Hawai`i Pacific Space Access: Location – Location – Location – Location 21st Century Prosperity & 2014 Hawaii Governor
Forceful Vision, Pioneering Leadership, from Pele to Kamehameha to Onizuka have characterized the youngest, 50th, Aloha State from ancestral discovery by history’s greatest explorers to reaching, aiming for the stars by Space Age heroes. Hawaii’s rich and yet un-utilized geography assets offer promise for a peaceful, productive, profitable 21st Century. The Islands’ remote, mid-ocean location enables commercially-prized, equatorial, sea-launching orbital access — the only such site between Space Coast Florida 7,500 km east and Hainan, China 9,700 km west; southernmost land of the USA, central Pacific civilization of Earth’s most populous, dynamic hemisphere, and Mauna Kea astro / luna orientation constitute 4 unrivaled geostrategic advantages. For 2014 Hawaii Governor, Hannemann / Hawaii Independent and Davis / Libertarian provide brand new 21st Century alternatives to Aiona / Republican and Ige / Democrat. Hawaii education, policy, administration, business and culture leaders, and Hawaii State Government agencies such as DBEDT Dept of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, OAD Office of Aerospace Development, Univ of Hawaii at Hilo and Manoa, IFA Institute for Astronomy, PISCES Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, HI-SEAS Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, `Imiloa have great opportunity and responsibility to advance Aloha State 21st Century life forward and upward during the 2014 Hawaii Governor Campaign. (Image Credit: ILOA, NASA, H. Kane, M. Hannemann, J. Davis, D. Aiona, D. Ige, UH, PISCES, State of Hawaii, DBEDT, Aerospace Hawaii)
International Observe the Moon Night Celebrated Worldwide September 6
International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) takes place Saturday September 6 when the Moon is in waxing gibbous phase to enhance visibility of lunar craters. It will reach perigee (357,986 km) on Sunday and become Full Harvest Moon / Super Moon on Monday. The InOMN organization is composed of scientists, educators and Moon enthusiasts from Lunar & Planetary Institute, LRO Public Education & Outreach, NASA Solar System Education Research Virtual Institute, Night Sky Network and others. In its 4th year, InOMN has ~300 events registered in more than 30 countries. The public is invited to observe and learn about its closest neighbor at the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Science Operations Center (LROC SOC) in Tempe AZ, Goddard SFC in Greenbelt MD, Wallops FF in Wallops VA, Astronomical Observatory in Santa Fe – Argentina, Funabashi Planetarium in Japan and the Institute of Space Technology in Islamabad – Pakistan. Highlighted this year will be the 45th Anniversary of the first humans on the Moon / Apollo 11, GLXP competition progress, USA commercial / China / Russia plans for human Moon missions, and data / resources from LRO, Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu Rover. (Image Credit: InOMN, NASA, CNSA, Chinese Academy of Sciences, D. Davis, K. Kremer, M. Lorenzo)
= All times for terrestrial events in local time unless noted.
= All times for international terrestrial events in local time unless noted.
= All times for space events, and…
= All times for international space / astro events in Hawaii Standard Time unless noted. Add 10 hours to obtain UT (‘Universal Time;’ Greenwich, England).
Sep 1 — ISS, LEO: Expedition 40 preparing for change of Command Sep 9 & three-person departure Sep 10; payload controllers at MSFC & Japan Tsukuba Space Center troubleshooting Kibo module CubeSat deployer.
Sep 1 — SPRINT-A, LEO: Scheduled end to spacecraft mission of extreme ultraviolet observations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter & moon Io; future goals / mission plans to be determined.
Sep 1 — Rosetta, Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko Orbit: Five candidate sites receiving 6 hours of sunlight per rotation being considered for Philae landing based on observations of flat terrain, potential of unique science discoveries.
Sep 1 — Deep Space, Jupiter Trajectory: Juno spacecraft operating nominally in Quiet Cruise Phase, traveling at 54,638 kph, now 672 days from Jupiter & 650M km from Earth; has traveled 2.276B km.
Sep 1 — Copenhagen Suborbitals, Copenhagen, Denmark: NewSpace company analyzing data / inspecting rocket after recent static test of HEAT2X rocket engine which ended in an implosion.
Sep 1 — Effective Space Solutions, Givatayim, Israel: Hoping to develop, within 18 months, De-Orbiter spacecraft to change trajectory of satellites sent to wrong orbit, perhaps solve communications problems.
Sep 1 — Orbital Outfitters, Washington DC & CA, USA: Custom designing space suit for XCOR Aerospace Lynx space vehicle; working with Holder Aerospace to build vacuum chamber complex at Midland International Airport.
NET Sep — Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corp., Mauna Kea HI: Projected date for TMT site clearing on Mauna Kea.
Sep 1 — RSA, TBD, Kazhakstan:Photon-M descent capsule with scientific / biological experiments including geckos, silkworm eggs, dried seeds, fruit flies, mushrooms to return to Earth; launched to LEO July 19.
Sep 4-5 — Embratel Star One, Hispamar Satellites, SES, Thales Alenia Space, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:Latin America Satellite Congress.
FRIDAY
Sep 5 — The Space Show, Tiburon CA / Online: Dr. David Livingston talks with Loretta Hall about her new book Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words.
Sep 5 — Space Center Houston, Houston TX:Lunch with an Astronaut, John-David Bartoe; US$49.95 adult.
Sep 5-7 — Mars Society Polska, ABM Space Education Austrian Space Forum, et al, Krakow, Poland:European Rover Challenge 2014.
Sep 5 — Venus: At perihelion (distance 0.7184 AU), 06:00; 0.73° NNE of Regulus, 08:00.
Sep 5 — Asteroid 2014 QT295: Near-Earth flyby (0.017 AU).
Sep 5 — Asteroid 2014 QP33: Near-Earth flyby (0.096 AU).
SATURDAY
Sep 6 — New Horizons, Pluto Trajectory: Spacecraft to be put back into hibernation today after 12 weeks of check outs, homing activities, measurements of Pluto & Charon brightness variations; expected to wake in Dec to prepare for Jul 14, 2015 Pluto / Charon encounter.
Sep 7-13 — NASA, NOAA, Aquarius Underwater Laboratory, Key Largo FL:NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 19; space analogue mission to test tele-mentoring operations for ESA, will include Jeremy Hansen (CSA), Randy Bresnik (NASA), Andreas Mogensen (ESA), Herve Stevenin (ESA).
Includes ~150 meetings covering the fields of COSPAR Scientific Commissions / Panels / Task Groups, such as SC B: The Earth-Moon System, Planets, and...
From 02 to 07 August 2026, a few thousand geoscientists across diverse disciplines will gather at the 23rd annual meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences...
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This international lunar science meeting has two objectives: to provide a platform for leading experts to review recent advances across lunar research, from the...
At CSIR International Convention Centre. Key topics are Earth Observation, Developing Space Tourism, Space Supply Manufacturing. Cultural tours are offered.
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"Leading Australia’s Space Future for Our Strategic Advantage". Southern Space 2026 brings together decision-makers who set the direction for Australia’s space sector. It is...
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During U.S. spacewalk 97, two astronauts will replace a Space-to-Ground antenna on the orbital complex. The antenna is a critical communication system NASA uses...
Key themes include: Characterizing exoplanet-host solar-like stars; Star-planet interactions; Planet populations around solar-like stars. At University of Liège.
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Forceful Vision, Pioneering Leadership, from Pele to Kamehameha to Onizuka have characterized the youngest, 50th, Aloha State from ancestral discovery by history’s greatest explorers to reaching, aiming for the stars by Space Age heroes. Hawaii’s rich and yet un-utilized geography assets offer promise for a peaceful, productive, profitable 21st Century. The Islands’ remote, mid-ocean location enables commercially-prized, equatorial, sea-launching orbital access — the only such site between Space Coast Florida 7,500 km east and Hainan, China 9,700 km west; southernmost land of the USA, central Pacific civilization of Earth’s most populous, dynamic hemisphere, and Mauna Kea astro / luna orientation constitute 4 unrivaled geostrategic advantages. For 2014 Hawaii Governor, Hannemann / Hawaii Independent and Davis / Libertarian provide brand new 21st Century alternatives to Aiona / Republican and Ige / Democrat. Hawaii education, policy, administration, business and culture leaders, and Hawaii State Government agencies such as DBEDT Dept of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, OAD Office of Aerospace Development, Univ of Hawaii at Hilo and Manoa, IFA Institute for Astronomy, PISCES Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, HI-SEAS Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, `Imiloa have great opportunity and responsibility to advance Aloha State 21st Century life forward and upward during the 2014 Hawaii Governor Campaign. (Image Credit: ILOA, NASA, H. Kane, M. Hannemann, J. Davis, D. Aiona, D. Ige, UH, PISCES, State of Hawaii, DBEDT, Aerospace Hawaii)
International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) takes place Saturday September 6 when the Moon is in waxing gibbous phase to enhance visibility of lunar craters. It will reach perigee (357,986 km) on Sunday and become Full Harvest Moon / Super Moon on Monday. The InOMN organization is composed of scientists, educators and Moon enthusiasts from Lunar & Planetary Institute, LRO Public Education & Outreach, NASA Solar System Education Research Virtual Institute, Night Sky Network and others. In its 4th year, InOMN has ~300 events registered in more than 30 countries. The public is invited to observe and learn about its closest neighbor at the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Science Operations Center (LROC SOC) in Tempe AZ, Goddard SFC in Greenbelt MD, Wallops FF in Wallops VA, Astronomical Observatory in Santa Fe – Argentina, Funabashi Planetarium in Japan and the Institute of Space Technology in Islamabad – Pakistan. Highlighted this year will be the 45th Anniversary of the first humans on the Moon / Apollo 11, GLXP competition progress, USA commercial / China / Russia plans for human Moon missions, and data / resources from LRO, Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu Rover. (Image Credit: InOMN, NASA, CNSA, Chinese Academy of Sciences, D. Davis, K. Kremer, M. Lorenzo)
= All times for terrestrial events in local time unless noted.
= All times for international terrestrial events in local time unless noted.
= All times for space events, and…
= All times for international space / astro events in Hawaii Standard Time unless noted. Add 10 hours to obtain UT (‘Universal Time;’ Greenwich, England).
