HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Leaders of the American and European space programs come together with the latest in space technology next week to put Huntsville at the center of the world conversation about space.
Among those scheduled to be here are NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr. and Jean-Jacques Dordain, the director-general of the European Space Agency.
Starting the week's events Monday is a NASA technology exposition and a Marshall Space Flight Center Media Day that will bring journalists from around the country and high-tech innovators to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Later Monday, the 7th Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium hosted by the American Astronautical Society opens with a reception at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. A series of panels starting Tuesday at UAH will feature Bolden and dozens of leaders in government and private space programs.
First comes the Marshall Technology Exposition Monday morning at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center's Davidson Center for Space Exploration. More than 40 exhibits will feature emerging technologies being developed at Marshall. Registration is still open for the exposition.
'We're excited about it,' Jody Singer, manager of Marshall's Flight Programs and Partnerships Office, said Wednesday. 'We are trying to talk to and educate experts in the area about how our work is paving the way for missions today in robotics, human exploration of space and science. We are looking for partners.'
Visitors to the expo will be able to see what Marshall is working on and talk to the scientists and engineers doing the work and the decision makers that can help green-light technology projects, Singer said.
Solar engineering, materials sciences, life sciences, welding, composites, small satellites, landing capabilities - Singer said NASA will need work in all of these tech areas to explore deep space. Presenters will discuss many of them at the expo.
'If the discussion catches your attention,' she said, 'You can go talk to the expert, get more information and get (his or her) contact information.'
The von Braun symposium kicks off with a Monday evening reception at the University of Alabama in Huntsville's University Center Exhibit Hall. The program begins Tuesday at the Chan Auditorium in the UAH Business Administration Building.
Among those scheduled to speak at symposium events, in addition to Bolden, are:
- Greg Johnson, president and executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the organization that controls science experiments in the American laboratory of the International Space Station
- John Shannon, Boeing space station program manager
- William Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations
Also taking part in the conference are the leaders whose teams are developing all three major components of NASA's new Space Launch System - ground operations, Orion capsule and the heavy-lift booster - and Mike Griffin, former NASA administrator.
Dordain is the keynote speaker for the Von Braun Memorial Dinner at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Online registration to the conference is closed, but persons wishing to attend can register onsite at UAH.
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