Corporate Members, Events, USRA - Written by Kirk Kittell on Friday, October 17, 2008 11:38 - 0 Comments
LPI Seminar today: Shouliang Zhang, Johns Hopkins University
This afternoon — 3:30pm, Friday, 17 October — the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is hosting the latest installment of its seminar series. The seminar is held in the Lecture Hall at USRA, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas. Today’s seminar, “Application of TEM to Characterization of Earth and Environmental Materials” will be given by Shouliang Zhang of Johns Hopkins University.
This talk mainly addresses TEM equipped with a Gatan Image Filter (GIF) as a powerful tool in mineralogy field to examine crystal structures, analyze chemical compositions, and probe the elemental valence state on a nanometer scale. Chemical and structural variations at deformation twinning boundaries in pyroxene minerals, mineral constituents of quartz sand coatings in aquifer environment, and quantification methods using electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for determination of manganese valence will be detailed.
LPI is managed by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). USRA is a corporate member of the American Astronautical Society.
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2008 Conference Slide Presentations Posted
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2008 AAS National Conference in Pasadena, California. The slide presentations are now archived on the web site; see astronautical.org/conference/conference-2008.
Mark your calendar for the annual Goddard Memorial Symposium, March 10-12 in Greenbelt, Maryland. Happy holidays, and see you at the Goddard.
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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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