Mission Discovery at King's College London July 15th-19th 2013

Work with astronauts, astronaut trainers, scientists and NASA leaders! Compete to have your idea for an experiment built, launched to the International Space Station and carried out in space.

Be there at Mission Discovery in July at King’s College London one of the top 25 universities in the world.

You will be assigned to a team to formulate an idea for an experiment that can be done in space. You will present your idea and compete against other Mission Discovery teams to produce the best proposal.

Our US partners have a Space Act Agreement with NASA that enables educational projects to be carried out on the International Space Station.

To find out more, visit the webpage: http://isset.org/mission_discovery/kings_2013.php 

UK Astrobiology Conference

The Astrobiology Society of Britain Conference 2013 is for biologists, astronomers, physicists, geologists, chemists and scientists from other fields that intersect with astrobiology. The conference is supported by the UK Space Agency and will be in Scotland this year on APRIL 17-19. 

The conference will be the 10th anniversary of ASB (Astrobiology Society of Britain) and will be hosted by UKCA at the University of Edinburgh. Visit the following site for registration details.

http://www.astrobiology.ac.uk/events/asb5/

Mars Analog mission in the Northern Sahara

In February 2013, the Austrian Space Forum, in cooperation with the Ibn-Battuta Center at the University of Marrakesh will conduct a one-month Mars Analog mission in the Northern Sahara of Morocco within the framework of the PolAres research programme. The Forum will be solicitating proposals shortly to the AO (Announcement of Opportunity). Visit the OeWF website to request a copy of the AO.

Already now there is a significant international indication of interest and this mission promises to produce a significant scientific, engineering and operational output.

The deadline for proposals is 15. June 2012.

3rd European Space Tourism Conference: Open for Business

On the 19th June 2012, the 3rd European Space Tourism Conference:Open for Business will be held by the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Space tourism is now big business. Tens of millions of dollars have been paid by customers, queuing up to spend time in space. Space Adventures has been operating for over a decade, XCOR and Excalibur Almaz are rolling out their vehicles, and Virgin Galactic is in the final stages of certification in the US – the top management of all four will be here, as well as passengers from the first three.

Spaceport America has opened in New Mexico, Spaceport Sweden hopes to be the first to do so in Europe while Curaçao will offer a Caribbean base – the top management of all three will be at the conference as will the lawyer helping Spaceport Sweden negotiate the regulatory corridors in Brussels.

Prices start from £110.00 + VAT for RAeS Members. This conference will provide delegates with great networking opportunities and the forum for discussion on hot industry topics.

You can register online, by email to conference@aerosociety.com or by calling +44 (0)20 7670 4345.

For more information, a list of conference themes and to see the full programme, please click here

UKSEDS 2012 Conference

This year’s UKSEDS conference will be held at the University of Kent on the weekend of the 31st March – 1st April, and will be hosted by their Kent branch: SpaceSoc.

• Kent University – 31st March/ 1st April
• Two days of talks on everything from astrobiology, space planes, colonisation, rockets and our most successful projects of the year so far.
• Exhibitions from industry leaders including; HE Space, Vega, AspireSpace and many more.
• UKSEDS AGM – election of next years committee.
• Social fun!

For further information visit the UKSEDS homepage here