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(6/27) AIAA LA Planetary Defense and Asteroid Exploration (mini-)Conference 2026

Recent AIAA Los Angeles Section activities / events
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(5/26) AIAA LA in the AIAA National Townhall

(5/26) AIAA LA Outreach at the Lynwood United School District in the UCLA Career Event

(5/16) NASA X-43A Hypersonic Vehicle

(5/14) AIAA Los Angeles Section Annual Awards Dinner 2026

(5/9) AIAA LA Outreach in Hawthorne Maker's Faire 2026 at Hawthorne High School

(5/6) AIAA LA/Las Vegas and NDIA Spaceport Las Vegas Meeting

(5/2) Cold War California

(4/30) From Stage to Weightlessness: The Making of PARABOLES

(4/28) AIAA LA Outreach in the Blueprint for Success Job Fair at the El Camino College

(4/26) AIAA LA Outreach at the LA Makers Faire 2026 at the Exposition Park

(4/23) Young (Early Career) Professionals Mixer with the AIAA Los Angeles Section

(4/21) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: Origins, Development, Operation and Lessons Learned

(4/18) AIAA LA Outreach and the 100th Anniversary Robert H Goddard First American Rocket Launch at RRS Symposium 2026

AIAA Los Angeles News and Updates

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(5/24) Chemical tank in California could explode any moment as 50,000 residents are evacuated

(5/23) Gov. Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency over fears of toxic tank explosion

(5/23) SpaceX just flew its biggest Starship yet to space and dropped 22 satellites — then its booster lost engines mid-burn and slammed into the Gulf

(5/18) U.S. Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million contract for protected tactical SATCOM prototype

AIAA National News

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(5/22) Varda CEO Foresees Space-Based Medicine Moving from Research Novelty to Manufacturing Mainstream

(5/22) Town Hall Calls for U.S. to Approach Lunar Development Like Real Estate Projects on Earth

(5/22) Exploring Next Steps for On-Orbit Data Centers

(5/22) vLEO Gains Momentum as Space Force, Industry Weigh Dual-Use Potential

(5/22) ISS National Lab Provides Fresh Lens on Aging and Health, Sparking Space Medicine Programs Nationwide

(5/21) Pushing the Envelope: Licensing Process for Space Launches Catching Up to Demand but More Resources, Flexibility Needed

(5/21) Space Force Seeks More Innovations to Characterize Space Threats, General Says

(5/21) Experts Warn: Without Nuclear Power and National Will, America’s Lunar Future at Risk

(5/20) NASA Administrator Calls on Space Industry to Move with Urgency

(5/20) SGx Delivered Real-World Insights for Rising Space Professionals

(5/19) Inaugural ASCEND Classified Day Convenes 100 National Security, Intelligence, and Industry Leaders

(5/18) Region V Student Conference Brings Together a Community to Share Ideas and Celebrate Innovation

(5/18) AIAA SciTech Forum Call for Content Closes Thursday, 21 May

(5/18) AIAA, Amazon Leo, Eutelsat, Iridium, and SpaceX Release Reference Guide: “Satellite Orbital Safety Best Practices 3.0”

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(5/22) International Space Station scare after new air loss discovered in orbit

(5/21) NASA’s AWE Completes Mission to Study Earth’s Effect on Space Weather

(5/19) NASA just finished final assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — set to launch in September with a field of view 100 times wider than Hubble’s

(5/19) NASA satellite will test orbital 'gas station' tech to help astronauts reach the moon and Mars

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Merger in 1963 from two prestigious aerospace organizations founded in the 1920s / 1930s (ARS/AIS, and IAS).

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