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NET May — Launch Ariane 5 / Arabsat 5A & COMS 1, Kourou, French Guiana: Arianespace Flight 195 set to use Ariane 5 rocket with cryogenic upper stage to launch the Arabsat 5A communications satellite to cover the Middle East and Africa and South Korea's COMS 1 satellite to monitor weather, observe oceans and test communications; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET May — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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May 10 — The Spaceward Foundation, Edwards CA: ‘Power Beaming Challenge;' http://www.spaceelevatorgames.org/. |
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May 10-12 — ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands: 'Microwave Technology and Techniques Workshop 2010: Targeting for the Future' http://www.congrex.nl/10c01/. |
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May 10-14 — Lockheed Martin, NASA / Florida Space Grant Consortium, Cape Canaveral FL: 5-day undergraduate program to offer building blocks necessary to advance education goals and to assist students entering the space / science workplace; http://www.spaceflorida.gov/index.php/en/component/jevents/. |
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NET May 11 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / Dragon, Cape Canaveral FL: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to make maiden launch on a demonstration mission to carry qualification unit for SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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May 11 — National Space Society Florida Chapter, Cape Canaveral FL: 'National Space Club Luncheon: Florida's Future in Space;' http://nssflorida.org/. |
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May 11 — International Institution of Space Law, Washington DC: 'Space Law and Policy 2010;' http://www.iislweb.org/. |
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May 11 — NASA Lunar Science Institute, Moffett Field CA: 'NLSI Executive Council Meeting;' http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/articles/nlsi-executive-council-meeting. |
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May 11-12 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC: ‘AIAA Fellows Dinner' / 'Inside Aerospace: An International Forum for Aviation and Space Leaders;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2359. |
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May 12 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: 'Kepler: Are There Any Good World's Out There?' John Jenkins; http://www.seti.org/csc/lectures. |
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May 12 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC: ‘2010 Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2359. |
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May 12 — Intech Science Center and Planetarium, Winchester, United Kingdom: 'The Science and Beauty of Nebulae,' Carolin Crawford; http://www.intech-uk.com/folders/planetarium/space_lectures.cfm. |
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May 13-14 — American Astronautical Society, Boulder CO: ‘George H. Born Symposium;' http://www.space-flight.org/AAS_meetings/Born_2010/Born.html. |
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May 14 — Launch Atlantis STS-132 / 19A, Cape Canaveral FL: U.S. mission to the International Space Station to carry integrated cargo to deliver maintenance and assembly hardware 2nd pressurized components for Russia and a Mini Research Module to be attached to bottom port of Zarya Module; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html. |
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May 15 — X Prize Foundation, San Francisco CA: 'A Radical Benefit for Humanity: Making the Impossible Possible, One Prize at a Time,' event hosted by James Cameron, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Lucasfilm's Letterman Digital Arts Center; http://www.xprize.org/email/benefitforhumanity. |
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May 15 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Las Vegas NV: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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May 15 — NASA, Washington DC / Online: Final entry deadline for 2010 NASA Moon Work Contest; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/dec/HQ_09-278_Moon_work.html. |
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May 16 — Quasarchile, Santiago, Chile: Amateur astronomy adventure tour departure date; http://www.quasarchile.cl/fixed_departure_date_option.htm. |
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May 17 — Launch H-2A / Akatsuki, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan: The Japanese H-2A rocket set to launch the Akatsuki spacecraft to Venus; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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May 17-19 — American Astronautical Society, Monterey CA: 'Kyle Alfriend Astrodynamics Symposium;' http://www.space-flight.org/AAS_meetings/Alfriend/Alfriend.html. |
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May 17-21 — United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Chisinau, Moldova: 'Workshop on the Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems;' http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/sap/2010/moldova/InfoNote.pdf. |
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May 18 — Cassini Enceladus Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Enceladus (altitude 198 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/saturntourdates2010/. |
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May 18 — NASA, ESA, Oslo, Norway: '12th NASA-ESA Workshop on Product Data Exchange;' http://www.congrex.nl/10m05/. |
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May 19 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: 'Latest results from the Mars Phoenix Lander Microscope,' John Marshall; http://www.seti.org/csc/lectures. |
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May 19 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude 1400 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/saturntourdates2010/. |
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May 19-21 — ESA, Huntsville AL: ‘4th International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety;' http://www.congrex.nl/10a06/. |
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May 19-21 — South Africa Department of Science and Technology, European Commission, Durban, South Africa: 'IST-Africa 2010 Conference & Exhibition;' http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2010/default.asp. |
