CALENDAR 1995

JUNE

1-4

National Science Education Standards Annual Conference, Washington D.C. Contact: Laure Wallace. Phone: 703-648-6615.

Internet: [email protected]

4-7

Polarimetry of the Interstellar Medium, Troy, New York. Contact: Polarimetry Conference, Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY 12180-3590. Phone: 518-276-6454; fax: 518-276-6680.

Internet: [email protected]

Anonymous ftp: ariadne.phys.rpi.edu (cd conf95)

WWW: http://www.rpi.edu/

5-7

35th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California. (Includes session on Planetary Rock Mechanics.) Contact: Richard Schultz, Co-Chair, Mackay School of Mines/172, University of Nevada, Reno NV 89557. Phone: 702-784-4318; fax: 702-784-1833.

Internet: [email protected]

6-8

Twentieth Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites, Tokyo, Japan. Contact: Keizo Yanai, Secretary of the Symposium, Department of Antarctic Meteorites, National Institute of Polar Research, 9- 10, Kaga 1-chome, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173, Japan. Phone: 03-3962-2938; fax: 03-3962-5711.

14-15

Workshop on Discovery Lessons-Learned, Washington D.C. Contact: Publications and Program Services Department, LPI, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058-1113. Phone: 713- 486-2166; fax: 713-486-2160.

Internet: cangelosi@lpi.usra.edu

19-23

Gordon Research Conference on Origins of Solar Systems, New Hampton, New Hampshire. Contact: Anneila Sargent, Caltech 105-24, Pasadena CA 91107.

Internet: [email protected]

22-28

107th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, College Park, Maryland. 6/22-23: The Universe in the Classroom: Workshop on teaching astronomy in grades 3-12; 6/24-25: Universe '95 for teachers amateur astronomers and the public; 6/24-25: Astronomy Education Symposium: Recent Developments, Future Directions; 6/26-28: Scientific Symposium: Clusters, Lensing and the Future of the Universe. Contact: ASP Annual Meeting, ASP, 390 Ashton Avenue, San Francisco CA 94112. Phone: 415-337-1100; fax: 415-337-5205.

Internet: [email protected]

25-30

Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, Keele University, England. Contact: F. Ringwald, Department of Physics, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-782-583319; fax: 44-782-711093.

Internet: [email protected]

JULY

2-14

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics XXI General Assembly, Boulder, Colorado. Contact: IUGG XXI General Assembly, c/o AGU, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20009. Phone: 202-462-6900; fax: 202-328-0566.

Internet: [email protected]

3-8

Dynamics, Ephemerides, and Astrometry in the Solar System, Paris, France. Contact: J.-E. Arlot.

Internet: [email protected]

20-23

Ecological Consequences of Earth Collisions with Small Bodies of the Solar System, Tomsk, Russia. Contact: Gennadij Andreev, Astronomical Observatory of the Tomsk State University, Box 1106, 634010 Tomsk, Russia. Phone: 7-3822-909721; fax: 7-3822-230450.

Internet: [email protected] or [email protected]

24-31

Fifth International Tunguska Expedition, Tunguska Meteoritic Park, Evenkiya, Russia. Contact: Gennadij Andreev, Astronomical Observatory of the Tomsk State University, Box 1106, 634010 Tomsk, Russia. Phone: 7-3822-909721; fax: 7-3822-230450.

31-Aug 3

Workshop on Chaos in Gravitational N-Body Systems, La Plata, Argentina. Contact: J. C. Muzzio, Observatorio Astron�mico, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. Fax: 54-21-21-1761 or 54-21-25-8985.

Internet: [email protected]

AUGUST

13-17

Microscopy & Microanalysis--Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America and the Histochemical Society, Kansas City, Missouri. Contact: MSA Meeting Office P.O. Box EM, Woods Hole MA 02543. Phone: 800-538-3672; fax: 508-548-9053.

Internet: [email protected]

14-15

Mars Telescopic Observations Workshop, Ithaca, New York. Contact: MTO, Publications and Program Services Department, LPI, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058- 1113. Phone: 713-486-2166; fax: 713-486-2160.

Internet: cangelosi@lpi.usra.edu

14-18

IAU Colloquium 150: Physics, Chemistry & Dynamics of Interplanetary Dust, Gainesville, Florida. Contact: M. S. Hanner.

