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May 2020: Picture of the Month

On May 30th, amid stormy skies, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon became the first rocket to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil since 2011, thus starting a new era of commercial space flight.

February 2020: Picture of the Month

Raffle ticket drawings at the annual ASX Symposium. Here, guest speaker John Cramer draws raffles from a space helmet, in accordance with ASX tradition.

Crew Dragon Demo-2 Launch Livestream + Q&A

ZOOM LINK: Click here On June 1st, Col. Doug Hurley and Col. Bob Behnken will become the first astronauts to pilot SpaceX’s Dragon 2 spacecraft to the ISS. This mission will launch a new era in space travel, as the first crewed commercial flight to the space station. To mark this momentous occasion, ASX is…
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ASX General Elections

We want to acknowledge that the health and safety of our members is our highest priority. This is why with heavy hearts we had to cancel our last Star Talk of the year.  Due to the current situation, we are replacing our Annual General Meeting and executive elections for the 2020-2021 academic year with an online election.…
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16th ASX Symposium: Fiction to Fact – Step into Sci-Fi

Link for tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/asx-annual-symposium-fiction-to-fact-step-into-sci-fi-tickets-91233446695 Link to facebook event:https://www.facebook.com/events/187830452275728/ Where is the line drawn between 20th century science fiction and 21st century science fact? Back for its 16th rendition, the ASX Annual Symposium is planning on answering that question by featuring three masters of both fact and fiction. On February 28th, join Dr. Catherine Asaro, Dr.…
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