From International Astronautical Federation

Online registration closes today, 16 September 2010.

As from tomorrow, you may only register on site in Prague.

IAC 2010 Deadlines

• Call for papers opens: 9 November 2009
• Deadline for abstract submission: 10 March 2010
• Official notification to authors: 26 April 2010
• Opening of the manuscript uploading system: 26 April 2010
• Early registration closes: 30 June 2010
• Deadline for uploading manuscripts: 8 September 2010
• Deadline for uploading presentations: 10 September 2010
• Regular registration closes: 16 September 2010
• Onsite registration after: 17 September 2010

Space news

This day in space history

On 16 September 1662 there was a solar eclipse, witnessed in Derby, England, by a sixteen-year-old boy called John Flamsteed.

Flamsteed's interest in astronomy was stirred by this eclipse, and after reading all he could find on the subject, he attempted to make his own measuring instruments and started to correspond with other astronomers.

Flamsteed became Britain's first 'Astronomer Royal'.