BIS Hosts 14th Reinventing Space Conference in London
The venerable British Interplanetary Society is organizing the 14th Reinventing Space (RISpace 2016) conference and exhibition on October 24-27 at the Royal Society in London. The goal is to advance one of the most dynamic, high growth sectors of the space industry, low cost access and utilization of space. A diverse program addresses new ways of doing business in space, interplanetary missions, reducing costs, tactical space systems and education. Keynote speakers include Chief Engineer of UK Space Agency Richard Crowther, Director of NASA Planetary Science Jim Green, Head of Innovation Management at Airbus DS Hélène Huby, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace Stéphane Israël, Chief Scientist at NASA Ellen Stofan, Founder of New Worlds Institute Rick Tumlinson and DG of European Space Agency Johann-Dietrich Wörner. There are at least 85 presentations scheduled over the primary days of the event, with an optional visit to Airbus DS in Stevenage on Oct 28. The venue at Carlton House Terrace is a Grade 1 listed building in St. James, part of a property in London once owned by George, Prince of Wales in the 18th Century. Now it houses scientists, engineers and explorers expanding 21st Century frontiers for all. (Image Credit: BIS, Royal Society, NASA, RISpace 2016)
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Ongoing… Oct 24 — ISS, 330-435-km LEO: Expedition 49 six-member crew planning to transfer Orbital ATK AO-5 cargo to ISS, Ivanishin scheduled to hand Command to Kimbrough and return to Earth with Rubins & Onishi on Sunday; Canada to invest US$728,000 over five years for 2018 “Wayfinding” experiment to study changes in Astronauts’ brains.
Oct 24 —Tiangong-2, 393-km LEO: Two Taikonauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong working in Space Lab for next 3 weeks, will be longest Human space mission by CNSA; planning to perform ultrasounds to track bodily changes in microgravity, cultivate plants, rice, cress.
Oct 24 — Mars Odyssey, Mars Orbit: NASA spacecraft enters 16th year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth; launched 2001.
Oct 24 — Juno,Jupiter Orbit: Engine valves being investigated after anomaly, craft not expected to perform engine burn / trajectory maneuver until Dec 11 during next near-Jupiter flyby during which all 9 instruments will be turned on to collect data.
Oct 24 — Earth2Orbit,Bengaluru, India: NewSpace company ultimate goal is to see regular Human spaceflights, facilitating launch services for PSLV & GSLV via Antrix, selling value-added satellite imagery data, providing hardware via Firefly Aerospace; co-founded by Susmita Mohanty and Amaresh Kollipara.
Oct 24 — Vector Space Systems,Tucson AZ: Partnering with York Space Systems to launch six satellite launches from 2019 through 2022; working with Garvey Spacecraft Corp to build 11-meter tall Wolverine rocket; hoping to eventually launch microsatellites for $2M total; smallsat market expected to increase 21% over next 5 years; founded by Jim Cantrell.
Oct 24 — SpaceX,Hawthorne CA: Return to flight expected mid-November, Space Florida asking Florida Department of Transportation for $5M toward SpaceX improvements of Launch Complex 39A, Launch Complex 40 damaged during recent explosion.
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4th Asia Oceania Space Weather Workshop: The Risk of Space Weather – Regional Action
The 4th Asia Oceania Space Weather Alliance (AOSWA) Workshop is being held October 24-27 at Shineville Luxury Resort on Jeju Island, South Korea. Sponsored by AOSWA (est. 2010) and Korean Space Weather Center (est. 2011) of National Radio Research Agency, the Workshop is organized for countries to share plans to respond to space weather risks, promote international collaboration and exchanges, and discuss various observatories and models for predicting space weather, solar flares and geomagnetic storms. Four general sessions will cover R&D in Solar Physics, Ionosphere, Interplanetary Space and Magnetosphere. Featured speakers include Chair Yoo Daesun and Co-Chair Wi Gwansik (Korea), Mamoru Ishii (Japan), Zahra Bouya (Australia), Siqing Liu (China), Arun Kumar Upadhayaya (India), Sergey Smimov (Russia) and Le Truong Thanh (Vietnam). There is also participation from Mexico, Malaysia, Belgium, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, UK and USA. The southernmost province of S Korea, Jeju island is ~1,850 km2 with a population of 604,771 (Oct 2014), and contains the country’s highest mountain at 1,950 meters, shield volcano Hallasan. (Image Credit: AOSWA, NASA, Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Oct 24-27 — British Interplanetary Society, UK Space Agency, Airbus Defence & Space, et al, London, United Kingdom:14th Reinventing Space Conference (RIspace); at Royal Society.
Oct 24 — Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann: At perihelion (1.001 AU).
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NET Q4 — Interorbital Systems Corp., Launch Neptune 5 (5 CPM) vehicle / 30 Nanosats, Mojave CA: Planning to launch Neptune 5 Common Propulsion Module (CPM) to loft 30 nanosats to LEO, including payloads for GLXP teams Team Synergy Moon, Part-Time Scientists, Plan B & EuroLuna.
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