Images Courtesy of NASA Johnson Space Center and http://spaceflight.nasa.gov

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 9, 2003

Segwanaut, Son of Robonaut
Mike Goza, NASA
Website: Robonaut

We plan 2 to 4 of these events per year. These events are professionally videotaped by NASA/USA. Tapes are available for loan. AIAA membership is not needed.

Nicole Smith, NASA, Interim Chair (Member of National Space Operations technical committee)

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.

To provide a forum for exchange of ideas and information regarding the state of the art and the future of space operations. To stimulate education, professional development, and accomplishment by fostering communication and by providing resources.

• Recruit members for the technical committee and AIAA
• Recruit one technical committee member from each 'space operations' 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 space operations aspects of missions to Mars