Announcements

Date & Time: April 23, 2025, 5:00 PM (PST) / 8:00 PM (EST)
Location: Virtual Webinar (link to be announced)

Speakers:

🔹 Jae Hwan Kang
Postdoctoral Scholar in Physics, Caltech
Topic: SPHEREx: A Near-Infrared Space Observatory Conducting an All-Sky Spectrophotometry Survey
Learn about SPHEREx, NASA’s newly launched near-infrared space observatory, which will survey the entire sky and collect data on over 450 million galaxies. Discover its role in answering fundamental questions about the history of the universe, and explore the collaborative effort between NASA and KASI.

🔹 Chunyoung Park
Aerospace Engineer, Pyramid Space Inc.
Topic: Driving the Future of the Space Economy with Advanced Propulsion Systems
Explore how private industry and propulsion innovation are transforming the space economy. This talk will highlight emerging markets in space logistics, tourism, and habitation—powered by next-gen propulsion technologies.

Moderated by:

🔹 Jeong-Beom Ihn – KASSTA Vice President, Technical Fellow, Boeing Research & Technology

Special Offer:

Selected participants will receive gift cards! To qualify, join KASSTA and select KASSTA as your APS if you are a KSEA member.

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Date & Time: March 19th, 2025, 5:00 PM (PST) / 8:00 PM (EST)
Location: Virtual Webinar (link to be announced)

Speakers:

🔹 Prof. Regina Lee (Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University)
Topic: AI-based Image Processing Techniques for Space Situational Awareness (SSA)

🔹 Henry Huh, Ph.D. (Computational Scientist, In-Space Propulsion Branch (RQRS), Air Force Research Laboratory)
Topic: Cone-Jet and Emission Behavior for Electrospray Thrusters via Computational Analysis

Moderated by:

🔹 Jeong-Beom Ihn – KASSTA Vice President, Technical Fellow, Boeing Research & Technology

Special Offer:

Selected participants will receive gift cards! To qualify, join KASSTA and select KASSTA as your APS if you are a KSEA member.

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Date & Time: February 15th, 2025, 5:00 PM (PST) / 8:00 PM (EST)
Location: Virtual Webinar (to be announced) 

Speakers:

🔹 Jaewoo Jung, Ph.D.
Branch Chief, NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)
Presentation: Overview of NASA’s Extensible Traffic Management (xTM) Work
Discussion on NASA’s UTM project, which introduced a scalable Air Traffic Management (ATM) architecture for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The talk will cover the generalization of UTM to xTM, extending traffic management beyond small UAS to high-altitude operations (above 60,000 feet).

🔹 Seungwhan Baek, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
Presentation: Cryogenic Heat Transfer Problems for Space Applications
Exploration of the challenges in managing cryogenic propellants like liquid oxygen, hydrogen, and methane for space transportation, including thermal transfer issues, insulation, and fuel loss in microgravity environments.

Moderated by:
🔹 Jeong-Beom Ihn
KASSTA Vice President, Technical Fellow, Boeing Research & Technology

🔹 Special Offer: Selected participants will receive gift cards. To qualify, join KASSTA and select KASSTA as your APS if you are a KSEA member.

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Date & Time: November 16th, 2024, 5:00 PM (PDT) / 8:00 PM (EDT)
Location: Virtual Webinar (via Zoom)

Yoon Shin
Founder & CEO of Perigee Aerospace Inc.
Presentation: Propulsion systems for Korea's space exploration missions

Chunyoung Park
Aerospace Engineer at Pyramid Space Inc.
Presentation: Driving the future of space economy with advanced propulsion systems 

Register here: Webinar Registration

Join or renew your KASSTA membership: KASSTA Membership