Announcements

The Future Space Leaders Foundation announced on May 19 the five winners of its annual Future Space Leaders Grant Program. The Foundation will provide grants to five graduate students and young professionals…

AAS will celebrate sixty years of service to the space community with an exciting evening event at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, DC.

The AAS congratulates Kapi'olani Community College (Honolulu, Hawaii) for placing first in the 8th Student CanSat Competition held in Abilene and Burkett, Texas, June 7-10.  The second place award went to…

Watch the "We are the Explorers" video.

The AAS welcomes Dittmar Associates ("Creating the Future"), Dynetics ("The Power of Solutions"), Leverage Dynamics ("Employee Driven Solutions") and SGT, Inc. (Achieving Results - Exceeding Expectations") as new corporate members.

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AAS salutes the life and accomplishments of Neil Armstrong, a true American hero.  In the words of NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden: "Neil will always be remembered for taking humankind’s first…

The 8th Annual Student CanSat Competition took place in Abilene and Burkett, Texas, June 8-10.  Twenty-six teams from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Colombia, India, Turkey and United Arab Emirates successfully…

The annual AAS Lady Mamie Ngan Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Julie Mason, currently a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  The scholarship provides up to $10,000 in tuition…

National Conference and Von Braun Symposium Power Point presentations are posted, along with the final programs for both events.

The American Astronautical Society welcomes NASA's announcement of its planned path forward to develop the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS).  AAS Executive Director, Jim Kirkpatrick said: "This important announcement by…

(July 20, 2011) For the past 54 years, investments in America’s space program have yielded tremendous benefits* for American taxpayers, but looming cutbacks to science and technology (S&T) investments –especially…