NYC Hosts World Science Festival and Dawn of Private Space Science Symposium
The 11th annual World Science Festival, produced by World Science Foundation, celebrates innovations in science and arts spanning over 27 venues in New York City May 29-June 2. The festival plans to feature 70 events including discussions, debates, interactive explorations, and musical performances. Some topics to be covered are black holes, AI, DNA editing, wildlife, and kids in science. Highlighted events include gala performances honoring achievements of women in science, lab tours encouraging women in STEM, and the announcement of 10th annual Kavli Prize winners in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience. Among ~190 scheduled speakers are (L-R) Astronauts Nicole Stott and Mike Massimino, NASA Head of Space Science and Astrobiology Steve Howell, JPL Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory Lead Scott Smith, and award-winning physicist Cumrun Vafa. The 2nd annual Dawn of Private Space Science Symposium, sponsored by Science Partnership Fund, is set for June 2-3 at Columbia University with theme Commercial Space Stations: Building an Ecosystem in Space. Topics will focus on future space stations, commercial sectors, research, technology, transportation, habitation, finances, and policy. Among the 25 scheduled speakers are United Launch Alliance Program Manager Melissa Sampson, UNOOSA Director Simonetta di Pippo, Amy Kaminski and Patricia Jacobberger of NASA, Christopher Johnson of Secure World Foundation, Sirisha Bandla of Virgin Orbit, and Science Partnership Fund Founder Mark Jackson. (Image Credit: World Science Foundation, NASA, ESA, ULA, Science Partnership Fund, Secure World Foundation)
MONDAY
Ongoing… May 28 — ISS, 405-km LEO: Expedition 55 to become 3-member crew this week with Shkaplerov, Tingle and Kanai returning to Earth, transferring cargo from Cygnus OA-9 including 6 types of Arabidopsis seeds to be planted in Final Frontier Plant Habitat, preparing for second Coflow Laminar Diffusion Flames investigation in Combustion Integrated Rack.
May 28 — NewSpace: For All Moonkind will work with Todaq to develop decentralized grid-reference system of Moon heritage sites; Blue Origin hopes to work with Australia on future Blue Moon, space tourism collaborations; Aerojet Rocketdyne prepares to test fire Boeing Phantom Express main engine 10 times over 10 days.
May 28 — Solar System: Longjiang-1 and 2 predicted to reach Lunar obit and Queqiao lunar relay satellite reaching L2 this week; Curiosity analyzing samples from ‘Duluth’ rock, testing new drill method; spacecraft being built to visit metal asteroid Pysche could launch ahead of schedule Aug 2022.
May 28 — Galaxy: TESS in camera commissioning phase, heading into final planned orbit, 1st light release planned for June; Asteroid 2015 BZ509, near Jupiter in retrograde co-orbital configuration, to be studied for its extrasolar origin potential; EmDrives proposed for interstellar missions continue testing / research.
May 28 — Global: KARI Researcher Choi Gi-hyuk discusses Yi So-yeon spaceflight & future crew / robotic missions; Russia Vostochny Cosmodrome advancing with construction of pad Site 1A for Angara NET 2020, and PU3 for super-heavy rockets NET 2023; engineers from Scotland and Ukraine developing rockets that burn solid propellant & rocket body as fuel, reducing waste & expenses.
May 28 — Hawai’i: TMT & Giant Magellan Telescope working to win funding from NSF, may award 25% of telescope time to non-partners; 3 Mauna Kea telescopes are in different stages of decommissioning: UKIRT, CSO, UH Hoku Kea; Maunakea Observatories monitoring SO2 & ash fall during ongoing volcanic eruptions for potential necessary work modifications.
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Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Gathers in Hawai’i for 15th Annual Meeting
The 15th Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) is being held June 3-8 in Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. AOGS works to promote geosciences and their applications toward benefiting humanity globally, and especially in the regions of Asia (60% of world population at ~4.54 billion) and Oceania (0.54% or ~40 million). This year the meeting will have an exhibition, student poster competition, 3 award ceremonies, and 209 sessions under 9 main topics including Planetary, Solar & Terrestrial, Solid Earth, Atmospheric, and Ocean Sciences. A variety of researchers will be presenting latest findings from Japan, China, India, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Bermuda, UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, Canada, and Europe. Ben Bussey, Bernard Foing, Gregory Schmidt, and Takahiro Iwata will present during “The Science of Exploration as Enabled by the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids and the Moons of Mars” Session chaired by Jim Green and Doris Daou. Distinguished lectures will be “Looking Down on the Earth: Satellites, Science, and Societal Benefit” by (T-B) Michael Freilich of NASA, “Exoplanets and Planetary Habitability” by Jun Yang of Peking University, “Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects – A Review” by Renu Malhotra from Univ. of Arizona, “Station Aloha: A Gathering Place for Discovery, Education and Scientific Collaboration” by David Karl and “Honolulu Volcanism: When, where and why” by Michael Garcia from Univ.of Hawaii. (Image Credit: AOGS, University of Arizona, NASA, et al)
May 28 – Jun 1 — CNES, AIAA, Marseilles, France: 15th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps 2018); technical forum of Space Mission Operations and Ground Systems community that addresses state-of-the-art operations principles, methods and tools.
