Goddard Memorial Symposium - Written by Kirk Kittell on Sunday, June 5, 2005 2:50 - 0 Comments
Presentations from the AAS 43rd Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
A Vision of Exploration: Science Possibilities
James Garvin, NASA Chief Scientist, NASA Headquarters
Science Mission Directorate Overview
Marc Allen, Assistant Associate Administrator for Strategy, Policy and International, NASA Headquarters
Strategic Management in the Transformed NASA
Mary Kizca, Associate Deputy Administrator for Systems Integration, NASA Headquarters
Science Education and Public Outreach: the Big Picture
Adena Williams Loston, Chief Education Officers, NASA Headquarters
An Introductino to the Robotic Lunar Exploration Program
James Watzin, Program Manager, Robotic Lunar Exploration Program, NASA GSFC
The Mars Exploration Program: Still Following the Water
Curt Niebur, Mars Exploration Rover Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters
Cassini-Huygens Exploration Mission: The Huygens Probe
Hasso Niemann, Principal Investigator for Huygens Probe Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer, NASA GSFC
Science Instruments and Sensors
Richard Bearney, Chair, NASA Science Instruments and Sensors Capability Roadmap Team, NASA GSFC
Large Optics Technology Development at GSFC
Lee Feinberg, James Webb Space Telescope Optical Telescope Element Manager,
NASA GSFC
Optical Communications in Support of Science from the Moon, Mars and Beyond
Bernard Edwards, Chief Engineer, Microwave and Communications System Branch, NASA GSFC
Sun-Earth System: Energy Coupling
Judith Lean, Research Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory
Research to Operations in NOAA/NASA Programs
Colleen Hartman, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Systems, NOAA (NESDIS)
Astroplanetology: The Science of Exploration
Thomas Moore, Head, Heliospheric Physics Branch, Laboratory for Solar and Space Physics, NASA GSFC
Hubble Space Telescope: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe
Michael Hauser, Deputy Director, Space Telescope Science Institute
Beyond Einstein: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
Nicholas White, Chief, Exploration of the Universe Division, NASA GSFC
Space Interferometers
Steven Unwin, Navigator Program Chief Scientist (acting), Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Savannah, Georgia
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Greenbelt, Maryland
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Von Braun Memorial Symposium - Oct 30, 2008 9:33 - 0 Comments
Presentations from 2008 Von Braun Symposium Posted
AAS has posted the slide presentations from the inaugural Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium, held in Huntsville, Alabama on 21 and 22 October.
- Session 1: Ares - A Project Making Progress
- Luncheon: Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator
- Session 2: Constellation: Enabling Research and Discovery
- Session 3: Huntsville and the U.S. Space Program - An Historical Perspective
- Session 4: What’s Ahead for the Space Program with a New Administration and Congress?
- Session 5: Industry Perspective and the Future of Exploration
Thank you to all who attended, as well as our sponsors and supporters. A summary of the symposium will be printed in the upcoming edition of Space Times.
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Corporate Members, Orbital Sciences Corporation - Oct 17, 2008 12:56 - 0 Comments
Webcast of IBEX Launch on 19 October
Source: NASA press release
The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is scheduled for launch on 19 October between 1:44pm and 1:52pm EDT. The IBEX payload contains sensors to detect and map the termination shock of the solar wind at the edge of our solar system. The launch will take place from Kwajalein aboard Orbital Science Corporation’s Pegasus XL rocket. The IBEX spacecraft was also built by Orbital in Dulles, Virginia.
Live streaming video of the countdown and launch will be available at nasa.gov. Coverage begins at 12:15pm and will conclude after payload separation, approximately 12 minutes after launch.
Orbital Sciences Corporation is a corporate member of the American Astronautical Society.
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News - Sep 12, 2008 0:02 - 0 Comments
NASA’s Future Forum in Boston, 18 September
The sixth NASA’s Future Forum will be held at the Museum of Science, Boston, on 18 September. The Future Forum is a series of events between NASA personnel — administrators, scientists, engineers — and business, technology, and academic leaders in selected cities as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of NASA. The Future Forum in Boston will focus on space exploration benefits the economic and academic sector in Massachusetts.
- 8:30 a.m. - Welcome by Dr. Iaonnis Miaoulis, president and director, Museum of Science
- 8:45 a.m. - Remarks by NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale
- 9 a.m. - Overview of the NASA Exploration Program: ARES manager Stephen Cook
- 9:55 a.m. - News media question and answer session with presenters
- 10 a.m. - Innovation Panel: “Unleashing the power of technology and creativity”
- 11:15 a.m. - Discovery Panel: “Pushing the limits of knowledge to inspire new generations”
- 12:30 p.m. - Luncheon speaker: STS-116 mission highlights by astronaut Nicholas Patrick
- 1:45 p.m. - Inspiration Panel: “Building idea factories for the future”
Previous forums were held in Seattle, Columbus, St. Louis, Miami, and San Jose. The next and final NASA’s Future Forum will be held in Chicago on 10 October 2008.
Source: NASA Press Release
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