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Volume 37, Issue 6 AIAA Houston Section www.aiaa-houston.org June 6, 2012 Hubble Revisited1962 on NASA’s- 2012 50th Anniversary 50th Anniversary AIAA Houston Section The World’s Forum for Aerospace Leadership Horizons Special Edition, June 6, 2012 AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 1 June 6, 2012 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S The 25th Anniversary Booklet from June 4, 1987 3 HOUSTON Expanding the 1987 Booklet: The 50th Anniversary, June 6, 2012 23 Horizons is a bimonthly publication of the Houston Section The Back Cover: The International Space Station Seen from STS-135 46 of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Douglas Yazell Editor Past Editors: Dr. Steven E. Everett Editing team: Don Kulba, Ellen Gillespie, Robert Bere- mand, Alan Simon, Dr. Steven Everett, Shen Ge Regular contributors: Dr. Steven Everett, Don Kulba, Philippe Mairet, Alan Simon, Scott Lowther Contributors this issue: Paul D. Spudis, Sean Carter, Daniel R. Adamo, BeBe Kelly-Serrato, Shen Ge AIAA Houston Section Executive Council Sean Carter Chair Councilors Daniel Nobles Irene Chan Chair-Elect Secretary Sarah Shull John Kostrzewski Past Chair Treasurer Julie Read Dr. Satya Pilla Vice-Chair, Operations Vice-Chair, Technical Operations Technical Dr. Gary Turner Dr. Albert A. Jackson IV Shen Ge Bebe Kelly-Serrato Melissa Gordon Dr. Zafar Taqvi Lisa Voiles Bill Atwell Rafael Munoz Sheikh Ahsan Svetlana Hanson William West Michael Frostad Paul Nielson Dr. Benjamin Longmier Dr. Steven E. Everett Horizons and AIAA Houston Section Web Site Matthew Easterly Gary Brown AIAA National Communications Award Winner Douglas Yazell Dr. Kamlesh Lulla Gary Cowan Ludmila Dmitriev-Odier Joel Henry Alan Sisson Ellen Gillespie Brian Banker Matt Johnson Clay Stangle 2004 2005 2006 2007 Melissa Kronenberger This newsletter is created by members of AIAA Houston Section. Opinions expressed herein other Sarah Barr than by elected Houston Section officers belong solely to the authors and do not necessarily repre- Donald Barker sent the position of AIAA or the Houston Section. Unless explicitly stated, in no way are the com- Shirley Brandt ments of individual contributors to Horizons to be construed as necessarily the opinion or position Holly Feldman of AIAA, NASA, its contractors, or any other organization. All articles in Horizons, unless other- Gabe Garrett wise noted, are the property of the individual contributors. Reproduction/republishing in any form www.aiaa-houston.org except limited excerpts with attribution to the source, will require the express approval of the indi- vidual authors. Please address all newsletter correspondence to editor-in-chief[at]aiaa-houston.org. Cover: The 50th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section. AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 2 Page 3 This twenty-page booklet was part of the dinner meeting celebration of June 4, 1987. Page 1 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 3 Page 4 Since the ARS started in 1930 and the IAS started in 1932, AIAA splits the difference and celebrates its start as 1931. Page 2 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 4 Page 5 Page 3 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 5 Page 6 Page 4 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 6 Page 7 Page 5 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 7 Page 8 Page 6 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 8 Page 9 Page 7 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 9 Page 10 Page 8 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 10 Page 11 Page 9 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 11 Page 12 Page 10 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 12 Page 13 Page 11 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 13 Page 14 Page 12 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 14 Page 15 Page 13 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 15 Page 16 Page 14 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 16 Page 17 Page 15 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 17 Page 16 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 18 Page 19 Page 17 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 19 Page 20 Page 18 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 20 Page 21 Page 19 was blank in this 1987 booklet. ISS027-E-036637, 685 & 759 (23 May 2011) --- This image of the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately 220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011 (USA time). The pictures taken by Nespoli are the first taken of a shuttle docked to the International Space Station from the perspective of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Onboard the Soyuz were Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 27 commander Dmitry Kondratyev; Nespoli, a European Space Agency astronaut; and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman. Coleman and Nespoli were both flight engineers. The three landed in Kazakhstan later that day, completing 159 days in space. Image credits: NASA. Page 19 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 21 Page 22 Page 20 from the 1987 Booklet Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of AIAA Houston Section AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 22 Page 23 A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Dinner Meeting AIAA Houston Section 1962 - 2012 DOUGLAS YAZELL, EDITOR As we celebrate our 50th an- medallion will probably be the blue and white colors of niversary with this dinner known. For example, the some of the AIAA logos. meeting, each paid attendee NASA 50th Anniversary me- Dinner meeting of receives a lapel pin and one of dallion, not shown here and Thirteen Apollo 40th anniver- June 6, 2012. the four medallions illustrated not used for this event, was sary medallions are in work, on this page, if all goes as limited to 5,592, according to for the twelve manned Apollo planned. The medallions from collectSPACE.com. missions 1 and 7 through 17, Winco are official NASA and one medallion with the commemoratives containing The lapel pin (100 of them) round NASA logo in place of flown metal. Once NASA was ordered from NWT Mint, an Apollo mission patch. All stops ordering fabrication, the based on the appearance of an of these medallions have the number produced for each Air Force lapel pin, as well as Apollo 40th anniversary logo on one side. The medallions already for sale in this series are the NASA logo and Apol- lo 11, 12, 13 and 17. The me- dallion for Apollo 16 went on the market just in time for our Image credits for the Space celebration, and the Apollo 15 Shuttle medallion and the medallion will be next. Constellation medallion: NASA artifacts will be on collectSPACE.com. Image display in the Alamo Ball- credit for the Apollo 11 me- room during our celebration dallion (the 40th anniver- in the Discovery Room and sary): The Space Store. Im- the Alamo Ballroom of the age credit for the Apollo 16 NASA/JSC Gilruth Center. patch: NASA/KSC. Image credit for the Air Force lapel pin: NWT Mint. AIAA Houston Section Horizons, June 6, 2012 Page 23 Page 24 Sister Sections AIAA Houston Section International Sister Sections DOUGLAS YAZELL, EDITOR James C. McLane, Jr., estab- them more. In 1992, a second and Shanghai on behalf of lished our Chinese sister sec- delegation visited China from AIAA Houston Section. tion relationship in 1987, Houston. Both of the two working with many others, American delegations pro- Other sister sections followed, especially Li Furong in duced trip reports, and those notably with India and Dr. Shanghai, China, and the PDF files were on our web Zafar Taqvi. Chris Burrmeis- Shanghai Astronautical Socie- site but those links are tempo- ter did some similar work, ty (SAS), a part of the Chi- rarily broken at the moment. possibly with Austria, where nese Society of Astronautics Chris Taylor visited our sister he later worked for a short (CSA). In 1988 a delegation section in Shanghai in about time as an engineer. Russ of engineers and spouses trav- 2004 while working in China Filler visited Australia as part eled from Houston to China in the oil and gas business.
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