Jul 10-16, 2017 / Vol 36, No 28 / Hawai`i Island, USA

First Women / Americans at the Moon South Pole 2020-2021

American Space Enterprise Community Update

Landing of the First Women on the Moon will be as epochal an advancement as the First Men on the Moon, especially if it occurs at the Moon South Pole New Frontier. The transcending and transforming evolution of Humanity from a Multi World Species to a Multi World Civilization is no doubt a worthwhile cause for good, and for all. Much more than just a return to the Moon is the promising prospect and pressing imperative of creating a sustainable system to support the continual presence of Humans on the Moon. An outpost for the future, stepping stone for Solar System Complete endeavor in the 21st Century. American Space Enterprise community celebrating July Space Month 2017 should keep an eye toward the revolutionary accomplishment that Women on the Moon will be. ShareSpace foundation is hosting an Apollo 11 Anniversary Gala with Buzz Aldrin on July 15 at Kennedy Space Center. The Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute is holding 4th NASA Exploration Science Forum July 18-20 in Moffett Field CA. The Moon Society et al celebrate Moon Day 2017 July 22 in Dallas TX. International Astronautical Federation convenes the annual IAC September 25-29 in Adelaide, Australia. An International Moonbase Summit is taking place Oct 1-5 in on the Kohala Coast HI and the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group annual meeting is Oct 10-13 in Greenbelt MD. (Image Credit: NASA, SPC, ILOA, Moon Express, Astrobotic, Bigleow, Blue Origin)

MONDAY

Jul 10 — NASA, ESA, “KBO Chasers” Observing Teams, Multiple Locations: Using Hubble, Gaia, Sofia, and observatories in South Africa & Argentina, science teams will attempt to observe stellar occultations by Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 to aid New Horizons flyby encounter Jan 1, 2019.

Juno Begins 2nd Year at Jupiter, Plans Great Red Spot 9,000 km Altitude Flyby

The Juno spacecraft will be zooming by the Great Red Spot at 209,215 kph with eight instruments turned on July 10 – just six days after reaching its first full year at Jupiter July 4. In a 53.5-day science orbit, this will be the 6th close flyby of the ‘almost protostar’ planet and Juno will capture the most detailed images ever of the 40,000 km wide x 16,000 km tall, 645 kph anticyclonic storm that has been raging for more than 350 years. Juno data is filling in knowledge gaps of Jupiter and Solar System history and evolution: new observations of how Jupiter auroras get energy suggest it is fundamentally different from those of Earth; Jupiter may have a surprisingly large, partially dissolved core; detailed images show surprising amounts of blue color and cyclones near poles; unique analyses of radio emissions recorded from close vantage point; infrared views of north and south poles reveal warm and hot spots; the variability and mobility of the atmosphere, magnetic field, and gravity field are different than previously theorized. Data from Juno will aid global scientists and mission planners for decades to come, especially as international, NewSpace, academic and human exploration missions become more frequent. (Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, MSSS, Betsy Asher Hall, Gervasio Robles, Michael Carroll)

Jul 10 — International Space Elevator Consortium, Online / Seattle WA: Abstracts Due: ISEC Space Elevator Conference 2017; occurring Aug 25-27.

Jul 10-12 — AIAA, Atlanta GA: AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition (Propulsion and Energy 2017); at Hyatt Regency.

Jul 10-12 — Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA, ESA, CSA, Baltimore MD: Meeting: Planning Transiting Exoplanet Science with JWST.

Jul 10-14 — International Astronomical Union, Potsdam, Germany: IAU Symposium 334: Rediscovering Our Galaxy.

Jul 10-14 — The Pedagogical University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland: 8th Meeting on Hot Subdwarfs and Related Objects.

Jul 10-14 — Leiden University, Lorentz Center, Space Telescope Science Institute, Leiden, The Netherlands: Workshop: Large Surveys of the Great Andromeda Galaxy.

Continued from…

Jun 26 – Jul 21 — Other Worlds Laboratory at University of California – Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA: 2017 Exoplanet Summer Program.

Jun 30 – Jul 29 — Space Media Ventures, National Space Society, Online: Kickstarter Campaign: Space Odyssey Game; presented by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, for people of all ages to experience new Worlds and add to them as real science & their collective imagination allows.

Jul 9-14 — Astronomical Society of Australia, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia: Astronomical Society of Australia 2017 Annual Meeting; includes Annual General Meeting of ASA and the public Harley Wood Lecture.