Humanity's Leap in Space | Stamatios Krimigis | TEDxRhodes

The greatest living astronomer, Stamatios Krimigis, who's made scientific instruments that have travelled to all 9 planets in our solar system, speaks about the essence of humanity's exploration of the universe. Academy of Athens vice-president Stamatios Krimizis is the Principal Investigator on several NASA space missions, including Voyagers 1 & 2, and is the only one in the world who has built instruments that have explored all nine classical planets. In 1999 the International Astronomical Union renamed asteroid 1979 UH 8323 Krimigis in his honor. He has written two books in Greek, "Journey to the Solar System - From Mercury to Pluto in 50 years" (2017), and "All in a Lifetime-From the Sun to the Galaxy" (2020), and served as President of the Scientific Committee (SPC) for the organization of the World Space Science Congress (COSPAR Athens2022) which met July 16-25, 2022 for the first time in Greece with approximately 2,700 scientists from dozens of countries. His biography can be found on the website of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, where he was honored with the Trophy for Lifetime Achievement 2015. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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