40 Countries Come Together at APRSAF 25 in Singapore
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MONDAY Highlights…
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Singapore Space and Technology Association hosts the 25th Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum November 6-9 at the Sheraton Towers, coinciding with the Galaxy Forum in Hawaii. APRSAF is preceded by a Space Generation Workshop for young space professionals Nov 3-5, one of a series of worldwide workshops. APRSAF, one of the largest space conferences in the Asia-Pacific, draws attendees from 40 countries. Thursday Nov 8 a Heads of Space Agencies session brings together senior officials from Australia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, and United Arab Emirates. A Country Reports Session includes representatives from Bhutan, China, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea. Friday is a Space Exploration Session with Japan and USA. International Lunar Observatory Association is hosting with SSTA, a Southeast Asia Benefactors’ Reception Feb 13 at the St. Regis Singapore Hotel. Singapore Space and Technology Association, led by Jonathan Hung, is a non-profit with a mission to foster development of space industry. SSTA will also host Singapore Space Symposia and the Global Space Technology Convention in Feb 2019. Singapore’s growing space industry has over 30 companies and 1,000 employees. IN.Genius has the goal to send Singapore astronaut to space via balloon, so far thwarted by high winds and low funding. Balloon astronaut candidate Yip Chuang Syn, a former F-15 pilot with Singapore Armed Forces, is chosen from 150 applicants. Equatorial Space Industries hopes to use Singapore’s strategic location as launch site. Upcoming Space Generation Workshops continue in Colombia, Mauritius and Costa Rica. (Image Credits: UAE Gov Website, APRSAF, In.Genius)
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Weekly Planet Watch – Evening Planets: Mercury (SW), Mars (S), Jupiter (SW), Saturn (SW), Uranus (E), Neptune (SE); Morning Planets: Venus (ESE).
ILOA Galaxy Forum Hawai’i, and New Worlds Institute Host Moon, Science, STEM Events
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Nov 5 — Parker Solar Probe, Heliocentric Orbit: Spacecraft reaches 1st perihelion today, 0.17 AU, at 22:37 EST.
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TUESDAY
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Nov 6-7 — Institute for Research on Exoplanets, McGill Space Institute, Montreal, Québec, Canada: Workshop: The Future of Space Astronomy in Canada.
Nov 6-8 — Venus Exploration Analysis Group, NASA, Laurel MD: 16th Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) meeting; at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab.
Nov 6-9 — Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum, Singapore: The 25th session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-25).
Nov 6 — Apollo Asteroid 2018 TF3: Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)
WEDNESDAY
NET Nov 7 — Northrop Grumman, Launch Pegasus XL / ICON, L-1011, Skid Strip, Cape Canaveral AFS: Pegasus XL rocket to launch NASA Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite into orbit.
Nov 7 — International Lunar Observatory Association, Galaxy Forum, Space Age Publishing Company, Kamuela HI: Galaxy Forum Hawai’i 2018: Kamuela — Astronomy from the Moon and Hawai’i 21st Century Astrophysics; featuring Mayor Harry Kim, representatives from ILOA, CFHT, Subaru, EAO / JCMT, Keck; 16:15-18:15.
Nov 7 — W. M. Keck Observatory, Kamuela HI: Keck Astronomy Talk: Dragonflies, Dark Matter, and the Hunt for Ghostly Galaxies; by Pieter van Dokkum from Yale University, 19:00.
Nov 7 — Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ: Lecture: Impact Origin of the Moon? by Professor Erik Asphaug.
Nov 7-8 — Space Studies Board of the National Academies, Irvine CA: Space Studies Board Meeting.
Nov 7 — Moon: New Moon, 06:02.
Nov 7 — Asteroid 4 Vesta: 3.1° S of Pluto, 15:49.
Nov 7 — Aten Asteroid 2010 VQ: Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
Nov 7 — Apollo Asteroid 2015 NU2: Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
THURSDAY
Nov 8 — Rising Tide Capital, EarthRise50, J P Morgan Chase, Mack-Cali, et al, Jersey City NJ: Kickoff Event: RISE to Expand Opportunity.
Nov 8 — Lunar and Planetary Society, Houston TX: Seminar: The Origin of the Moon Within a Terrestrial Synestia; by Simon Lock of Harvard University.
Nov 8 — Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS), Washington DC: 2018 Global Satellite Servicing Forum (GSSF); featuring AGI, Thales Alenia, Virgin Orbit, Astroscale, Northrop Grumman, Chandah Space Technologies, and others.
Nov 8 — Cornell University, Ithaca NY: Lecture: What’s Next for Super-Earths? Population Demographics To Probabilistic Planetary Physics; by Angie Wolfgang of Penn State.
Nov 8 — British Interplanetary Society, London, United Kingdom: Lecture: Catching Stardust; by geologist and cosmochemist Natalie Starkey.
Nov 8 — Library of Congress – Science, Technology and Business Division, Washington DC: GRACE-FO and ICESat-2: NASA’s Leadership in Monitoring the Polar Regions from Space; by Thorsten Markus from NASA.
Nov 8 — Moon: 3.7° NNE of Jupiter, 09:00.
Nov 8 — Aten Asteroid 2010 VB: Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
FRIDAY
Nov 9 — STEAMSPACE, Austin TX: Cities in Space Student Competition and Conference 2018; over 500 students present their designs for living on the Moon and Mars; STEAMSPACE is dedicated to opening the space frontier in our lifetime to everyone beyond the boundaries of race, gender, ideological and socioeconomic difference.
Nov 9 — National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM: 34th Annual New Mexico Symposium.
Nov 9-10 — New Worlds Institute, Austin TX: New Worlds 2018 and Space Cowboy Gala; featuring Astronauts, Engineers, Entrepreneurs, Scientists, NewSpace, Space Agencies, and Artists.
Nov 9-10 — Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia: 3rd Meeting of the Asian Oceanian VLBI Group (AOV).
Nov 9 — Moon: 6.6° NNE of Mercury, 04:00; 8.4° NNE of Antares, 05:00.
Nov 9 — Mercury: 1.8° N of Antares, 02:00.
Nov 9 — Apollo Asteroid 2015 TL178: Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
SATURDAY
Nov 10 — Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Stiftung, Berlin, Germany: The Hubble Constant Controversy – Status, Implications and Solutions.
SUNDAY
Nov 11 — Rocket Lab, Launch Electron / “It’s Business Time” Multi-Payload, Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand: Nine-day launch window opens for first fully commercial launch dubbed ‘It’s Business Time’ with two Spire Lemur 2 CubeSats and one GeoOptics CICERO satellite; live coverage available.
Nov 11 — National Space Society of North Texas, Irving TX: National Space Society of North Texas monthly meeting; 15:30.
Nov 11 — Moon: 1.4° N of Saturn, 06:00.