

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: National Geographic Live: Cosmic Adventures with Tracy Drain
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Discover the marvels of our cosmic backyard through the eyes of the robotic spacecraft sent out to explore it. Aerospace engineer and National Geographic Explorer Tracy Drain works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop, test, and operate the complex machines that uncover some of the countless mysteries within (and way beyond!) our solar system. Among her projects: rovers on Mars, a mission to Jupiter, and a hunt for exoplanets that reshaped our entire understanding of the galaxy.

Tracy Drain is a flight systems engineer who has helped develop, test, and operate a variety of robotic spacecraft for deep space exploration in a career spanning more than two decades. After obtaining B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky and Georgia Tech respectively and interning at the NASA Langley Research Center as an undergraduate student, she landed a full-time position on the engineering staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2000. She is a 2024 National Geographic Society Wayfinder Award recipient, and she is currently the lead flight systems engineer on the Europa Clipper mission, which should arrive at Jupiter in 2030.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/national-geographic-live-cosmic-adventures-with-tracy-drain/200029557909045
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, kentucky-derby
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ticketmaster.ca/national-geographic-live-cosmic-adventures-vancouver-british-columbia-02-12-2026/event/1100629E9AB4417E?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=vancouver-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Vancouver
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 600 Hamilton St, Vancouver, BC V6B, Canada
- **lat**: 49.28067
- **long**: -123.11239
- **full address**: 600 Hamilton St, Vancouver, BC V6B, Canada

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Vancouver Civic Theatres (https://allevents.in/org/vancouver-civic-theatres/7698006)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 600 Hamilton St, Vancouver, BC V6B, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Vancouver Civic Theatres
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trips-adventures, kentucky-derby
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about National Geographic Live: Cosmic Adventures with Tracy Drain ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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