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USA, China to Collaborate at 2nd Global Space Development Summit

Critical advances in space exploration and Earth observations will highlight the 2nd Global Space Development Summit (GSDS) in Washington DC on November 12-13. Organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Chinese Society of Astronautics, Space Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Summit will promote global cooperation in space exploration and an international lunar base project recommended in the Beijing Declaration. The 1st GSDS resulted in the Beijing Declaration, which proposed “renewed global dialogue on the future of civil space activity…and more meaningful international integration.” CSIS President John Hamre and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation VP Wu Zhuo (TR) will open the summit. Panel discussions include global cooperation in a new space era, cooperation among space enterprises, policy elements of space exploration and lunar programs present and future. Among the 17 speakers included are Bernard Foing (BR) of the International Lunar Exploration Working Group and Jia Yang, Director of the China Lunar Exploration Program. Global space enterprise creates more than US$251 billion in revenues, 69% of which represents commercial space activity. Accordingly, the Declaration advocates inclusion of spacefaring countries China, India, Japan and Europe as viable space industry leaders. (Credit: CASTC, Leslie Mullen, AIAA, Chinese Society of Astronautics, CSIS, Space Foundation)

North Carolina Explores Commercial Space Opportunities at ECSU NewSpace Commerce Forum

As the USA and world economy have been suffering through a recession these past 2 years, investment in the emerging personal spaceflight industry has actually risen more than 20%. Seeking to keep up with other America states which are beginning to reap the benefits of the emerging NewSpace industry, North Carolina (NC) is hosting its 1st entrepreneurial space industry forum on November 12 at the Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) (B). The event is supported by the NC Aerospace Alliance, NC's Northeast Commission and NASA Space Grant. 2 primary goals of the forum are to educate state government, business and academic leaders about the economic development potential of the NewSpace industry, and to develop a strategy to create an indigenous NewSpace industry in NC. Prominent NewSpace figures such as XCOR CEO Jeff Greason (BR) and Odyssey Moon CEO Bob Richards (TR) will be on hand to provide insight on current trends and potential benefits of the emerging industry. Space business consultant Jeff Krukin will present a lecture and moderate a panel discussion on the economic development potential of NewSpace for NC. (Credit: NASA, ecsu.edu, jeffkrukin.com, robertrichards.com)
THIS WEEK
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
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 (ESE) / Evening Planets: Jupiter (SE)
 

