***AIRED Nov 11, 2008. Click here to listen to or download Free ***
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 7-8:30 PM central time.
Marianne Dyson, Treasurer and Co-founder of the Clear Lake Area-Houston chapter of NSS in 1992 ,will be on The Space Show Tuesday night and she is hopefull that we will be able to tune in.
Listeners can talk to the guests and the host by using toll free
1(866) 687-7223, by sending e-mail during the program using dmlivings@yahoo.com
Marianne will be sharing her personal experiences as one of the First Women Flight Controllers during STS-1 through 5.
I wonder at how Marianne fits all of her activities into one lifetime. In addition to her flight contoller position and the many hours spent as an NSS volunteer she is also an Award Winning Author.
During the show she may also discuss her history book, Space and Astronomy: Decade by Decade. Although most of her books are written for children this book is for adults. However, Marianne is quick to point out that it is also readable by middle and high school students.
Be sure to also visit Marianne's personnal Website at http://www.mdyson.com
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission launches in Spring 2009.. Click here to visit the newly created website. Veronica Ann suggests that while you are there to be sure to visit the "Outreach" link" and go to the the "Our Team" section for the movie (she was interviewed on it)and then the "Tours" section where along with one of her coworkers she gives a "Virtual History Tour" of the LROC facilities at Arizona State University.
***AIRED Nov 9, 2008. Click here to listen to or download Interview Free ***
Veronica Ann Zabala, President of the Phoenix Chapter of The National Space Society will be on The Space Show this Sunday,November 9, 2008, 12-1:30 PM Pacific. Dr. David Livingston will be interviewing Veronica Ann about the work she is doing as an undergraduate researcher at Arizona State.
As you know from reading previous Chapter News articles** Veronica Ann is assigned to work on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission that launches in Spring 2009.
Listeners can talk to the guests and the host by using toll free
1(866) 687-7223, by sending e-mail during the program using dmlivings@yahoo.com
** February 27, 2008 - Headliners
Also see March 12, 2007 - Mars Desert Research
"SPACE SOLAR POWER PROJECT"
Talk by PAUL ROSEMAN of NSS/NYC
Art Show Opening Reception by Global Fusion Art
at The Spark, 161 W. 22nd St., (bet. 6-7 Aves.) Chelsea area in NYC.
The opening is from 6-9 p.m. For more information contact info@globalfusionart.com.
Roseman will also be giving an update on his project at an upcoming NSS-NYC/NYSkies Astronomy public seminar.
]]> ]]>This list was compiled by, Ron Hobbs, their local JPL Solar System Ambassador.
To view the Space Events listing for US Spacecraft click here .
Also, don't forget to check the NSS Calendar for important chapter dates
]]>**See below for instructions on how to request that your chapter be put on the list to receive one of the new banners**
The four Banners that are available for print are
"Journey" , by Badrul Rupak
"Aristarchus City" by Bill Wright
"The Time of The Dreams", by Javier Arizabalo
"Moon, Mars and Beyond" by Bill Wright
Note that upon request Bill Wright has added the planet Mars to the banner Aristarchus City
To be eligible to receive an NSS Banner, a chapter resource, your chapter must be NSS Certified with a current Chapter Annual Report on file (filed in 2008 for year 2007).
If your chapter is interested in receiving one of the banners listed above send an email to Chapter.News@nss.org with the words "NSS Banner Distribution" in the Subject box. Please include your Chapter name, Contact information and which banner you would like to receive. Also indicate matte or glossy finish for the banner. Both finishes are made for outdoor use with an outdoor life expectancy of one year. Of course if you use indoors, a combination of in and outdoors and take care of the banner it will last for a much longer time. If no preference is made for the finish a matte finish will be sent
To The Stars,
Candace Pankanin
National Space Society
Vice President for Chapters
As per Claire McMurray, Vice President of the OSA/NSS and Region 3 Organizer
"The Cheddar Ranch Observatory is a new project of the Oklahoma City
Astronomy Club, which runs the Okie-Tex Star Party in the fall each year.
They have built an observatory/lecture hall in a rural dark-sky area west of Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma Space Alliance NSS chapter has agreed to pay (using part of the 2004 ISDC profits) for one of the extra concrete pads where people can set up their personal telescopes. We will set up an NSS/OSA table for public outreach during the dedication."
The dedication is scheduled to take place on July 26th. During their public outreach, members of the OSA will be handing out materials to promote both the Oklahoma Space Alliance and National Space Society.
Click on the OSA website link above for more information.
