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AAS / Wehrner von Braun Symposium Looks Toward Next Chapter in Space

Expanding the boundaries of human space exploration will be the focus of the American Astronautical Society (AAS) 2nd Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium on October 20-21. Held at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville AL, the event entitled ‘Looking Ahead: The Next Chapter in Space,’ will explore America’s commitment to leadership in science and technology while strengthening global space programs with international space organizations. Top officials from NASA and the space industry will be on hand to discuss next-generation launch systems and options for the Constellation Program. Other topics include recent international focus of the Moon, commercial spaceflight, COTS, international partnerships / cooperation with space-faring nations, and findings of the US Human Spaceflight Plans Committee. NASA Project Managers Daniel Andrews and Craig Tooley (T) will give mission updates on LRO and LCROSS. Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne President Jim Maser (B) and Jim Chilton of Exploration Launch Systems will discuss industry perspectives on space exploration. The symposium will end with closing remarks from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. The AAS has long been recognized for its excellence in providing a platform for leaders to exchange information and ideas which have greatly influenced the US space program. (Credit: AAS, NASA, ucla.edu)

5th ISPCS to Advance Commercial Spaceflight

Efforts towards building a global commercial spaceflight industry will be addressed at the 5th International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) on October 21-22 in Las Cruces, NM.  Leaders in the industry as well as over 20 exhibitors will converge to advance this year’s theme: ‘Delivering on the Promise of Spaceflight for Mankind.’ ISPCS Chair and Director of New Mexico Space Grant Patricia Hynes (TR) will open the symposium, followed by keynote speaker and Under Secretary of the Air Force, Gary Payton.  Topics this year include university aerospace research programs as enablers for commercial space growth, the suborbital future beyond tourism, small satellites for orbital and sub-orbital applications and spaceport investments to enable commercial spaceflight. Spaceport Sweden based in Kiruna, Sweden, will be featured as one of the international exhibitors with the aim to become Europe’s 1st company to conduct personal suborbital spaceflights. 2 tour opportunities will be offered as part of the ISPCS. The 1st tour on Oct 20 will be at the NASA White Sands Test facility. Several workshops will be given on flight hardware processing, component services and oxygen systems. A tour of Spaceport America on Oct 21 will be led by Executive Directors Steve Landeene and Jerry Brown. The tour includes visiting the construction site, viewing of the runway, terminal and hangar and observing the existing mission control and launch pad. (Credit: ISPCS, NASA, Spaceport Sweden, Conrad Foundation)

THIS WEEK
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
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: Venus (E), Mars (SE), Saturn (E) / Evening Planets: Jupiter (S).
 

MONDAY
Oct 19 — 1% for NASA Ensures USA Multi World Civilization, Nationwide / Washington DC: Boldness, Vision of a Jefferson or JFK for the New 2010 Decade; http://www.spaceagepub.com/calendar/SCarchive/SC-20090831.html.
Oct 19 — International Space Station, LEO: Expedition 21 crew members focusing on science experiments and station maintenance after arrival of Progress 35 cargo ship and recent crew transition; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html.
Oct 19 — NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Lunar Orbit: Scientists continue to analyze thermal maps from Diviner instrument that reveals significant local heating of the lunar surface; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/diviner_lcross.html.
Oct 19 — International Lunar Observatory Association, Hawai`i Island HI / Global: ILOA follows up with contacts made in China, Korea, Russia, Crescent Moon Countries, Europe and Africa for advancing of ILOA mission and membership; http://www.iloa.org/.
Oct 19 — Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, Red Planet: Scientists continue to work on bringing Spirit out of X-band fault mode due to a high-gain antenna (HGA) brake anomaly it experienced on Sol 2037 / Mars rover Opportunity to conduct in-situ measurements of newly discovered meteorite 'Shelter Island;' http://marsrover.nasa.gov/mission/status.html.
Oct 19 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: Media invited for Ares I-X rocket move to Launch Pad 39B at 00:01 EDT; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/oct/HQ_M09-196_Ares_I-X_Rollout.html.
Oct 19-21 — Astroparticle & Cosmology Laboratory, Reims, France: '5th International Workshop on Low Energy Neutrino Physics;' http://neutrino-champagne.in2p3.fr/Welcome.html.
Oct 19-22 — American lnstitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Bremen, Germany: '16th AIAA / DLR / DGLR International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technology Conference;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2238.
Oct 19-23 — European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, University of Porto Center for Astrophysics, Porto, Portugal: 'Towards Other Earths: Perspectives and Limitations on the ELT Era;' http://www.astro.up.pt/investigacao/conferencias/toe2009/.
Oct 19-23 — China Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation of China, et al, Shanghai, China: 'Galactic Center Workshop 2009: The Galactic Center - A Window to the Nuclear Environment of Disk Galaxies;' http://202.127.29.4/gc2009/.
Oct 19 — Cassini OTM-219, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts Orbital Trim Maneuver #219 today; http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/.
Oct 19 — Asteroid (Near-Earth Flyby): 2009 TP (0.054 AU); 1999 TM12 (0.094 AU).
Oct 19 — Asteroid 9548 Fortran: Closest Approach to Earth (1.077 AU).
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Jul 1 — NASA, X PRIZE Foundation, Open location USA: 'Lunar Lander Challenge Competition;' through Oct 31; http://space.xprize.org/.
Oct 12 — Vernadsky Institute, Brown University, Moscow, Russia: 'The 50th Vernadsky / Brown Microsymposium on Comparative Planetology;' through Oct 24; http://www.planetology.ru/micro.php.
Oct 15 — Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: 'Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future;' through Oct 25; http://www.q2cfestival.com/.
Oct 18 — Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments, San Antonio TX: 'Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments;' through Oct 19; http://www.hpee.org/.
Oct 18 — McDonald Observatory, University of Texas, San Antonio TX: '3rd Biennial Frank Bash Symposium: New Horizons in Astronomy;' through Oct 20; http://www.as.utexas.edu/new_horizons/bash09/.
Oct 18 — United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, San Antonio TX: 'GEOINT 2009;' through Oct 21; http://www.geoint2009.com/.
Oct 18 — Geological Society of America, Portland OR: '2009 GSA Annual Meeting;' through Oct 21; http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2009/index.htm.
Oct 18 — Venice Institute of Science, University of Padova, et al, Venice, Italy: '6th International Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena: Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Galileo's 1st Astronomical Uses of the Telescope;' through Oct 23; http://dipastro.astro.unipd.it/insap6/
TUESDAY
Oct 20 — MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Boston MA: 'Space Invaders: Exploring the Similarities Between Video Games and Mission Control Software,' Jeff Norris; http://www.csail.mit.edu/events/eventcalendar/calendar.php?show=event&id=2351.
Oct 20 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral: 'KSC Business Expo 2009;' http://expo.ksc.nasa.gov/.
Oct 20-21 — American Astronautical Society, Huntsville National Space Club, Huntsville AL: 'Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium: Looking Ahead: The Next Chapter in Space;' http://astronautical.org/events/vonbraun/.
Oct 20-21 — ESA, Stockholm, Sweden: 'Space and the Arctic;' http://earth.esa.int/workshops/spaceandthearctic09/index.html.
Oct 20 — Asteroid (Closest Approach to Earth): 2009 BD (0.044 AU); 159402 (0.076 AU).
WEDNESDAY
Oct 21 — NASA, Washington DC / Online: NASA Tweetup with astronauts aboard International Space Station; http://www.nasa.gov/collaborate/tweetup.html.
Oct 21 — Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Online: 'LandSat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) Project;' Live webcast with Brian Campbell, Paul Przyborski of NASA GSC at 12:00 EDT; http://www.challenger.org/programs/ccwebcast.cfm.
Oct 21 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: Media satellite interview with NASA Ares I-X Deputy Mission Manager John Cowart at 06:00-09:00 EDT; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index.html.
Oct 21-22 — New Mexico Space Grant, New Mexico State University, et al, Las Cruces NM: 'The International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight 2009;' http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/ispcs/.