Internet: [email protected]

14-18

The Making of a Planetary Project: 7th Annual Planetary Science Summer School, Pasadena, California. Contact: Neil L. Nickle, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Phone: 818-354-8244.

Internet: [email protected]

27-Sept 1

IV International Conference on Advanced Materials--Planetary Impact Events: Materials Response to Dynamic High Pressure, Cancun, Mexico. Contact: Randall Cygan, Geochemistry Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM 87111-0750. Phone: 505-844-7216; fax: 505-844-7216.

Internet: [email protected]

SEPTEMBER

11-14

The Role of Dust in the Formation of Stars, Garching, Germany. Contact: Hans Ulrich Kaufl, European Southern Observatory.

WWW: http://http.hq.eso.org/stardust.html

11-15

58th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, Washington, D.C. Contact: Glenn MacPherson, Department of Mineral Sciences, MRC-NHB 119, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560. Phone: 202-357-2260; fax: 202-357-2476.

Internet: [email protected]

24-30

Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop II: Characteristics of Ares Vallis Region, Spokane, Washington. Field Trip I: Channeled Scablands (9/24-27); Field Trip II: Missoula Lake breakout (9/30), Moses Lake area, Washington. Contact: Publications and Program Services Department, LPI, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058-1113. Phone: 713-486-2166; fax: 713-486-2160.

Internet: simmons@lpi.usra.edu

OCTOBER

8-13

27th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Kona, Hawaii. Contact: Karen Meech, University of Hawaii, Institute of Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu HI 96822.

Internet: [email protected]

10-12

Artificial Intelligence & Knowledge Based Systems for Space: 5th Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Contact: ESTEC Conference Bureau, P.O. Box 299, 220 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 1719 85005; fax: 31 1719 85658.

Internet: [email protected]

WWW: http://www.estec.esa.nl/aikbs.html

25-27

3rd Huntsville Symposium on Gamma-Ray Bursts, Huntsville, Alabama. Contact: Susan Benefield.

Internet: [email protected]

WWW: http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/grb3.html

NOVEMBER

26-Dec 1

International Symposium on Spectral Sensing Research (ISSSR) 1995, Melbourne, Australia. Contact: Judy Cole, Science and Technology Corporation, 101 Research Drive, Hampton VA 23666-1340. Phone: 804-865-7604; fax: 804-865-8721.

Internet: [email protected]

JANUARY 1996

7-11

Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-96), Albuquerque, New Mexico. Includes: 1st Conference on Commercial Development of Space; 1st Conference on Next Generation Launch Systems; 1st Conference on Remote Sensing for Commercial, Civil, and Science Applications; 2nd Spacecraft Thermal Control Symposium; 13th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion. Contact: Mary Bragg, ISNPS, University of New Mexico, School of Engineering, Albuquerque NM 87131-1341. Phone: 505-277-4950; fax: 505-277-2814.

Internet: [email protected]

22-26

New Extragalactic Perspectives in the New South Africa: Changing Perceptions of the Morphology, Dust Content, and Dust-Gas Ratios in Galaxies, Johannesburg, South Africa. Contact: David L. Block, Department of Computational & Applied Mathematics, Witwatersrand University, P.O. Box 60, WITS 2050, South Africa. Phone: 27-11-339-7965; fax: 27-11-716-3761.

29-Feb 2

OSETI II: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical Spectrum, San Jose, California. Contact: Stuart A. Kingsley, The Columbus Optical SETI Observatory, 545 Northview Drive, Columbus OH 43209-1051. Phone: 614-258-7402; fax: 614-258-7459. Optical SETI BBS: 614-258-1710.

FEBRUARY

5-7

First ISU Symposium--Space of Service to Humanity: Preserving Earth and Improving Life, Strasbourg, France. Contact: Emma Moyen, International Space University, Parc d'Innovation, Boulevard Gonthier d'Andernach, 67400 Illkirch, France. Fax: 33 88 65 54 47.

Internet: [email protected]

MARCH

18-22

27th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas. Contact: Publications and Program Services Department, LPI, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058- 1113. Phone: 713-486-2166; fax: 713-486-2160.

Internet: simmons@lpi.usra.edu