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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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@aiaa
AIAA
4 years
An #AIAA paper from 2006 resurfaced by @DJSnM appears to have gone semi-viral. If you're looking for the original source, we've got it:
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Wow: Margaret Hamilton was awarded the #MedalofFreedom today for her work at @NASA on the Apollo program. 🚀 #STEM
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AIAA
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This year’s Goddard Astronautics Award has been presented to Gwynne E. Shotwell @SpaceX for her leadership and vision in the field of space exploration and contributions to aerospace technology.
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WOW!! Real image of the #ISS silhouetted against the moon taken by @erfmufn of http://t.co/Lbdh3dRkWC. #ISSRDC http://t.co/kfp6ZW9NpN
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🚀⭐️ Congratulations to the @SpaceX team on today’s Starship test flight. It is exciting to witness a new launch vehicle achieving so many of its test objectives toward reaching orbit. Read the full #AIAA statement here: 📸Eric Gay; Associated Press–©
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We are shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Glen de Vries. As a Citizen Astronaut on @BlueOrigin ’s #NewShepard NS-18 mission, he helped open access to space for everyone. In the coming years as we begin to live and work in space, his pioneering efforts will be remembered.
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Schlieren imaging is a technique used by aerospace engineers. A fluid dynamicist from @NIST used it to demonstrate why masks work to prevent the spread of viruses 😷 #coronavirus #covid19
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AIAA
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Boeing teased a new hypersonic concept plane last month at #AiaaSciTech 2018. Find out in the February issue of Aerospace America what @BoeingCEO Dennis Muilenburg had to say about it.
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AIAA
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AIAA has named globally recognized space industry executive @ClayMowry as the Institute’s new CEO, effective 1 October. Read the full release:
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AIAA
3 years
In Computational Fluid Dynamics, reliance on computational results without code verification incurs unquantifiable risks in decision making. Our newest Recommended Practice outlines a procedure and minimum criteria for successful #CFD code verification.
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AIAA
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Congratulations to William Gerstenmaier of @SpaceX , recipient of the 2022 Durand Lectureship for Public Service!
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Happy International Day of #HumanSpaceFlight !
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‘A future flight should include a poet, a priest and a philosopher…we might get a much better idea of what we saw.’— @AstroMCollins His advocacy and enthusiasm for space exploration is an example for us all, he was a true hero. Ad Astra.
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BREAKING NEWS from #AIAAaviation : Whisper Aero unveiled a mockup of its Whisper Jet and propulsion technology in its booth in the forum Exhibition Hall. CEO Mark Moore announced the company's plans, describing how the ducted fan is optimized for lowest noise, highest efficiency.
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AIAA
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It's here! 🥳🎉 The @AeroAmMag Year in Review issue: 📆 2⃣0⃣1⃣8⃣ 📆 #AIAA members review the year's biggest breakthroughs in aerospace. #AIAASciTech
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AIAA
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#InternationalWomensDay Her Code Got Humans on the Moon #WomenInSTEM
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AIAA
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The women pilots eligible for this flew more than 60 million miles just between 1942 and 1944. #avgeek #aviation
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It's here!! 🥁🥁🥁 The 2019 @AeroAmMag Year in Review issue - Covering the most important developments as described by #AIAA 's technical, integration and outreach committees: ✈️🚀 Follow along here for highlights from all 67 articles. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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5 years
Starting tomorrow and continuing through 24 July, this page will be "Livetweeting" the Apollo 11 launch as it happened. Learn more about the engineering work that led to the moon landing with these 50 papers from the #AIAA journal archives: #Apollo50th 🌖
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AIAA Public Service Award - The highest recognition #AIAA bestows to a person outside the aerospace community who has shown consistent and visible support for national aviation and space goals. Pamela A. Melroy, retired USAF / former astronaut / current CEO 😮
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AIAA
4 years
What would it be like to live on the moon? @NASA and @K12FutureE want to hear your thoughts! K-12 students can join the #Moon Pod Essay contest and share what their dream lunar expedition would look like. Deadline to submit is tomorrow!
