Soyuz Launch to Transport Remaining Members of E-24 Crew to ISS
3 remaining members of Expedition 24 will launch aboard a Soyuz TMA-19 rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on June 15. Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker will join Cmdr. Alexander Skvortsov and flight engineers Mikhail Korniyenko and Tracy Caldwell Dyson. TMA-19 will be the 106th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft and will remain docked to the space station for the remainder of E-24 as an emergency escape vehicle. 2 spacewalks are planned for July 8 and July 23. The 1st spacewalk will be conducted by Wheelock and Dyson to install a power and data grapple fixture on the exterior of the Zarya module. Yurchikhin and Korniyenko will perform the 2nd spacewalk aimed at getting the new Rassvet mini research module set up for permanent operations in space. Both spacewalks are expected to take approximately 6 – 6.5 hrs. Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov and Korniyenko are set to return to Earth on September 2010. Yurchikhin, Wheelock and Walker will remain onboard the ISS where Wheelock will become the next commander of E-25. (Credit: NASA)
NASTAR Center Training Commercial Astronauts of the Future
The National Aerospace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center continues its series of 2-Day Space Training Programs on June 21-23 at its 10,000 square meter facility in the suburbs of Philadelphia PA, USA. Designed to prepare future astronauts for upcoming commercial suborbital flights, NASTAR’s training program features the closest space flight experience available on Earth, the Space Training Simulator (STS-400). Along with having the experience of 2 space flights on STS-400, trainees will learn about the dynamics of space travel and the effects of G forces while they practice comprehensive techniques used by real astronauts. Reservations for this or future US$5800 NASTAR training programs can be made via a local Accredited Space Agent. The NASTAR Center is a non-government facility that supports the education, training and research needs of the aerospace industry in a secure environment with full medical monitoring capabilities. Pictured: NASTAR President Dick Leland. (Credit:NASTAR, Virgin Galactic)
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Weekly Planet Watch – Morning Planets: Mercury (ENE), Jupiter (SE) / Evening Planets: Venus (WNW), Mars (E), Saturn (SW).
MONDAY
Jun 14 — International Space Station, LEO: E-24 crew continue science and maintenance activities in the Russian segment of the orbital laboratory while awaiting for the arrival of 3 more E-24 crew members.
Jun 14 — NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Lunar Orbit: LRO operating nominally in low polar orbit (50km) and continues to return global data of lunar surface.
Jun 14 — Viking Orbiter / Mars Odyssey / Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Red Planet: Using data from Using data from various Mars orbiters, planetary geologists continue to find new evidence that lakes persisted early in Mars’ history by piecing together the geological history of Hellas Planitia.
Jun 14 — Space Renaissance Education Chapter, Father Films, Online: Winners announced for ‘Naming X!‘ contest.
Jun 14 — American Astronautical Society, Online: AAS Fellows Nominations deadline for members of the Society who have made significant scientific engineering, academic and / or management contributions to astronautics and space.
Jun 14-16 — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, et al, Reykjavik, Iceland: ‘2nd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing.’
Jun 14-18 — NASA, Stockholm University, et al, Tallberg, Sweden: ‘AbGradCon 2010: For Early Career Astrobiologists.’
Jun 14-18 — ESA, NASA, et al., Barcelona, Spain: ‘7th International Planetary Probe Workshop.’
Jun 14 — Moon: 7.7° S of Pollux, 07:00; 3.8° SSW of Venus, 18:00.
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Jan 30 — Museum of Science and Industry, Confucius Institute / University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom: ‘Exhibition: From Gunpowder to Space Rockets – The China Space Program,’ includes models of ancient rockets, recent satellites, rockets, space ships and a lunar rover; through Aug 7.
Jun 7 — The Challenger Center, Columbia SC: ‘Come Fly With Us: Space, Science Engineering Camp,’ through Jun 17.
Jun 7 — George Washington University Space Policy Institute, Space Odyssey Institute, Washington DC: ‘Space Policy within an Increasingly Global Space Community,’ Space Odyssey Institute and MBA students from International Space University to collaborate on 2-week space policy program; through Jun 18.
Jun 8 — National Radio Astronomy Observatory, New Mexico Tech, et al, Socorro NM: ‘12th Synthesis Imaging Workshop;’ through Jun 14.
Jun 9 — Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, et al, Assen, The Netherlands: ‘International SKA Forum 2010;’ through Jun 16.
Jun 9 — United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna, Austria: ‘53rd Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 2010;’ http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/COPUOS/index.html; through Jun 18.
Jun 13 — ESA, Trieste, Italy: ‘Joint Life Science Meeting: Life in Space for Life on Earth;’ through Jun 18.
TUESDAY
Jun 15 — RSA, Launch Soyuz / ISS 23S, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: A Russian government Soyuz rocket set to launch manned Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the next Expedition crew, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker.
NET Jun 15 — International Space Corporation, Launch Dnepr / Prisma & Picard, Yasny, Russia: An ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket set to launch Sweden’s Prisma demonstration mission, including 2 satellites that will rendezvous and fly in formation using new and inexpensive technologies.
Jun 15-18 — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, NASA, ESA, Anaheim CA: ‘Adaptive Hardware and Systems 2010.’
Jun 15 — Mercury: 4.5° S of Aldebaran; 03:00.
