The International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory is Coming to Silicon Valley AIAA and the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory invite you to a unique event on February 27, 2020 to discover how YOU can help improve life on Earth through research onboard the ISS. Together with NASA, the ISS National Lab is enabling [...]
AIAA Spacecateers Join us for a remarkable discussion about the intersection of the science fiction and science facts behind spacecraft, past, present and future. Two noted space artists and a space historian join forces to explore how the idea of plying the interplanetary and interstellar spaceways came to be, who designed the spacecraft we all [...]
Virtual Annual Banquet: The Future of Supersonic Transportation Annual Honors & Awards Presentation, featuring The Future of Supersonic Travel Join us as we gather to celebrate and honor the recipients of our 2020 Section-wide awards, as well as the winners of the AIAA middle school essay contest. Our guest speaker will be Alex Egeler, an [...]
The Space Show: Behind the Scenes Dr. David Livingston is the founder and host of The Space Show®, a live broadcast internet radio space educational talk show program. In the 20 years and almost 4,000 live radio interviews, The Space Show is the nation’s only live talk radio show about everything space. It covers space [...]
Annual Section Awards Celebration (a.k.a. Virtual Annual Banquet) AIAA SF Section will felicitate the 2021 section award winners during our annual banquet (in webinar form). These awards are given in six categories on an annual basis. The award certificates will be sent to all the winners after the event on September 18th. Our Guest [...]
Holiday Happy Hour The AIAA-SF section will be hosting a special happy hour this month to round out the year. Come and join us at Agave Mexican Bistro in downtown Mountain View. Some food and drinks will be provided. Vaccination required and outdoor seating is available. Please RSVP so we can get an accurate [...]
Tech Talk: Scott Truax Scott Truax will give a talk covering the work of his father, Robert Truax, on the Evel Knievel’s X-2 Skycycle, and Scott's subsequent work on The Evel Spirit, culminating in the successful jump across the Snake River Canyon. Scott has been surrounded by science and technology his whole life. His father [...]
Bay Area Women in Space and Aerospace Happy Hour AIAA-SF and the Bay Area Women in Space and Aerospace will be hosting a hybrid happy hour together. This event will discuss McKinsey's 2019 Women in the Workplace Report (link) on the "Broken Rung" in the corporate ladder: the first obstacle women face on their way to [...]
Tech Talk: Steve Lee How vulnerable is aerospace to cybercrime? What should we be doing about it? In 2016, the World Economic Forum reported that cybercrime costs were $3 trillion worldwide, and expected to reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. Attacks on infrastructure such as pipelines are already felt by the aerospace industry. Moreover, manufacturers [...]
Registration ends Friday 11/4 — no onsite registration. Register here: https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/ Planetary Defense from Asteroids and Comets This year's annual banquet will be a luncheon event, with check-in starting at 12:00 pm on Saturday, November 5th, 2022. It will take place at the Chabot Space and Science Center, located at 10000 Skyline Blvd. in Oakland. [...]