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NET May 20 — Launch Delta 4 / GPS 2F-1, Cape Canaveral FL: United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket will launch the Air Force's first Block 2F navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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May 20-21 — Italian Space Agency, ESA, The University of Arizona, Sperlonga, Italy: '4th International Workshop: Agrospace - Controlled Environment Agriculture from Earth to Space and Back;' http://www.agrospaceconference.com/. |
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May 20-21 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: 'NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program;' http://www.nastarcenter.com/2dayspace.php. |
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May 20-22 — NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX: National Community College Aerospace Scholars to participate in 3-day event to to develop robotic explorers from concept to build-out; http://aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov/NCAS/. |
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May 23 — International Lunar Observatory Association, Space Age Publishing Company, Hilo HI: 'Galaxy Forum Hilo: Galaxy Education in the 21st Century;' http://www.iloa.org/galaxyforum.html, http://www.spaceagepub.com/galaxyforum.html. |
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May 23-27 — American Astronomical Society, Miami FL: ‘216th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org. |
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May 24-27 — Canadian Astronomical Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: ‘CASCA 2010;' http://www.casca.ca/welcome.php. |
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May 24-28 — Northwest Research Associates, Colorado Research Associates, et al, Breckinridge CO: ‘Meteoroids 2010: An International Conference on Minor Bodies in the Solar System;' http://www.cora.nwra.com/Meteoroids2010/. |
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May 25-27 — NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland OH: 'Balloonsat High Altitude Flight Competition;' http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/balloonsat/. |
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May 25-27 — The National Academies, Washington DC: 'Planetary Science Decadal Survey: 2013-2022;' http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/meetingview.aspx?MeetingID=3657&MeetingNo=4. |
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May 25-28 — Canadian Astronomical Society, Halifax, Canada: ‘CASCA 2010;' http://www.casca.ca/annual_meetings.php. |
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May 25-28 — NASA, Cape Canaveral FL: ‘Lunabotics Mining Competition;' http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/centers/kennedy/technology/lunabotics.htm. |
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May 26 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: 'The Maunder Minimum: Astrophysical Connection to Climate Change,' Dan Lubin; http://www.seti.org/csc/lectures. |
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May 26 — Space Investment Summit, Chicago IL: ‘Space Investment Summit 8;' http://www.spaceinvestmentsummit.com/. |
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May 27-28 — University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu HI: ‘End-of-Term Hawaii Open Meeting on Exoplanets;' http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/FACULTY/GAIDOS/ethome.html. |
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May 27-31 — National Space Society, Chicago IL: ‘29th Annual International Space Development Conference;' http://isdc.nss.org/2010/. |
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May 29 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Las Vegas NV: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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May 30-Jun 4 — Mees Solar Observatory, Haleakala Maui HI: ‘6th Solar Polarization Workshop;' http://kopiko.ifa.hawaii.edu/spw6/. |
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May 31-Jun 3 — International Astronautical Federation, Chinese Society of Astronautics, Beijing, China: ‘Global Lunar Congress,' conference to advance lunar exploration and applications; http://www.gluc2010.org/. |
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May 31-Jun 4 — ESA, Madeira, Portugal: ‘4S Symposium 2010: Small Satellite Systems and Services;' http://www.congrex.nl/10a03/. |
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Jun — Hayabusa, Earth Return: Japan probe using ion engine returns to Earth, hopefully with samples from Asteroid Itokawa; http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/hayabusa/scenario.shtml. |
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Jun — Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation, Pasadena CA: Final design / construction readiness review; http://www.tmt.org/timeline/index.html. |
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Jun 1-4 — Eurospace, CSA, ESA, et al, Budapest, Hungary: ‘Data Systems in Aerospace 2010,' where space meets ground and related non-space applications of similar technology; http://www.eurospace.org/. |
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Jun 2 — Launch Rockot / SERVIS 2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia: A Eurockot Rockot vehicle set to launch SERVIS 2 satellite for Japan's Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) to test commercial off-the-shelf technologies for space applications; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Jun 2 — EADS Astrium, Institution of Engineering and Technology, London, United Kingdom: 'IET Seminar: Milsatcoms;' http://www.theiet.org/events/2010/milsatcoms.cfm?origin=space-agenda. |
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Jun 2 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: 'The 'Soot Line: Destruction of Pre-Solar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Terrestrial Planet-Forming Region of Disks;' Monika Kress; http://www.seti.org/csc/lectures. |
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Jun 3 — Launch Proton / BADR 5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: International Launch Services Proton rocket with Breeze M upper stage set to deploy BADR 5 telecommunications spacecraft which will provide direct broadcasting, HDTV programming and interactive services; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Jun 3-5 — The Mars Society, San Rafael Swell UT: '4th Annual University Rover Challenge;' http://www.marssociety.org/portal/c/urc. |
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Jun 4 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude 2044 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/saturntourdates2010/. |
