Aerospace Leadership in the 21st Century

Next-Generation aerospace leaders will face many unprecedented challenges. Preparation for these challenges is essential for advancing societies and the capabilities of mankind into future centuries.

BY AMIR AND OMID GOHARDANI • OCT 5, 2020

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Speaks at First Virtual Glenn Symposium

BY TAMSYN BRANN • AUG 5, 2020

NASA Embarks on Mars 2020 Mission

BY GREGORY BLANEY • JULY 29, 2020

SCITECH FORUM 2020

BY CINDY SCHUMACHER • MAR 24, 2020

Symposium Recap: Representatives from NASA, Maxar, and Northrop Grumman Discuss Gateway Updates

BY TAMSYN BRANN • SEP 2, 2020

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Speaks at First Virtual Glenn Symposium

BY TAMSYN BRANN • AUG 5, 2020

NASA Embarks on Mars 2020 Mission

BY GREGORY BLANEY • JULY 29, 2020

Aerospace Leadership in the 21st Century

Next-Generation aerospace leaders will face many unprecedented challenges. Preparation for these challenges is essential for advancing societies and the capabilities of mankind into future centuries.

BY AMIR AND OMID GOHARDANI • OCT 5, 2020

Demo-2 Mission Brings Crewed Launches Back to U.S. Soil

BY LINDA GRIMM • SEP 25, 2020

Symposium Recap: Representatives from NASA, Maxar, and Northrop Grumman Discuss Gateway Updates

BY TAMSYN BRANN • SEP 2, 2020

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UHMC Students Win 2020 AAS International CanSat Competition

The University of Hawai’i Maui College’s (UHMC) Engineering Technology Program sent two teams to the American Astronautical Society (AAS) 2020 International Student CanSat Competition.

BY CINDY SCHUMACHER • AUG 21, 2020

Inside the Mind of a Young Professional: A Conversation with Quinn Kupec

“I was fortunate enough to lead a team of some really amazing people for the (CanSat) competition. The competition requirements required us to pack a lot more design features than what we were doing on TARDIS.”

BY VICTORIA WOODBURN• MAY 26, 2020

Outstanding in Space: AAS Fellows Selections

This year’s selections continues this strong tradition of acknowledging the impacts these individuals have made throughout their careers. The 2019 class of AAS Fellows are Chris D’Souza, J. R. Edwards, and Bill Gerstenmaier.

BY CINDY SCHUMACHER • MAR 31, 2020

SCITECH FORUM 2020

This year, as has become customary in even-numbered years, the American Astronautical Society (AAS) presented its 30th annual Space Flight Mechanics Meeting as part of the Forum, to foster technical interchange in the field.

BY CINDY SCHUMACHER • MAR 24, 2020

Molly Macauley’s Legacy Lives on Through the AAS Molly K. Macauley Award

“[Winning] the Macauley Award meant not only the recognition of the work I have been passionately engaged in, but also it provided me with the opportunity to network with several space industry leaders as well as visit some of the breathtaking NASA facilities.”

BY LUCI WILLIS • FEB 3, 2020

Inside the Mind of a Young Professional: A Conversation with Sirisha Bandla

“I love our industry because we are all in it for the love of space. Our passion for space connects us all, and we love to think about the future of the industry and those that will follow in our footsteps.”

BY MOLLY KEARNS • JAN 23, 2020

Boeing Launches Starliner Commercial Crew Capsule

As 2019 comes to an end, the commercial spaceflight industry has hit a major milestone: Boeing has successfully launched the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the first time.

BY EMILY CAVANAGH • DEC 20, 2019

CLPS Program Plans to Take NASA to the Moon Faster than Ever Before

“Basically, CLPS is “FedEx or DHL to the lunar surface,” Alleyne explained. It is a program that allows NASA to utilize nine vendors selected under an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) master contract as exclusively service providers to transport payloads and instruments to the moon’s surface or into the lunar orbit.

BY LUCI WILLIS • NOV 20, 2019

Dr. Camille Alleyne, Deputy Manager of Commercial Lunar Payload Services at NASA Johnson Space Center CREDIT/NASA MSFC

NASA is Revolutionizing the Role of Women in Space

On October 18 at 7:38 EDT, NASA accomplished a feat the world has never seen before: the first all-women spacewalk. Female astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed a six-hour spacewalk, successfully replacing a battery charge/discharge unit on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS).

BY EMILY CAVANAGH • NOV 20, 2019

New artwork released by NASA for the Artemis Program. CREDIT/NASA

From Solar Flares to Power Scares: What Is Space Weather and How Does It Affect Us?

For some, the term “space weather” conjures up images of impossible rain storms and blizzards happening far outside the Earth’s atmosphere. However, space weather is a very real phenomenon that can have significant effects within the solar system, including damaging the power grids here on Earth. Understanding the effects of these solar events is critical to mitigating their impacts when they happen.

BY VICTORIA WOODBURN • NOV 20, 2019

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of a solar flare on Oct. 2, 2014. The solar flare is the bright flash of light on the left limb of the sun. CREDIT/NASA

Inside the Mind of a Young Professional: A Conversation with Deepak Atyam

“What originally inspired me was probably my first real job opportunity working at JPL. I was seventeen and I had gone through the Inspire Program through NASA which helped young high school students get acclimated with what it takes to be an engineer in the real world work force.”

BY MOLLY KEARNS • NOV 20, 2019

Atyam working on a Tri-D rocket engine created by Atyam and his partner Alex Finch at the University of California San Diego. CREDIT/ERIK JEPSEN

Inside the Mind of a Young Professional: A Conversation with Josh Ehrlich

“During my time as a crew member I learned that it is vital not only to be a leader when it is necessary, but also to be a good follower and to trust in each other. Living in an isolated environment also helps you learn how important of a factor communication is in terms of making a mission successful.”

BY MOLLY KEARNS • NOV 20, 2019

Meet Dr. Maruthi Akella, the New Editor-in-Chief of the JAS

“I am humbled and honored to be selected as Editor-in-Chief of the JAS,” Dr. Akella said in a statement. “The journal is one of the most significant scholarly publications in the astrodynamics field, and it has been led by distinguished researchers, including our current outgoing Editor-in-Chief, Professor Kathleen Howell.”

BY EMILY CAVANAGH • NOV 20, 2019

The Gateway Opens the Door into a New Generation of NASA Missions

A cross between the International Space Station (ISS) and a spaceship, the Gateway will serve as a critical piece of NASA’s goals of placing humans on the Moon and Mars. The Gateway will serve as an outpost in cislunar orbit for humans traveling to the Moon.

BY VICTORIA WOODBURN • NOV 20, 2019

Gateway Opens the Door into a New Generation of NASA Missions

Students Embrace Opportunity to Interact with Industry Professionals

Directly off the shores of Lake Erie, a crowd ranging from former NASA astronauts to current high school students gathered to commemorate the late John Glenn and discuss the future of aerospace innovation.

BY VICTORIA WOODBURN • NOV 20, 2019

Young professionals speaking to former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden during the conference’s young professional speed-mentoring session hosted by the AAS. CREDIT/MARV SMITH, NASA GRC

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