CHAPTER EXCELLENCE
CHAPTER OF THE YEAR AWARD -- NSS OF NORTH TEXAS
SERVICE TO THE SOCIETY -- OASIS
[Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement]
PUBLIC OUTREACH & EDUCATION -- CHICAGO SOCIETY FOR SPACE STUDIES
PUBLIC OUTREACH -- HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA L5 SOCIETY
MEDIA AWARD 2008 -- DC-L5
COMMUNITY SERVICE & EDUCATION -- MIDDLE TENNESSEE SPACE SOCIETY
CHAPTER SPECIAL MERIT AWARD
PUBLIC OUTREACH -- NSS SEATTLE
SERVICE TO THE CHAPTERS -- LUNAR RECLAMATIOIN SOCIETY
MOST IMPROVED CHAPTER -- DENVER SPACE SOCIETY
Congratulations to all of our chapter leaders/members for their hard work in the pursuit of Space Exploration and Settlement.
Go to the official NSS Chapter Awards page
]]>JIM PLAXCO from the Chicago Society for Space Studies, a chapter of the National Space Society, was interviewed, last week, about the Phoenix mission and Mars.
WBBM-AM radio has put up a podcast version of the interview they did with Jim. Since the interview did not actually air until today, 5/26/2008, discussion of the landing was cut from the interview.
"You can hear the interview [minus the landing discussion] in its entirety as a podcast at: http://podcast.wbbm780.com/wbbm/1112438.mp3
Even though Jim was not asked he managed to advertise NSS, NSS ISDC and other interests that he is fully involved in.
I listened. It was great.
Way to Go Jim!
]]>Congratulations goes to Dr. Satadal Das, M.D., D.C.P., President of the Kolkata Chapter, his officers Amal Kuman Das, Treasurer and Papri Das, Secretary for forming "The National Space Society - Kolkata Chapter."
The chapter was made official on March 27, 2008 and will be listed in the upcoming issue of our NSS magazine "Ad Astra". There will also be a listing on the NSS website in the Chapter's section at http://chapters.nss.org/a/lists/#International
Dr. Das held an opening celebration where attendees received copies of Ad Astra, our official award winning magazine, NSS bookmarks, brochures, etc., sent abroad by NSS. Click below to see pictures of the meeting sent to us by Dr. Das.
Kolkata Chapter Meeting (1) (2) (3)
I wish the officers and members of the Kolkata chapter of the National Space Society a prosperous and lasting journey....
..To The Stars
Candace Pankanin
Vice President for Chapters
The chapter members carry on their everyday activities to create as dynamic a chapter as possible in their own geographic areas while offering an assist to others. They are a special group of people who give their time freely to pursue the dream of one day having the opportunity to live, work and settle in the near and far reaches of our Universe. If you love what you do the chances of becoming good at it are above the norm. We have a sense of pride in what we accomplish as a team and have a grand time doing it.
I hope after reading these passages and viewing the videos you will feel the excitement of getting involved. Each of these persons started with a dream of Space and decided to take the first step to doing something about it. If you are near one of our chapters, join. If none are in your area, what an opportunity to create your own.
This particular article will highlight just a few of the chapter leaders with an example of how they are working toward making our dreams come true while living theirs
The Honor Was All His
Jim Plaxco, is the Public Affairs Vice President of The Chicago Society for Space Studies, a chapter of the National Space Society.
As a pro-space organization, the CSSS has sponsored Space figures in and around the Chicago area as well as producing their own original programming. The chapter received an NSS award for public outreach and Jim played the leading role in the development of the NSS Space Calendar 2008.
This time, Jim was asked to do something a little bit different from what he had ever done before. Did I mention that Jim is also a polished speaker and a Space Artist. He gets some public speaking practice in by his time spent volunteering for NASA as a JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Solar System Ambassador.
Take all of what Jim has been practicing over the years while in the NSS Chicago Chapter and you can see why he was chosen to be On-Stage with The Music Institute of Chicago Orchestra. Click here to see and read exactly what it was that our Chapter Leader was called on to do...
She Brings the Moon closer to Us
Veronica Ann Zabala Aliberto is the President of the Pheonix Chapter of the National Space Society as well as the Chair of the Chapter Projects and Events Committee.
We are fortunate to have a chapter leader working at the Arizona State University which is a hub of ongoing investigative work of our solar sytem and our place in it. Since she is also a JPL Solar System Ambassador, passing on exciting discoveries is as natural to her as our everyday conversations.
