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MSA Board - Call for Nominations

Sunday, 4 May 2025

The Mars Society Australia (MSA) is calling for nominations for directors. Directors are appointed for an initial term of two years and half the board is elected every year.

MSA is an organisation of like-minded people that provides educational and public outreach, engineering projects and scientific research related to the planet Mars.  You can read more about the MSA here:

https://marssociety.org.au/about

Our board of directors help run day to day operations as well as strategically plan and mange the society's endeavours.

If have an interest in Mars and would like to contribute to the MSA, please consider nominating as a director.  While professional experience in business and science is...

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Terrestrial analogue research in the Himalayas: Spaceward Bound India 2025

Monday, 10 February 2025

An interesting session:

Join us tonight -

The talk will give an overview of the work carried out since 2016 in Ladakh, India on training scientists and engineers for planetary missions. The focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and working with educators and students is critical to not just develop missions but also a community. Examples of how the 2016 expedition helped the community in India grow will be shared. In 2025, the team is going back to Ladakh with new and stronger partnerships with ISRO and NASA members involved.

Topic: Feb 2025 Space zoom presentation

Time: Feb 10, 2025 07:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83941609400?pwd=0obCF9IBdloM12RAWaE3FM1mGalOko.1

Meeting ID: 839 4160 9400

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David Cooper Memorial Lecture

Monday, 11 November 2024

Eyes on the Ground: Mars, Robots and Remote Sensing

2nd December 2024 - 7.00pm

Ainsworth building (J17), UNSW Sydney, Kensington Campus
Lecture theatre G03 (ground floor)

Bookings via Eventbrite here.

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Australian Space Research Conference 2024

Sunday, 29 September 2024

The Australian Space Research Conference is being held at the University of NSW on the December 2-4, 2024

This conference is organised by the National Space Society of Australia, Mars Society Australia, and members of the Australian space research community with a heritage of organising 16 successful ASRC meetings to date.

The organising committee extends a warm invitation to space scientists, engineers, educators, and industry, government, and NGO personnel.

Key dates are:

Abstracts Accepted: 20 September 2024

Registrations Open: 30 September 2024

Draft Program Release: 14 October 2024

Conference Start: 2 December 2024

Conference End: 4 December 2024

For more details visit;

https://www.nssa.com.au/asrc2024

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