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Jun 5 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Los Angeles CA: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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Jun 7-8 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Houston Section, Toulouse, France: 'Exploring the Moon for the Benefit of Humanity;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1. |
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Jun 7-11 — National Polytechnic School, Quito, Ecuador: '1st International Nanotechnology Congress;' http://nano2010.epn.edu.ec/index.php/en/home.html. |
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Jun 7-10, 14-17 — The Challenger Center, Columbia SC: 'Come Fly With Us: Space, Science Engineering Camp;' http://www.thechallengercenter.com/news/news_camp.htm. |
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Jun 7-18 — 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 http://www.isunet.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=532&Itemid=293. |
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Jun 8 — NASA Lunar Science Institute, Moffett Field CA: 'NLSI Executive Council Meeting;' http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/articles/nlsi-executive-council-meeting. |
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Jun 8-10 — The Space Resources Roundtable Inc., Golden CO: ‘11th Space Resources Roundtable / 1st Joint Meeting with Planetary and Terrestrial Mining Symposium;' http://www.isruinfo.com//docs/srr_xi_ptmss_first_announcement.pdf. |
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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;' http://www.toulousespaceshow.eu/. |
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NET Jun 9 — Launch KSLV-1 / Naro, Seoul, South Korea: 2nd attempt to launch Korea assembled space rocket and satellite into space; http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/09/2010020900691.html. |
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Jun 9 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: 'The Evolving Intersection of Physics and Biology,' Jan Liphardt; http://www.seti.org/csc/lectures. |
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Jun 9-16 — Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, et al, Assen, The Netherlands: ‘International SKA Forum 2010;' http://www.astron.nl/iskaf2010. |
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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. |
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Jun 10 — WM Keck Observatory, Kamuela HI: '2010 Astronomy Lecture Series: The Galaxy’s First Stars,' Constance Rockosi; http://keckobservatory.org/calendar. |
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Jun 11-13 — American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronomics and Astronautics, Amarillo TX: 'CanSat Competition 2010;' http://www.cansatcompetition.com/Main.html. |
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Jun 12 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Seattle WA: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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Jun 14-18 — NASA, Stockholm University, et al., Tallberg, Sweden: ‘AbGradCon 2010: For Early Career Astrobiologists;' http://www.abgradcon2010.org/attachments/049_abgradcon_poster_a4.jpg. |
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Jun 14-18 — ESA, NASA, et al., Barcelona, Spain: ‘7th International Planetary Probe Workshop;' http://www.planetaryprobe.eu/. |
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Jun 15 — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Jun 15-18 — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, NASA, ESA, Anaheim CA: 'Adaptive Hardware and Systems 2010;' http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/ahs2010/index.php. |
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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; http://www.seti.org/csc/lectures. |
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Jun 19 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Las Vegas NV: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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Jun 19-24 — NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island VA: 'RockOn! 2010 Workshop,' learn how to build and launch a scientific experiment into space; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/feb/HQ_10-047_Edu_WFF_RockOn.html. |
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Jun 20 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude 955 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/saturntourdates2010/. |
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Jun 21-22 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: 'NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program;' http://www.nastarcenter.com/2dayspace.php. |
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Jun 21-25 — ESA, NASA, et al., Barcelona, Spain: ‘7th International Planetary Probe Workshop;' http://www.planetaryprobe.eu/. |
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Jun 21-25 — International Space University (ISU), Nice, France: ‘IAU Symposium 271: Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies;' http://irfu.cea.fr/Projets/IAUSymp271/. |
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Jun 23 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: 'Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements with the QUaD Experiment,' Sarah Church; http://www.seti.org/csc/lectures. |
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Jun 24 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Miami FL: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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Jun 24-25 — World Technology Network, San Rafael Swell UT: '4th Annual University Rover Challenge;' http://www.marssociety.org/portal/c/urc. |
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Jun 25 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 39 (M73), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 39 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html. |
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Jun 25-26 — Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association, International Dark Sky Association, et al, Tucson AZ: 'ALCON 2010;' http://alcon2010.astroleague.org/. |
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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; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nordlingen2010/nordlingen20101st.shtml. |
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Jun 26 — Partial Lunar Eclipse: 00:16-03:00; Visible in Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Western portion of the Americas; http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2010Jun26P.GIF. |
