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4 April 2008. Nederlandse Vereniging voor Ruimtevaart (NVR): Space BorrelLocation: stadscafe van der Werff, Leiden, Netherlands
Info: This borrel is being organized together with the Dutch Space Society NVR, the Dutch Young Space Professionals Organization and the ISU Holland Alumni. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: This borrel is being organized together with the Dutch Space Society NVR, the Dutch Young Space Professionals Organization and the ISU Holland Alumni. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Vienna, Austria
Info: Daily journals of the meeting are posted to http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/COPUOS/Legal/2008/journal.html. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Daily journals of the meeting are posted to http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/COPUOS/Legal/2008/journal.html. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Burlington House, London, United Kingdom (map)
Info: In his talk Dr Francisco Diego, University College London and STFC Science and Society Fellow, will discuss how modern astrophysics explains our intimate relationship with the stars. For thousands of years, humans have marvelled at the night sky and established fascinating links with the stars, which at first sight seem to be eternal and unchanging. In this lecture, Francisco Diego will deal with early astrological beliefs stating that our destiny is controlled by the stars in some magical way. He will explain how the fascinating discoveries of modern astrophysics show that our relationship with the stars is far more intimate and magical than we could ever have imagined. Like people, stars have their own lives. Dr Diego will show how the lives of stars relate to not just our own origin and destiny, but to that of everything around us.
Info: In his talk Dr Francisco Diego, University College London and STFC Science and Society Fellow, will discuss how modern astrophysics explains our intimate relationship with the stars. For thousands of years, humans have marvelled at the night sky and established fascinating links with the stars, which at first sight seem to be eternal and unchanging. In this lecture, Francisco Diego will deal with early astrological beliefs stating that our destiny is controlled by the stars in some magical way. He will explain how the fascinating discoveries of modern astrophysics show that our relationship with the stars is far more intimate and magical than we could ever have imagined. Like people, stars have their own lives. Dr Diego will show how the lives of stars relate to not just our own origin and destiny, but to that of everything around us.
Location: Vienna, Austria
Info: The EGU General Assembly will bring together geoscientists from all over Europe and the rest of the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences.
Info: The EGU General Assembly will bring together geoscientists from all over Europe and the rest of the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences.
Location: European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, Netherlands
Info: ESA Investment Forum supports the funding and growth of such opportunities by bringing start-up companies using space technology, applications or services in a non-space environment together with finance and investment communities, and highlights the commercial benefits of satellite and space technology in applications on Earth. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: ESA Investment Forum supports the funding and growth of such opportunities by bringing start-up companies using space technology, applications or services in a non-space environment together with finance and investment communities, and highlights the commercial benefits of satellite and space technology in applications on Earth. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Paris, France
Info: The meeting will cover 3 days and will be divided into several sessions dedicated to specific aspects of the water cycle, including: Observations by recent missions (MGS, MOd, MEX and MRO) and ground-based telescopes; Modelling of water cycle related processes (atmosphere, surface, regolith...); New strategies for observations and modelling (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: The meeting will cover 3 days and will be divided into several sessions dedicated to specific aspects of the water cycle, including: Observations by recent missions (MGS, MOd, MEX and MRO) and ground-based telescopes; Modelling of water cycle related processes (atmosphere, surface, regolith...); New strategies for observations and modelling (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: BIS Headquarters, 27/29 South Lambeth Rd, London, United Kingdom
Info: With the decommissioning of the Space Shuttle and the completion of the build phase of the International Space Station it is timely for consideration of the next steps. NASA has returned to expendable launch systems and simple capsules, but Europe and other space fairing nations are still considering their next developments in launch systems and in orbit facilities. This symposium will provide a forum for consideration of what new capabilities are required and how they may be best met. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: With the decommissioning of the Space Shuttle and the completion of the build phase of the International Space Station it is timely for consideration of the next steps. NASA has returned to expendable launch systems and simple capsules, but Europe and other space fairing nations are still considering their next developments in launch systems and in orbit facilities. This symposium will provide a forum for consideration of what new capabilities are required and how they may be best met. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Delft, Netherlands
