HomeHomehttp://uksba.org/home/2012-05-24T04:07:30ZSquarespaceNASA Humand Health & Performance Centrehttp://uksba.org/home/2012/5/24/nasa-humand-health-performance-centre.htmlSimon Evetts2012-05-24T04:01:37Z2012-05-24T04:01:37ZFounded in October 2010, the NHHPC is a global convener of government, industry, academic, and non-profit organizations that support the advancement of human health and performance innovations for space flight, commercial aviation, and challenging environments on Earth. Our member organizations participate in face-to-face workshops, webcasts, and virtual working groups to address issues, share best practices, and formulate collaborative projects in the areas of innovation; education and inspiration; human health; research and technology development; performance, human factors, and human system engineering; and environment and habitability. Our goals are to:

  • Advance human system research and technology, process, and practice innovations
  • Facilitate collaborative projects that advance human spaceflight capabilities and address national and global human health and performance needs
  • Integrate human health and performance efforts and results across NHHPC member organizations
  • Provide a resource for integration and coordination within NASA for proposals, risk assessments, and requirements to inform the human exploration missions and technology needs.

For more information including details of our forthcoming workshop visit the NHHPC homepage.

 

]]>Inaugural UK Space Environments Conferencehttp://uksba.org/home/2012/3/29/inaugural-uk-space-environments-conference.htmlSimon Evetts2012-03-29T13:27:01Z2012-03-29T13:27:01Z
Aberdeen will play host to the inaugural UK Space Environments Conference on 16 and 17 June 2012. Leading UK and international researchers from the fields of space biomedicine, astrobiology, astrophysics and astrochemistry will present and discuss details of their work and plans for a UK future in space.

 

Dr Jeff Davis, NASA's Director of Space Life Science and Medical Operations will present on the topic of collaboration for space and terrestrial benefit and provide an opportunity for delegates to discuss human space flight topics with one of the world's leading experts in this field.  There will also be presentations from the likes of Maj Tim Peake, the UK's representative ESA Astronaut and Prof Charles Cockell, one of the UK's leading astrobiologists.

Further details and registration arrangements see the conference page of this site.
 
UK Space Environments Conference
“UK Research & Education for Space & Terrestrial Benefit”
16 - 17 June, 2012
Satrosphere Science Centre
Aberdeen

]]>3rd European Space Tourism Conference:Open for Businesshttp://uksba.org/home/2012/3/29/3rd-european-space-tourism-conferenceopen-for-business.htmlSimon Evetts2012-03-29T13:10:36Z2012-03-29T13:10:36ZOn the 19th June 2012, the 3rd European Space Tourism Conference:Open for Business will be held by the Royal Aeronautical Society, London.

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.

This conference will provide delegates with up to date information concerning 'New Space', 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.

]]>UKSEDS 2012 Annual Conferencehttp://uksba.org/home/2012/3/9/ukseds-2012-annual-conference.htmlSimon Evetts2012-03-09T08:19:04Z2012-03-09T08:19:04ZThis 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

]]>Mars field simulation, Morocco 2013, First Announcementhttp://uksba.org/home/2012/3/5/mars-field-simulation-morocco-2013-first-announcement.htmlSimon Evetts2012-03-05T09:11:03Z2012-03-05T09:11:03ZThe Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) will be conducting a 1-month Mars Analog Simulation in the northern Sahara in February 2013 in cooperation with the Ibn-Battuta Center at the Univ. of Marrakesh, Morocco. The First Announcement for international participation for this field mission has been published and a more detailed AO (Announcement of Opportunity) will be released by the end of March.

Submissions will be considered for experiments to be conducted on-site or tele-operated from a home institution or the Mission Support Center in Austria.

 

For general information concerning OeWF and the recent Mars-Morooco recce visit the OeWF site.

or e-mail Dr Gernot  Grömer on gernot.groemer@oewf.org

]]>Cornell University of Hawaii Mars Analogue Mission and Food Studyhttp://uksba.org/home/2012/2/9/cornell-university-of-hawaii-mars-analogue-mission-and-food.htmlSimon Evetts2012-02-09T12:45:01Z2012-02-09T12:45:01ZApplications for participation in a 120 day Mars exploration analogue mission (Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue & Simulation, or HI-SEAS), are being accepted. The mission takes place in early 2013 on the Big Island of Hawaii.

