New Horizons Going on 13 Years, Looks to First-Ever KBO / Farthest Frontier Encounter New Year’s Day 2019
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MONDAY Ongoing…
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Jan 15 — USA: 
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Weekly Planet Watch – Evening Planets: Uranus (SW), Neptune (WSW); Morning Planets: Mercury (SE), Mars (ESE), Jupiter (ESE), Saturn (S).
2018 ISU Space Studies Program Begins This Week in Adelaide, Australia
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Jan 15-19 — International Space Science Institute, Project MiARD – Multi Instrument Analysis of Rosetta Data, Bern, Switzerland: Workshop: Comets – Post 67P Perspectives.
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TUESDAY
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From January 15 to February 16, International Space University is holding the Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program (SH-SSP) at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. This 5-week, live-in experience is intended to provide “a multidisciplinary understanding of the key activities and areas of knowledge required by today’s space professions” in all areas. It is built around ISU “international, intercultural, and interdisciplinary” educational philosophy. This will be the 7th time that University of South Australia hosts SH-SSP since 2011, generally with around 35 participants from various countries. The program is directed by Dr Omar Hatamleh, the Executive Director of the ISU Space Studies Program. The co-director of SH-SSP is Dr Ady James, a senior research fellow at University College London Department of Space and Climate Physics. On Jan 20 there will be a public event “International Astronaut and Human Spaceflight Panel” featuring South Korea 1st Astronaut Dr Soyeon Yi. In addition, Dr Yi will be giving 2 lectures and leading 5 workshops including team building sessions for SSP participants during the 1st week. On Jan 22 French Space Agency resident ethicist Dr Jacques Arnould will talk about the “Role of Ethics in Space”. At the end of the 5 weeks, results from 2 team projects will be summarized into white papers and presented. (Pictured: Omar Hatamleh, Ady James, Soyeon Yi; Image Credit: ISU, UniSA) Jan 16 — John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), NASA, SSC MS: Fire Test today of RS-25 engine that will help power SLS to be performed today 16:00 EST, live coverage available.
Jan 16-18 — Boston University, NASA, Boston MA: Workshop: Dwarfs Stars and Clusters with K2.
Jan 16-18 — The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Irvine CA: Meeting: Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe.
Jan 16-19 — Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech, Pasadena CA: Workshop: The Architecture of LISA Science Analysis – Imagining the Future.
Jan 16 — Moon: New Moon, 16:17.
Jan 16 — Apollo Asteroid 438017 (2003 YO3): Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU).
WEDNESDAY
NET Jan 17 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon Heavy Demo, Cape Canaveral AFS FL: SpaceX maiden falcon heavy planned to launch by the end of the month; rocket consists of standard Falcon 9 rocket core with two additional strap-on boosters (total of 27 Merlin engines).
Jan 17-18 — SBAG, Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field CA: 18th Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) Meeting.
Jan 17-19 — The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Washington DC: Meeting: Best Practices for a Future Open Code Policy for NASA Space Science.
Jan 17-23 — The University of Witwatersrand – Johannesburg, Durban, South Africa: 2nd Mandelstam Theoretical Physics School and Workshop.
THURSDAY
Jan 18 — United Launch Alliance, Launch Atlas 5 / SBIRS GEO Flight 4, Cape Canaveral AFS FL: United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-076, to launch U.S. military fourth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite for missile early-warning detection.
Jan 18 — NASA, National Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas NV: News Conference on New Space Fission Power System; 09:00 PST.
Jan 18 — Thelma Parker Library, NASA, Kamuela HI: NASA@ My Library Program; free STEM series promoting science for students and families; today’s event “Windstreamer”, 10:30-12:00.
Jan 18 — Apollo Asteroid 2018 AF1: Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU).
Jan 18 — Apollo Asteroid 2017 YS3: Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU).
FRIDAY
Jan 19 — New Horizons, KBO 2014 MU69 Trajectory: Spacecraft begins 13th year in space today, launched Jan 19, 2006 – flew by Pluto July 14, 2015; expected to operate until at least mid-2030s.
Jan 19 — International Astronautical Federation, Online / Bremen, Germany: Due: Call for Plenary Events and Highlight Lectures for 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2018); to be held Oct 1-5.
Jan 19 — Lunar and Planetary Society, NASA SSERVI, Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, Online / Houston TX: Last Day to apply for 10-week 2018 Exploration Science Summer Intern Program; students to be involved in activities that support missions to the Moon utilizing Orion crew vehicle, Deep Space Gateway, and robotic assets on the lunar surface.
SATURDAY
Jan 20 — Rocket Lab, Launch Electron “Still Testing”, Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand: Nine-day launch window opens for second test launch of Electron.
Jan 20 — International Space University, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia: ISU Astronaut and Human Flight Panel with guest speaker Astronaut Soyeon Yi, Walter Peeters and Omar Hatamleh of ISU.
Jan 20 — SSERVI, NASA, ESA, DLR, ASI, University of Amsterdam, University of Toulouse, The Open University, IRAP, Online / Toulouse, France: Abstract Submissions Due for 2018 European Lunar Symposium (ELS); to be held May 13-16.
Jan 20 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech/NASA, Montclair CA: Educator Workshop: Exploring Earth Science in Our Communities; for teachers of grades K-12.
Jan 20-26 — Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen CO: 2018 Aspen Winter Conference: Using Tidal Disruption Events to Study Super-Massive Black Holes.
Jan 20 — Apollo Asteroid 2015 NJ3: Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU).
Jan 20 — Apollo Asteroid 2017 MT8: Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU).
SUNDAY
Jan 21-24 — Pacific Telecommunications Council, Honolulu HI: 40th Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC 2018); expecting 7,000+ members and industry attendees to share and explore the critical transformational shifts of the next four years, and the next forty years.
Jan 21-26 — Sexten Center for Astrophysics, Sexten, Italy: Conference: Chemical and Dynamical Evolution of Galaxies.
Jan 21 — Apollo Asteroid 2015 XK351: Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU).