AIAA, TEDxNASA Events Highlight Silicon Valley Innovation
Media and the Silicon Valley general public will have an opportunity to join NASA agency leaders, technologists and innovators from a variety of fields at TEDxNASA@SiliconValley 2011 on August 17. Already active in over 100 countries, TEDx events are independently organized conferences in the spirit of TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) that bring together leading thinkers to create a dialogue about important global challenges. Esther Dyson (L) will serve as master of ceremonies for the event, which will be held at the Marriott Marquis hotel in San Francisco. Speakers include an aeronautics researcher developing a silent / carbonless airplane, a tree geneticist cloning the world’s largest trees, and a Tony-winning street theater company. On Aug 18, the San Francisco division of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is sponsoring a lecture on the NASA LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) mission. Gregory Delroy (R) of UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory and the Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences will describe how LADEE will improve humanity’s understanding of the Moon’s atmosphere and dust environment. The LADEE deputy project scientist will also provide insight on the new, modular low-cost spacecraft bus that will be utilized in this mission. (Credit: NASA, AIAA-SF)
British Interplanetary Society Talk to Reinvigorate Discussion on a World Ship, Interstellar Travel
On 17 August, The British Interplanetary Society (BIS) will hold a 1-day symposium on ‘World Ships: The Long Journey to the Stars’ at its headquarters in London, England. Participants will discuss both old and new ideas based on a 1984 publication of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society which outlines the concept of a World Ship- an extremely large vehicle weighing over millions of tons and carrying hundreds, even thousands of people, all directed towards interstellar colonization. Founded in 1933 by Archibold Low and Phillip Cleator, BIS is the oldest space advocacy organization in the world and included notable members such as Arthur Clarke (C) and Ralph Smith. The BIS has contributed many technical studies on the ESA Rosetta mission, lunar lander concepts (L), the Daedalus Starship Study (TR) and Project Icarus. The organization also publishes a monthly magazine known as Spaceflight (TL), a 40-page technical journal called Journal of the British Interplanetary Society and the supplemental publication Space Chronicle. It is also a founding member of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). The IAF organizes the annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the biggest space event in the world today. The 62nd IAC event will be held this year Oct 3-7 is Cape Town, South Africa. Pictured: BIS President Robert Charles Parkinson (R). (Credit: British Interplanetary Society, David A. Hardy – astroart.org)
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= 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).
Aug 15 — International Space Station, LEO: The 6 E-28 crew members continue station maintenance and a variety of science experiments.
Aug 15 — NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Lunar Orbit: LRO at lower 20km orbit until Aug 19 to allow 3 cameras to obtain images of Apollo sites which will be 4 times sharper than current imagery in database.
Aug 15 — Mars Rover Opportunity, Red Planet: Completing successful 3-year trek to Endeavour Crater, Mars Rover will begin gathering data on rock types never seen before.
Aug 15 — NASA Juno Mission, Deep Space: Juno continues Inner Cruise Mode 1 phase of mission for 54 more days and will conduct spacecraft checkouts and deployment of the Waves Instrument Antenna.
Aug 15 — NASA New Horizons Spacecraft, Deep Space: New Horizons spacecraft operations nominal as it continues trek to Kuiper Belt; Distance: 20 AU from Sun.
Aug 15-17 — NASA Office of the Chief Information Officer, San Francisco CA: ‘2nd Annual IT Summit.’
NET Aug 17 — ISC, Launch Dnepr / Multi-Payload, Yasny, Russia: An ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket set to launch the Sich 2 Earth Observation satellite for Ukraine, the NigeriaSat 2 and NigeriaSat X remote sensing satellites for Nigeria, the RASAT demonstration satellite for Turkey, the EduSAT spacecraft for the University of Rome and other payloads.
NET Aug 17 — RSA, Launch Proton / Express AM4, Baikonur, Kazakhstan: A Russian Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage set to deploy the Express AM4 Communications satellite for the Russian Satellite Communications Company.
Aug 18 —Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York City NY: Cmdr Christopher Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim, the crew of STS-135 Atlantis final Shuttle missionto make appearance from 10:00-14:30.
Includes ~150 meetings covering the fields of COSPAR Scientific Commissions / Panels / Task Groups, such as SC B: The Earth-Moon System, Planets, and...
At the Palais des Nations and online. Outer space is entering a renewed phase of strategic importance, defined by rapid innovation, growing competition and deepening...
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.
(No earlier than 10 Aug) Japan to launch the MICHIBIKI No. 7 | Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-7) navigation satellite. Launch window remains open through...
Participants will receive theoretical and hands-on training in electron imaging and X-ray spectroscopy for application to planetary samples. This training opportunity is targeted at...
"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...
The second test launch of LandSpace's ZQ-3 rocket with undisclosed test payloads. Zhuque-3 first stage booster will attempt to land on its downrange landing...
A total solar eclipse with a magnitude of 1.0386 (greatest eclipse 17:47:06 UTC) will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic...
Includes presentation of the Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence, activities for the new class of Astronaut Scholars, 2-day Technical Conference where Scholars present their...
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.
Media and the Silicon Valley general public will have an opportunity to join NASA agency leaders, technologists and innovators from a variety of fields at TEDxNASA@SiliconValley 2011 on August 17. Already active in over 100 countries, TEDx events are independently organized conferences in the spirit of TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) that bring together leading thinkers to create a dialogue about important global challenges. Esther Dyson (L) will serve as master of ceremonies for the event, which will be held at the Marriott Marquis hotel in San Francisco. Speakers include an aeronautics researcher developing a silent / carbonless airplane, a tree geneticist cloning the world’s largest trees, and a Tony-winning street theater company. On Aug 18, the San Francisco division of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is sponsoring a lecture on the NASA LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) mission. Gregory Delroy (R) of UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory and the Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences will describe how LADEE will improve humanity’s understanding of the Moon’s atmosphere and dust environment. The LADEE deputy project scientist will also provide insight on the new, modular low-cost spacecraft bus that will be utilized in this mission. (Credit: NASA, AIAA-SF)
On 17 August, The British Interplanetary Society (BIS) will hold a 1-day symposium on ‘World Ships: The Long Journey to the Stars’ at its headquarters in London, England. Participants will discuss both old and new ideas based on a 1984 publication of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society which outlines the concept of a World Ship- an extremely large vehicle weighing over millions of tons and carrying hundreds, even thousands of people, all directed towards interstellar colonization. Founded in 1933 by Archibold Low and Phillip Cleator, BIS is the oldest space advocacy organization in the world and included notable members such as Arthur Clarke (C) and Ralph Smith. The BIS has contributed many technical studies on the ESA Rosetta mission, lunar lander concepts (L), the Daedalus Starship Study (TR) and Project Icarus. The organization also publishes a monthly magazine known as Spaceflight (TL), a 40-page technical journal called Journal of the British Interplanetary Society and the supplemental publication Space Chronicle. It is also a founding member of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). The IAF organizes the annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the biggest space event in the world today. The 62nd IAC event will be held this year Oct 3-7 is Cape Town, South Africa. Pictured: BIS President Robert Charles Parkinson (R). (Credit: British Interplanetary Society, David A. Hardy – astroart.org)
= 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).
Aug 15 — International Space Station, LEO: The 6 E-28 crew members continue station maintenance and a variety of science experiments.
