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: NASM Programs “Our Future on Mars” and “Return to Venus;” NASA is “Cool Again!” Cady Coleman and Ian Anderson; How NASM will Celebrate America’s 250th; and a Sad Goodbye to “A Private Universe”
New From NASA: SpaceX Plans for Massive Constellation; NASA launches Sentinel-6B; Good News for Asteroid Mining; Astrobiology Clue from South Korea
Item of the Week: Aerospace Anniversary Events in June Ideal for Outreach Programming
Aviation: Results of the Investigation of the UPS Crash in November 2025, Jet Fuel Shortage Looms; Airline Ticket Fee Considered; Aviation Week webcasts
Astronomy: Threats to Ground-based Astronomy: Light Pollution and LEO Crowding
Solar System Exploration: Organic Molecules found by Perseverance, Curiosity, OSIRIS-Rex, and Hyabusa 2; Novel Way of Exploring Mars 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: CSers find 3000 Brown Dwarfs; Nearby Earthlike(?) Exoplanet Found;
Calendar: Space-related Outreach Opportunities for May and June
Benefits - Spinoffs: NASA Benefits $76B in 2023; Not All Spinoffs are Technological
Benefits – Tech Transfer: Tech Transfer Mission; USSF HoF: Eye Protection & Vision-Enhancing
Education Resources: NASA PP Slides for EPO; Sourcebook for Teaching Science