BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.cradleofaviation.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30. 10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:12c407a2-1d14-440c-852f-c2c2fa61fbf9 X-WR-CALDESC:Join us on Thursday\, May 18\, 2023\, for an evening with John Connolly. Mr. Connolly is a member of NASA’s Artemis team and Human Landi ng System Program\, executing the return of astronaut explorers to the moo n.\n\nThis event is free\, but reservations are required! \nPlease regi ster via the link on this page!\n\nIn the 50+ years since the final Lo ng Island-built Lunar Module landed on the Moon\, NASA has continued to ma ture lander designs for humans to return to the lunar surface. With the le ssons of Apollo\, and over 100 lunar lander studies in hand\, NASA is now embarking on the successor to the Apollo program – Artemis – with a Human Landing System (HLS) that seems to bear little resemblance to the venerabl e LM. But beneath the surface\, the functions that the HLS must perform ar e almost identical to the Apollo LM\, with technology advances shaping the state of the art in 21st century human landers.\n\nAbout NASA's John C onnolly\nHis 36 years of NASA expertise includes lunar lander design\, lunar surface systems\, and human Mars mission planning. Connolly has hel d positions as NASA’s Lunar Surface Systems lead\, Human Mars Study Team l ead\, HQ Chief Exploration Scientist\, Special Assistant to Johnson Space Center’s Astronaut Office\, and Deputy Project Manager and Vehicle Enginee ring Manager for the Altair Lunar Lander Project (during which time he met frequently with Grumman’s Bethpage LM veterans). He holds engineering deg rees from Penn State and the University of Colorado. Mr. Connolly’s NASA c areer has been devoted to defining future systems that will send human cre ws beyond Low Earth Orbit\, return them to the moon\, and lead them to Mar s and beyond.\n\nAbout the AIAA\n'Our purpose is to ignite and cele brate aerospace ingenuity and collaboration\, and its importance to our wa y of life. Our promise is to be your vital lifelong link to the aerospace community and a champion for its achievements.' With nearly 30\,000 indivi dual members from 91 countries\, and 95 corporate members\, AIAA is the wo rld’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace professi on. X-WR-RELCALID:733a9b7f7ac0f3f3d65c902816e2e02d X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20231105T020000 RDATE:20241103T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20240310T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b1c6b476-ccc3-45a7-b876-bb9a47b10b32 DTSTAMP:20260411T140147Z DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 18\, 2023\, for an evening with John Connolly. Mr. Connolly is a member of NASA’s Artemis team and Human Landin g System Program\, executing the return of astronaut explorers to the moon .\n\nThis event is free\, but reservations are required! \nPlease regis ter via the link on this page!\n\nIn the 50+ years since the final Lon g Island-built Lunar Module landed on the Moon\, NASA has continued to mat ure lander designs for humans to return to the lunar surface. With the les sons of Apollo\, and over 100 lunar lander studies in hand\, NASA is now e mbarking on the successor to the Apollo program – Artemis – with a Human L anding System (HLS) that seems to bear little resemblance to the venerable LM. But beneath the surface\, the functions that the HLS must perform are almost identical to the Apollo LM\, with technology advances shaping the state of the art in 21st century human landers.\n\nAbout NASA's John Co nnolly\nHis 36 years of NASA expertise includes lunar lander design\, lunar surface systems\, and human Mars mission planning. Connolly has held positions as NASA’s Lunar Surface Systems lead\, Human Mars Study Team le ad\, HQ Chief Exploration Scientist\, Special Assistant to Johnson Space C enter’s Astronaut Office\, and Deputy Project Manager and Vehicle Engineer ing Manager for the Altair Lunar Lander Project (during which time he met frequently with Grumman’s Bethpage LM veterans). He holds engineering degr ees from Penn State and the University of Colorado. Mr. Connolly’s NASA ca reer has been devoted to defining future systems that will send human crew s beyond Low Earth Orbit\, return them to the moon\, and lead them to Mars and beyond.\n\nAbout the AIAA\n'Our purpose is to ignite and celeb rate aerospace ingenuity and collaboration\, and its importance to our way of life. Our promise is to be your vital lifelong link to the aerospace c ommunity and a champion for its achievements.' With nearly 30\,000 individ ual members from 91 countries\, and 95 corporate members\, AIAA is the wor ld’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace professio n. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T210000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Landing on the Moon: From the LM to HLS with John Connolly\, Human Landing System (HLS) Program\, NASA Artemis Team END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR