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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…

Congratualtions to the five top scoring teams at this year's Student CanSat Competition, held in Cross Plains, Texas.  A total of $6,500 in prize money went to the winning CanSat…

We welcome our newest corporate members: SpaceX, Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (VCSFA/MARS) and Space and Technology Policy Group, LLC.

Videos and slides from the 2011 Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium are being posted to astronautical.org/goddard. The keynote addresses from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and OSTP Director John Holdren are…

Steve Squyres, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University, gave the second day keynote address at the 2011 Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium. Dr. Squyres discussed in his talk,…