Oct 21-22 — The National Academies, Langley VA: 'Assessment of NASA Laboratory Capabilities;' http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/meetingview.aspx?MeetingId=3876.
Oct 21-23 — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, College Park MD: 'Women in Astronomy 2009: Meeting the Challenges of an Increasingly Diverse Workforce;' http://wia2009.gsfc.nasa.gov/.
Oct 21-23 — International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, Rome, Italy: '3rd IAASS Conference: Building a Safe Space Together;' http://www.congrex.nl/08a11/.
Oct 21-24 — Astronomical Observatory of Torino, Turin, Italy: 'The Torino Chalogne Colloquium 2009: Latest News From the Universe;' http://ecolechalongetorino.oato.inaf.it/.
Oct 21 — Orionids Meteor Shower Peak: Radiating from constellation Orion, shower produces ~20 meteors / hr and best viewed to the east after midnight; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orionids.
THURSDAY
Oct 22 — Space Angels Network, Los Angeles CA: 'Space Angels Network: Aerospace Venture Forum,' *open to accredited investors only; http://spaceangelsnetwork.eventbrite.com/.
Oct 22-23 — The Applied Technology Institute, Albuquerque NM: 'Understanding Space,' A 2-day short course to facilitate training for aerospace professionals; http://www.aticourses.com/.
Oct 22-25 — California Science Teachers Association, SETI Institute, Palm Springs CA: 'CA Science Education Conference: SETI Institute Exhibits, Workshops and Short Courses;' http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=830&cgid=1&ceid=169&cerid=0&cdt=10%2f22%2f2009.
FRIDAY
Oct 23 — NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX: NASA news briefings for space shuttle mission set to launch on Nov 12; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/sep/.
Oct 23 — European Union, ESA, Prague, Czech Republic: '1st EU / ESA International Conference on Human Space Exploration;' http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=3734&tpa_id=141&lang=en.
Oct 23-24 — IYA2009, Worldwide: 'Galilean Nights,' Public observing events around the world to replicate Galileo's observations; http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/251/.
Oct 23 — Asteroid 2003 EP4: Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU).
SATURDAY
Oct 24 — Mauna Kea Observatories, Hilo HI: 'Galileo Block Party;' http://www.naoj.org/IYA/Blockparty.
Oct 24 — Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe AZ: 'Earth and Space Exploration Day;' http://sese.asu.edu/earth-and-space-exploration-day.
Oct 24 — Leo Minorid Meteors: Minor meteor show radiating from constellation Leo and Ursa Major; http://www.springerlink.com/.
SUNDAY
Oct 25 — Daylight Saving (Europe): Change clocks back to standard time.
Oct 25 — Moon: At Apogee (distance 63.37 earth-radii); at first quarter, 14:41.
 
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