Info: An evening symposium on 2 topics: ESA's Science Programme and the 400th birthday of the telescope. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: An evening symposium on 2 topics: ESA's Science Programme and the 400th birthday of the telescope. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Khalili Lecture Theatre of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, United Kingdom
Info: The main speaker is Prof Ian Morison (Jodrell Bank) - "The Unseen Universe". Additional speakers will include Mike Hezzlewood on "The 2007 Mars Opposition", followed by Jerry Workman presenting "Spirit Rover at Mars". (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: The main speaker is Prof Ian Morison (Jodrell Bank) - "The Unseen Universe". Additional speakers will include Mike Hezzlewood on "The 2007 Mars Opposition", followed by Jerry Workman presenting "Spirit Rover at Mars". (Add to Google Calendar)
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7 April 2008 to 10 April 2008. Space Foundation: 24th National Space SymposiumLocation: Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Info: The National Space Symposium is the premier U.S. space policy and program forum, a must attend opportunity for information and interaction on all sectors of space -- civil, commercial, and national security. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: The National Space Symposium is the premier U.S. space policy and program forum, a must attend opportunity for information and interaction on all sectors of space -- civil, commercial, and national security. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Dulles, Virginia, USA
Info: Join us as we commemorate the invention of the telescope. See amazing home-built telescopes, talk to experts about how telescopes are made, and learn how to select and use one of your own. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Join us as we commemorate the invention of the telescope. See amazing home-built telescopes, talk to experts about how telescopes are made, and learn how to select and use one of your own. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Info: Lecturer: Dr. Edward C. Stone, Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology (and former Director, of NASA/JPL); Voyager Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Lecturer: Dr. Edward C. Stone, Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology (and former Director, of NASA/JPL); Voyager Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Santa Clara, California, USA
Info: The meeting will combine plenary events with focused topical sessions that broadly relate to the major scientific themes: The Astrophysical and Planetary Context for Life; The Origin and Evolution of Life; The Search for Life in our Solar System and Beyond (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: The meeting will combine plenary events with focused topical sessions that broadly relate to the major scientific themes: The Astrophysical and Planetary Context for Life; The Origin and Evolution of Life; The Search for Life in our Solar System and Beyond (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: National Mall Building, Washington, DC, USA
Info: Join Dartmouth professor Mary K. Hudson as she discusses how a particularly violent class of solar storms became identified as the major mechanism producing disruptions in space weather in the Earth's vicinity. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Join Dartmouth professor Mary K. Hudson as she discusses how a particularly violent class of solar storms became identified as the major mechanism producing disruptions in space weather in the Earth's vicinity. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, Texas, USA
Info: Planetary scientist Jeff Taylor shares the latest scientific insight into the Moon and its unexplored mysteries, and describes why both scientists and explorers want to return to Earth's neighbor. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Planetary scientist Jeff Taylor shares the latest scientific insight into the Moon and its unexplored mysteries, and describes why both scientists and explorers want to return to Earth's neighbor. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Info: On Saturday, April 19, the Visitor Center at NASA's Glenn Research Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to accommodate three presentations, which will discuss the status of NASA's Constellation Program and Glenn's role in preparing to count down to the launch of the Ares I rocket and returning humans to the moon. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: On Saturday, April 19, the Visitor Center at NASA's Glenn Research Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to accommodate three presentations, which will discuss the status of NASA's Constellation Program and Glenn's role in preparing to count down to the launch of the Ares I rocket and returning humans to the moon. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: National Mall Building, Washington, DC, USA
Info: See the stars as you never have before. Find out how Western and Native American astronomers experience the night sky. This program is produced in partnership with the National Museum of the American Indian (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: See the stars as you never have before. Find out how Western and Native American astronomers experience the night sky. This program is produced in partnership with the National Museum of the American Indian (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: National Mall Building, Washington, DC, USA