Jun 15 — Moon: At Perigee (Distance 57.37 Earth-Radii), 05:00; 3.7° S of Beehive Cluster, 07:00.
WEDNESDAY
Jun 16 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: ‘Don’t Rain on my Planet: The Importance of Clouds and Hazes for Understanding Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs,’ Mark Marley.
Jun 16 — Moon: 4.5° SW of Regulus; 18:00.
Jun 16 — June Lyrid Meteors: The Lyrids radiate from Constellation Lyra producing approximately 10 meteors per hour.
THURSDAY
Jun 17— Cassini OTM-253, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts Orbital Trim Maneuver #253 today.
Jun 17 — Moon: 5.4° SSW of Mars; 05:00.
Jun 17 — Asteroid 2007 DD: Near Earth Flyby (0.086 AU).
FRIDAY
Jun 18-Jul 17 — Sight School, Oakland CA: ‘The Secret Welcome of Space and It’s Prehistoric Future,’ collaborative art exhibition by artists Sarah McMenimen and Ellen Black.
Jun 18 — Moon: 7.5° SSW of Saturn; 18:00.
SATURDAY
Jun 19 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Las Vegas NV: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Jun 19-24 — NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island VA: ‘RockOn! 2010 Workshop,’ learn how to build and launch a scientific experiment into space.
Jun 19 – Aug 28 — Singularity University, Moffett Field CA: ‘SU Graduate Studies Program,’ 10-week course to learn about the various exponentially growing cross-disciplinary technologies (biotechnology, nanotechnology, information technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, medicine, etc.).
SUNDAY
Jun 20 — Super/Collider, London, United Kingdom: ‘Green / Space: Sustainable Architecture for Earth and Beyond.’
Jun 20-26 — The Observatory of Paris, ESA, et al, Aussois, France: ‘International Venus Conference 2010.’
Jun 20 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude 955 km).
Jun 20 — Venus: .68° NNE of center of Beehive Cluster; 10:00.
Jun 20 — Moon: 3.1° SSW of Spica; 15:00.
Jun 20 — Asteroid 69230 Hermes: Closest Approach to Earth (1.041 AU).
Jun 8 — NASA Lunar Science Institute, Moffett Field CA: ‘NLSI Executive Council Meeting.’
Jun 8-10 — The Space Resources Roundtable Inc., Golden CO: ‘11th Space Resources Roundtable / 1st Joint Meeting with Planetary and Terrestrial Mining Symposium.’
Jun 8-11 — National Center for Spatial Studies, Toulouse School of Economics, et al, Toulouse, France: ‘Toulouse Space Show 2010: International Week on Space Applications.’
NET Jun 9 — KARI, Launch KSLV-1 / Naro, Seoul, South Korea: 2nd attempt to launch Korea assembled space rocket and satellite into space.
Jun 8-13 — World Meteorological Organization, International Council for Science, et al, Oslo, Norway ‘International Polar Year: Oslo Science Conference 2010.‘
Jun 8-13 — German Space Industries Association, ILA, Berlin, Germany: ‘ILA Berlin Airshow / Jun 10: ILA Space Day II: International Space Policy.’
Jun 9 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: ‘The Evolving Intersection of Physics and Biology,’ Jan Liphardt.
Jun 9-16 — Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, et al, Assen, The Netherlands: ‘International SKA Forum 2010.’
Jun 9-18 — United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna, Austria: ‘53rd Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 2010;’ http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/COPUOS/index.html.
Jun 10 — WM Keck Observatory, Kamuela HI: ‘2010 Astronomy Lecture Series: The Galaxy’s First Stars,’ Constance Rockosi.
Jun 11-13 — American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronomics and Astronautics, Amarillo TX: ‘6th Student CanSat Competition 2010.’
Jun 12 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Seattle WA: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Jun 14 — Space Renaissance Education Chapter, Father Films, Online: Winners announced for ‘Naming X! contest.
Jun 14 — American Astronautical Society, Online: AAS Fellows Nominations deadline for members of the Society who have made significant scientific engineering, academic and / or management contributions to astronautics and space.
Jun 14-18 — NASA, Stockholm University, et al., Tallberg, Sweden: ‘AbGradCon 2010: For Early Career Astrobiologists.’
Jun 14-18 — ESA, NASA, et al., Barcelona, Spain: ‘7th International Planetary Probe Workshop.’
Jun 15 — RSA, Launch Soyuz / ISS 23S, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: A Russian government Soyuz rocket set to launch manned Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the next Expedition crew, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker.
NET Jun 15 — International Space Corporation, Launch Dnepr / Prisma & Picard, Yasny, Russia: An ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket set to launch Sweden’s Prisma demonstration mission, including 2 satellites that will rendezvous and fly in formation using new and inexpensive technologies.
Jun 15 — The SETI Insitute, Houston TX: ‘Direct Measurements .’
Jun 15-18 — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, NASA, ESA, Anaheim CA: ‘Adaptive Hardware and Systems 2010.’
Jun 16 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: ‘Don’t Rain on my Planet: The Importance of Clouds and Hazes for Understanding Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs,’ Mark Marley.
Jun 18 — Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas TX: ‘Moon Day Celebration.’
Jun 19 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Las Vegas NV: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Jun 19-24 — NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island VA: ‘RockOn! 2010 Workshop,’ learn how to build and launch a scientific experiment into space.
Jun 20 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude 955 km).
