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@XiNeutrino As it usually happens, Mom tends to know what's best for you.
2007 Emme Award Astronautical Literature Award to Michael Neufeld for Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War http://www.astronautical.org/2009...
Deadline for the NASA contest for students (ages 5 to 18) to name NASA's next Mars rover is coming up on 25 Jan: http://www.astronautical.org/2009...
Slides from the 2008 AAS National Conference in Pasadena are now posted on astronautical.org: http://www.astronautical.org/2008.... Go crazy.
The field is set for the 2009 CanSat Competition -- 26 teams registered http://www.astronautical.org/2008...
If you see anything mixed up (there are a lot of slides, etc.), let me know: webmaster@astronautical.org
We've posted the slide presentations from last week's Von Braun Memorial Symposium on astronautical.org: http://www.astronautical.org/2008...
Applications Available for 2009 NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs: http://www.astronautical.org/2008... - Sagan, Einstein, and Hubble fellowships
NASA Admin Mike Griffin gave a speech at the first AAS Wernher Von Braun Memorial Symposium in Alabama yesterday: http://www.astronautical.org/2008...
Payload fairing jettisoned, second stage separated, third stage ignited
@SpaceVidcast Wicked, thanks, will try it (had to get around .wmx by getting old Windows machine out of storage)
Now inside the launch window for IBEX -- nominal launch in ~3 minutes http://www.nasa.gov/mission... [nasa.gov]
There's a live webcast of the launch at nasa.gov: http://webcast.ksc.nasa.gov/code... (though I can't open it via Mac, a .wmx extnsn)
The L-1011 aircraft, carrying Pegasus and its IBEX payload, are now in flight for ~1:45pm EDT launch: http://www.nasa.gov/mission...
Webcast of Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) launch from Kwajalein starts at 12:15pm EDT on Sunday 19 Oct: http://www.astronautical.org/2008...
Cassini Scientist for a Day submissions are due by 30 Oct http://www.astronautical.org/2008... - grade 5-12 students get a chance to operate Cassini
Today's Lunar and Planetary Institute seminar is at 3:30pm in Houston - http://www.astronautical.org/2008... - Shouliang Zhang from JHU
Mike Griffin's statement on the signing of the NASA Authorization Act of 2008, HR6063: http://www.astronautical.org/2008... [astronautical.org]
Just posted the October 2008 issue of the AAS History Newsletter (the AAS Explorer) to astronautical.org: http://www.astronautical.org/2008...
AGI and X PRIZE Foundation Partner for Moon Prize: http://www.astronautical.org/2008... [astronautical.org] - AGI is a corporate member of AAS.
Oct 16, 2008: NASA @ the Brickhouse #13: The Dark Side of the Universe at Yahoo Brickhouse - http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event...
Northrop Grumman's full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope is on display in Germany from 13-28 Oct: http://www.astronautical.org/2008...
Info for students planning to attend the AAS National Conference in Pasadena: http://www.astronautical.org/2008...
Registration open for the 2008 SEDS-USA National Conference: http://www.astronautical.org/2008... 14-16 November at Texas A&M
Send your name to space with the Kepler Mission: http://www.astronautical.org/2008... (Deadline: 1 Nov)
Notes posted from AAS International Programs meeting at Raytheon, 20 September: http://www.astronautical.org/2008...
sorry, those last few tweets were old posts on astronautical.org that got dredged while organizing things in WordPress
New blog post: AAS Scholarship to the International Space University http://www.astronautical.org/2005... ...
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