Volume 9, Number 6 • November/December 2001 • Moving Forward

Events

The Second Astrobiology Science Conference will take place April 7–11, 2002 at NASA Ames Research Center. For more information, visit http://astrobiology.arc.nasa. gov/conferences/2001/ABSciConf/index.html

The 9th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race will be held April 12 and 13, 2002 on the grounds of the US Space and Rocket Center. Students are required to design a vehicle that addresses a series of engineering problems that are similar to problems faced by the original Moonbuggy team. The race is sponsored by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, the US Space and Rocket Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sci-Quest and the Aerospace Development Center of Alabama. For more information, visit http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov

Reminder: NASA will be showcasing medical-imaging technologies at the International Society for Optical Engineers SPIE Conference, February 23–28, 2002 in San Diego, CA. For more information, go to www.nasatechnology.com

Multimedia

NASA’s popular educational Web site, Space Place, has announced a new Spanish-language version for children and their families. The Web site, http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov, and its new Spanish companion, http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/espanol, serve children 8–13 years of age. The site contains approximately 40 activities, including games and “amazing facts” about space, Earth and NASA.

Books

NASA has just published Exploring the Cosmos, the fifth volume of Exploring the Unknown, an ongoing series of reference books essential for anyone interested in the history and development of the US civil space program.

Selected documents of interest to those involved in both space history and policy are grouped into three thematic chapters, with an introductory essay for each subject. Chapter one is devoted to the origins and early organization of space science; chapter two covers NASA’s planetary exploration efforts; and the third chapter details space-based astronomy and astrophysics.

The book is for sale from the US Superintendent of Documents and from the NASA Information Center. Details on ordering the volume are available at http://history.nasa.gov/what.html Q