NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will host a national workshop for the Study on Applications for Large Space Optics Feb. 5-6. The workshop will feature presentations on concepts for the use of two large space telescopes that were transferred to NASA last year. The SALSO workshop will help develop concepts aligned with five principal areas:…

The Air Force Association is pleased to confirm that the Secretary of the Air Force and Under Secretary of the Air Force have approved Air Force participation in AFA’s 29th Annual Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition, Feb. 20-22, 2013. The conference will once again be held at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando,…

Arizonans can get a sense of what spaceflight is like as NASA’s Destination Station exhibit opens at the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa. The interactive exhibit reveals the inside of America’s orbiting laboratory while educating visitors about the vast array of science and research being done in low-Earth orbit. “This exhibit is a…

The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, has released their 2013 show schedule in which the Blue Angels are scheduled to perform 65 demonstrations at 32 locations. The 2013 show schedule is:   March 16: NAF El Centro, Calif. March 23-24 NAS Key West, Fla. April 6-7: MacDill AFB, Fla. April 13-14: NAS Corpus…

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds announced their 2013 show schedule Dec. 11. In its 60th season, the team is slated to perform more than 60 demonstrations in 38 locations, including a six-week tour through the Pacific. The flying unit, officially known as the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, will again kick off its season…

The Air Force Association has announced the 2013 dates for its three national conferences and symposia: Air Warfare Conference and Technology Exposition Feb. 20–22, 2013 Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, in Orlando, Fla. Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16–18, 2013 Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Global Warfare Symposium…

Dec. 2 – MAVEN Science Community Workshop, San Francisco, Calif. http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/2012/04/05/maven-science-community-workshop/ Dec. 3-4 – Annual International Conference on Geological and Earth Sciences, Singapore www.geoearth.org/ Dec. 3-5 – Gluehwine Aarseth N-body Meeting in Bonn, Bonn, Germany www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~sambaran/christmas_nbody2012.html Dec. 3-7 – American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif. http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/ Dec. 3-8 – Symposium: New Trends of…

The Sea Service Leadership Association has opened registration for its 26th annual Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium, the largest gathering of military women in the nation. Women from each of the five service branches are invited to register. The two-day symposium will be held March 10-12, 2013, at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in…