An Unblinking Eye on the Far Side: Charting Lunar Hazards with the LUMIO Mission

Join AIAA San Diego Section with like-minded aerospace professionals and students for a night out at Filippi’s Pizza Grotto in Kearny Mesa for some traditional Italian food while hearing from our own AIAA Member, Jacob Yates, as he discusses the upcoming LUMIO Mission. Dr. Yates will detail the European Space Agency's upcoming LUMIO mission. This unique CubeSat will provide an 'unblinking eye' on the lunar far side, watching for impact flashes to create the first truly global map of the meteoroid environment of the lunar surface.

Date & Time: Wednesday, November 18th, 2026, 6:00 pm

Cost: $35 / $25 / $15 for non-members, members, and students. Your ticket covers admission to the technical talk as well as food/drink

Location: Fillippi’s Pizza Grotto (Kearny Mesa)

Link to Buy Tickets: https://square.link/u/hEgSEVoM

Speaker Bio: As Founder and Principal of Mintaka Space Systems, Dr. Yates leads a specialized consulting firm dedicated to the next era of space operations. He helps organizations bridge the gap between concept and deployment, providing critical systems engineering for Resilient ISR/SATCOM, Space Domain Awareness (SDA), and Cis-Lunar PNT.

In parallel, he leads the ARMOR (Advanced Research in Moon Operations Resiliency) initiative, a strategic program investigating the safety and resilience of future lunar operations. He continues to contribute to international space exploration as a U.S. representative on the ESA/ASI LUMIO mission Science Working Group.