human spaceflight
New Worlds 2018
“THE BEST SPACE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE ON EARTH”
The Spacer Tribe gathers in Austin again this fall.Amazing talks by amazing people ASTRONAUTS to ARTISTS, ENGINEERS to ENTREPRENEURS, NASA to NEWSPACE, NEW WORLDS BLOWS OUT THE AIRLOCK–…
American Astronautical Society 2018 von Braun Symposium
Join us for the 2018 von Braun Symposium! Our theme this year is “Galvanizing U.S. Leadership In Space.” We will be discussing commercial space initiatives, exploration technologies, gateway planning, ISS commercialization, lunar surface opera…
AIAA SPACE Forum
AIAA SPACE Forum combines the best aspects of technical conferences with insights from respected leaders providing a single, integrated forum for navigating the key challenges and opportunities affecting the future direction of global space policy…
St. Louis Gateway to Space 2018
A one day conference with keynote speakers, and discussion, on the settlement and exploration of space. This year is in conjunction with the 49th anniversary of Apollo 11! Join us for an exciting session on the future of humanity in space, inclu…
The 21st Annual International Mars Society Convention
The annual International Mars Society Convention brings together leading scientists, engineers, aerospace industry representatives, government policymakers and journalists to talk about the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and…
International Space Development Conference
The National Space Society invites you to come learn about the current ideas and plans for space travel, space development & space settlements at the International Space Development Conference.
In 2018 commercial space travel will begin…
United Arab Emirates to establish human spaceflight program
The United Arab Emirates plans to establish its own astronaut corps in the next year, seeking to fly its citizens into space on other nations’ vehicles starting in the early 2020s.
Russia’s post-ISS plans a mystery at best
With the end of the International Space Station program looming just over the horizon, the national space agencies that back the project are scrambling to make plans for what comes next. Nowhere is this discussion more fraught than in Russia, where the issue of post-ISS efforts are wrapped up in questions about Russia’s entire future in space.
China’s long march to the moon
Chinese engineers are wrapping up work on the Chang’e-5 lunar mission for a targeted November launch atop a Long March 5 booster. It will depart from the newly completed Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province. If successful, this robotic mooncraft would carry the first lunar samples returned to Earth in over 40 years.
Industry committee to start work on human spaceflight safety standards
With the FAA restricted from developing safety regulations for people on commercial human spacecraft, an industry standards organization is moving ahead with plans to establish a committee to develop a voluntary set of standards.
NASA Considers Uses for Cislunar Habitat
As NASA works on plans to fly humans on long-duration missions between the Earth and moon in the 2020s, the agency is also starting to think about what astronauts would do on those flights.
NASA Begins Effort To Find Landing Sites for Human Mars Missions
With the first NASA human mission to Mars still at least two decades away, the space agency and planetary scientists have started looking for potential landing sites, a search motivated by both long-term planning requirements and urgency to take advantage of spacecraft already there.
Bolden: NASA “Doomed” if Next President Dumps Journey to Mars
As NASA provides more details about its long-term plans to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, the agency’s administrator warned that any attempt by the next administration to deviate from that plan would be disastrous.
Lockheed Martin Moves Ahead with Orion Assembly
Lockheed Martin is pressing ahead with full-scale assembly of the first lunar-orbit-bound Orion spacecraft even though a key review is still in progress.
Declassified: The NRO’s Abandoned Plans for a Manned Spy Satellite
The National Reconnaissance Office released Oct. 22 a trove of declassified records —including this video — from the 1960s about a military human spaceflight program.
China’s Space Station Planners Put out Welcome Mat
China is soliciting international participation in its future manned space station in the form of foreign modules that would attach to the three-module core system, visits by foreign crew-transport vehicles for short stays and the involvement of non-Chinese researchers in placing experiments on the complex.