MONDAY
Nov 9 — 1% for NASA Ensures USA Multi World Civilization, Nationwide / Washington DC: Dynamic advocacy, vigor encouraged by US Vice President Joe Biden to help boost American space exploration program; http://www.spaceagepub.com/calendar/SCarchive/SC-20090831.html.
Nov 9 — International Space Station, LEO: E21 Crew members busy preparing for next shuttle mission and performing a variety of science and maintenance activities on board the ISS; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html.
Nov 9 — NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Orbit: Scientists continue to analyze images from LRO lower mapping orbit (50 km) of Apollo 12 landing site in Oceanus Procellarum; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc_20091104_apollo12.html.
Nov 9 — International Lunar Observatory Association, Hawai`i Island HI / Global: Galaxy forum program expanding as 2010 events include 'Galaxy Enterprise' and a focus on philanthropic fundraising; http://www.iloa.org/.
Nov 9 — Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), Red Planet: HiRISE camera aboard MRO capture images of frost covered NASA Phoenix Lander which help scientists understand the nature of seasonal frost and winter weather patterns on Mars; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html.
Nov 9 — The Planetary Society, Washington DC: 'Thomas Paine Award Ceremony for the Advancement of Human Exploration' to be given to Steve Squyres and entire mission team of Mars Exploration Rovers; http://www.planetary.org/home/.
Nov 9-10 — National Science Foundation, Arlington VA: 'Office of Polar Programs Advisory Committee;' http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115530&org=OPP.
Nov 9-10 — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Woburn MA: '2nd Annual IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications; http://www.tepra2009.wpi.edu/.
Nov 9-11 — Jordanian Geophysics Association, University of Jordan, et al, Amman, Jordan: 'The 1st Arab Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference,' field trip on Nov 11; http://aicac.jga.org.jo/main1/.
Nov 9-11 — Newton Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom: 'Dynamics of Outer Planetary Systems;' http://www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/DDP/ddpw03.html.
Nov 9-12 — European Southern Observatory, Pucón, Chile: 'Galaxy Clusters in the Early Universe;' http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/GCEU2009/index.html.
Nov 9-12 — Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany: 'LAUNCH 09: Neutrinos and Beyond;' http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/lin/events/launch09/.
Nov 9-13 — University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF), Kailua-Kona HI: '3rd Advanced Land Observation Satellite Symposium;' http://www.asf.alaska.edu/pi_symp/.
Nov 9-13 — International Virtual Observatory Alliance, European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany: 'International Virtual Observatory Alliance Interoperability Meeting;' http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/ivoa2009/index.html.
Nov 9-13 — International Astronomical Union, Geneva, Switzerland: 'IAU Symposium: Light Elements in the Universe;' http://www.iau.org/science/meetings/future/symposia/893/.
Nov 9-13 — Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands: 'Evolution of Galaxies From Mass Selected Samples;' http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2009/378/info.php3?wsid=378.
Nov 9-14 — Mexican Physical Society, Mazatlan, Mexico: '12th Mexican Workshop of Particles and Fields;' http://dpyc.smf.mx/Workshop2009/.
Nov 9 — Moon: At Last Quarter; 05:57.
Nov 9 — Asteroid (Near Earth Flyby): 2006 JY26 (0.017 AU); 2000 VZ44 (0.070 AU).
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Nov 2 — Astrophysics Institute of Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain: 'XXI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics: Accretion Process in Astrophysics;' through Oct 13; http://www.iac.es/winschool2009/.
Nov 7 — Singularity University, Moffett Field CA: 'SU Executive Program,' at NASA Ames Research Center; through Nov 15; http://singularityu.org/programs/executive-programs/.
Nov 8 — Japan US Science, Technology and Space Applications Program (JUSTSAP), Waikoloa HI: 'JUSTSAP 2009 Forum;' through Nov 11; http://justsap.org/2009-justsap-forum.html.
TUESDAY
Nov 10 — Launch Soyuz / M-SO-2, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Soyuz rocket set to launch Mini Research Module 2 new docking compartment for the International Space Station; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html.
NET Nov 10 — Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Romanian Association (ARCA), The Black Sea: 1st test flight of ARCA lunar rocket 'Helen' from F221 Navy Frigate; http://www.arcaspace.ro/.
Nov 10 — ESA Technology Transfer, Noordwijk, The Netherlands: 'Open Innovation Workshop: Space and Automotive Technologies;' http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index_Calendar.html.
Nov 10 — ESA, Frascati, Italy: 'SSE Service Providers Workshop 2009;' http://www.congrex.nl/09M44/.
Nov 10 — Minnesota Space Frontier Society, Minneapolis MN: MN SFS meeting board elections, 30th commemoration and planning for 2010; http://www.mnsfs.org/.
Nov 10 — Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC / Online: 'Apollo Space Program Virtual Conference for Educators;' http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/professional_development/conference/2009/apollo/index.html.
Nov 10 — Moon: 3.5° SSW of Regulus; 03:00.
WEDNESDAY
Nov 11 — Foothill College Astronomy Program, NASA Ames Research Center, et al, Los Altos CA: 'Lecture: Extreme Environments on Earth and Search for Life in the Universe;' http://www.foothill.edu/news/newsfmt.php?sr=2&rec_id=1668.
Nov 11 — The University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT: University of Utah to celebrate 'first light' of new research telescope, symposium to follow; http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=110209-3.
Nov 11-12 — North Carolina Aerospace Alliance, Elizabeth City NC: 'Elizabeth City State University NewSpace Commerce Forum and Reception;' http://nc-aa.org/events/newspace-commerce-forum/.
Nov 11-Apr 18 — The Mars Society, San Rafael Swell UT: '9th Season of Field Operations at the Mars Desert Research Station;' http://www.marssociety.org/portal/groups/AnalogsTF/MDRSSeason9Apps/.
Nov 11 — Comet P / 2009 T2: Closest Approach to Earth (0.940 AU).
Nov 11 — Asteroid 2009 UP1: Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU).
THURSDAY
Nov 12 — University of Houston, Houston TX: 'Human and Machine in Spaceflight,' David Mindell; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nsrc2010/.
Nov 12 — Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, et al, Boulder CO / Online: Abstract deadline for Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference on February 18-20, 2010; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nsrc2010/.