May 28 — Aten Asteroid 2018 KR: Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
May 28 — Apollo Asteroid 2018 JA: Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
May 28 — Amor Asteroid 2018 ER4: Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
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Dec 21, 2017 – Jun 4 — New Horizons, KBO Ultima Thule (2014 MU69) Trajectory: Spacecraft in hibernation mode until Jun 4; will awaken and prepare for KBO flyby 1 Jan 2019; approach phase officially begins in August.
NET May 18-30 — Rocket Lab, Launch Electron / “It’s Business Time” Multi-Payload, Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand: Planning first fully commercial launch dubbed ‘It’s Business Time’ with two Spire Lemur 2 CubeSats and one GeoOptics CICERO satellite.
TUESDAY
May 29-30 — iCubeSat 2018 Organising Committee, Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, JA Initiative, Paris, France:iCubeSat 2018 – the 7th Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop; addressing the technical challenges, opportunities, and practicalities of interplanetary space exploration with CubeSats.
May 29 – Jun 2 — World Science Festival, NYC NY:2018 World Science Festival; with over 70 science-themed events exploring the very edge of knowledge.
May 29 – Aug 3 — Lunar and Planetary Society, NASA SSERVI, Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, Houston TX:2018 Exploration Science Summer Intern Program; students to be involved in activities that support missions to the Moon that utilize Orion crew vehicle, Deep Space Gateway, and robotic assets on lunar surface.
May 29 — Moon: Full Flower Moon, 04:20; 8.8° N of Antares, 09:00.
May 29 — Mercury: 4.5° SSE of Pleiades, 21:00.
May 29 — Aten Asteroid 68347 (2001 KB67): Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
May 29 — Apollo Asteroid 2014 WG365: Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
May 29 — Apollo Asteroid 2018 JZ1: Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
May 30 – Jun 1 — ESA, Madrid, Spain:Dusty Visions 2018; to discuss present state and new avenues in cosmic dust research including results from Cassini, Rosetta, New Horizons, Ikaros, Stardust, Spitzer, Herschel, STEREO and other space missions.
May 30 — Amor Asteroid 2018 JJ2: Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
May 30 — Apollo Asteroid 2018 JJ3: Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
May 30 — Apollo Asteroid 2018 KD1: Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
THURSDAY
NET May 31— SpaceX, Falcon 9 / SES 12,KSC FL: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch SES 12 communications satellite for SES of Luxembourg.
May 31 — Moon: 1.9° S of 4 Vesta, 03:47; 1.6° N of Saturn, 15:00.
May 31 — Amor Asteroid 2013 LE7: Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
FRIDAY
NET Jun — ISRO, Launch GSLV Mk. 3 / GSAT 29, Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 3, dubbed GSLV Mk.3-D2, to launch GSAT 29 communications satellite.
Jun 1 — Deep Space:Juno spacecraft gathering detailed data is nearing 2 full years in Jupiter orbit and end of mission planned 14 flybys; future mission goals and science to be decided, could operate until 2020+.
Jun 1 — Moon: 1.2° N of Pluto, 18:00.
Jun 1 — Apollo Asteroid 2018 KE1: Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
Jun 2 — Moon: at apogee (distance 404,4877 km), 07:00.
Jun 2 — Apollo Asteroid 2016 XF: Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
SUNDAY
Jun 3 — ISS, Soyuz MS-07 Undocking & Landing: Expedition 54/55 members Shkaplerov, Tingle and Kanai to return to Earth; undocking scheduled at 04:45 EDT, live coverage available; landing near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 08:40.
Jun 3-7 — American Astronomical Society, Denver CO: 232nd Meeting of the AAS; in Conjunction with Annual Meeting of AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division; at Sheraton Denver Downtown.
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