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NASA
4 years
You've met the @NASAArtemis astronauts, now they want to know: What does your dream lunar expedition look like? Enter the Artemis Moon Pod Essay contest & win a trip to join them at the #Artemis I launch! 🚀 Welcoming entries from grades K-12 until 12/17:
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AIAA
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Congrats to @SpaceX and @elonmusk ... well done on today's test flight. 3 stages 🚀🚀🚀 and 27 engines! #FalconHeavy
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AIAA
5 years
#AIAA is excited to announce a new #STEM program in partnership with @blueorigin . Design/Build/Launch will inspire high school students as they compete to win a chance to fly their experiment to space on a New Shepard rocket. 🚀 Get involved: #AiaaSTEM
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AIAA
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2022 AIAA Honorary Fellows Roger A. Krone, @LeidosInc Salvatore "Tory" Bruno, @ulalaunch Wesley L. Harris, @MIT
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AIAA
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Who says #aerospace can't be a part of a relaxing weekend? #drone #UAV @PopMech
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AIAA
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#PenguinAwarenessDay Did you know the @NSF has used planes with skis for research in Antarctica? #avgeek #aviation
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AIAA
5 years
The AlphaPilot #AIRR race in Baltimore, MD @LockheedMartin @DroneRaceLeague #AI
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AIAA
4 years
We are proud to announce the 2021 AIAA Honorary Fellows and Fellows. These aerospace professionals have leveraged their knowledge and talents for the benefit of society. Their pioneering spirit showcases the very best of our industry.
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AIAA
4 years
#AIAA has joined @MITREcorp , @SpaceFoundation , and the @USChamber to produce a podcast series examining space policy issues. Episode 3 features John Paul (JP) Parker, Intelligence Community Space Executive, @ODNIgov :
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AIAA
6 years
PRESS RELEASE: AIAA to Recognize Technical Excellence in Aerospace at the 2019 #AIAA DEFENSE Forum
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AIAA
5 years
Thank you @NASASocial for joining us at #IAC2019 ! #NASASocial
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AIAA
4 years
PRESS RELEASE: Alejandro Miguel San Martín Wins 2020 Yvonne C. Brill Lectureship in Aerospace Engineering @TheNAEng @NASAJPL
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AIAA
2 years
Congratulations to Marilyn J. Smith, @GeorgiaTech , on receiving the 2022 AIAA Aerodynamics Award! #AIAAaviation
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AIAA
4 years
Welcoming @ulalaunch as a Strategic Partner Sponsor of the 2020 @ascendspace event to be held online 16 – 18 November. ASCEND: Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery. Find out how you can join space leaders at ASCEND: #ascendspace
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AIAA
2 years
Happy Independence Day from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics! #AIAA
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AIAA
9 years
The "flip" is really what makes the landing of the #Falcon9 a unique accomplishment. Via
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AIAA
6 years
The @AIAAFoundation Award for Excellence has been given to the Honda Aircraft Company for leading the design, development and commercialization of @HondaJet , an advanced light business jet - setting a new standard in business aviation.
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AIAA
8 years
Say hi to the people sending stuff to #space ! #NASASocial
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AIAA
5 years
@torybruno @ulalaunch Bruno: The Vulcan Centaur Heavy will be the first single core heavy rocket ever #AiaaPropEnergy 🔥
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AIAA
8 years
It's #NationalAstronautDay . Where in #space would you want to go? What would you do there? #WeBelieveInAstronauts
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AIAA
2 years
We are going! Congratulations to @AstroVicGlover , @Astro_Jeremy , @Astro_Christina and @astro_reid on being named the #Artemis II crew. We can’t wait to join you as we go together for all humanity to the moon and back in 2024. 🚀🌔 📸: @NASA
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AIAA
5 years
Even though #AIAA Design/Build/Fly won't be taking place this month, we still want to showcase the amazing work by our university students. Video: @EAUDubai 🛩️ Full playlist of all videos: #AiaaDBF
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AIAA
1 year
Congratulations to the SpaceX team on today’s test flight of Starship from Starbase, Texas. This flight is an important milestone and much will be learned from the engineering data. Read the full statement from @AIAA_Dan
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AIAA
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We're in #SanDiego at the @GrandHyattSD getting ready for day one at #AIAASciTech !
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AIAA
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Today, 7 August, 2018, human spaceflight will be half as old as powered human air flight. A total of 20,936 days elapsed between the Wright Brothers' first flight on 17 December, 1903 - and Yuri Gagarin's launch on 12 April, 1961. It has now been 20,936 days since 12 April, 1961.
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AIAA
4 years
Wow, @SpaceX #Starship SN5 made a successful hop and landing. (screenshot via @LabPadre )
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AIAA
4 years
Aerospace companies stepped up to meet the challenge of the #covid19 pandemic. @LockheedMartin , @RaytheonTech , @Boeing , @NASAJPL , @MadeInSpace , @NorthropGrumman , @ULAlaunch , and @Honeywell contributed to the response with their cutting-edge technology.
