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Spaceport Frontiers Lecture: Wednesday January 14

Happy New Year to one an all!  Please join us as we open the Spring Spaceport Lecture series on Wednesday January 14 with a talk by Stuart Martin of the Satellite Applications Catapult.  See here for...

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Google Hangout with Astronaut Tim Peake : Wednesday January 28

The British Consulate General, Houston and the UK Science and Innovation Network is collaborating with the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency and NASA to host a Google Hangout featuring British...

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New Continuing Studies Course for Spring 2015

Glasscock School of Continuing Studies at Rice University presents Space Exploration in the 21st Century   by Dr. David Alexander, Director Rice Space Institute In this course, participants will...

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Rice Campus Observatory Open House: Friday January 23

http://events.rice.edu/index.cfm?EventRecord=25248

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Save the Date: Anousheh Ansari to speak at Rice

Please join us at Rice for the next installment of the Houston Spaceport Frontier Lectures.  We are very happy to announce that the first ever female private space explorer, Anousheh Ansari...

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MIT Enterprise Forum: Advances in Energy Storage, Batteries, and Metal...

The MIT Enterprise Forum are hosting a discussion on technological advances in batteries by MIT professor Donald Sadoway. Details can be found here  and you can register at   http://www.MITEFtexas.org.

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Spaceport Frontiers Lecture: Bob Pappalardo (JPL)

Please join us for the next installment of our Houston Spaceport Frontiers Lectures. The Hidden Ocean of Europa: Future Exploration & Prospects for Life – Dr. Robert Pappalardo, NASA Jet Propulsion...

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French Play on Apollo Program

The efforts of our friends in France and the kindness of our friends in Houston who met with the actors and director paid off.

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MIT Enterprise Forum: Advances in DNA Testing for Genealogy and Anthropology...

The MIT Enterprise Forum in conjunction with BioHouston are hosting a discussion on technological advances in DNA testing by Bennett Greenspan, Founder of Family Tree DNA Details can be found here  and...

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Spaceport Frontiers Lecture: Mary Lynne Dittmar

Please join us for the next installment of our Houston Spaceport Frontiers Lectures. Pathways to Exploration: Rationales and Approaches for a US program of Human Space Exploration – Ms. Mary Lynne...

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Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium: RSI Prize Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners of this years RSI Prize for best poster at the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium:   A UV Clothing Sanitization System for Deep Space Exploration Chris...

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2015 William F. Marlar Memorial Foundation Fellowship

The 2015 William F. Marlar Memorial Foundation Fellowship was awarded to Matthew Levy, a graduate student working on the modeling of intense laser-driven high energy density plasmas under the direction...

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2015 William and Elva Gordon Fellowship

The 2015 William and Elva Gordon Fellowship was awarded to Liheng Zheng, a graduate student working on the modeling of the Earth’s radiation belts under the direction of Professor Anthony Chan.

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Houston Airport System plans for spaceport approved by FAA

The Houston Airport System (HAS) has been granted a Launch Site License from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that enables Ellington Airport (EFD) to establish itself as a launch site for...

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Spaceport Frontier Lectures begins new session September 3

Join us at the McMurtry Auditorium on Thursday September 3 for the opener of this seasons lecture series.  NASA’s Jerry Woodfill will present the 13 things that save Apollo 13.  See...

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Save the Dates: Exciting program of talks at RSI

Please join us for the following presentations at Rice University.  Individual details will be posted closer to the event.  All of the events listed are free and open to the public. Thursday September...

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Student Opportunities

  Spring 2016 Internship at Masten Aerospace:  Deadline October 23, 2015. Johnson Space Center looking for micro-g student experiment teams:  Deadline October 28, 2015

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Student opportunity at Commercial Spaceflight Federation

CSF has announced its call for student interns for Spring 2016.  These are paid positions.  Please see CSF for details.

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Next Spaceport Lecture confirmed

Please join us on TUESDAY October 6 at the McMurtry Auditorium in Duncan Hall for the next in our Fall series.  Dr. Dorit Donoviel will present  SPACE: The final healthcare frontier.  See...

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RSI’s Laboratory for Space and Astrophysical Plasmas wins major research grant

The National Science Foundation has funded an effort to explore whether distant solar systems may support life  – See more at:...

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