November 25 – December 1, 2024 / Vol 43, No 48 / Hawai`i Island, USA
Western Australia Space Week Sees 2 Space Meetings, APRSAF-30 + IPSEC
Perth, Australia’s sunniest city, is hosting 2 conferences late November in its delightful Spring season, during Western Australia Space Week. A joint reception is evening of Nov 26. Both conferences offer the same exhibition hall Nov 26-28 and the same technical tours on Nov 25 to the Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct, University of Western Australia or Fugro SpAARC in the morning, and Curtin University in the afternoon. Fugro SpAARC is building the AROSE Lunar Trailblazer Rover, and 4 Indo-Pacific Space and Earth Conference (IPSEC) speakers are from the company. Curtin University offers 7 IPSEC speakers. IPSEC day of 100+ speakers is Nov 26, with a welcome by Enrico Palermo, Head of the Australian Space Agency (ASA), and an astronaut panel. Then, 3 tracks focus on AI for space, venture capital, mining. Nov 27 has Space Cyber Workshop 10:30-14:30. Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-30) expects participation by 300+ people from 40+ countries / regions / organizations for its working groups and initiatives on Nov 25-26, which include space legislation / policies, robotics, space agriculture, Earth-monitoring from space and education. Its plenary Nov 28 has greetings by Enrico Palermo, as well as a panel on space sustainability moderated by Evie Kendal of Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology. This is followed by space activities reports of many countries and reports of the working groups / initiatives. Nov 29 has a 30th year commemorative session, economic presentations and awards. (Image credits: APRSAF, IPSEC, Enrico Palermo, Evie Kendal) |
MONDAY☆ Nov 25 — International Space Station, ~415-km LEO: Expedition 72 seven-member crew
☆ Nov 25 — Tiangong Space Station, ~390-km LEO: Shenzhou-19 three-member crew
★ Nov 25 — Juno, Perijove 67 / 66th Science Flyby, Jupiter Orbit: NASA craft to perform Jupiter flyby during Perijove 67, its 67th close flyby of Jupiter and 66th science flyby with instruments turned on. ● Nov 25 — NASA, Online: Applications due for Community College Aerospace Scholars. o Nov 25-28 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Online / Melbourne, Australia; Region VII Student Conference; for worldwide high school and college students other than North America; Swinburne University of Technology. o Nov 25-28 — Australia In Space Magazine, et al, Perth, Australia; Indo-Pacific Space and Earth Conference; 100+ speakers from 20 countries; tech tours Nov 25, conference Nov 26 (1-day Student Pass Aus$199), Exhibition Nov 26-28; Aus$699, at Crown Hotel. TUESDAYo Nov 26-29 — JAXA, Australia Space Agency, et al, Perth, Australia; 30th Annual Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum; Free-Aus$180, at Crown Hotel. ☾ Nov 26 — Moon: At apogee (distance 405,268 km), 02:00. |
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● = Terrestrial and… o = International terrestrial events
☾ = Moon activity ★ = Space and… ☆ = International space / astro events; in Hawaii Standard Time unless noted. Add 10 hours to obtain UT (‘Universal Time’). |
Weekly Planet Watch – Evening Planets: Venus (W), Mercury (W), Jupiter (ENE), Saturn (S), Uranus (E), Neptune (SE); Morning Planet: Mars (S).
Chongqing, China Conference on Space Habitation; UN + Kenya Women in Space
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Ongoing… ● Sep 4 – Nov 25 — NASA, Online: Lunar Navigation Challenge; ahead of Artemis mission, 2 prizes available for invention of orienteering aid and device to map bottom of Shackleton Crater. ★ NET Nov — Blue Origin, Launch New Glenn / Blue Ring, LC 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS FL: Maiden New Glenn flight, to carry Blue Origin Blue Ring payload tug; initial USSF National Security Space Launch certification flight. o Nov 24-28 — Center of Space Exploration (COSE) Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Beijing Institute of Technology, et al, Chongqing, China: ICSHE 2024: International Conference on Space Habitation and Exploitation; topics are Progress of International Lunar / Planetary Exploration, Space Habitation / Construction of Extraterrestrial Ecosystem, Development / Utilization of Space Science / Technology at this 2nd annual conference; 600-2400CNY, US$83-332. |
WEDNESDAY
o Nov 27-29 — United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Kenya Space Agency (KSA), Nairobi, Kenya: Space for Women Expert Meeting: Integrating women in space activities and solutions.
☾ Nov 27 — Moon: 0.41° NE of Spica, occultation, 03:00.
☆ Nov 27 — Aten Asteroid (2023 RS2): Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
THURSDAY
☆ Nov 28 — Apollo Asteroid (2024 TZ9): Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
FRIDAY
☆ Nov 29 — Apollo Asteroid (2018 DC4): Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
SATURDAY
☾ Nov 30 — Moon: New Moon, 20:21; 0.30° ESE of Antares, 22:00.
☆ Nov 30 — Apollo Asteroid (2019 JN2): Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)
SUNDAY
☆ NET Dec — ISRO, Launch LVM-3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3) / Gaganyaan G2, Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India: India planning for 1st uncrewed flight of Gaganyaan on a short orbital test flight.
☆ NET Dec — National Aerospace Services Company (NASCOM), Launch experimental space rocket / TBD Payload, Etlaq Spaceport, Duqm, Oman: Omani first vehicle rated for space to attempt launch before end of year.
☾ Dec 1 — Chang’E-5, Mons Rümker, Oceanus Procellarum, Moon (43° N, 51.9° W): CE-5 lander as part of sample return mission reaches 4 full years / enters 5th year on lunar surface, having landed on this day in 2020, with sample return launching from the Moon 2 days later.
☆ Dec 1 — Deep Space: James Webb Space Telescope has found massive galaxies in the early Universe after expectations that only small ones would exist within the first billion years after the Big Bang; three have now been found with similar mass to the Milky Way.
● Dec 1 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Online: Nominations due today for 2025 Trailblazing STEM Educator Award for K-12 teachers of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math; 23:59 EST.
☾ Dec 1 — Moon: 4.9° S of Mercury, 16:00.