Recently she sent us an email concerning the Lunar earth project at ASU with a link to an ASU outreach Video provided by the researches there. Click here http://www.azpbs.org/asuspotlight/player169.php?id=24&episode=105 to watch the video. By the way, you will see Veronica Ann, at work, in the last section when they are telling us how they spend many hours putting together pictures taken on the Lunar surface to place on the web for our viewing.
I emailed Veronica Ann and thanked her for her continued support and promotion of Space through her every day actions.
As per Veronica - Ann
This year "will prove to be a very exciting time for the LRO mission! Not for me personally but for everyone who has yearned to "go back to the Moon". This mission is our defining mission in which it will determine which path we will take in order to see our near term goals of the VSE come to a reality."
Not so different in Space
A Pioneer for All Mankind
Michael Stennecken is the President of Deutsche Raumfahrtgesellschaft e.V, the German Space Society located in Muenster, Germany.
In the past year they conducted a special project with "Club 68 Munster" with the goal of opening space for all people.
At the National Space Society yearly conference, ISDC 2007, held in Dallas, Texas, his chapter received the "Chapter Explorer Award." The award was presented because of their efforts to make a difference for all people with special needs throughout the world.
In their continuing efforts to make this a reality the two groups held a "Press Conference" to extend the Frontiers award to Club 68. A copy of the Chapter Award along with a poster created explicitly for this event was presented to Karl-Josef Panners and Ulrike Batz, President and Vice President of Club 68 by German Space Society Chapter President, Michael Stennecken.
Michael was kind enough to send me a copy of the poster along with News clippings and websites that published the event. Some of the questions that they pose are
Is Space a barrier-free zone?
Can handicapped people be astronuats?
The exhibition "Handicap in Space" they believe answers these questions. The poster shows Sonja Rohde, who he says may possibly be the first German woman in Space with SS2 (Virgin Galactic) and Stephen Hawking, noted Astrophysicist, who despite his "heavy illness and complete body paralysis" prepares for this first space flight. "He is an example to never give up in life and that spirit can triumph over materia", Stennecken says, pointing out that the difference between handicapped and non handicapped melts down in Space.
To quote Michael "Here we had started as DRG e.V. together with the club 68 an unusual action, which got surprisingly more international than local attention." The international attention Michael is referring to here is the award given to them at the ISDC 2007. From there a Hometown Press conference and continuing....
It is my hope that we will be able to continue showcasing our chapters and saluting our leaders in future issues of the Chapter News section of our main NSS website at http://www.nss.org, and, when space allows, in issues of our award winning magazine, Ad Astra.
To The Stars,
Candace Pankanin
National Space Society
Vice President for Chapters
]]> Original Copy 12-23-2007. Actual pulishing date 2/27/2008]]>
Once again Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto, our National Space Society Projects and Events Coordinator and President of the Phoenix Chapter is going on a mission to Mars. She is taking command of what will be her last for the unit F.L.A.M.E. on Mars at the Mars Desert Research Station in Arizona.
As in her previous assignment she will be sending other spacers, around the globe, progress reports and is presently extending an invitation to participate in their mission.
As per Veronica Ann:
Good morning NSS Chapter Leaders,
I would like to inform you that I will be commanding another mission at the
Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) from March 1-16, 2008, and that I would
like to call on all NSS Chapter Leaders who are involved in education
outreach to contact your local Educators and EPO Representatives to let them
know of an excellent opportunity for "distance" outreach.
During the time that my crew and I are at the MDRS, Educators and Students
can e-mail the crew members questions on what life is like to "live, work
and play" on Mars. There are web-cams inside and outside of the Hab so we
are monitored 24 hours a day during our rotation.
If educators and students have a certain science project that they would
like for us to perform at the MDRS Science Laboratory, please inform them
that we are accepting proposals at this time.
All inquiries can be sent, via e-mail to me at: Veronica.Zabala@asu.edu If
there is a question for a specific crew member, please use my e-mail address
and in the subject line of the e-mail include the following nomenclature:
"MDRS:FLAME: Question for ?".
Since we are living on "Mars time" we will not be able to answer all
inquiries right away (especially when it takes roughly 49 minutes
for transmissions to get relayed from Earth to Mars and back again) and if
we are out on an EVA conducting field investigations.
To view our daily reports please go to: http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/
To view our web-cams please go to: http://freemars.org/mdrscam/
This will be the last mission that of the Family Living Analysis on Mars
Expedition (F.L.A.M.E.) at the Mars Desert Research Station as we move on to
increase our situational awareness and training for other analogue regimes
in preparation for future missions.