Nov 12 — NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX: NASA TV to air docking of new Russian module 'Poisk' to the ISS at 09:00 CST; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/nov/HQ_M09-212_Poisk_TV.html.
Nov 12 — Minnesota Space Frontier Society, Minneapolis MN: MN SFS STS-129 Display; http://www.mnsfs.org/.
Nov 12-13 — NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA: 'The von Karman Lecture Series: Taking a Closer Look at Exoplanet Atmospheres;' http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures.cfm?year=2009&month=11.
Nov 12-13 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chinese Society of Astronautics, et al, Washington DC: '2nd Global Space Development Summit 2009;' http://www.globalspacesummit.com/.
Nov 12-13 — European Space Policy Institute, Vienna, Austria: 'European Identity Through Space;' http://www.espi.or.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99&Itemid=42.
Nov 12-15 — Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, Tucson AZ: 'SpaceVision 2009;' http://spacevision.seds.org/.
Nov 12-15 — Government of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg: 'Science Festival 2009;' http://www.science-festival.lu/defaultUK.asp.
Nov 12 — Cassini OTM-222, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts Orbital Trim Maneuver #222 today; http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/.
Nov 12 — Northern Taurids Meteor Shower: Emanating from the constellation Taurus, the meteor shower turn out 5 to 12 meteors per hour during their peak or about 1 or 2 meteors every 10 minutes; http://www.meteorblog.com/.
Nov 12 — Moon: 6.8° SSW of Saturn; 10:00.
Nov 12 — Asteroid (Closest Approach to Earth): 2009 UK20 (0.017 AU); 2009 UD19 (0.061 AU).
FRIDAY
Nov 13 — ESA Rosetta Mission, Deep Space: Spacecraft conducts 3rd Earth gravity assist en route to Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko; http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=2279.
Nov 13 — Brevard Community College Space and Astronomy Department, Cocoa FL: Lecture Series: 'Small Bodies and Big Impacts: Asteroids, Comets and the Origin of Earth's Water,' Humberto Campins; http://www.brevardcc.edu/index.cfm?mainframe=.
Nov 13-19 — American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Orlando FL: 'ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition;' http://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress09/GeneralInfo.cfm.
Nov 13 — Asteroid 11365 NASA: Closest Approach to Earth (0.885 AU).
SATURDAY
Nov 14 — Launch Atlas 5 / Intelsat 14, Cape Canaveral FL: The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket (AV-024) set to launch commercial Intelsat 14 communications spacecraft which will provide telecommunications services over the Atlantic Ocean Region; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html.
Nov 14 — Lunar Reclamation Society, Milwaukee WI: LRS Meeting; http://www.lunar-reclamation.org/page4.htm.
Nov 14 — Lunar Legacies, Cape Canaveral FL: 'Lunar Legacies Space Auction;' http://lunarlegacies.com/.
Nov 14-18 — American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco CA: 'AGU Fall Meeting;' http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/.
Nov 14 — Moon: 3.0° SSW of Spica; 02:00.
Nov 14 — Asteroid 2006 WV1: Near Earth Flyby (0.078 AU).
SUNDAY
Nov 15 — Launch Proton / W7, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: International Launch Services Proton rocket with Breeze M upper stage set to deploy W7 spacecraft for Eutelsat will cover Central Asia and Africa; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html.
Nov 15 — Quasarchile, Santiago, Chile: Amateur astronomy adventure tour departure date; http://www.quasarchile.cl/fixed_departure_date_option.htm.
Nov 15-17 — Geological Remote Sensing Group (GSRG), London, United Kingdom: '20th GRSG Annual Meeting;' http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/site/GSL/lang/en/GRSG2009.
Nov 15-21 — Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: 'Astronaut Encounter With Bill Pogue;' http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/.
Nov 15 — Moon: 6.1° SSW of Venus; 06:00.
 
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