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Galaxy Forum 2009 Advances Galaxy Consciousness Around Earth

International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) and Space Age Publishing Company (SPC) this week present the first Galaxy Forum of 2009 at the Ellison Onizuka Space Center in Kona on Hawai`i Island. Themed 'An Exploratory Forum to Promote Galaxy Education in the 21st Century,' the event continues a series of galaxy-focused meetings ILOA and SPC initiated last year in Santa Clara CA; Vancouver, Canada; and Beijing, China. The forums are conducted with the goal of advancing science education and awareness of our Milky Way and other galaxies. Presenting at 'Galaxy Forum Hawaii - Kona' on January 31 are artist Jon Lomberg: 'The Galaxy Garden (B) as a Model for Galaxy Education,' Kumiko Usuda of Subaru Telescope / NAOJ: 'Make Your Own Milky Way Models,' and Steve Durst of SPC / ILOA: 'International Lunar Observatory Galaxy First Light Imaging (T).' The Hawaii series will continue with forums in Kamuela HI in March, Hilo HI in spring, and possibly on the island of Oahu later in the year. USA and international forums possible for 2009 include San Jose CA on July 4, followed by events in Kansas, Vancouver, Beijing, Tokyo and New York, dates to be announced. (Credit: SPC, Galaxy Garden)

USA Spaceflight Memorial Week Inspires Future Generation of Explorers

Memorial events across the USA will honor the 17 astronauts who gave their lives to advance human exploration of space. January 27 marks the 42nd observance of the spacecraft fire that took the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee (TR) during a preflight test of the Apollo 1 mission. Then on Jan 28, the Challenger disaster of 1986 that killed astronauts Francis Scobee, Michael Smith, Judith Resnik, Ellison Onizuka, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis and educator astronaut Christa McAuliffe (CR) will be commemorated. The memorial week ends with the commemoration of the Columbia explosion during reentry on Feb 1, 2003 that took the lives of Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon (BR). These 17 astronauts risked their lives while reaching for the pinnacle of human exploration, with the dream of expanding human civilization beyond the confines of planet Earth. Their lives continue to inspire future generations of space explorers through such programs as the Challenger Center for Science Education, the Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center, the Onizuka Space Center and the Apollo 1 Memorial Foundation. (Credit: NASA)
THIS WEEK
JANUARY 2009
FEBRUARY
MARCH
LEGEND
All times for terrestrial events in local time unless noted.
All times for international terrestrial events in local time unless noted.
All times for space events, and...
All times for international space / astro events in Hawaii Standard Time unless noted. Add 10 hours to obtain UT ('Universal Time;' Greenwich, England).
Weekly Planet Watch – Morning Planets: Saturn (S), Mercury (ESE, after 30th) / Evening Planets: Venus (SW).
 

