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Estimados Amigos,

En nombre del Grupo Latinoamericano de SGAC queremos dirigirnos a Ustedes quienes se encuentran en la region por donde (segun los pronosticos) pasara el huracan Ike para traerles nuestro apoyo moral en tan dificil situación.

Las noticias dan informacion de las consecuencias del huracan en paises como Haiti y Cuba y nos afecta saber que muchos Latinamericanos y compatriotas estan pasando malos momentos o han sufrido la perdida de sus hogares.

Deseamos que todos Ustedes junto con vuestros familiares y amigos se encuentren seguros y fuera de peligro.

Atentamente

The attached astronaut photograph was taken looking east as the International Space Station was flying about 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) off the Peruvian coast and shows Cordillera Huayhuash (pronounced “Why-wash”) in the central part of Peru.

The European fluid science research activities in space reached a milestone on August 7. with the successful completion of the first experiment run in the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) facility, one of the payload racks located in the European COLUMBUS laboratory on the International Space Station.

In August the experiment, called GEOFLOW, has concluded and completed two further runs on the 19th and 25th, and a partial run on the 27th prior to an ISS debris avoidance manoeuvre performed by the European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV).

Report of trip to:
United Nations/Colombia/United States of America Workshop on:

The Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Follow up to the 5th Space Conference of Americas
Hosted by and Co-organized with the
Vice Presidency of the Republic of Colombia, and the
Colombian Commission on Space (CCE)
Medellin, Colombia
23 – 27 June 2008

Mini summery of the event:

A number of activities has been carried out on space science in Ethiopia.
check out the following for SGAC and General Activities in Ethiopia.
www.spacegeneration.org/node/1236 Bekele

NASA has selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions for 2009 and 2010. The flights are, one to the Hubble Space Telescope, seven assembly flights to the International Space Station, and two station contingency flights, planned to be completed before the end of fiscal year 2010.

APLICACIONES ESPACIALES EN COLOMBIA
La aplicación de las tecnologías espaciales ha permitido importantes avances en el desarrollo económico y social del país. Numerosas entidades nacionales entre ellas las

Now that we have heard from the IAF about the abstracts for all the SGAC projects, we can announce the projects for SGC. This year there will be seven projects, each one will be giving a presentation at the IAC the week after SGC!

The Projects are:
Yuri's Night/World Space Week
Near Earth Objects
MoonMars Workshop Case for Human Exploration in conjunction with the Planetary Society
Move an Asteroid Competition
Space For Humanity

Dear all European SGAC-ers!

I just thought I'd post a quick entry to keep you up to date as to actions in Europe so far. It has been a while since my previous introductory email to NPoCs, but there is a reason for this- the exec is currently formulating an information pack describing the expectations of an NPoC, their duties and also what help is available to them within the organisation. I am holding out for this document at the moment, and when it is finished shall email it to all NPoCs in the European region.

Finding a hotel this has been much more difficult than last year. Prices in Scotland are very high relative to other parts of the world and people seem to be less open to negotiate. In the past, we have been able to garner great discounts, but not here. We are hoping to work something out by this Friday that will be both the hotel and congress site. We are really looking to make the most of the culture in Scotland and also be able to impact the community in Glasgow.