Jun 20-26 — The Observatory of Paris, ESA, et al, Aussois, France: ‘International Venus Conference 2010.’
Jun 21-22 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: ‘NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program.’
Jun 21-22 — X Prize Foundation, LEGO, Google, et al, Atlanta GA: ‘Google Lunar X Prize LEGO Mindstorm MoonBots Challenge,’ phase 2 of challenge.
Jun 21 — International Space Corporation, Launch Dnepr / TanDEM-X, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: An ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket set to launch the TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) satellite for German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Astrium.
Jun 21-25 — ESA, NASA, et al., Barcelona, Spain: ‘7th International Planetary Probe Workshop.’
Jun 21-25 — International Space University (ISU), Nice, France: ‘IAU Symposium 271: Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies.’
Jun 22-25 — American Geophysical Union, Taipei, Taiwan: ‘2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting.’
Jun 23 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: ‘Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements with the QUaD Experiment,’ Sarah Church.
Jun 24 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Miami FL: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Jun 24-25 — World Technology Network, New York City NY: ‘The World Technology Summit Awards 2010: Imagined Worlds, Plausible Futures.’
Jun 25-26 — Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association, International Dark Sky Association, et al, Tucson AZ: ‘ALCON 2010.’
Jun 25-27 — Lunar and Planetary Institute, University of Munster Institute for Planetology, et al, Nördlingen, Germany: ‘Nördlingen 2010: The Ries Crater, the Moon, and the Future of Human Space Exploration,’ workshop to include oral and poster presentations, keynote lectures, reception provided by the City of Nördlingen and guided tours of the Ries Crater Museum and Ries impact crater.
Jun 26 — Partial Lunar Eclipse: 00:16-03:00; Visible in Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Western portion of the Americas.
Jun 26 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Boston MA: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Jun 26-30 — NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, Pasadena CA: ‘2010 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop;’ Workshop will consist of series of tutorial discussions covering theory and observations associated with various topics.
Jun 27- Jul 2 — SPIE, San Diego CA: ‘SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation: Observational Frontiers of Astronomy for the New Decade.’
Jun 26-Aug 27 — International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, France and Stuttgart, Germany: ‘ISU Summer Session Program.’
Jun 28 — RSA, Launch Soyuz / Progress 38P, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan:A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 38th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station.
Jun 28-Jul 1 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chicago IL: ‘40th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit / 10th AIAA / ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference / 27th AIAA Aerodynamics Measurement and Ground Testing Conference / 28th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference / 41st Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference / 5th Flow Control Conference.’
Jun 28-Jul 2 — American Meteorological Society, Portland OR: ‘13th Conference of Atmospheric Radiation.’
Jun 29-Jul 1 — European Virtual Observatory, Belgrade, Serbia: ‘3rd International School in Astronomy: Astroinformatics.’
Jun 30 — RSA, Launch Soyuz / Progress 38P, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: A Russia government Soyuz rocket set to launch manned Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft to ISS.
Jun 30 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: ‘NASA’s Flexible Path Architecture Study for Human Missions,’ David Korsmeyer.
Jul 4 — Space Age Publishing Company, International Lunar Observatory Association, San Jose CA: ‘Galaxy Forum USA.’
Jul 4 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Washington DC: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Jul 4-12 — Betchart Expeditions Inc, Planetary Society, Papeete, Tahiti: ‘Tahiti Total Solar Eclipse 2010;’ http://www.betchartexpeditions.com/s_pacific_tahiti_eclp.htm.
Jul 5-7 — National Space Society Australia, Adelaide, Australia: ‘11th Australian Aspace Development Conference;’ http://www.nssa.com.au/ASDC11/.
Jul 5- Aug 13 — International Summer Institute For Modeling in Astrophysics, Santa Cruz CA: ‘ISIMA 2010: Transport Processes in Astrophysics;’ Course to address topical problems such as radiative transfer, transport of chemical species, momentum, magnetic fields and energy induced by waves or by hydrodynamical and magnetohydrodynamical turbulence.
Jul 8 — Orbital Sciences Corporation, Launch Minotaur 4 / STP S26, Vandenburg AFB CA: The Air Force Minotaur 4 rocket will launch a group of satellites in a launch opportunity sponsored by the Air Force Space Test Program.
Jul 10 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Cape Canaveral FL: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Jul 10 — ESA Rosetta Mission, Deep Space: Spacecraft conducts 2nd asteroid flyby (Asteroid Lutetia) en route to Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Jul 11 — Total Solar Eclipse: 08:15-10:51; Eclipse is visible in the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Easter Island, and in Southern Chile and Argentina.
Jul 11-15 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Barcelona, Spain: ‘40th International Conference on Environmental Systems.’
Jul 12 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: ‘From Hot Jupiters to Super-Earths: A Survey of Exoplanetary Atmospheres,’ Heather Knutson.
Jul 12-16 — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD: ‘Lunar Institute for Educators,’ Educators for grades 6-12 to learn how much our understanding of the Moon has changed since NASA launched LRO / LCROSS.
Jul 13-15 — The National Academies, Washington DC: ‘Planetary Decadal Survey Meeting: Steering Group.’
Jul 15 — The SETI Institute, Houston TX: ‘Direct Measurments of Solar Activity in the Past 35,000 Years,’ Devendra Lal.
