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AAS Call to Action: Let Congress Hear Your Opinion on the Sequester: NDD Coalition Day of Action
14 Feb 2013
Background
The AAS is a member of a coalition of 3,200 national organizations named NDD United. The coalition has worked actively to communicate to Congress that a balanced approach to deficit reduction is necessary and...
AAS President Publishes Op-Ed in Space News
14 Sep 2012
AAS President Debra Elmegreen wrote an op-ed piece entitled "A Return on America's Investment" that was published in this week's issue of Space News.
President's Column
5 Sep 2012
At 1:32AM Eastern time on 6 August, the Mars Science Laboratory and its charmingly named rover, Curiosity, executed a perfect landing in Gale Crater. President Obama called the highly complex landing procedure “an...
AAS President Presents Oral Testimony to House Appropriations Committee
22 Mar 2012
President Debra Elmegreen presented oral testimony on behalf of all AAS members at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on March 22, 2012.
Astro2010 Decadal Survey Report Released Today (Friday, Aug. 13)
13 Aug 2010
The Astro2010 report, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics, will be publically released in pre-publication form via the National Academies Press website and an eTownHall webcast at 11:00 a.m. EDT on...