MONDAY
Jan 26 — International Space Station, LEO: Expedition 18 crew preparing for the arrival of Space Shuttle Discovery and the STS-119 crew in mid-Feb; mission delivers final truss structure and solar arrays as well as a new ISS crew member, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html.
Jan 26 — Texas A&M University, College Station TX: NASA JSC public affairs officer Josh Byerly to give talk on what it's like to work at NASA; http://dmc-news.tamu.edu/templates/?a=7177&z=15.
Jan 26-27 — European Space Agency, Eurisy, Budapest, Hungary: 'Conference on Models of Governance of National Space Activities;' http://www.eurisy.org/.
Jan 26-30 — European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy: '4th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry;' http://earth.esa.int/workshops/polinsar2009/.
Jan 26-Feb 5 — NASA, Germany, Middle East: Endeavour STS-126 crew to visit US military personnel serving overseas; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jan/HQ_M09015_Crew_visits_troops.html.
Jan 26 — Annular Solar Eclipse: 06:06 - 09:52 UT; The Moon's antumbral shadow begins in the South Atlantic, moves south of the African continent, then curves northeast across the southern Indian Ocean; http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2009.html#2009Jan26A.
Jan 26 — Mars, Red Planet: Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Express, Mars Odyssey continue exploration of red planet after recent discovery of methane on surface; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/main/index.html.
Jan 26 — Asteroid 8088 Australia: Closest Approach to Earth; (1.387 AU).
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Jan 13 — Portland Center Stage, Portland OR: 'Apollo' play about spaceflight; through Feb 8; http://www.pcs.org/.
Jan 25 — Spring Festival Fair, Beijing, China: 'Spring Festival Fair' to include displays of Chang'e-1, Shenzhou 7 models, spacesuit; through Feb 1.
TUESDAY
Jan 27 — 42nd Apollo 1 Observation, Nationwide USA: Spacecraft fire took place 27 January 1967 killing Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee; Apollo Command Module crew were conducting a preflight test for the Earth-orbiting mission at Cape Canaveral FL.
Jan 27-28 — US Spacewalk of Fame Foundation, Titusville, Cocoa Beach FL: NASA astronaut Jerry Carr book signing for his new book about Skylab mission 'Around the World in 84 Days;' 27th at US Spacewalk of Fame Museum, 28th at Cocoa Beach Library; http://www.spacewalkoffame.com/events.htm.
Jan 27 — NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field CA: 'Fun with JSC-1A - Building Large Telescopes and
Structures on the Moon' webinar; http://tia.arc.nasa.gov/lunrcop/index.cfm?fuseaction=dust.events.
Jan 27-29 — Applied Technology Institute, Cocoa Beach FL: 'Advanced Satellite Communications Systems Course;' http://www.aticourses.com/advanced_satellite_communications_systems.htm.
Jan 27 —Mercury: 4.3° NNW of Mars; 00:00.
Jan 27 — Asteroid 2007 UY1: Near-Earth Flyby; (0.073 AU).
WEDNESDAY
Jan 28 — 23rd Challenger 51-L Observation, Nationwide USA: Shuttle accident took place 28 January 1986 killing seven crew members including Commander Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, its pilot, Michael J. Smith, and its crew, Christa McAuliffe (the first 'Teacher in Space'), Mission Specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnick and Ronald E. McNair, along with Payload Specialist Gregory B. Jarvis.
Jan 28 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: Reporters invited to view new hardware for Ares 1-X rocket; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jan/HQ_M09-016_Ares_hardware.html.
Jan 28 — University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Ann Arbor MI: ' Eyes on the Universe Lecture Series: Staring into Space: The Telescopes of Modern Astronomy;' http://www.lsa.umich.edu/ExhibitMuseum.
Jan 28 — Asteroid 5020 Asimov: Closest Approach to Earth; (1.592 AU).
THURSDAY
Jan 29 — Launch Cyclone / Coronas-Photon, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia: Russian government Cyclone rocket will launch 3rd probe of Coronas program to study the Sun from low-Earth orbit; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html.
Jan 29 — Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore, India: Chandrayaan-1 scientists meeting to discuss initial findings of Moon mission; http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/000200901041714.htm.
Jan 29 — NASA, Washington DC: Media briefing to discuss the upcoming Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jan/HQ_M09-014_OCO_briefing.html.
Jan 29 — Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Minneapolis MN: ATK will webcast its investor conference call on fiscal year 2009 third quarter financial results; http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ATK-Will-Webcast-Conference-prnews-13978284.html.
Jan 29 —Moon: 2.5° NNW of Venus; 23:00.
FRIDAY
Jan 30 — University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Ann Arbor MI: Hubble Space Telescope an James Webb Space Telescope interactive exhibit opens; http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=27416; http://www.lsa.umich.edu/ExhibitMuseum.
Jan 30 — Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA: Submissions due for American Student Moon Orbiter; Announcement of Opportunity released on Dec 1; http://asmo.arc.nasa.gov/.
Jan 30 — Space Studies Board, Washington DC: Public input due for joint Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board study 'Rationale and Goals of the US Civil Space Program;' http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb/rationale_goals_civil_space.html.
Jan 30-Feb 4 — American Astronautical Society / Rocky Mountain Section, Breckenridge CO: '32nd Annual Guidance and Control Conference;' http://www.aas-rocky-mountain-section.org/conf_info.htm.
SATURDAY
Jan 31 — Space Age Publishing Co, International Lunar Observatory Association, Kona HI: 'Galaxy Forum: Hawaii - Kona;' http://www.spaceagepub.com/galaxyforum.html.
Jan 31 — International Space University, National Space Society, et al., Washington DC: Application deadline for the NSS Scholarship to the International Space University; http://www.nss.org/education/ISU_scholarship.html.
Jan 31 — Asteroid 38237 Roche: Closest Approach to Earth; (1.398 AU).
SUNDAY
Feb 1 — Sixth Columbia STS-107 Observation, Nationwide USA: Shuttle explosion took place 1 February 2003 on its return to Earth killing David M. Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon.
Feb 1-7 — Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen CO: '2009 Aspen Winter Conference on Astrophysics: 30 years of Magnetars - New Frontiers;' http://www.pd.infn.it/astro/pers/aspen2009/.
Feb 1-7 — University of Utah Department of Physics, Snowbird UT: '2009 Snowbird Workshop on Particle Astrophysics, Astronomy and Cosmology (SNOWPAC2009);' http://www.physics.utah.edu/snowpac/.
Feb 1-8 — National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), La Thuile, Italy: '44th Rencontres de Moriond: Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe;' http://moriond.in2p3.fr/J09/.
 
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