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Jun 26 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Boston MA: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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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; http://nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/2010/. |
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Jun 26-Aug 27 — International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, France and Stuttgart, Germany: ‘ISU Summer Session Program;' http://www.isunet.edu/. |
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Jun 28 — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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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;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2120. |
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Jun 28-Jul 2 — American Meteorological Society, Portland OR: '13th Conference of Atmospheric Radiation;' http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/fainst/201013atmosrad13cloudphysics.html. |
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Jun 30 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: 'NASA's Flexible Path Architecture Study for Human Missions,' David Korsmeyer; http://www.seti.org/csc/lectures. |
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Jul 4 — Space Age Publishing Company, International Lunar Observatory Association, San Jose CA: 'Galaxy Forum USA;' http://www.spaceagepub.com/galaxyforum.html, http://www.iloa.org/galaxyforum.html. |
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Jul 4 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Washington DC: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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Jul 4-12 — Betchart Expeditions Inc, Planetary Society, Papeete, Tahiti: 'Tahiti Total Solar Eclipse 2010;' http://www.betchartexpeditions.com/s_pacific_tahiti_eclp.htm. |
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Jul 5-7 — National Space Society Australia, Adelaide, Australia: '11th Australian Space Development Conference;' http://www.nssa.com.au/ASDC11/. |
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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; http://isima.ucsc.edu/current.html. |
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Jul 8 — Launch Minotaur 4 / STP S26, Kodiak Island AK: The Air Force Minotaur 4 rocket will launch a group of satellites in a launch opportunity sponsored by the Air Force Space Test Program; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Jul 10 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Cape Canaveral FL: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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Jul 10 — ESA Rosetta Mission, Deep Space: Spacecraft conducts 2nd asteroid flyby (Asteroid Lutetia) en route to Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko; http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=2279. |
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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; http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2010/TSE2010.html. |
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Jul 11-15 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Barcelona, Spain: '40th International Conference on Environmental Systems;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2385. |
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Jul 12 — The SETI Institute, Mountain View CA: Colloquium Series Lecture: 'From Hot Jupiters to Super-Earths: A Survey of Exoplanetary Atmospheres,' Heather Knutson; http://www.seti.org/csc/lectures. |
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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; http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/LunarFlyer2010.pdf. |
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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; http://lasp.colorado.edu/ccldas/lgc2010/. |
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Jul 18-25 — Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Bremen, Germany: '38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly;' http://cosparhq.cnes.fr/. |
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Jul 19 — NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Lunar Science Institute, Moffett Field CA: '2nd Annual Lunar Scientists and Engineers Workshop;' http://lasp.colorado.edu/ccldas/lgc2010/. |
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Jul 19-23 — NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA: 'NASA Planetary Science Summer School;' http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/pscischool/?CFID=55215941&CFTOKEN=99051505. |
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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; http://www.farnborough.co. |
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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. |
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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/. |
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Jul 20-22 — NASA, Moffett Field CA: '3rd NASA Lunar Science Forum 2010;' http://lunarscience2010.arc.nasa.gov/agenda. |
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NET Jul 21 — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Jul 22 — WM Keck Observatory, Kamuela HI: '2010 Astronomy Lecture Series: Extrasolar Planets and their Stars,' John Johnson; http://keckobservatory.org/calendar. |
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Jul 22-23 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: 'NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program;' http://www.nastarcenter.com/2dayspace.php. |
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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; http://www.studio2b.org/escape/destinations/event_details.asp?eventid=523. |
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Jul 23-25 — Space Frontier Foundation, Mountain View CA: 'NewSpace 2010: Ready for Take-off;' http://newspace2010.spacefrontier.org/. |
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Jul 25-28 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nashville TN: '8th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1. |
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Jul 26-30 — The Meteoritical Society, New York NY: 'MetSoc 2010: 73rd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society;' http://www.metsoc2010.org/. |
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Jul 26-Aug 1 — Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc., Oshkosh WI: 'EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010;' http://www.airventure.org/. |
