Members
- - Dr. Albert Jackson, ESCG, Chair
- - Douglas Yazell, Honeywell
- - Dr. Tim Crain, NASA JSC
- - Prerit Shah, United Space Alliance
If you are interested in joining the work of the committee, contact any member or Douglas Yazell at 281-244-3925. We are always looking for qualified professional and student members.
Charter
To provide a forum for exchange of ideas and information regarding the state of the art and the future of astrodynamics. To stimulate education, professional development, and accomplishment by fostering communication and by providing resources.
Goals
- Recruit members for the technical committee and AIAA
- Recruit one technical committee member from each 'astrodynamics' company in the Clear Lake Area
- Encourage lectures from government, industry, and universities
- Monitor and contribute to the mirror committee on the national level
- Organize lunch-and-learn sessions in the the Houston Clear Lake area (2 or more per year)
- Focus on the technical challenges of the next 3-5 years
- Meet 3-4 times/year, sometimes with national committee, to focus on technical issues in the field.
- Interact with other AIAA technical committees, other professional societies, and universities
- Survey tools and techniques
- Initiate and review reports on astrodynamics of missions to Mars
Lunch-N-Learns
- June 7, 2010
Exploring Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) with Human and Robotic Systems
Daniel R. Adamo, astrodynamics consultant, Houston, Texas 77059, and Rob Landis, NASA
Presentation: PDF
(available here and on the home page in the section, “Take a Closer Look”)
- April 26, 2010
How to Build Cost-Optimized Interstellar Beacons (and How to Search for Them)
James N. Benford, Ph.D., Microwave Sciences, Inc.
Publicity Flier: PDF
- November 20, 2009
Apollo 12, the 40th Anniversary, a Panel Discussion
Panelists: Emil Schiesser (MPAD flight planner), Francis E. “Frank” Hughes (simulator trainer), and Floyd Bennett (flight controller)
Publicity Flier: DOC
- November 13, 2009
The Japanese Hayabusa Spacecraft with Sample Return from Asteroid Itokawa
Dr. Paul Abell, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston Texas
Publicity Flier: DOC
- June 12, 2009
A Lunar Surface Rendezvous Architecture Proposal
Daniel R. Adamo, astrodynamics consultant, Houston Texas 77059
Publicity Flier: PDF
- December 19, 2008
Apollo 8: The 40th Anniversary
Panelists: Hal Beck, Rod Rose, Marty Jeness, Ken Young, John Llewellyn, Dr. Glynn Lunney, Dr. Christopher Kraft, and Emil Schiesser
Moderator: Marianne Dyson
Publicity Flier: PDF
- March 10, 2008
Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit & Opportunity
Dr. Mark Adler, Chief Mission Concept Architect, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Publicity Flier: PDF
- February 21, 2008
Tour of Ad Astra Rocket Company
Hosted by Jared Squire
Publicity Flier: PDF
- January 11, 2008
Space and Astronomy: Decade by Decade
Marianne Dyson, author and former NASA flight controller, www.mdyson.com
Publicity Flier: DOC
- December 7, 2007
Report on Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) Workshop and American Astronautical Society National Meeting
Dr. Larry Friesen
Publicity Flier: PDF
- November 2, 2007
Apollo 13 Trajectory Reconstruction
Daniel R. Adamo
Publicity Flier: PDF
- September 28, 2007
Werner Von Braun's Long Road to Mars: A Story Within a Story
Dr. Albert Jackson / ESCG
Publicity Flier: PDF
Presentation: PDF
- June 16, 2005
Aerospace on the FASTRAC: Student Built Satellites at the University of Texas
Dr. E. Glenn Lightsey / The University of Texas at Austin
Flier: PDF
- May 19, 2005
Hierarchical Navigation Algorithms in Support of Mars Exploration
Robert H. Bishop / The University of Texas at Austin
Flier: DOC
Presentation: PDF
- September 17, 2004
Trajectory Optimization from Euler to Lawden to Today
Christopher D'Souza / The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Flier: PDF
Presentation: PDF
- March 24, 2004
Jules Verne and ISS, European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) First Rendezvous and Docking for a European Spacecraft
Brian Rishikof / Odyssey Space Research
Flier: PDF
Presentation: PPT, 3.25 MB
- December 19, 2003
StarNav-1 Experiment on STS-107
Dr. Thomas C. Pollock / Texas A&M University
Flier: PDF
- November 14, 2003
Spacecraft Fuel-Optimal Maneuvers, Apollo to Shuttle Return-to-Flight
Rob Hall / Draper Laboratory
Resources
- Please note that we have an excellent orbital debris presentation from our 2008 Annual Technical Symposium. The abstract is in the long form of the 2008 ATS program.
- Abstract (In ATS 2008 Long Form): http://www.aiaa-houston.org/ats2008
- Presentation: PPT
- Movie Clips for presentation (please download & view separately):