets event, to NMC guests gathered at a reception May 2 in Santa Fe. Speakers during for the three main sessions on Saturday and Sunday at SALA Event Center Grunsfeld, Charles ‘Karl’ Hibbitts of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Natalie Hinkel of Louisiana State University; Wladimir Lyra of New Mexico State University, Charles ‘Chip’ Shearer of the University of New Mexico; Eileen Ryan of the Magdelena Ridge Observatory at New Mexico Tech; Raul Morales-Juberias of New Mexico Tech; Bryan Butler of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory; as well as Bethany Chidester, Matt Heavner, Nina Lanza and David L. Clark of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
John Engen, holding event brochure, and Stephanie Richeson, both of NMC, pose with members of Mariachi Differencia who provided the music for the NMC event May 2 in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Strahinja Trecakov, left, and Ha Hil, center, were among the guests at the May 2 NMC event in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Nina Lanza, LANL planetary scientist, left, and Lisa Danielson, Director of the Center for Space & Earth Science at LANL. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Former NASA astronaut John Grunfelt, center, poses with Matt Heavner, LANL, and his wife Carrie Talus, New Mexico Consortium, one of the organizers of the Cosmic Planets event. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Kristen Hollis, executive assistant and Todd Nickols, executive director of Los Alamos Historical Society and Patrick Moore, director of the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Maire O’Neill of the Los Alamos Reporter chats with former NASA astronaut John Grunfeld. Courtesy photo
Anna Llobet Megias and Tracy Forward at the New Mexico Consortium reception for Cosmic Frontiers: Planets Friday evening in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Stephanie Richeson of New Mexico Consortium tries a new look at Friday’s reception. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Dane Spearing and Karen Easton at the NMC reception. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Christa and Allan Saenz of SALA Event Center chat with Heidi Morris of Pajarito Astronomers. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Jeffrey Pietryga and Jill Lang at the May 2 reception. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Hunter and Lauren McDaniel at the Cosmic Frontiers reception in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
John Grunfeld with students from the Los Alamos High School Astronomy Club. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Scene from the New Mexico Consortium reception for Cosmic Frontiers. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Los Alamos High School student Drew Bacrania, left, chats with former NASA astronaut John M. Grunsfeld. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Scene from the NMC Cosmic Frontiers reception May 2 in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Scene from the NMC Cosmic Frontiers reception May 2 in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Scene from the NMC Cosmic Frontiers reception May 2 in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Scene from the NMC Cosmic Frontiers reception May 2 in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com