Jul 16 — African-American Male Achievers Network Inc, International Science Discovery & Learning Center, Los Angeles CA: ‘Apollo 11 41st Anniversary Celebration.‘
Jul 18 — NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Lunar Science Institute, Moffett Field CA: ‘1st LunarGradCon,’ for grad students and early-career postdocs to present their research on lunar science in a friendly environment among their peers; *Held in conjunction with NASA Lunar Science Forum Jul 20-22.
Jul 18 — Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas TX: ‘Moon Day Celebration.’
Jul 18-25 — Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Bremen, Germany: ‘38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly.’
Jul 19 — NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Lunar Science Institute, Moffett Field CA: ‘2nd Annual Lunar Scientists and Engineers Workshop.’
Jul 19-23 — NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA: ‘NASA Planetary Science Summer School.’
Jul 19-25 — Farnborough International Air Show 2010, Farnborough, United Kingdom: ‘46th Farnborough International Air Show;’ International Space Pavilion offers 1,100 square meters of exhibit space dedicated to the products, projects, and professionals in the space industry.
Jul 20 — 41st Apollo 11 Observation, Nationwide USA / Global: 1st Human mission to land on Moon in 1969; 1st steps by humans on another planetary body taken by Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin.
Jul 20-22 — New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn NY: ‘2nd International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS) 2010.’ http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/ISSS2010/.
Jul 20-22 — NASA, Moffett Field CA: ‘3rd NASA Lunar Science Forum 2010.’
NET Jul 21 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / Dragon C1, Cape Canaveral FL: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch 1st active Dragon C1 spacecraft; Mission to demonstrate capabilities of Dragon in a 4 1/2 hr test flight.
Jul 21 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: ‘From Hot Jupiters to Super-Earths: A Survey of Exoplanetary Atmospheres,’ Heather Knutson.
Jul 22 — WM Keck Observatory, Kamuela HI: ‘2010 Astronomy Lecture Series: Extrasolar Planets and their Stars,’ John Johnson.
Jul 22-23 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: ‘NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program.’
Jul 22-Aug 1 — Girl Scouts of Northern California, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA: ‘Girl Scout Destination: The Future is Green,’ program to offer girls an opportunity to explore how green technology in astronomy, environment and robotics can help save Earth.
Jul 23-25 — Space Frontier Foundation, Mountain View CA: ‘NewSpace 2010: Ready for Take-off.’
Jul 23-24 — Institute of Meteoritics, Impact Field Studies Group, Santa Fe NM: ‘2-Day Field Trip to Santa Fe Impact Structure and Valles Caldera.’
Jul 25-28 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nashville TN: ‘8th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference / 46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit.’
Jul 26 — American Astronautical Society, Online: AAS Award Nominations deadline to recognize the excellence and professional service of AAS members of the space community.
Jul 26-30 — The Meteoritical Society, New York City NY: ‘MetSoc 2010: 73rd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society.’
Jul 26-Aug 1 — Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc., Oshkosh WI: ‘EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010.’
Jul 27-30 — American Astronautical Society, Montréal, Quebec, Canada: ‘International Space Conference of Pacific-Basin Societies (ISCOPS).’
Jul 27-Jul 2 — Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, San Diego CA: ‘Spie Astronomical Instrumentation: Observational Frontiers of Astronomy for the New Decade.’
Jul 27-Aug 7 — NASA, National Science Teacher’s Association, Houston TX: ‘Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program,’High School teachers from AL, DE, GA, MS, NY, NC and WA to fly in a microgravity experiment.
Jul 28 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: ‘Exploring Mars for Evidence of Habitable Environments and Life,’ David Des Marais.
Jul 30 — United Launch Alliance LLC, Launch Atlas 5 / AEHF 1, Cape Canaveral FL: The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 (AV-019) rocket set to launch 1st Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military satellite.
Jul 31-Aug 4 — Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Boulder CO: ‘122 ASP 2010 Meeting,’ includes ‘Cosmos in the Classroom 2010: A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy” and ‘Making Connections In Education and Public Outreach: A Symposium for Those Working in EPO.
NET Aug — RSA, Launch Proton / Glonass, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: A Russian government Proton rocket will launch a trio of spacecraft for the Glonass satellite navigation constellation.
NET Aug — JAXA, Launch H-2A / Michibiki, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan: The Japanese H-2A rocket set to launch the Michibiki navigation satellite (Quasi-Zenith Satellite), to enhance GPS navigation signals in Japanese urban areas and mountainous terrain.
Aug 1-21 — International Astronomical Youth Camps (IAYC), Klingenthal, Germany: ‘IAYC 2010.’
Aug 2-5 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: ‘AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist / AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics / AIAA Atmospheric Space Environments / AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control / AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies.’
Aug 2-6 — NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA: ‘NASA Planetary Science Summer School.’
Aug 4 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: ‘Titan Unveiled,’ Ralph Lorenz.
Aug 5-8 — The Mars Society, Dayton OH: ‘13th International Mars Society Convention,’ Carolyn Porco, one of the world’s leading planetary scientists to give plenary talk.
Aug 7 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Cape Canaveral FL: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Aug 10 — NASA Lunar Science Institute, Moffett Field CA: ‘NLSI Executive Council Meeting.’
Aug 13-15 — The SETI Institute, Santa Clara CA: ‘SETIcon 2010.’
