Aiding informal and formal education efforts and life-long learning with engaging connections between aviation, Space, and items of familiar interest.
- Dr. Steven H. Williams
LATEST INSTALLMENT OF AIR AND SPACE THIS WEEK
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS of this INSTALLMENT
Of Special Interest: How NASM will Celebrate America’s 250th and It’s Own 50th; Exploring Space Lectures; Sad News Regarding “A Private Universe”
New From NASA: “Explore JPL” Event Coming in October; Rover testing in ERNEST; An El Niño is Coming! Astrobiology Clue from South Korea
Item of the Week: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026
Aviation: Commercial Aviation Management Options; FedEx Wants More SAF
Astronomy: Giving SWIFT a Boost; Threats to Ground-based Astronomy: Light Pollution and LEO Crowding
Solar System Exploration: Organic Molecules found by Perseverance, Curiosity, OSIRIS-Rex, and Hyabusa 2; “Tumbleweeds,” A Novel Way of Exploring Mars, are Being Tested in the Atacama
Humans in Space: NASA’s Moon Base User’s Guide; Taikonauts to the Moon; Moon to Mars Architecture
Citizen Science: Unistellar Network Finds Exoplanets and Asteroids; CSers find 3000 Brown Dwarfs; Nearby Earthlike(?) Exoplanet Found;
Calendar: Space-related Outreach Opportunities for July
Benefits - Spinoffs: NASA Benefits $76B in 2023; Not All Spinoffs are Technological
Benefits – Tech Transfer: Tech Transfer Mission; USSF HoF: Digital Fly-by-Wire
Education Resources: NASA PP Slides for EPO; Sourcebook for Teaching Science