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The Iowa State Space Society (official site), also known as ISSS, was founded by students at Iowa State in the late 1980s. It was originally formed as a chapter of the National Space Society (NSS). In the early '90s, ISSS organized Iowa's first space conference, the Mid-Continent Space Development Conference. The conference ran for three years, and had a number of notable speakers, such as former astronaut Charles Walker, current astronauts of the time, and at least one senator.

The group has also gone on a number of member trips to places like the Kennedy Space Center (twice), the Marshall Space Flight Center, the Air & Space Museum, and other locations. Most recently, we went on a trip to the International Space Development Conference in Dallas, TX during the Summer of 2007 and spent a lot of time working on the Iowa State Space Society's Level 3 Rocket.

ISSS has a history of outreach, speaking to and working with K-12 students, participating in political discussions, and holding public stargazing events. Please contact us if you would like us to come to your school and build rockets with students or speak to them.

In the future we hope to expand our group to be more accessible to Iowa State students and community members at large. We have two telescopes, 8 and 10 inch refractors, and hope to go larger. We recently purchased solar film so that we can take our telescopes out in the day to show people the sun. We're also planning to launch a liquid fueled rocket at some point in time (more study and parts needed), and just finished our Level 3 rocket, predicted to go extremely high. The group was previously working on a "rockoon" project (a rocket launched from a balloon) that may reach the edge of space (Project further developed by Allen Ball). The rockoon project has now become a departmental project that is being overseen by both the ISSS and the SSCL known as the ISU Rockoon Project.

We are now a chapter of SEDS, and think that will open doors and attract new members. We have meetings every week, at which there is usually a presentation by someone inside or outside the group, and a stargazing session following. Our membership is open specifically to students, faculty, and staff at Iowa State, but our general meetings are open to everyone. ISSS is funded through GSB (The Government of the Student Body). The executive members can all be reached at isssexec [at] iastate.edu. Our faculty advisor is Dana Haugli, Lecturer in the Aerospace Engineering department.

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Calendar of events

General meetings are held EVERY OTHER WEEK on Tuesdays at 7:00pm in Hoover 1312 (First Meeting on January 24th). Stargazing will be scheduled as well, weather permitting. Stargazing is generally held in the field between Howe Hall and the Design building on the Iowa State University campus. Exec meetings are held every week, see ISSS Exec Meeting Minutes.

Click here to add our calendar of events to your Google Calendar

April 18th

  • VEISHEA parade and festival day. Stop by the ISSS area and see our rockets or take a look at the sun through our telescope.

Also of note: Level 1 Rocket building in Howe, date and time TBA. Check the google calendar under "meetings" on the main site for day-to-day events.

If you want to know more or are interested in going to any of the events above, please contact isssexec.

Old Schedules

Member list

There are a few hundred people on the ISSS public mailing list, but only the most active pay dues and are put on the official roster. Dues are $10 per semester. The executive positions (open only to students) are President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Rocketry Chair, Astronomy Chair, Public Relations Chair, Trips Chair, and Web Guru. All positions are voted on yearly, currently at the end of the fall semester. Please contact the current treasurer if you would like to pay your $10 dues but are unable to attend a meeting.

Spring 2009

  • Kaela Rasmussen (President)
  • Jerad Smith (Vice President)
  • Rick Hanton (Treasurer)
  • Michael Berns (Secretary)
  • Shane Brucker (Public Relations)
  • Rick Hanton (Trips Chair)
  • Christopher Reis (Astronomy Chair)
  • John Brendel (Rocketry Chair)
  • Brian Fix (SEDS Chair)
  • Chris Teubert (Webmaster)
  • Kristin Shipley
  • Mark Groeneveld


ISSS Old Member Lists (2005-present)

ISSS in the news

Works in progress

External links

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