Please view our public mission archives at: (see extended page)
Cheers,
Veronica Ann
]]> Please view our public mission archives at:*Crew 59 - March 4 - 17, 2007
Commander Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto* - *Mission
Info http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs06/crew59
03/04 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0304
03/05 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0305
03/06 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0306
03/07 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0307
03/08 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0308
03/09 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0309
03/10 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0310
03/11 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0311
03/12 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0312
03/13 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0313
03/14 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0314
03/15 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0315
03/16 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0316
03/17 http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs06/0317
*Crew 46 - March 12 - 18, 2006
Commander Veronica A. Zabala-Aliberto* - *Mission
Info* http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs05/crew46
03/12 http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs05/0312
03/13 http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs05/0313
03/14 http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs05/0314
03/15 http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs05/0315
03/16 http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs05/0316
03/17 http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs05/0317
03/18 http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs05/0318
Just yesterday I received the notice below from Claire McMurray, of the Oklahoma Space Alliance NSS chapter, informing me of Dr. Chamber's passing.
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Friday while in Wichita, Cliff McMurray and I tried to phone our old acquaintance Dr. Randall Chambers. Mrs. Chambers called back and let us know that Dr. Chambers died suddenly on December 6, 2007.
Professor Chambers, a Wichita State University distinguished professor emeritus, was NASA project director for acceleration research and training from 1958-74 and continued active in research after his retirement. He co-authored the 2006 book, Getting Off the Planet: Training Astronauts (Apogee Books), with his wife, Mary Jane Chambers. He was also a long-time NSS activist and a very nice man.
An on-line guest book may be signed at http://www.webfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=156388&fh_id=11107&s_id=03B1B149967463910A025A895FE6CBCE
Memorials have been established and may be sent to University United Methodist Church or the Dr. Randall M. Chambers Memorial Scholarship Fund at Wichita State University, c/o WSU Foundation, 1845 Fairmount, Box #2, Wichita, Kansas 67260.
Ad Astra,
Claire McMurray
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This is, indeed, a sad occasion and we send our love and support to his wife Mrs. Chambers, his children, family members and friends. Dr. Randall Chambers will be missed by all of us in the National Space Society.
I include below a few links that contain brief bios of Dr. Chambers.
Sincerely...and..
To The Stars,
Candace Pankanin
National Space Society
Vice President for Chapters
This list was compiled by, Ron Hobbs, their local JPL Solar System Ambassador.
Let us know if you would like to have a list of space events, like this one, as a permanent entry in the chapters Network pages.
To view the Space Events listing for US Spacecraft click here .
Also, don't forget to check the NSS Calendar for important chapter dates
]]>A Chapter of the National Space Society located in Canada is one of the key supporters of the upcoming
This November 17 and 18 the Calgary Space Frontier Society (CSFS) will co-host for the first time the annual Canadian Space Summit, a gathering of members, students, the public, and the directors of three space organizations in Canada. The purpose of the Summit is to bring together the diverse interests of the space science sector in industry and academia along with the grass roots interest groups, the Canadian Space Society, the Canadian division of the Mars Society, and the student led SEDS.
The following morning, a variety of additional presenters will speak in parallel tracks until noon, and after lunch a panel discussion on future directions our country should be taking in relation to the Moon Mars Initiative of the United States. The directors of the three groups will hammer out the steps needed in a separate meeting to help guide our organizations in the year to come.
This is the first time the CSFS has supported or organized a conference in several years, and we are looking forward to establishing firm contacts with the individuals and groups in attendance with the ultimate goal of choosing two or three projects on which to focus our energies in the future. The conference Chairman, John Thayer, is a U of C graduate student working in the field of bone loss and rejuvenation at the university.
Although the National Space Society appears a minor supporter of this conference, we encourage any and all members who are within reasonable transportation distance of the city to come and enjoy the weekend and find out what types of research our speakers are pursuing. The subject material ranges from highly technical to societal and is meant to appeal to a wide educated cross section of the populace.
Paul Swift
CSFS (NSS)
pswift@shaw.ca
]]>Congratulations goes to Rick Zucker and the chapter Officers and Members for forming "The Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Space Society."
The chapter was made official on September 26, 2007 and will be listed in the upcoming issue of our NSS magazine "Ad Astra". There will also be a listing on the NSS website at http://www.nss.org under the
I wish you all a prosperous and lasting journey....
..To The Stars
Candace Pankanin
Vice President for Chapters
