21 Oct 2008: Session 1: Ares - A Project Making Progress | Luncheon: Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator | Session 2: Constellation: Enabling Research and Discovery | Session 3: Huntsville and the U.S. Space Program - An Historical Perspective
22 Oct 2008: Session 4: What's Ahead for the Space Program with a New Administration and Congress? | Session 5: Industry Perspective and the Future of Exploration

2008 Von Braun Memorial Symposium Session 1: Ares – A Project Making Progress

  • Moderator: Steve Cook, Ares Projects Manager, MSFC
  • The Ares Projects: Back to the Future – Steve Cook
  • Ares I Booster Status and Progress – Fred Brasfield, Ares I First Stage Program Manager, ATK
  • Ares I Upper Stage Status and Progress – Danny Davis, Ares I Upper Stage Program Manager, NASA MSFC
  • Ares I Instrument Unit Status and Progress – Dwight Potter, Ares I IUA Program Manager, The Boeing Company
  • J-2X Status and Progress – Walt Janowski, Deputy Program Manager, J2X Engine, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
  • Ares I/Orion Integration Approach – Jim Reuter, Vehicle Integration Manager, MSFC
  • Ares I Integrated Test Approach – Jim Taylor, Flight and Integrated Test Manager, MSFC

Steve Cook, “The Ares Projects: Back to the Future”

Fred Brasfield, “Ares I Booster Status and Progress”

Danny Davis, “Ares I Upper Stage Update”

Dwight Potter, “Ares I Instrument Unit Status and Progress”

Walt Janowski, “J2-X Status and Progress”

Jim Reuter, “Ares I Integration Approach”

Looking Ahead – Key Space Events

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

Aug 3-5 — NASA ISS Research Academy & Pre-application Meeting
South Shore Harbour Resort
Houston, Texas

Sep 20-22 — International Symposium on Asteroid Mitigation
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Abstract Deadline August 2

Sep 27-Oct 1 — International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
Prague Congress Centre
Prague, Czech Republic

Oct 10-24 – USA Science & Engineering Festival 
Washington, DC

Oct 25-27 — Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama

Nov 16-17 — AAS National Conference
“ISS: The Next Decade”
Radisson Resort at the Port
Cape Canaveral, Florida

Feb 4-9 — AAS Guidance and Control Conference
Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center
Breckenridge, Colorado

Feb 13-17 — AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Winter Meeting
Lowes New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
Abstract Deadline October 11, 2010

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