Welcome to Ad Astra Kansas

Founded in 2001 and an affiliate of the Kansas Space Grant Consortium since 2003, Ad Astra Kansas is an information resource focusing on high-tech and space research in the state of Kansas.

2013 Galaxy Forum

The 2013 Galaxy Forum has been scheduled for July 27 in the Endeavour Classroom of the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson. Professional development credit available for educators.

Presentations will include:

Introduction to the Ad Astra Kansas Foundation:

Learn more about the sponsor of the Galaxy Forum— its mission and future projects.

Exploring Space Weather—the Van Allen Storm Probes:

Earth's weather is familiar with to everyone but weather also occurs in space. Twin probes launched last August are helping us learn how this affects our space-based and ground-based technologies. Learn what scientists are looking for from veteran NASA scientists Dr. Thomas Armstrong and/or Dr. Jerry Manweiller.

From Understanding Basic Particle Physics to exploring the Universe

This year a number of startling advances in astro-particle physics have been announced:

  • The first clear evidence of Dark Matter;
  • A series of high energy gamma ray observations are expanding and changing our understanding of how stars end their lives;
  • The Ice Cube Neutrino Telescope at the South Pole suggests the existence of ultra massive particles yet to be created by manmade particle accelerators;
  • A brief intro into particle physics and how it is used to help understand the universe and its forces.

For a copy of the flyer, click here

Science in Kansas, 150 years and counting

The Ad Astra Kansas Initiative is sponsoring a project for the Kansas Sesquicentennial; Science in Kansas: 150 Years and Counting. 

We have created a series of "trading cards" highlighting Kansas scientists of accomplishment with the goal of inspiring young Kansans to go into STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.  

The final set of trading cards are available now!! To download all the trading cards click here.

 

 

Teachers:
Free materials available
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SUPER SCIENTIST--
you can be one!

  Kansas scientists inspiring            Kansas Kids

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 Kansas Space Initiative Meeting
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News

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2012 Galaxy Forum featured Dr. Thomas Armstrong

The Ad Astra Kansas Fondation held its 2012 Galaxy Forum at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson Saturday, September 22

The event was highlighted by a presentation on Voyager 1’s anticipated crossing into interstellar space and NASA’s new Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission by Dr. Tom Armstrong of Lawrence, a Kansas space physicist who is a co-investigator on both missions. For more than 40 years, Armstrong has participated in design and development of instrumentation and software for 10 NASA satellite missions, including Cassini and Galileo, as well as ongoing analysis of data gathered by those missions.

Other presenters included Vicki Johnson, PhD, Society of Women Engineers and Ken Moum, Ad Astra Kansas Foundation.

To see the presentations from the 2012 Galaxy forum, click here.

To see the latest data from Voyager Missions, click here

 

 

2012 Ad Astra Kansas Day featured Voyager Anniversary

The Voyager Spacecraft's 35th anniversary was featured April 21 at the 2012 Ad Astra Kansas Day Space Celebration at Washburn University in Topeka.

Lawrence scientist Thomas Armstrong, who has been connected with NASA's Voyager program since its beginning gave an illustrated lecture “Space History: Politics, Science and Discovery,” that described U.S. space exploration from the first satellite launch in 1958 through the present, with Voyager 1 about 14 billion miles from Earth.

The free, family event was sponsored by the Ad Astra Kansas Initiative Foundation in cooperation with the Washburn University Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. 

Activities included telescope displays; planetarium and observatory viewing; flight, telescope and  robotics demos; “space” ice cream;  a virtual solar system; hands-on activities and take-aways. More

 

 

 

 

 

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