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Jul 27-30 — American Astronautical Society, Montréal, Quebec, Canada: 'International Space Conference of Pacific-basin Societies (ISCOPS);' http://astronautical.org/events/iscops/. |
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Jul 27-Jul 2 — Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, San Diego CA: 'Spie Astronomical Instrumentation: Observational Frontiers of Astronomy for the New Decade;' http://spie.org/x13662.xml. |
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Jul 29-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; http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/. |
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Jul 30 — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Jul 27-30 — American Astronautical Society, Chinese Society of Astronautics, Japanese, Rocket Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: '12th International Space Conference of the Pacific-basic Societies;' http://www.astronautical.org. |
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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;' http://www.astrosociety.org/events.html. |
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NET Aug — Launch Proton / Glonass, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: A Russian government Proton rocket will launch a trio of spacecraft for the Glonass satellite navigation constellation; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET Aug — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Aug 1-21 — International Astronomical Youth Camps (IAYC), Klingenthal, Germany: 'IAYC 2010;' http://www.iayc.org/next_camp.php. |
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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;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1. |
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Aug 2-6 — NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA: 'NASA Planetary Science Summer School;' http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/pscischool/?CFID=55215941&CFTOKEN=99051505. |
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Aug 5-8 — The Mars Society, Dayton OH: '13th International Mars Society Convention;' http://www.marssociety.org/portal/2010_conv_announcement. |
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Aug 7 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Cape Canaveral FL: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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Aug 10 — NASA Lunar Science Institute, Moffett Field CA: 'NLSI Executive Council Meeting;' http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/articles/nlsi-executive-council-meeting. |
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Aug 13-15 — The SETI Institute, Santa Clara CA: 'SETIcon 2010;' http://www.seticon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=8. |
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Aug 15-20 — International Glaciological Society, Columbus OH: 'Earth's Disappearing Ice: Drivers, Responses and Impacts;' http://bprc.osu.edu/workshops/igs_2010/. |
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Aug 16-20 — Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vienna, Austria: 'Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars: Shining Examples and Common Inhabitants;' http://www.univie.ac.at/galagb/. |
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Aug 21 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Cape Canaveral FL: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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Aug 22-26 — International Astronomical Union, Ventura CA: 'IAU Symposium 273: Physics of Sun and Star Spots;' http://www.csun.edu/physics/IAU2010/index.html. |
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Aug 25-28 — Indian Space Research Organization, Confederation of Indian Industry, Bengaluru, India: 'Bengaluru Space Expo 2010;' http://www.bsxindia.com/. |
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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;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2387#zz2387. |
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Aug 31-Sep 2 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Anaheim CA: 'Education Alley / Space 2010 Conference and Exposition: Space - Imagine, Innovate, Collaborate;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2387. |
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Aug 31 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 39P, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 39th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station; http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html. |
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NET Sep — Launch Soyuz / HYLAS, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: An Arianespace Soyuz rocket set to launch 1st mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET Sep — Launch Soyuz / Globalstar, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Arianespace Soyuz rocket set to launch 6-second generation Globalstar mobile communications using a Fregat upper stage; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET Sep — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Sep 3-4 — Dark Skies Advisory Group, Kaposvar, Hungary: '10th European Symposium for Protection of Night Sky;' http://www.darkskyparks.org/. |
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Sep 6-10 — Dark Skies Advisory Group, Lastovo Island, Croatia: '3rd International Symposium for Dark-Sky Parks and Camp;' http://www.darkskyparks.org/. |
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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;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2279&viewcon=visa. |
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Sep 14-16 — Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, Washington DC: '2010 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group;' http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/leag2010/. |
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Sep 16 — Launch Discovery STS-135, Cape Canaveral FL: U.S. mission to the International Space Station set to deliver the Express Logistics Carrier 4, a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and critical spare components; http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html. |
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Sep 23 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Anaheim CA: '28th AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC-2010); http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1. |
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Sep 23-24 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: 'NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program;' http://www.nastarcenter.com/2dayspace.php. |