Aug 15-20 — International Glaciological Society, Columbus OH: ‘Earth’s Disappearing Ice: Drivers, Responses and Impacts.’
Aug 16-20 — Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vienna, Austria: ‘Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars: Shining Examples and Common Inhabitants.’
Aug 18 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: ‘From Earth to the Stars: Psychological Issues During Space Missions,’ Nick Kanas.
Aug 21 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Cape Canaveral FL: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Aug 22-26 — International Astronomical Union, Ventura CA: ‘IAU Symposium 273: Physics of Sun and Star Spots.’
Aug 23-27 — National Institute of Science, Astronomical Observatory of the Marseille Province, et al, Haute-Provence, France: ‘Detection and Dynamics of Transiting Exoplanets.’
Aug 25-28 — Indian Space Research Organization, Confederation of Indian Industry, Bengaluru, India: ‘Bengaluru Space Expo 2010.’
Aug 30-Sep 2 — Venus Exploration Assessment Group (VEXAG), Madison WI: ‘2010 VEXAG International Workshop: Venus – Our Closest Earth-like Planet – From Surface to Thermosphere, How Does it Work?‘
Aug 30-Sep 2 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Anaheim CA: ‘28th AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC-2010) / AIAA Space 2010 Conference and Exposition.’
Aug 31-Sep 2 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Anaheim CA: ‘Education Alley / Space 2010 Conference and Exposition: Space – Imagine, Innovate, Collaborate.’
Aug 31 — RSA, Launch Soyuz / Progress 40 (M74), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 40 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew.
NET Sep — Arianespace, Launch Soyuz / HYLAS, Kourou, French Guiana: An Arianespace Soyuz rocket set to launch 1st mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America.
NET Sep — Arianespace, Launch Soyuz / Globalstar, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Arianespace Soyuz rocket set to launch 6-second generation Globalstar mobile communications using a Fregat upper stage.
NET Sep — Orbital Launch Services LLC, Launch Minotaur / TacSat 4, Kodiak Island AK: The Air Force Minotaur 4 rocket set to launch the experimental TacSat 4 demonstration satellite for the military’s Operationally Responsive Space office.
Sep 2 — Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) , Madison WI: ‘8th Meeting of the VEXAG.’
Sep 3-4 — Dark Skies Advisory Group, Kaposvar, Hungary: ‘10th European Symposium for Protection of Night Sky.’
Sep 6-10 — Dark Skies Advisory Group, Lastovo Island, Croatia: ‘3rd International Symposium for Dark-Sky Parks and Camp.’
Sep 13-15 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fort Worth TX: ‘13th AIAA / ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conference / 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations (ATIO) Conference.’
Sep 14-16 — Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, Washington DC: ‘2010 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group.’
Sep 16 — NASA, Launch Discovery STS-135, Cape Canaveral FL: USA mission to the International Space Station set to deliver the Express Logistics Carrier 4, a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and critical spare components.
Sep 16-17 — NASA Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG), Boulder CO: ‘OPAG Meeting.’
Sep 19-24 — European Planetology Network, European Geosciences Union, Rome, Italy: ‘European Planetary Science Congress 2010.’
Sep 22-24 — The Planetary Crater Consortium, Flagstaff AZ: ‘1st Meeting of The Planetary Crater Consortium.’
Sep 23-24 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: ‘NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program.’
Sep 23-25 — Space Generation Advisory Council, Prague, Czech Republic: ‘Space Generation Congress 2010,’ the Global Space Congress for university students and young professionals interested in today’s key space issues.
Sep 27 — International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Prague, Czech Republic: ‘IISL Space Law Colloquium.’
Sep 27 -Oct 1 — International Astronautical Federation, Czech Space Office, Prague, Czech Republic: ‘61st International Astronautical Congress.’
Sep 27-Oct 1 — International Institute of Space Law, Prague, Czech Republic: ‘Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition: 2010 World Finals.’
Sep 28-30 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Anaheim CA: ‘AIAA Space 2010,’ exhibits from industry, government, and academic organizations in the space industry.
NET Sep 30 — RSA, Launch Soyuz / ISS 24S, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan:A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the manned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the next Expedition crew.
NET Oct — United Launch Alliance, Launch Delta 2 / COSMO-SkyMed 4, Vandenberg Air Force Base CA: United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the fourth Italian COSMO-SkyMed radar Earth-imaging satellite used for civil and military applications.
NET Oct — Orbital Sciences Corporation, Launch Minotaur 1 / ORS 1, Wallops Island VA: The Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket will launch the Operationally Responsive Space 1, or ORS 1, satellite.
NET Oct — Arianespace, Launch Soyuz / Pleiades 1, Kourou, French Guiana: An Arianespace Soyuz rocket set to launch 2nd mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America.
NET Oct — People’s Republic of China, Launch Long March 3A / Chang’e 2, Xichang, China: A Chinese Long March 3A rocket will launch Chang’e 2, China’s second lunar orbiter.
NET Oct — United Launch Alliance, Launch Delta 4-Heavy / NROL-32, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station FL: The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket set to launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the US.
NET Oct — United Launch Alliance, Launch Atlas 5 / NROL-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station FL: The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 (AV-025) rocket set to launch a classified spacecraft payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
Oct 3— Zero Gravity Corporation, Honolulu HI: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One.
Oct 3-7 — The International Astronautical Federation, Cape Town, South Africa: ‘62nd International Astronautical Congress.’
