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January 27, 2010: 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM Eastern Time

Upcoming missions to the Moon and Mars are triggering an extensive range of new design techniques and tools to deal with the emerging complexity of the required systems. This webinar presents an overview of modeling and simulation of space systems using physical modeling techniques derived from symbolic model formulation techniques.

The Canadian Space Commerce Association (CSCA) is currently working on plans for our 2010 Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is is now scheduled for March 16.

Building academic capacity in the Science and Technology space sector is a priority of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), in particular through promoting the use of accessible and cost effective suborbital platforms and nanosatellites that can accommodate research and graduate student training. In this context the CSA is pleased to announce that it will host a Workshop on Suborbital Platforms and Nanosatellites on April 14,15, and 16, 2010, at the John H. Chapman Space Centre in St-Hubert, Quebec (beginning at 13:00 on April 14 and ending at noon on April 16).

The Astronomy & Space Exploration Society (ASX) at the University of Toronto invites you to this exciting event!

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is pleased to announce that it will host a Workshop on Earth Surface-Atmosphere Interactions and Processes in Climate and Air Quality from 1 to 3 December 2009, at the John H. Chapman Space Centre in St-Hubert, Quebec. The workshop has several objectives:

GeoCanada 2010 is a once-in-a-decade opportunity for anyone who works with the Earth. Whether your focus is petroleum, base and precious metals, groundwater, geophysics, bedrock and seabed mapping, geohazards, uranium or environmental remediation, GeoCanada 2010 will present the latest developments across a complete spectrum of Earth Science professions. It is the ultimate opportunity to gain insight into your profession and the Earth, sharing experiences and knowledge with your peers from across Canada.

NOTE: There is a special session of interest to the space community:

Geoscientific Instrumentation in Extreme Environments: Earth, Ocean, Space

Geoscientists have always been involved in the exploration of new frontiers and extreme environments, whether these are located in polar regions, beneath the oceans or on other planetary bodies. This session proposes to focus on field operations, geophysical instruments, novel technologies, robotics, real-time remote observations, data processing, and other themes related to geoscientific surveying in extreme environments - Earth, Ocean and Space - that are generating revolutionary changes in understanding key terrestrial, oceanic, and planetary processes and hazards. The goal of the session is to promote new collaborations and networking amongst scientists, engineers, and policy-makers in these diverse fields of research, and search for common ground. We invite papers on innovative projects that are yielding new insights into extreme environments and complex Earth and Space systems, e.g. polar science (IPY), surveys of oceanic and lithospheric crust (IODP), oceans (VENUS and NEPTUNE Canada), lower atmosphere (UVS Canada) and upper atmosphere/space (Canadian Space Program).

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Dates: May 10-14, 2010
Venue: Calgary, AB, Canada
Web Site: http://www.geocanada2010.ca

The 2nd Halifax Meeting on Computational Astrophysics, the 18th Kingston Meeting will be held 16-18 (Friday - Sunday) October 2009 at Saint Mary's University (SMU), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Alberta Star Party is open to everyone - not just RASC members. We invite you and your family to attend the 23rd Annual Alberta Star Party. The star party is hosted by the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and we feel that you will be impressed by the dark and transparent skies. This year, the party will run from September 18-20, 2009. The Moon is new, allowing for superb deep-sky observing.

- Starland Recreation Area Campground
- September 18-20, 2009

The Canadian Space Summit is an annual event hosted by the Canadian Space Society. The Summit is explicitly dedicated to helping the Canadian space industry and related special interest groups develop a wider understanding of the diverse space exploration and development projects that are being conducted across the country and to foster collaborative connections amongst the many companies and organizations involved.

Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-129, ISS assembly flight ULF3, is the next planned space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is targeted for a November 12, 2009 launch. The Canadian Space Agency-sponsored APEX-CAMBIUM science experiment will sent to the International Space Station.