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2023 ASCEND Adds Lunar Luncheon Session – Chandrayaan-3: The Journey to the Moon

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October 6, 2023 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce a featured luncheon session – Chandrayaan-3: The Journey to the Moon, by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), during 2023 ASCEND at Caesars Forum, Las Vegas. The success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India the fourth spacefaring nation to soft land on the moon.

Registration for the 2023 ASCEND event is open now. Journalists from around the world are invited to cover 2023 ASCEND; press passes are available for credentialed media by request.

Chandrayaan-3: The Journey to the Moon

  • Presenter: M. Sankaran, Distinguished Scientist and Director, U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
  • Date: Tuesday, 24 October, 1245 hrs PT

In August, the world was captivated by the images from the surface of the moon as the Chandrayaan-3 mission unfolded in real time. From the successful landing at the south pole of the moon to the rollout of the Pragyan rover, the public – along with the professional aerospace community – watched in awe.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission included difficult engineering challenges – from safely landing on the moon to reaching the lunar south pole. Sankaran will share insights into the performance of Chandrayaan-3 onboard scientific instruments and key takeaways about the moon. He will cover the complex overall mission configuration, including highlights of the satellite bus systems and the objectives of the scientific instruments. Looking back, Sankaran also will discuss lessons learned from the Chandrayaan-2 mission in 2019. The Chandrayaan team has demonstrated remarkable resilience, persevering over time to continue advancing its lunar exploration program.

AIAA Media Contact: Rebecca Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270 cell

About ASCEND
Powered by AIAA, ASCEND promotes the collaborative, interdisciplinary, outcomes-driven community of professionals, students, and enthusiasts around the world who are accelerating humanity’s progress toward our off-world future! For more information, visit ascend.events, or follow ASCEND on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

Airlines Plan to Add New Routes Hoping for Continued Strong Travel Demand

AP reports that building on strong bookings this summer, American Airlines “said Thursday it will add three new European destinations next summer and revive another international route that it last flew in 2019.” The announcement “comes one day after Delta Air Lines said it will expand service to China later this year.” The news from two of the biggest US carriers “underscores the airline industry’s confidence that its strong recovery from the pandemic will continue and that planes will remain packed.” American said that next summer it “will add flights to Copenhagen, Naples and Nice, France – all new destinations for the airline – from Philadelphia.” It plans to “resume flights between Chicago and Venice that were dropped four years ago.”
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Prestigious Speakers Added to 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum, World’s Largest Aerospace R&D Event

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January 11, 2022 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has added speakers and features to the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum, 23–27 January, National Harbor, Maryland, and virtually. Registration is open. Journalists who wish to cover this event can request a Press Pass.

The five-day program will address solving societal grand challenges, investing in the future, connecting science and engineering, accelerating confidence in this digital world, and making Sci-Fi a reality. Esteemed speakers from across the aeronautics, R&D, and space community recently confirmed include:

  • Brig. Gen. Jason Bartolomei, USAF, Program Executive Officer for Weapons and Director of the Armament Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
  • Sophia Bright, Vice President, US Navy Product Support, The Boeing Company
  • William Gerstenmaier, Vice President, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
  • Dyan Gibbens, Strategic Advisor and Acting CTO, AFWERX/SpaceWERX
  • Zachary Jackowski, Chief Engineer – Spot, Boston Dynamics
  • Lt. Gen. Larry James, USAF (Ret.), Deputy Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Byron F. Knight, Chief Scientist, Advanced Systems and Technology Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office
  • Col. Pamela Melroy, USAF (Ret.), Deputy Administrator, NASA
  • The Honorable Bill Nelson, Administrator, NASA
  • Al Tadros, Chief Technology Officer, Redwire Space
  • Ryan Tintner, Vice President of Digital Transformation, Northrop Grumman
  • Stefanie Tompkins, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  • Graham Warwick, Executive Editor, Technology, Aviation Week & Space Technology

Jonathan Gardner, Deputy Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will continue the William H. Pickering Lecture he began at 2022 ASCEND in Las Vegas. Gardner will engage attendees with a lively update on the science results and discoveries made by the JWST team.

LEONARDO – or LEO for short – the world’s first bipedal walking robot, will attend the forum, along with his creators from Caltech. Attendees will witness LEO’s dexterity and hear about how the technology designed for LEO could be adapted for future Mars missions.

Students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, will talk about the work they are already doing in space. Participants in TJ Space, a club that introduces principles of aerospace engineering and communications by building CubeSats, deployed their latest 2U CubeSat, TJREVERB, on 29 December 2022, from the International Space Station. TJREVERB was designed and engineered entirely by these students and did not use a satellite kit.

More than 70 of the leading companies and organizations across aerospace will showcase a range of transformative products and technologies in the Exposition Hall, which will be open 24–26 January. In addition, attendees can hear more on industry trends and insights in the heart of the Exposition Hall on the Innovation Stage @ the HUB. Sponsored by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the HUB will feature short talks, interactive demonstrations, and media interviews. Topics include digital innovation, future technology development, and workforce development, as well as inspirational stories from authors, students, and others.

For the most up-to-date program, visit aiaa.org/SciTech.

Media Contact: Rebecca B. Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270 cell

About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

2023 ASCEND Adds Speakers to Three-Day Event

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September 12, 2023 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) today announced more speakers who have been added to the three-day program at 2023 ASCEND, 23–25 October, Caesars Forum, Las Vegas. ASCEND is the world’s premier outcomes-focused, interdisciplinary space event designed to accelerate building our off-world future.