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AIAA
5 years
#AIAA supports the @WomenInAviation campaign for Girls in Aviation Day 2019 - #GIAD19 . This photo is from AIAA Design/Build/Fly 2019 – Join us for the 2020 competition in Wichita, KS:
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AIAA
7 years
Front and back views: models of NASA Voyager and New Horizons. @airandspace #Voyager40
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AIAA
9 years
#InternationalWomensDay @AstroPeggy was the 1st female commander of the International #Space Station #SheInspiresMe
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AIAA
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🚀⭐ Congratulations to the Starliner team - @NASA , @Boeing , and @ulalaunch - on their successful launch! We look forward to following Butch’s and Sunita’s journey. Read the full statement from #AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher today:  #AIAA #ascendspace
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AIAA
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BREAKING NEWS at the 2023 #AIAAaviation Forum: #NASA and #Boeing announced their eco-friendly experimental aircraft will become NASA’s newest X-plane, X-66A. Read more about it from @NASAAero . #sustainability ✈️
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NASA Aeronautics
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JUST ANNOUNCED @ #AIAAaviation : We've got an X designation for the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator! Introducing, X-66A ✈️🍃 The new X-plane seeks to inform a potential new gen of more sustainable single-aisle aircraft-the workhorse of passenger airlines.
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Elsa is up to no good again... PHOTO: A Frozen-themed #plane gets de-iced by ground crews ❄️❄️❄️ #avgeek #aviation
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AIAA
9 years
NASA’s Record Holding #Space Missions via @KQED
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AIAA
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Dragon separation. Nicely done! #LaunchAmerica #CrewDragon #DM2
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AIAA
2 years
Congratulations to Michimasa Fujino, HondaJet, on receiving the 2021 Elmer A. Sperry Award! #AIAAaviation @hondajet , @ASCETweets , @ASMEdotorg , @IEEEorg , @SAEIntl , @SNAME_HQ
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AIAA
5 years
Congratulations to @JeffBezos and the team at @blueorigin on winning the new Excellence in Industry Award during #IAC2019 .
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AIAA
3 years
Congratulations to our corporate member @BlueOrigin on their successful New Shepard Mission today! @BlueOrigin is helping open up access to space travel for more of us, extending the human neighborhood beyond planet Earth. 🚀
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5 years
#AIAA welcomes @woaaofficial as a committee to encourage students from underrepresented backgrounds who are interested in the field. WOAA will be hosting a panel in the Launch Site (Booth 3008) at #IAC2019 . ♀️✈️🚀
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AIAA
4 years
Congratulations to @NASA , @SpaceX , and numerous #AIAA members who contributed to today’s successful launch of two astronauts, @Astro_Doug and @AstroBehnken , to the International Space Station from the United States. #LaunchAmerica #CrewDragon #DM2
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AIAA
9 years
#GIF of that DC-10 in operation over a wildfire in #WA . #avgeek #aviation http://t.co/1An52tOh0j
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AIAA
8 years
Mockup of the Starliner crew capsule. Who wants a ride? They're testing the parachutes soon. #NASAsocial 🚀
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@aiaa
AIAA
2 years
What’s all that noise? Starting 7 June our course on @openfoam ® #CFD Aeroacoustics Modeling teaches theoretical and applied concepts in computational #aeroacoustics for #aerospace using a combination of lectures and associated hands-on lab exercises.
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AIAA
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Just two weeks to go until #IAC2019 Public Day! 📅 Join #AIAA and @iafastro on 25 October in Washington, D.C. 📌 More than 150 exhibitors will be showcasing their displays for the public 🎉 Follow this thread for details ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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AIAA
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One of the reasons we are as on time as we are is that we have 150 engineers in Colorado on console in Denver when we launch. -Not just the visible staff at the launch site, the other engineers support launches as well. @torybruno @ulalaunch interviewed by @CatHofacker @AeroAmMag
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AIAA
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Today is #NationalAviationDay , as well as Orville Wright's 145th birthday! #AiaaAviation
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AIAA
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These pilots have some courage! #SageFire #DC10 #avgeek (original source: @imgur )
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AIAA
4 years
The company, founded in 2008 and an offshoot of Bill Otto's Otto Laboratories, says that the Celera 500L runs at 18 to 25 miles-per-gallon fuel economy (compared to the 2-3 miles-per-gallon of a comparable jet aircraft).