Info: The Solstice Project's investigations at Chaco Canyon since 1977 changed forever our picture of the ancient people who built that amazing complex--and why they did it. New light on the solstice markers, lunar and solar alignments, and insights into the enigmatic Chaco roads system are revealed in the nine important and richly illustrated papers in Chaco Astronomy: An Ancient American Cosmology. Anna Sofaer, who encountered the now-famous "Sun Dagger" site in 1977, has pursued Chaco's cosmological enigmas for the past 30 years with remarkable determination, intelligence and insight. The Solstice Project she created has drawn an impressive gathering of talented researchers in several key disciplines. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: The Solstice Project's investigations at Chaco Canyon since 1977 changed forever our picture of the ancient people who built that amazing complex--and why they did it. New light on the solstice markers, lunar and solar alignments, and insights into the enigmatic Chaco roads system are revealed in the nine important and richly illustrated papers in Chaco Astronomy: An Ancient American Cosmology. Anna Sofaer, who encountered the now-famous "Sun Dagger" site in 1977, has pursued Chaco's cosmological enigmas for the past 30 years with remarkable determination, intelligence and insight. The Solstice Project she created has drawn an impressive gathering of talented researchers in several key disciplines. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: National Mall Building, Washington, DC, USA
Info: Book signing with Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Book signing with Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Info: On Monday, April 21, Professor Stephen Hawking of the University of Cambridge will be the featured speaker at a lecture that is part of a series honoring NASA's 50th anniversary. The title of Hawking's lecture is "Why we should go into space." The event will be held at the George Washington University's Morton Auditorium at 3 p.m. EDT. Admission is by invitation only, but reporters are welcome to attend. NASA television will broadcast the event live on the Web at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: On Monday, April 21, Professor Stephen Hawking of the University of Cambridge will be the featured speaker at a lecture that is part of a series honoring NASA's 50th anniversary. The title of Hawking's lecture is "Why we should go into space." The event will be held at the George Washington University's Morton Auditorium at 3 p.m. EDT. Admission is by invitation only, but reporters are welcome to attend. NASA television will broadcast the event live on the Web at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Albequerque, New Mexico, USA
Info: This workshop (initiated by the Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials, CAPTEM) will explore the science that can be extracted from the return of Mars samples to Earth and the requirements needed to ensure that the record preserved in the samples is undisturbed during sampling, return, and curation. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: This workshop (initiated by the Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials, CAPTEM) will explore the science that can be extracted from the return of Mars samples to Earth and the requirements needed to ensure that the record preserved in the samples is undisturbed during sampling, return, and curation. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Keck Center, 500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC, USA
Info: The Space Studies Board shall convene a committee to study the alignment of NASA's Heliophysics Science Division (the Division) with previous NRC advice - primarily the relevant NAS decadal survey, "The Sun to the Earth-and Beyond." More specifically, the committee shall address the following: How well NASA's current program addresses the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in the heliophysics decadal survey and other relevant Academy reports; Progress toward realizing these strategies, goals and priorities; and Any actions that could be taken to optimize the science value of the program in the context of current and forecasted resources available to it. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: The Space Studies Board shall convene a committee to study the alignment of NASA's Heliophysics Science Division (the Division) with previous NRC advice - primarily the relevant NAS decadal survey, "The Sun to the Earth-and Beyond." More specifically, the committee shall address the following: How well NASA's current program addresses the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in the heliophysics decadal survey and other relevant Academy reports; Progress toward realizing these strategies, goals and priorities; and Any actions that could be taken to optimize the science value of the program in the context of current and forecasted resources available to it. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Smithwick Theater, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, USA
Info: Astronomer Jill Tarter, of the SETI Institute, will give a non-technical, illustrated talk on "The Allen Telescope Array: The Newest Pitchfork for Exploring the Cosmic Haystack." (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Astronomer Jill Tarter, of the SETI Institute, will give a non-technical, illustrated talk on "The Allen Telescope Array: The Newest Pitchfork for Exploring the Cosmic Haystack." (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Pasadena, California, USA
Info: NASA's Genesis sample-return mission collected solar-wind samples outside of Earth's magnetosphere and returned them to Earth for analysis. Isotopic and elemental relative abundances of the solar wind will provide a cornerstone data set for theories on how, starting some 4.6 billion years ago, the solar nebula transformed into the present solar system. Built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems and managed by JPL, Genesis was launched from Kennedy Space Center in August 2001. It was then placed into a halo orbit around the L1 Lagrange point, where for 886 days it passively collected solar-wind samples that buried themselves in specially created materials. After the collection period the spacecraft closed itself up and, in rather dramatic fashion, returned samples to Earth on September 8, 2004.