Oct 3-8 — American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences, Pasadena CA: ‘42nd Annual Meeting of the DPS.’
Oct 4 — 53rd Sputnik Observation, Worldwide: World’s 1st artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957; orbited Earth in about 98 minutes.
Oct 4-6 — International Center for Integrated Mountain Development , Kathmandu, Nepal: ‘Benefiting from Earth Observation: Bridging the Data Gap for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region.‘
Oct 4-8 — ESA, Rhodes Island, Greece: ‘2010 International Conference on Space Optics.’
Oct 4-8 — Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan: ‘5th Alfven Conference on Plasma Interaction with Non-magnetized Planets / Moons and its Influence on Planetary Evolution.’
Oct 4-9 — Laboratory for Advanced Technology Applications, University of Constantine, Constantine, Algeria, Africa: ‘2nd Africa Space Fest.’
Oct 5-6 — Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research, Boulder CO: ‘Robotic Science from the Moon: Gravitational Physics, Heliophysics and Cosmology.’
Oct 5-8 — ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ‘32nd ESA Antenna Workshop on Antennas for Space Applications.’
Oct 7-9 — COMEXCEBA, Toluca, Mexico: ‘2010 1st International Aerospace Congress of Mexico / 1st Moon Landing Commemoration of Apollo 11‘ on Oct 9.
Oct 8-10 — Imiloa Astronomy Center, Hilo HI: ‘3rd Annual Hilo Wayfinding and Navigation Festival.’
Oct 10-24 — Lockheed Martin, Washington DC: ‘1st USA Science & Engineering Festival,’ featuring over 500 science & engineering organizations from all over nation the opportunity to present themselves with a hands-on, fun science activity to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Oct 11-14— ESA, Venice, Italy: ‘Science With the Hubble Space Telescope 3: 2 Decades and Counting .’
Oct 11-15 — International Astronomical Union, Torino, Italy: ‘IAU Symposium 276: The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution.’
Oct 11-15 — Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia: ‘The 1st Moscow Solar System Symposium.’
Oct 11 — Deep Impact / Epoxi, Deep Space: Deep Impact spacecraft to flyby additional target, Comet Hartley-2; spacecraft involved in Epoxi mission (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization and the Deep Impact Extended Investigation) since successful primary mission impact of Comet Temple-1 in Jul 2005.
Oct 13 — National Space and Technology Association, Houston TX: ‘3rd Annual State-of-the-City Technology Report and EXPO,’
Oct 14-15 — Eurisy, European Space Policy Institute, ESA, Rabat, Morocco: ‘Development and Cooperation in the Mediterranean Region Using Satellite Services.’
Oct 16-23 — Betchart Expeditions Inc, Planetary Society, Kona HI: ‘Discover Hawaii.’
Oct 19-21 — New Mexico State University, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, et al, Las Cruces NM: ‘International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight 2010.’
Oct 22 — Spaceport America, Virgin Galactic, Las Cruces NM: WhiteKnightTwo / SpaceShipTwo to make flyover of Spaceport America for inauguration of runway.
Oct 23-27 — National Space Society Puerto Rico, Leeward Space Foundation, et al, San Juan PR: ‘Puerto Rico Space Congress: Space is the Answer!‘
Oct 25-28 — NASA, Air Force Research Laboratory, Moffett Field CA: ‘Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange (CRASTE): Unleashing the Genius of the American Entrepreneur.’
Oct 25-29 — Sophia Center for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales Lampeter, Bath, Unitd Kingdom: ‘7th International Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomenon.’
Oct 27 — RSA, Launch Soyuz / Progress 41 (M75), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 41 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew.
Oct 28-30 — SpaceLand, Sardinia, Italy: ‘2nd SpaceLand Expo-Congress’ / ‘1st European Summit on SMES and Space Tourism.’
Oct 31-Nov 3 — Geological Society of America, Denver CO: ‘2010 GSA Annual Meeting: Reaching New Peaks in GeoScience.’
NET Nov — RSA, Launch Soyuz / Progress 41 (M75), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 41 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew.
NET Nov — NASA, Launch Endeavour STS-133, Cape Canaveral FL: U.S. mission to the International Space Station set to deliver the Express Logistics Carrier 3, a Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
NET Nov — Arianespace, Launch Soyuz / Galileo, Kourou, French Guiana: An Arianespace Soyuz rocket set to launch 3rd mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America.
Nov 1-3 — National Space Organization of Taiwan, International Astronautical Federation, Taipei, Taiwan: ‘6th International Workshop on Satellite Constellation and Formation Flying.’
Nov 4 — Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED), NASA, Newport News VA: ‘TEDxNASA 2010: Ideas Worth Spreading.’
Nov 7-10 — European Southern Observatory, Copiapo, Chile: ‘Spiral Structure in the Milky Way: Confronting Observations and Theory.’
Nov 8-9 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: ‘NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program.’
Nov 15 — United Launch Alliance, Atlas 5 / GPS-2F, Cape Canaveral FL: The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 (AV-023) rocket set to launch the Air Force’s 2nd Block 2F navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System.
Nov 17-18 — American Astronautical Society, Cocoa Beach FL: ‘AAS National Conference: ISS – The Next Decade;’ AAS nominated recipients to also accept awards.
