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Cislunar Exploration: Challenges and Opportunities – Online Short Course

Online

Through May 11, Four instructors convene this class because current USA / international / commercial mission plans, both crewed and uncrewed, will be challenged by multiple new hurdles, including regulatory, habitat, mining, and navigation and positioning. This course aims to present a few key challenges related to the return to […]

US$495 – US$995

Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations

Online

Online short course on Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO), critical for crew transfer, in-space assembly and space debris removal, among other uses. Instructor is Pradipto Ghosh; 12 classroom hours / 2.4 CEU-PDH; online via Zoom with replays available. Students will receive Certificates of Completion from both AIAA and Johns Hopkins […]

US$1595 – US$1795

Launch Falcon 9 / CAS500-2 & Others

SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA

Launch window 23:59 May 2 - 00:39 May 3 PDT | 01:59-02:39 CDT | 20:59-21:39 HST for ride-share of multiple satellites including first spacecraft of Wichita State University, Solar Neutrino Astro-Particle PhYsics (SNAPPY) 3U Cubesat, a test and background-measurement detector being put in polar orbit to explore the fusion core […]

24th AstroDay

Hilo HI, USA

Family-friendly free event, 10:00-16:00 HST at Prince Kūhiō Plaza shopping center, to educate and entertain about astronomy and space, with >30 organizations hoping to inspire next-generation science and technology leaders. Booths / tables may have a solar telescope for safely viewing the Sun surface, hands-on robotics activities, info on how […]