AIAA 2017 SciTech Forum Comprised of 11 Conferences, Expects 4,000 Attendees

The 2017 AIAA SciTech meeting held in Grapevine TX January 9-13 includes the 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 10th Symposium on Space Resource Utilization, 4th AIAA Spacecraft Structures Conference and 8 other technical meetings on aerospace research and technology. The overall theme is Addressing Full Spectrum Disruption Across the Global Aerospace Community. During plenaries and Forum 360 sessions, speakers and panelists will address aerospace technology developments, current frameworks, business models, policy issues and next-gen workforce. Highlighted speakers include (L-R) Dave Bowles (NASA Langley Director), Carissa Christensen (Tauri Group Managing Partner), Mike Gazarik (Ball Aerospace VP of Engineering), Dava Newman (NASA Deputy Administrator), Robie Roy (Lockheed VP of Tech Strategy & Innovation), and George Whitesides (Virgin Galactic & Spaceship Company CEO). Space Resource Utilization meeting topics include human and robotic exploration of Moon, Mars, and NEOs, production of mission consumables (water, oxygen and fuel) from local materials, mining, construction and surface transportation. Spacecraft Structures will address large-scale, light weight manufacturing to reduce mass, launch volume, and lifecycle cost. Aerospace Sciences meeting will discuss aerospace applications and benefits to medicine, biotechnology, manufacturing, space solar power, energy storage, fuels cells, use of supercomputers and cryogenic applications. (Image Credit: AIAA, Northrop Grumman, Ball Aerospace, NASA, Pat Rawlings)

MONDAY

Jan 9 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / Iridium Next 1-10, Vandenberg AFB CA: SpaceX return to flight with attempted launch of 10 Iridium Next satellites aboard Falcon 9 for Iridium Communications Inc.

Jan 9-13 — AIAA, Grapevine TX: 2017 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition; 10th Symposium on Space Resource Utilization; 4th AIAA Spacecraft Structures Conference; at Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center.

ISU 2017 Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program

The International Space University is organizing SH-SSP with University of South Australia Adelaide at the Mawson Lakes Campus on January 9 – February 10. This rigorous, five-week course is a live-in experience built around the international, intercultural and interdisciplinary educational philosophy that has been a key to the success of ISU. The syllabus covers key activities and areas of knowledge required of 21st Century space professionals, particularly in the areas of space science and exploration, space applications and services, human spaceflight and life sciences, space systems engineering and technologies, space policy and economics, space business and project management, and space law and regulatory issues. It is designed for professionals in industry, government and defense, graduate researchers, and undergraduate students in the final two years of their studies. Program Director Omar Hatamleh is the new Executive Director of SSP at ISU in Strasbourg, France and former Chief Innovation Officer, Engineering at NASA Johnson Space Center. Co Director Graziella Caprarelli is an Associate Professor in Space Science at UniSA. Public events include the International Astronaut Event, a talk and audience Q&A session by Soyeon Yi, South Korea’s first astronaut, with a focus on human factors invovled in spaceflight as humans prepare for longer duration interplanetary travel. (Image Credit: ISU, UniSA)

Jan 9 – Feb 10 —

Jan 9 — Moon: 0.4° N of Aldebaran, 04:07; at perigee (distance 363,242 km), 20:07.

Continued from…

NET Jan – Nov — ExoMars 2016 Orbiter, Mars Orbit: ESA Trace Gas Orbiter scheduled to enter Aerobraking phase from Jan-Nov to enter 400-km orbit; set to adjust orbit inclination to 74° on Jan 17.

NET Jan — Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS), 2,500-meter Elevation, Mauna Loa HI: HI-SEAS 5 six-member ‘Lavanaut’ crew to begin 8-month space mission simulation.

NET Jan 8 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / EchoStar 23, Cape Canaveral AFS FL: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch EchoStar 23 communications satellite for EchoStar Corp to provide direct-to-home television broadcast services over Brazil.

Jan 8-27 — National Autonomous University of Mexico, Puebla, Mexico: Latin American School of Astronomical Observations.

TUESDAY

Jan 10 — JAXA, Launch SS-520-4 / TRICOM 1, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan: Japan’s SS-520-4 rocket, a modified sounding rocket with an added third stage, will launch on an experimental demonstration flight with the TRICOM 1 spacecraft, a 3U CubeSat with a store and forward communications system and an imaging camera.

Jan 10 — Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, NASA, Online / The Woodlands TX: Abstracts Due: 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC); to be held Mar 20-24.