Nov 22 — Orbital Sciences Corporation, Launch Taurus / Glory, Vandenberg Air Force Base CA: The Orbital Sciences Taurus rocket set to launch NASA’s Glory Earth observation satellite.
Nov 30 — Arianespace, Launch Ariane 5 / ATV 2, Kourou, French Guiana: The Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket set tolaunch the European Space Agency’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, named Johannes Kepler.
Dec 1 — United Launch Alliance, Launch Delta 4-Heavy / NROL-49, Vandenberg Air Force Base CA: The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket set to launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
Dec 4 — International Lunar Observatory Association, Space Age Publishing Company, Daiba, Tokyo, Japan: ‘Galaxy Forum Japan: Galaxy Education in the 21st Century.’
Dec 6 — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Shanghai, China: ‘2010 Shanghai World Expo: Space Home Exhibit.’
Dec 9-10 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: ‘NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program.’
Dec 10 — RSA, Launch Soyuz / ISS 25S, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the manned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the next Expedition crew.
Dec 10 — National Center for Remote Sensing, Air Space and Law, Washington DC: ‘4th Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law.’
Dec 13-17 — American Geophysical Union, San Francisco CA: ‘AGU Fall Meeting.’
Dec 20 — Total Lunar Eclipse: 20:32-00:01 (Dec 21); Visible in Asia, Australia, the Pacific, the Americas, and Europe.
Dec 27 — RSA, Launch Soyuz / Progress 41 (M75), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 41 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew.
Dec 31 — X Prize Foundation, Santa Monica CA: Deadline for registration to compete for Google Lunar X Prize.
2011
Jan 3-7 — Indian Space Research Organization, Chennai, India: ‘98th Indian Science Congress.’
Jan 9-13 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Orlando FL: ‘49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition.’
Jan 9-13 — American Astronomical Society, Seattle WA: ‘217th Meeting of the AAS.’
Jan 15 — International Academy of Astronautics, Washington DC: Deadline nomination for IAA membership.
Jan 25-26 — NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group, Washington DC: ‘4th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group.’
Jan 28 — 25th Challenger 51-L Observation, Nationwide USA: Shuttle accident took place 28 January 1986 killing seven crew members including Commander Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, its pilot, Michael J. Smith, and its crew, Christa McAuliffe (the 1st ‘Teacher in Space’), Mission Specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnick and Ronald E. McNair, along with Payload Specialist Gregory B. Jarvis.
Feb 1 — 8th Columbia STS-107 Observation, Nationwide USA: Shuttle explosion took place 1 February 2003 on its return to Earth killing David M. Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon.
Feb 13-17 — American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Orlando FL: ‘21st AAS / AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting.’
Feb 14 — Stardust NEXT, Deep Space: Spacecraft conducts flyby of comet Temple 1 to obtain high resolution images of the coma and nucleus, as well as measurements of the composition, size distribution, and flux of dust emitted into the coma.
Feb 28- Mar 1 — University of Central Florida, Orlando FL: ‘Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference 2011.’
Mar 18 — MESSENGER, Mercury Orbit: Spacecraft enters Mercury orbit; spacecraft to map entire planet in color and conduct various measurements.
Mar 30-31 — American Astronautical Society, Greenbelt MD: ‘49th Robert Goddard Memorial Symposium.’
Apr — Space Tourism Month, Global: Space Tourism Society and other space groups designate April to be ‘Space Tourism Month,’ celebrating the 10th commemoration of Tito’s liftoff, 15th year of the founding of STS, 30th commemoration of 1st US Space Shuttle flight and Apr 12 50th commemoration of the 1st human to orbit Earth in 1961.
Apr 10-15 — International Committee on Remote Sensing of Environment, Sydney, Australia: ‘2nd Middle East-Africa IAU Regional Meeting.’
Apr 11-14 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, San Francisco CA: ‘17th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference.’
Apr 17-21 — International Astronomical Union, Cape Town, South Africa: ‘2nd Middle East-Africa IAU Regional Meeting.’
Apr 28-30 — Space Tourism Society, Los Angeles CA: ‘Space Tourism Symposium 2011.’
May 22-26 — American Astronomical Society, Boston MA: ‘218th Meeting of the AAS.’
Jun 5-12 — International Symposium on Space Technology and Science Committee, JAXA, et al, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan: ‘28th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science.’
Jun 27-30 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Honolulu HI: ‘Atmospheric Space Environments Conference / 42nd AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference in conjunction with the 18th International Conference on MHD Energy Conversion (ICMHD).’
July 26-29 — International Astronomical Union, Chiang Mai, Thailand: ‘11th Asia-Pacific IAU Regional Meeting.’
July 26-Aug 7 — The Moon Society, Milwaukee WI: ‘Apollo 15 Moon Party 40th Commemoration.’
Aug — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: Spacecraft scheduled to arrive at asteroid Vesta this month; launch in Sep 2007.
Aug 1-3 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, San Diego CA: ‘47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit.’
Aug 8-11 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Portland OR: ‘Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference.’
Aug 11 — Launch Juno Jupiter Orbiter, USA: 2nd mission in NASA New Horizons Program; arrives at Jupiter in Oct 2016.
Sep 27-29 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Long Beach CA: ‘AIAA Space 2011 Conference & Exposition.’
NET Oct — Mars Rover Mars Science Laboratory, Cape Canaveral FL: Mars Science Laboratory otherwise known as Curios to assess whether Mars able to support microbial life and determine planet habitability.