These newly confirmed speakers cut across the international, civil, commercial, and national security space sectors, as well as adjacent industries, including:

  • Dean Bellamy, Executive Vice President, National Security Space, Redwire
  • John Couluris, Vice President, Lunar Permanence, Blue Origin
  • Stefanie Countryman, Director, BioServe Space Technologies
  • Erik Daehler, Vice President, Orbital Systems and Services, Sierra Space
  • Walt Engelund, Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA
  • Ron Garan, CEO, ispace U.S.
  • Bill Gerstenmaier, Vice President of Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
  • Mary Guenther, Director of Space Policy, Commercial Spaceflight Federation
  • Daniel Hastings, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Eric Ingram, CEO, SCOUT Space, Inc.
  • Aarti Matthews, Director, Starship Crew and Cargo Programs, SpaceX
  • Ryan McDevitt, CEO, Benchmark Space Systems
  • Ralph McNutt, Chief Scientist, Space Science, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Michelle Munk, Chief Architect, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA
  • John O’Meara, Chief Scientist, W. M. Keck Observatory
  • Donna Roberts, Deputy Chief Scientist, ISS National Laboratory
  • Even Rogers, CEO, True Anomaly
  • Arun Sharma, Assistant Professor, Cedars-Sinai
  • Matthew Shouppe, Chief Commercial Officer, Kayhan Space
  • Nathan Simington, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Registration for the 2023 ASCEND event is open now. Journalists from around the world are invited to cover 2023 ASCEND; press passes are available for credentialed media by request.

AIAA Media Contact: Rebecca Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270 cell

About ASCEND
Powered by AIAA, ASCEND promotes the collaborative, interdisciplinary, outcomes-driven community of professionals, students, and enthusiasts around the world who are accelerating humanity’s progress toward our off-world future! For more information, visit ascend.events, or follow ASCEND on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

2022 ASCEND Adds Preeminent Space Leaders from Government, Academia, and Industry to Event

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October 11, 2022 – Reston, Va. – ASCEND, the world’s premier outcomes-focused, interdisciplinary space event designed to accelerate building our off-world future faster, today announced more speakers from across the space ecosystem for the 2022 ASCEND apex event, 24–26 October at Caesars Forum, Las Vegas, and online. The packed three-day agenda boasts nearly 400 speakers.

National security space leaders added

  • Asha Balakrishnan, Assistant Director, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)
  • Col. El Gardner, Director, Space Strategy and Policy, U.S. Space Force (USSF)
  • David Gauthier, Director, Commercial and Business Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
  • Jeremy Leader, Director, Commercial Services Office, Space Systems Command, USSF
  • Maj. Gen. John Olson, Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations and Lead on JADC2 & ABMS, USSF; and Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, U.S. Air Force
  • Col. Joseph Roth, USSF, Director, Innovation and Prototyping Delta and Senior Materiel Leader/Commander SSC Detachment 1, Space Systems Command

Space industry leaders added

  • Uyen Dinh, Vice President, Government Relations and Strategy, BlackSky
  • Bill Gerstenmaier, Vice President, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
  • Jessica Jensen, Vice President, Customer Operations and Integration, SpaceX
  • Michael Mineiro, Vice President, Legal, Regulatory, and Government Affairs, HawkEye 360 Inc.
  • Jamie Morin, Executive Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy; and Vice President, Defense Systems Operations, The Aerospace Corporation
  • Mark Mozena, Vice President, Government Affairs, Planet
  • Matt Ondler, Chief Technology Officer, Axiom Space
  • Kirk Shireman, Vice President, Lunar Exploration Campaign, Lockheed Martin
  • Al Tadros, Chief Technology Officer, Redwire Space
  • Russ Teehan, Kuiper Government Solutions Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon
  • Jake Thompson, Chief Engineer Novel Nuclear and Head of Innovation, Rolls-Royce

Adjacent industries leaders added

  • Norm Follett, Senior Director, Global Technical Marketing, Space Technology & Solutions, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
  • Robert (Ribby) Goodfellow, Director, Corporate Purpose Communications, Colgate-Palmolive Company

U.S. civil space leaders added

  • Robert (Bob) Gibbs, Associate Administrator, Mission Support Directorate, NASA
  • Elaine Ho, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement, NASA
  • Joseph Pelfrey, Deputy Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

International space agency leaders added

  • Peter Gräf, Director Applications and Science, German Space Agency (DLR)
  • Susann Groß, Head of Programme Space R&D, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
  • Air Commodore Nicholas Hogan, Director General, Space Capability, Australian Defence Force
  • Krunal Joshi, Counsellor, Space (ISRO), Embassy of India
  • Nicolas Maubert, Space Counselor to the French Embassy and CNES Representative in the United States
  • Masami Onada, Director, Washington D.C. Office, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
  • Jill Smyth, Counselor, Space Affairs, Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
  • Éric Vachon, Director General, Space Science and Technology, Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Media Contact: Rebecca B. Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270 cell

About ASCEND
Powered by AIAA, ASCEND, which stands for Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery, is the world’s premier collaborative, outcomes-driven, interdisciplinary community designed to accelerate the building of our off-world future. For more information, visit ascend.events, or follow ASCEND on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.