Info: NASA's Genesis sample-return mission collected solar-wind samples outside of Earth's magnetosphere and returned them to Earth for analysis. Isotopic and elemental relative abundances of the solar wind will provide a cornerstone data set for theories on how, starting some 4.6 billion years ago, the solar nebula transformed into the present solar system. Built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems and managed by JPL, Genesis was launched from Kennedy Space Center in August 2001. It was then placed into a halo orbit around the L1 Lagrange point, where for 886 days it passively collected solar-wind samples that buried themselves in specially created materials. After the collection period the spacecraft closed itself up and, in rather dramatic fashion, returned samples to Earth on September 8, 2004.
Location: Fairmont, West Virginia, USA
Info: Lecture by JPL Director Charles Elachi. Part of the Part of the Forging the Future of Space Science: The Next 50 Years Lectures Series. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Lecture by JPL Director Charles Elachi. Part of the Part of the Forging the Future of Space Science: The Next 50 Years Lectures Series. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
Info: The goals of this workshop are to: (1) Bring together the scientists and engineers interested in launching observatories on Ares V; (2) Try to determine which concepts are truly enabled by Ares V (that is, those that would not be feasible in the next 10-20 years through other means); (3) Examine which astronomical questions those telescopes would be uniquely capable of addressing; (4) Discuss the programmatic issues surrounding such observatories, including schedule, cost, etc. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: The goals of this workshop are to: (1) Bring together the scientists and engineers interested in launching observatories on Ares V; (2) Try to determine which concepts are truly enabled by Ares V (that is, those that would not be feasible in the next 10-20 years through other means); (3) Examine which astronomical questions those telescopes would be uniquely capable of addressing; (4) Discuss the programmatic issues surrounding such observatories, including schedule, cost, etc. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Westin Hotel LAX, Los Angeles, California, USA
Info: Annual conference of Responsive Space (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Annual conference of Responsive Space (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Info: The annual DDA Meeting brings together top researchers in astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science and astrodynamics for in-depth and stimulating discussions and talks on all aspects of dynamics in the space sciences. The DDA meeting features invited talks on a range of topics, contributed talks (with no parallel sessions), and posters that usually can be displayed throughout the entire meeting. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: The annual DDA Meeting brings together top researchers in astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science and astrodynamics for in-depth and stimulating discussions and talks on all aspects of dynamics in the space sciences. The DDA meeting features invited talks on a range of topics, contributed talks (with no parallel sessions), and posters that usually can be displayed throughout the entire meeting. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: National Mall Building, Washington, DC, USA
Info: Robots in Space, by Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy, New series in NASA History: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Robots in Space, by Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy, New series in NASA History: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA
Info: The workshop will bring together researchers with interests in planetary dunes from diverse backgrounds in image analysis, modeling, and terrestrial analog studies. A small group setting will facilitate intensive discussion of problems and issues in an attempt to identify the most promising approaches to understanding these dune systems and to developing a collaborative interdisciplinary research agenda. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: The workshop will bring together researchers with interests in planetary dunes from diverse backgrounds in image analysis, modeling, and terrestrial analog studies. A small group setting will facilitate intensive discussion of problems and issues in an attempt to identify the most promising approaches to understanding these dune systems and to developing a collaborative interdisciplinary research agenda. (Add to Google Calendar)
Location: National Mall Building, Washington, DC, USA
Info: Robots in Space, by Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy, New series in NASA History: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel. (Add to Google Calendar)
Info: Robots in Space, by Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy, New series in NASA History: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel. (Add to Google Calendar)
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