DEADLINE: 29 FEB 2012.

For full details visit the study website here.

]]>Aerospace Medicine Scholarshipshttp://uksba.org/home/2012/1/5/aerospace-medicine-scholarships.htmlSimon Evetts2012-01-05T15:30:10Z2012-01-05T15:30:10Z 

The Aerospace Medical Association offers three scholarship opportunities to financially assist those pursuing Aerospace Medicine training programs.  Deadlines for applying for these applications are rapidly approaching.  Scholarship descriptions and application requirements are listed at our 'events' page and can be found here http://www.asma.org/pdf/asma-scholarships.pdf.

 

]]>ESA Human Spaceflight and Operations Science Newsletterhttp://uksba.org/home/2011/12/21/esa-human-spaceflight-and-operations-science-newsletter.htmlAdministrator2011-12-21T10:59:47Z2011-12-21T10:59:47ZThe December edition of ESA's Human Spaceflight and Operations Science Newsletter is now available. More information can be found at the following web page.

]]>UK Space Environments & Microgravity Conference 2012http://uksba.org/home/2011/12/14/uk-space-environments-microgravity-conference-2012.htmlSimon Evetts2011-12-14T05:12:54Z2011-12-14T05:12:54Z 

Aberdeen will play host to the inaugural UK Space Environments Conference on 16 - 17 June 2012. Leading UK and international researchers from the fields of space biomedicine, astrobiology, astrophysics and astrochemistry will present and discuss details of their work and plans for a UK future in space.

Dr Jeff Davis, NASA's Director of Space Life Science and Medical Operations will present on the topic of collaboration for space and terrestrial benefit and provide an opportunity for delegates to discuss human space flight topics with one of the world's leading experts in this field.  
Early bird registration is £81 (£57 for students) before 1 Apr 2012. Further details and registration arrangements will be presented on the conference page of this site in coming weeks.
 
UK Space Environments Conference
“UK Research & Education for Space & Terrestrial Benefit”
16 - 17 June, 2012
Satrosphere Science Centre
Aberdeen

]]>Students invited to 'drop' their experimentshttp://uksba.org/home/2011/10/20/students-invited-to-drop-their-experiments.htmlSimon Evetts2011-10-20T15:36:30Z2011-10-20T15:36:30Z

ESA’s Education Office offers university students the opportunity to perform experiments in microgravity, using the ZARM drop tower in Bremen, Germany. 

The 'Drop Your Thesis!' programme gives selected university students the opportunity to develop, as part of their research programme or Masters / PhD thesis, an experiment to be carried out during 5 launches at the Bremen site.

 The ZARM facility is one of the best of its type in Europe and attracts scientists from around the world. It features a 146 m high tower surrounded by numerous support facilities and laboratories. The experiment payload is integrated into a capsule which is allowed to fall freely, attaining microgravity levels as low as 10-6 g for up to 9.3 s. The level of microgravity is better than that achieved in parabolic flights, or even on orbital platforms (e.g. the International Space Station). In addition, drop towers are extremely versatile and allow the experiment set-up to be adjusted between consecutive launches. 

Interested teams from ESA Member States should register on the ESA Education Office's project portal and upload their completed application, by 13 February 2012. Proposals from ESA’s Cooperating States are also encouraged. The proposals received will be evaluated by a review board, which will select the winning team. This team will perform its experiment during ESA’s fourth Drop your Thesis! campaign, to be held in Bremen for three weeks during the autumn of 2012.

The team selected to participate in the 'Drop Your Thesis!' programme will be supported by ESA’s Education Office, ZARM engineers and members of the European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA). ESA will offer financial support to cover part of the cost of the experiments, travel and accommodation.

 For further information go to this link or visit http://www.esa.int

 

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