To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) July 15 - 17 — 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, San Jose, Calif. For more information go to www.aiaa.org/EventDetail.aspx?id=16854 July 16 - 17 — RotorTech Asia Pacific 2013 Conference and Exhibition, "Embrasing Asia's Growing Helicopter Market," Singapore. For more information go to www.cdmc.org.cn/2013/rap/

PARIS — Thales Alenia Space of France and Italy expects to complete a new turnkey satellite integration and test center for the Turkish military this fall, with final acceptance of the new facility, including all test systems, slated for May 2014.

Non-toxic hydrazine monopropellant replacement has passed ground test

PARIS — Turkey advanced plans for developing a new launch vehicle July 11, signing an agreement with national missile-maker Roketsan for the pre-conceptual design phase of the new launcher, according to Turkey’s defense ministry.

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In a sign that NASA’s Texas footprint is still changing two years after the shuttle program’s retirement, Johnson Space Center Deputy Director Steve Altemus will retire this month to lead Houston-based startup Intuitive Machines, which will offer NASA-honed engineering expertise to the global energy and health care sectors as well as commercial aerospace.

Managers hope to begin instrument procurement this fall

Republicans shot down Democratic proposal to boost NASA spending