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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; http://www.spacegeneration.org/index.php/activities/space-generation-congress. |
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Sep 27 — International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Prague, Czech Republic: 'IISL Space Law Colloquium;' http://www.iac2010.cz/en/welcome. |
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Sep 27 -Oct 1 — International Astronautical Federation, Czech Space Office, Prague, Czech Republic: '61st International Astronautical Congress,' http://www.iac2010.cz/en/welcome. |
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Sep 27-Oct 1 — International Institute of Space Law, Prague, Czech Republic: 'Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition: 2010 World Finals;' http://www.spacemoot.org/currentfinal.htm. |
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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; http://www.eventsinamerica.com/events/aiaa_space_2010_american_institute_of_aeronautics_and_astronautics/ev4a5f3e2620150/. |
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NET Sep 30 — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET Oct — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET Oct — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET Oct — Launch Soyuz / Pleiades 1, Kourou, French Guiana: An Arianespace Soyuz rocket set to launch 2nd mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET Oct — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET Oct — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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NET Oct — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Oct 3 — Zero Gravity Corporation, Honolulu HI: Commercial weightless flight onboard G Force One; http://www.gozerog.com/. |
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Oct 3-7 — The International Astronautical Federation, Cape Town, South Africa: '62nd International Astronautical Congress;' http://www.iac2011.com/. |
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Oct 3-8 — American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences, Pasadena CA: '42nd Annual Meeting of the DPS;' http://dps.aas.org/meetings/. |
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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. |
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Oct 4-8 — ESA, Rhodes Island, Greece: '2010 International Conference on Space Optics;' http://www.congrex.nl/10A02/. |
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Oct 4-9 — Laboratory for Advanced Technology Applications, University of Constantine, Constantine, Algeria, Africa: '2nd Africa Space Fest;' http://www.nydt.org/home.asp?pid=1133. |
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Oct 5-8 — ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands: '32nd ESA Antenna Workshop on Antennas for Space Applications;' http://www.congrex.nl/10C09/. |
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Oct 7-9 — COMEXCEBA, Toluca, Mexico: '2009 First International Aerospace Congress of Mexico / 1st Moon Landing Commemoration of Apollo 11' on Oct 9; http://www.youtube.com/user/COMEXCEBA. |
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Oct 8-10 — Imiloa Astronomy Center, Hilo HI: '3rd Annual Hilo Wayfinding and Navigation Festival;' http://www.imiloahawaii.org/16/special-events. |
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Oct 11-15 — International Astronomical Union, Torino, Italy: 'IAU Symposium 276: The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution;' http://iaus276.oato.inaf.it/IAUS_276/index.htm. |
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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; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/dec/HQ_07279_EPOXI_mission_to_comet_Hartley.html. |
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Oct 14-15 — Eurisy, European Space Policy Institute, ESA, Rabat, Morocco: 'Development and Cooperation in the Mediterranean Region Using Satellite Services;' http://www.eurisy.org/. |
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Oct 16-23 — Betchart Expeditions Inc, Planetary Society, Kona HI: 'Discover Hawaii;' http://www.betchartexpeditions.com/s_pacific_hawaii.htm. |
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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;' http://www.ispcs.com/. |
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Oct 22 — Spaceport America, Virgin Galactic, Las Cruces NM: WhiteKnightTwo / SpaceShipTwo to make flyover of Spaceport America for inauguration of runway; http://events.linkedin.com/Puerto-Rico-Space-Congress-Space-is/pub/222540. |
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Oct 23-27 — National Space Society Puerto Rico, Leeward Space Foundation, et al, San Juan PR: 'Puerto Rico Space Congress: Space is the Answer!;' http://events.linkedin.com/Puerto-Rico-Space-Congress-Space-is/pub/222540. |
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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;' http://www.usasymposium.com/craste/default.htm. |
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Oct 27 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 40 (M74), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 40 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html. |
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Oct 31-Nov 3 — Geological Society of America, Denver CO: '2010 GSA Annual Meeting: Reaching New Peaks in GeoScience;' http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2009/index.htm. |
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NET Nov — 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; http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html. |
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NET Nov — Launch Soyuz / Galileo, Kourou, French Guiana: An Arianespace Soyuz rocket set to launch 3rd mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Nov 1-3 — National Space Organization of Taiwan, International Astronautical Federation, Taipei, Taiwan: '6th International Workshop on Satellite Constellation and Formation Flying;' http://iwscff2010.nspo.org.tw/. |
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Nov 7-10 — European Southern Observatory, Copiapo, Chile: 'Spiral Structure in the Milky Way: Confronting Observations and Theory;' http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/MW2010/. |
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Nov 8-9 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: 'NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program;' http://www.nastarcenter.com/2dayspace.php. |
