News and Upcoming Events

March Program. Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 7 PM

HAL5 Monthly program on "How to Predict Solar Impacts on GPS and Satellite TV?" with Dr. Linda Habash Krause, Solar/Solar-Terrestrial Physics, NASA MSFC, National Space Science and Techology Center. The event will be held at at the Huntsville - Madison County Main Public library. The event is free and open to the general public. A social will follow.

April Program. Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 7 PM

To be Announced.

Yuri's Night Huntsville. Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 6 pm - 1 am.

You are invited to join us to celebrate Yuri's Night World Space Party on Saturday April 14, 2012 at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration. Huntsville will celebrate alongside more than 1,000 parties around the globe on 6 continents. Huntsville, of all places in this country, needs and deserves to have a premiere event to celebrate the accomplishments that have made our city internationally renowned.

Last year's event was well attended with more than 750 people in attendance and the event was covered by every major media outlet and many local publications. For more information please visit Yuri's Night Huntsville.

May Program. Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 7 PM

HAL5 Monthly program on "Solar Effects on Space and Terrestrial Systems" with Dr. Qiang Hu, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Alabama Huntsville.

Our Sun, as a variable star, plays a dominant role in controlling the Solar-Terrestrial environment. It is constantly emitting highly ionized material (plasma) mostly composed of protons and electrons (so-called "solar wind"), carrying solar magnetic field. Thus formed solar atmosphere, called corona, stretches all the way to the Earth and beyond. Its dynamic and magnetic interactions with near-Earth space environment, especially those originating from explosive events on the Sun ("Solar Storms"), generate various adverse effects. These effects range from spacecraft malfunction in space to power outage on the ground, impacting various aspects of human activities. I will describe selected topics in the emerging research area of Space Weather that are related to such effects. The event is free and open to the general public. A social will follow.

HAL5 Got a New Mailing Address

Everyone is watching their budget and so are we. With ISDC 2011 over, we are going to a smaller PO Box. The new mailing address effective January 14, 2012. Please direct all mail and membership form to the new address.

Huntsville AL L5 Society (HAL5)
PO Box 12571
Huntsville, AL 35815

LtCol Paul Damphousse USMC (Ret) Named Executive Director as NSS Enters Its 25th Year

(Washington, D.C., January 9) The National Space Society (NSS) is proud to announce that LtCol Paul E. Damphousse USMC (Ret) has been named Executive Director effective January 1, 2012. The appointment of LtCol Damphousse coincides with the 25th anniversary of the 1987 merger of the National Space Institute (NSI) and the L5 Society to form the National Space Society. See full press release.

HAL5 is NSS Chapter of the Year for 2010

At the 2011 ISDC in Huntsville this past May, HAL5 was awarded the NSS Chapter of the Year award for 2010! Thank you, our members and guests, and HAL5 officers for making this possible.

Would You Like to Speak to HAL5?

Would you like to give a talk to HAL5 on subjects related to space, space exploration, space science, space tourism, technology, aerospace technologies, planetary defense, and STEM? If you do, please .

HAL5 Officers' Meeting

Members and general public are welcome to attend the HAL5 Executive Officers' meetings. Second Thursday of each month, except for holidays, at 6 pm at Denny's on University Drive.

Project HALO Regular Work Night

Open to all current HAL5 members. We meet on Wednesdays from 7 PM to 9:30 PM at Steve's except for holidays and other conflicts. If you are interested, please .

International Space Development Conference 2012

ISDC 2012. Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-28, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Click here to visit the ISDC 2012 website.