December 2014 Orion Social - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

At Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Pasadena, California, for the Orion NASA Social...on December 3, 2014.

A group photo of all the Orion NASA Social attendees inside JPL

My Orion NASA Social badge and program booklet...on December 3, 2014.

Waiting for the Orion NASA Social event to begin...on December 3, 2014.

A close-up of the Orion EFT (Exploration Flight Test)-1 miniature model on stage.

Another close-up of the Orion EFT-1 miniature model on stage.

Full-size replicas of the Sojourner, Mars Exploration Rovers and Curiosity

A close-up of the Ikhana Predator B drone model on stage.

A monitor shows all of the Deep Space Network antennas and the spacecraft they were communicating with at the time this photo was taken.

Inside JPL

Sitting at the computer workstation reserved for NASA Administrator Charles Bolden!

Inside JPL

The peanut jar that JPL mission controllers ate from during the Curiosity rover

A full-size replica of NASA

Engineers work on the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator inside JPL

Engineers work on the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator inside JPL

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An Orion paper model that I received during the NASA Social...on display at home.

An Orion paper model that I received during the NASA Social...on display at home.

An Orion paper model that I received during the NASA Social...on display at home.

An Orion paper model that I received during the NASA Social...on display at home.