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Nov 15 — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Nov 22 — Launch Taurus / Glory, Vandenberg Air Force Base CA: The Orbital Sciences Taurus rocket set to launch NASA's Glory Earth observation satellite; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Nov 30 — Launch Ariane 5 / ATV 2, Kourou, French Guiana: The Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket set to launch the European Space Agency's second Automated Transfer Vehicle, named Johannes Kepler; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Dec 1 — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Dec 4 — International Lunar Observatory Association, Space Age Publishing Company, Daiba, Tokyo, Japan: 'Galaxy Forum Japan: Galaxy Education in the 21st Century;' http://www.iloa.org/galaxyforum.html, http://www.spaceagepub.com/galaxyforum.html |
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Dec 6 — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Shanghai, China: '2010 Shanghai World Expo: Space Home Exhibit;' http://en.expo2010.cn. |
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Dec 9-10 — NASTAR Center, Philadelphia PA: 'NASTAR 2-Day Space Training Program;' http://www.nastarcenter.com/2dayspace.php. |
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Dec 10 — 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; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. |
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Dec 10 — National Center for Remote Sensing, Air Space and Law, Washington DC: '4th Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law;' http://www.spacelaw.olemiss.edu/event_Galloway2009.html. |
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Dec 13-17 — American Geophysical Union, San Francisco CA: 'AGU Fall Meeting;' http://www.agu.org/meetings/. |
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Dec 20 — Total Lunar Eclipse: 20:32-00:01 (Dec 21); Visible in Asia, Australia, the Pacific, the Americas, and Europe; http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2010Dec21T.GIF. |
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Dec 27 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 41 (M75), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 41 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html. |
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Dec 31 — X Prize Foundation, Santa Monica CA: Deadline for registration to compete for Google Lunar X Prize; http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/lunar/about-the-prize. |
| 2011 | |
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Jan 3-7 — Indian Space Research Organization, Chennai, India: '98th Indian Science Congress;' http://www.zeenews.com/news611412.html. |
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Jan 4-7 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Orlando FL: '49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=1812. |
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Jan 9-13 — American Astronomical Society, Seattle WA: ‘217th Meeting of the AAS;' http://aas.org/meetings/meetings_future.php. |
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Jan 15 — International Academy of Astronautics, Washington DC: Deadline nomination for IAA membership; http://iaaweb.org/content/view/171/287/. |
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Jan 25-26 — NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group, Washington DC: ‘4th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group;' http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Feb 13-17 — American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Orlando FL: ‘21st AAS / AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting;' http://www.space-flight.org/AAS_meetings/2011_winter/2011%20winter.html. |
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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; http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/status/070829.html. |
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Feb 28- Mar 1 — University of Central Florida, Orlando FL: ‘Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference 2011;' http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2010/02/22/daily5.html. |
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Mar 18 — MESSENGER, Mercury Orbit: Spacecraft enters Mercury orbit; spacecraft to map entire planet in color and conduct various measurements; http://messenger.jhuapl.edu. |
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Mar 30-31 — American Astronautical Society, Greenbelt MD: ‘49th Robert Goddard Memorial Symposium;' http://astronautical.org/. |
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Apr 17-21 — International Astronomical Union, Cape Town, South Africa: ‘2nd Middle East-Africa IAU Regional Meeting;' http://www.iau.org/science/meetings/future/regional/982/. |
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May 22-26 — American Astronomical Society, Boston MA: ‘218th Meeting of the AAS;' http://aas.org/meetings/meetings_future.php. |
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July 26-29 — International Astronomical Union, Chiang Mai, Thailand: '11th Asia-Pacific IAU Regional Meeting;' http://www.iau.org/science/meetings/future/regional/981/. |
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July 26-Aug 7 — The Moon Society, Milwaukee WI: 'Apollo 15 Moon Party 40th Commemoration;' http://www.moonsociety.org/. |
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Aug — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: Spacecraft scheduled to arrive at asteroid Vesta this month; launch in Sep 2007; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mission/index.html. |
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Aug 1-3 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, San Diego CA: '47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1. |
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Aug 8-11 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Portland OR: 'Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1. |
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Aug 11 — Launch Juno Jupiter Orbiter, USA: 2nd mission in NASA New Horizons Program; arrives at Jupiter in Oct 2016. |
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Sep 27-29 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Long Beach CA: 'AIAA Space 2011 Conference & Exposition;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1. |
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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; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mission/index.html. |
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Oct 2-7 — American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences, Nantes, France: '43rd Annual Meeting of the DPS;' http://dps.aas.org/meetings/. |
