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History Committee

Committee Chairman:  Michael Ciancone

History Newsletter

Latest Issue

  • AAS Explorer Issue #9, November 2009

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    History Committee Charter

    Publications 2009

    Note:  The AAS History Committee reviews nominations for the Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature. This annual award recognizes an outstanding book that advances public understanding of astronautics. It rewards originality, scholarship and readability.

     

    Please send nominations for 2009 (including title, author, publisher and publisher contact information) to aas@astronautical.org

     

    Looking Ahead – Key Space Events

    Feb 12 — The State of the Agency: NASA Future Programs Presentation
    James E. Webb Auditorium
    NASA Headquarters

    Feb 14-17 — AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Winter Meeting
    Marriott San Diego Mission Valley
    San Diego, California

    Feb 21-23 — Space Exploration Alliance 2010 Legislative Blitz
    Washington, DC

    Feb 23-26 — SPESIF-2010: Space, Propulison & Energy Sciences International Forum
    JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
    Laurel, Maryland

    Mar 10-11 — Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
    Earth and Beyond: The Next Decades
    Greenbelt Marriott
    Greenbelt, Maryland

    May 13-14 — George H. Born Symposium
    University of Colorado
    Boulder, Colorado
    Abstract deadline is March 1.

    May 17-19 — Kyle T. Alfriend Astrodynamics Symposium
    Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa
    Monterey, California
    Abstract deadline is February 15.

    Jun 11-13 — 6th Student CanSat Competititon
    Amarillo, Texas

    July 27-30 — 12th International Space Conference of Pacific-basin Societies (ISCOPS)
    Delta Montréal Hotel
    Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    Details coming soon.

    Aug 2-5 — AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
    Sheraton Centre Toronto
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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