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Space Day at the SDASM

Posted by Jesse Clark in Calendar, Events on April 2, 2011

Sat, May 28, 2011

10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Location:
San Diego Air & Space Museum (map)
2001 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA

The San Diego Air & Space Museum will host its 8th Annual Space Day celebration. Space Day will feature demonstrations, giveaways, and hands-on activities with local and national space experts. Astronaut Woody Spring will be presenting and do a photo signing.

The San Diego Space Society will honor their Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair award winners this year with a special awards ceremony at 12:30pm. The award winners will be able to display their winning science projects during Space Day, so be sure to visit and talk with them about their work.

Other invited presenters include the Mars Society – San Diego, NASA, Virgin Galactic, SDAA (San Diego Astronomy Association), DSN (Deep Space Network), JPL, SETI, UCSD EarthKAM, The Planetary Society, and many others.

The Museum’s Space Galleries are open for viewing throughout the event.

International Space Development Conference 2011

Posted by Jesse Clark in Calendar, Events on April 2, 2011

May 18, 2011 to May 22, 2011

Location:
Von Braun Center and Embassy Suites Hotel (details)
Huntsville, AL

The International Space Development Conference (ISDC) is the annual conference for the National Space Society and has grown into the largest public space conference of the year.  It is a national gathering for space-interested leaders and citizens to connect, re-energize and make plans for the future.

San Diego Space Society members will attend this year’s conference. If you’d like to join us, register soon and email events@sdspace.org to let us know.