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Oct 3-7 — International Astronautical Federation, Cape Town, South Africa: '62nd International Astronautical Congress;' http://www.iafastro.com/index.php?id=100. |
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Oct 9-12 — Geological Society of America, Minneapolis MN: '2011 GSA Annual Meeting;' http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2009/index.htm. |
| 2012 | |
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NET 2012 — Launch PSLV / Chandrayaan-2, India: 2nd India robotic Moon Mission expected to launch; lander / rover to be conducted in cooperation with Russia. |
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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. |
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Jan — American Astronomical Society, Austin TX: ‘219th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org. |
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Apr — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: Spacecraft scheduled to depart asteroid Vesta this month; launch in Sep 2007; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mission/index.html. |
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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;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1. |
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Jun — American Astronomical Society, Anchorage AK: ‘220th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org. |
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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; http://www.farnborough.com. |
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Aug 20-31 — International Astronomical Union, Beijing, China: '28th IAU General Assembly;' http://www.iau.org/science/meetings/future/general_assemblies/812/. |
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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. |
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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.; http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/lunar/about-the-prize. |
| 2013 | |
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Jan — American Astronomical Society, Long Beach CA: ‘221st Meeting of the AAS;' http://aas.org/meetings/meetings_future.php. |
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Mar — Launch Ares 1 CLV / Orion CEV, KSC FL: Unpiloted orbital test flight of Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle; time TBD. |
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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;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1. |
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Jun — American Astronomical Society, TBD: ‘222nd Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org. |
| 2014 | |
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Jan — American Astronomical Society, Washington DC: ‘223rd Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org. |
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May — ESA Rosetta Mission, Comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko Orbit: Spacecraft arrives at Comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko after 10 year journey; http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=2279. |
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Jun — American Astronomical Society, TBD: ‘224th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org. |
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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; http://www.farnborough.com. |
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Dec 31 — X Prize Foundation, Santa Monica CA: Final deadline for winning Google Lunar X Prize; http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/lunar/about-the-prize. |
| 2015 | |
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Jan — American Astronomical Society, Seattle WA: ‘225th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org. |
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Feb — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: Spacecraft scheduled to arrive at asteroid Ceres this month; launch in Sep 2007; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mission/index.html. |
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Mar — Launch Ares 1 CLV / Orion CEV, KSC FL: First piloted flight of Orion Moonship expected; time TBD. |
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Jun — American Astronomical Society, TBD: ‘226th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org. |
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Jul — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: End of scheduled primary mission; launch in Sep 2007; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mission/index.html. |
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Jul 14 — New Horizons Pluto Encounter, Pluto Trajectory: Spacecraft conducts long-awaited encounter with Pluto today; launched 19 Jan 2006; http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/. |
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Dec 2015 — ESA Rosetta Mission, Comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko Orbit: End of scheduled mission; http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=2279. |
| 2016 | |
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Jul 18-24 — Farnborough International Air Show 2016, Farnborough, 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; http://www.farnborough.com. |
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Oct — Juno Jupiter Orbiter, Jupiter Orbit: 2nd mission in NASA New Horizons Program arrives at Jupiter if 2011 launch on schedule. |
| 2017 | |
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Oct — Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation, Mauna Kea HI: First Light with full primary mirror; http://www.tmt.org/timeline/index.html. |
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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. |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
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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 | |
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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; http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/apophis/. |
| 2036 | |
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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; http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/apophis/. |
| 2061 | |
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2061 — Halley's Comet, Deep Space: Return of Halley's Comet; http://www.ianridpath.com/halley/halley7.htm. |
