AAS Calendar

Footsteps to Mars Hangout - Future in Space Series

jkirkpatrick — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:52:59 +0000

Scientific Exploration of Mars and Human Spaceflight

Google Hangout: Footsteps to Mars

jkirkpatrick — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:23:45 +0000

Today, almost 40 years since the first robotic landings on Mars by the Viking missions, advanced scientific exploration of Mars is in full swing, with ongoing investigations into the history of climate, the possibility of records of past life, and with a continuing focus on the habitability of the planet.

SGx @SATELLITE 2016

jkirkpatrick — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:29:40 +0000

In partnership with Future Space Leaders Foundation (FSLF) and SATELLITE 2016, the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) will host it’s first technology focused event, SGx.

Hangout - The Search for Planet Nine

jkirkpatrick — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:36:44 +0000

Konstantin Batygin and Michael Brown recently uncovered evidence that a giant planet in the outer reaches of our solar system is pushing around the orbits of the most distant objects known beyond Neptune. The orbits of these distant objects, in what is called the Kuiper Belt, contain the gravitational clues which reveal how big the planet -- which they call Planet Nine -- is and where it is hiding.

Annual FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference

jkirkpatrick — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:48:06 +0000

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Humans to Mars Summit - H2M 2016

jkirkpatrick — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:18:57 +0000

Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washington, DC

AAS members receive a 15% discount with a special code. Register online now.

International Astronautical Congress (IAC)

jkirkpatrick — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:54:24 +0000

The IAC 2016 theme is ‘Making Space Accessible and Affordable to all Countries’. The Congress in Guadalajara will focus on the importance of strengthening international cooperation to ensure that all countries can be part of the space exploration already today and, one day, become major contributors to the space sector.

ISU Scholarship Application Deadline

jkirkpatrick — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:54:18 +0000

Google Hangout: How and Why We Try to Observe Gravitational Waves

jkirkpatrick — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 16:39:01 +0000

One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of gravity: space and time were no longer a passive stage on which the universe evolved, but instead a dynamic participant.

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

jkirkpatrick — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:53:30 +0000