Oct 2-7 — American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences, Nantes, France: ‘43rd Annual Meeting of the DPS.’
Oct 3-7 — International Astronautical Federation, Cape Town, South Africa: ‘62nd International Astronautical Congress.’
Oct 9-12 — Geological Society of America, Minneapolis MN: ‘2011 GSA Annual Meeting.’
2012
NET 2012 — Launch PSLV / Chandrayaan-2, India: 2nd India robotic Moon Mission expected to launch; lander / rover to be conducted in cooperation with Russia.
NET 2012 — Launch Long March 5 / Chang’e-2, China: 2nd China robotic Moon Mission expected to launch; 2nd orbiter follow-on to Chang’e-1 launched in late 2007.
Jan — American Astronomical Society, Austin TX: ‘219th Meeting of the AAS.’
Apr — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: Spacecraft scheduled to depart asteroid Vesta this month; launch in Sep 2007.
Apr 23-26 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Honolulu HI: ‘53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 20th AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference 14th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference 13th AIAA Gossamer Systems Forum 8th AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference.’
Jun — American Astronomical Society, Anchorage AK: ‘220th Meeting of the AAS.’
Jul 16-22 — Farnborough International Air Show 2012, Farnborough, United Kingdom: ‘47th Farnborough International Air Show;’ International Space Pavilion offers 1,100 square meters of exhibit space dedicated to the products, projects, and professionals in the space industry.
Aug 20-31 — International Astronomical Union, Beijing, China: ‘28th IAU General Assembly.’
Sep — Launch Ares 1 / Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, KSC FL: Test flight of Ares 1 CLV to take place, dubbed ‘Ares 2;’ suborbital flight to test Ares 1 prototype upper stage, Orion launch abort system; time TBD.
Dec 31 — X Prize Foundation, Santa Monica CA: Google Lunar X Prize deadline for full $20M first prize; if prize not yet claimed first prize now drops to $15M.
2013
Jan — American Astronomical Society, Long Beach CA: ‘221st Meeting of the AAS.’
Mar — Launch Ares 1 CLV / Orion CEV, KSC FL: Unpiloted orbital test flight of Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle; time TBD.
Apr 8-11 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Boston MA: ‘54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 21st AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference 15th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference 14th AIAA Gossamer Systems Forum 9th AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference.’
Jun — American Astronomical Society, TBD: ‘222nd Meeting of the AAS.’
2014
Jan — American Astronomical Society, Washington DC: ‘223rd Meeting of the AAS.’
May — ESA Rosetta Mission, Comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko Orbit: Spacecraft arrives at Comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko after 10 year journey.
Jun — American Astronomical Society, TBD: ‘224th Meeting of the AAS.’
Jul 14-20 — Farnborough International Air Show 2014, Farnborough, United Kingdom: ‘48th Farnborough International Air Show;’ International Space Pavilion offers 1,100 square meters of exhibit space dedicated to the products, projects, and professionals in the space industry.
Dec 31 — X Prize Foundation, Santa Monica CA: Final deadline for winning Google Lunar X Prize.
2015
Jan — American Astronomical Society, Seattle WA: ‘225th Meeting of the AAS.’
Feb — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: Spacecraft scheduled to arrive at asteroid Ceres this month; launch in Sep 2007.
Mar — Launch Ares 1 CLV / Orion CEV, KSC FL: First piloted flight of Orion Moonship expected; time TBD.
Jun — American Astronomical Society, TBD: ‘226th Meeting of the AAS.’
Jul — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: End of scheduled primary mission; launch in Sep 2007.
Jul 14 — New Horizons Pluto Encounter, Pluto Trajectory: Spacecraft conducts long-awaited encounter with Pluto today; launched 19 Jan 2006.
Dec — ESA Rosetta Mission, Comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko Orbit: End of scheduled mission.
2016
Jul 18-24 — Farnborough International Airshow, United Kingdom: ‘49th Farnborough International Air Show;’ International Space Pavilion offers 1,100 square meters of exhibit space dedicated to the products, projects, and professionals in the space industry.
Oct — Juno Jupiter Orbiter, Jupiter Orbit: 2nd mission in NASA New Horizons Program arrives at Jupiter if 2011 launch on schedule.
2017
NET 2017 — Launch Long March 5 / Chang’e, China: Earliest expected date for 3rd phase of China Lunar Exploration Program to collect samples of lunar soil, and return to Earth as precursor to human missions; time TBD.
Oct — Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation, Mauna Kea HI: First Light with full primary mirror.
2018
2019
Dec — Launch Orion 13, KSC FL: First human lunar landing mission as part of the Constellation mission manifest planned for this month; 21-day mission will see three members of a four man crew set foot on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972; time/date TBD.
2020
2029
Apr 13 — Asteroid 99942 Apophis, Earth Near-Miss: Astronomers say that on this day, which happens to be a Friday, asteroid previously known as 2004 MN4 will narrowly miss hitting Earth by about 30,000 km; asteroid 320 meters in diameter.
2036
Apr 13 — Asteroid 99942 Apophis, Earth Near-Miss: Asteroid previously known as 2004 MN4 will make 2nd pass by Earth, missing by about 50 million km.
2061
2061 — Halley’s Comet, Deep Space: Return of Halley’s Comet.