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AIAA
5 years
The original CFD 2030 roadmap from #AiaaAviation ✈️
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AIAA
8 years
Getting a glimpse of how the magic of #space sample returns happen at #NASAsocial ... This is for @OSIRISREx
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@aiaa
AIAA
6 years
Congratulations @SpaceX and @NASA on a successful #CrewDragon test!
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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SpaceX Crew Dragon has docked with International @Space_Station
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AIAA
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Tory Bruno @torybruno 🚀 @ulalaunch presents the 2019 von Karman Lecture in Astronautics. #AiaaPropEnergy 🔥
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AIAA
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Running a wind tunnel can cost as much as $20,000 per hour, but #CFD can’t model everything. Where are the limits? #AiaaAviation ✈️
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AIAA
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A hypersonic Air Force One? The U.S. Air Force wants to have a look Story: @AeroAmMag @CatHofacker Image: @hermeuscorp
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@aiaa
AIAA
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AIAA welcomes the Biden Administration’s renewed focus on science and praises the president-elect’s decision to elevate the role of the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to a Cabinet-level position. Read more here:
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AIAA
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Simply amazing! Congratulations to the entire @Nasawebb team, including AIAA Corporate Member @northropgrumman , on the first images back from deep space. #UnfoldTheUniverse
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AIAA
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Jeff Babione on the F-35: "We're just at the beginning of what this airplane can do." #AiaaAviation
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AIAA
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“The ‘Green Run’ test marks the completion of all testing on the @NASA_SLS rocket Core Stage—we now have hardware testing proof that America is ready to take our next steps to the moon and Mars.” - AIAA Executive Director @AIAA_Dan #Artemis @NASAStennis
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AIAA
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ASCEND Guiding Coalition member @DavaExplorer was interviewed by @SpaceBrendan of @wmfeorlando - #AIAA is designing the conference of the future.
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AIAA
2 years
Congratulations to former AIAA Executive Director @astro_sandy on being inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame this weekend! You have our sincerest appreciation for your contributions to our off-world future. #astronautics #aiaa
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AIAA
4 years
Free AIAA membership is now available for High School students. We’re committed to shaping the future of aerospace, and our future is you. Let us be your vital, lifelong link to reliable resources and growth opportunities. Join today.
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@aiaa
AIAA
2 years
AIAA is seeking an Editor-in-Chief for the AIAA Education Series. Our textbooks are a core component of the aerospace professional's education in many of the top undergraduate and graduate engineering programs around the world. Apply by 31 May.
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AIAA
9 years
Not at #AiaaSciTech ? Follow the action on the #AIAA @Livestream channel:
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AIAA
9 years
Holiday technology has not advanced much since the 1700s...
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AIAA
4 years
Human Spaceflight Operations is the culmination of 60 years of lessons learned. @Astro_Taz @Carbon_Flight @Enterprise_Flt @Explorer_Flight @DrTylerPeterso1 & more are passing on their experience from the front lines of Mission Control. Preorder today.
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AIAA
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📚 Congratulations to Professor Seetha Raghavan, @EmbryRiddle , on her new role as the Editor-in-Chief of the esteemed Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics book series. She will be at the helm of this prestigious series. Read the full statement here:
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AIAA
4 years
Congratulations to our winners of the premier lectureships and technical excellence awards of #ASCENDspace : @Dr_ThomasZ , Eddy Hartenstein, @NASAJPL InSight Flight Team, @NASA Cold Atom Lab & @JHUAPL Parker Solar Probe Mgmt! Read more about the recipients:
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AIAA
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#AIAA in the News - @Dynetics to use in-space refueling for @NASA lunar lander #Artemis #ascendspace
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AIAA
3 years
This #WomensHistoryMonth , we honor the achievements of women in #aerospace . Today we recognize Catie Spivey, an AIAA Student Member and 2021 @owensfellowship winner, graduating this year from @Portland_State with her Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
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@aiaa
AIAA
6 years
Viewing information for all four launches today. The fun starts at around 9:00 AM EST with back to back launches for @SpaceX and @blueorigin . Later @Arianespace and @ulalaunch will also launch. Good luck everyone! - via @SPACEdotcom
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AIAA
4 years
The growth in electric propulsion for satellites from zero. via @AerojetRdyne @MarsJoe #AiaaPropulsion
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@aiaa
AIAA
1 year
Join us in applauding the remarkable achievements of our honorees at the 2023 AIAA Awards Gala. We also congratulate our new class of AIAA Fellows and Honorary Fellows.
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