Events for November 23 - September 13, 2023

Registration required: https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/   Rotorcraft Flight Control Technology - Advancements and Future Challenges with Dr. Mark B. Tischler at Santa Clara University, Daly Science Building, Room 207   Special joint event with the Santa Clara University student branch of AIAA, and the IEEE Control Systems Society in Silicon Valley! In his updated Nikolsky Lecture “Rotorcraft [...]

https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/ NOTE: The event has been rescheduled to May 23. If you registered before, you don't need to register again. Psyche: Adapting a Comm Spacecraft to Explore a Metal-Rich Asteroid The Psyche spacecraft, built by Maxar in partnership with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Arizona State University, is flying to 16-Psyche, an all-metal asteroid orbiting [...]

How will artificial intelligence and microgravity revolutionize the future space economy? Impacts are anticipated from machine vision and navigation, to medical advances and additive manufacturing. Al Tadros, CTO of Redwire, now a major aerospace manufacturer, will discuss these technological implications as well as some regulatory and policy hurdles ahead of us. Special thanks to Santa [...]

Human Spaceflight: An Evolving Process From very early times, individuals and cultures dreamt first of human flight, and then space flight, which ultimately contributed to the Apollo 11 Moon landing. The Apollo landings, in turn, were inspirational for many, including some who ended up becoming astronauts. Human spaceflight further evolved during the Space Shuttle, Mir, [...]

Image Credit: NASA / Joel Kowsky Leadership, Technology, and Innovation In the high-technology world, organizations innovate or die. Standing still is not an option. Too often, team leaders are selected for their technical expertise; the best contributor gets selected to lead. Unfortunately, this often leads to disaster. Leadership requires a particular set of soft skills, [...]

Voyager Spacecraft Come join AIAA-SF for food and fun at our 2024 Annual Banquet on November 23rd. Help us celebrate with this year’s Section Awards winners. Your ticket includes lunch, admission to the Chabot Space & Science Center and its exhibits, including the NASA Ames visitor center (https://chabotspace.org/), and a presentation from our special guest Todd [...]