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Robert A. Heinlein – 25 Years
May 8, 2013 marks 25 years since the passing of Robert A. Heinlein. Rather than a cause of sadness, this milestone reminds us of the strength and lasting impact of Heinlein, his wisdom, and his works, and how they are, … Read More
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2013 Space Commercialization Award to Big Science
The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize® Trust has awarded a $15,000 prize as part of the Rice Business Plan Competition. The business whose plan was chosen to receive the Heinlein Prize Trust Space Commercialization Award is Big Science from … Read More
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Heinlein Publishing History is Made!
Heinlein publishing history was made on March 26, 2013 when the Kickstarter project to fund a graphic novel version of Robert A. Heinlein’s Citizen of the Galaxy achieved its funding goal! With several days yet before the funding date of … Read More
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Citizen of the Galaxy Graphic Novel
Citizen of the Galaxy will be the first graphic novel adapted from Robert Heinlein’s Virginia Edition, which is the complete and definitive 46 volume collector’s set of all of Heinlein’s works. This project is approved by the copyright owner, the … Read More
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Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. Appointed to Heinlein Chair at USNA
Capt. Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., USN (Ret), former NASA astronaut, was appointed to the Robert A. Heinlein Chair of Aerospace Engineering at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in August 2012. The Heinlein Chair, endowed by the late Virginia … Read More
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Heinlein Pay-It-Forward Scholarship Fund
In 2006 The Heinlein Prize Trust started a modest, experimental scholarship/loan program with the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. The International Space University is an institution of higher learning offering Masters degrees in Space Studies, Space Management, and Business … Read More
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One Last Landing
Out ride the sons of Terra, Far drives the thundering jet, Up leaps the race of Earthmen, Out, far, and onward yet– We pray for one last landing On the globe that gave us birth; Let us rest our eyes … Read More
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The 10th Anniversary of Ginny Heinlein’s Passing
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own… Heinlein’s definition of love. It was true for both of them, with respect to one another. Without Ginny, Robert could not have created the … Read More
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Have Space Suit — Will Travel to Strasbourg, France
International Space University Professor, Dr. Chris Welch held a session with one hundred 11th grade students at the English section of the International High‐School of Pontonniers in Strasbourg (France) on November 22, 2012. Accompanying Dr. Welch was the Have Space … Read More
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Flying Into the Future Winners
The final results of the Third Flying Into the Future-Space Exploration Innovation Contest in Asia were announced in the ancient city of Xi’an on July 18, 2012. The contest was jointly organized by Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA) and the … Read More
FUTURE HISTORY IS MADE TODAY !
11-11-12: It’s Lazarus Long’s 100th Birthday ! Happy 100th Birthday Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Lazarus Long; Ernest Gibbons; Captain Aaron Sheffield; “Happy” Daze; His Serenity Seraphin the Younger, Supreme High Priest of the One God in All His Aspects and … Read More
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World Space Week
The Heinlein Prize Trust joins in World Space Week at the International Astronautical Congress in Naples, Italy. If you are attending IAC, visit the Heinlein Prize Trust stand to get World Space Week information, posters, and teacher guides. Every year … Read More
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Honoring Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, has died. He was 82. “Neil Armstrong was also a reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job,” said a … Read More
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Virginia Edition Complete
The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust is proud to announce the completion of the Virginia Edition, the complete works of Robert A. Heinlein. Robert Heinlein was one of the preeminent writers of the last century. His work was … Read More
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Heinlein’s 105th
On July 7th we always pause to note the anniversary of the birth of Robert A. Heinlein™. Though he passed away in 1988, Robert Heinlein continues to be an enduring and influential American writer of speculative fiction. Most of his … Read More
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Space Pioneer Award for Heinlein Prize Trust’s Art Dula
Trustee of The Heinlein Prize Trust, Arthur M. Dula, was honored with the NSS Space Pioneer Award at the International Space Development Conference. Art Dula, who is also CEO and founder of Excalibur Almaz, a private spaceflight company, chose the … Read More
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Heinlein Prize Trust Movie News
A number of exciting productions based on Heinlein’s works have been announced in recent months. On May 23, 2012 Sony Pictures announced it had picked up the Spierig Brother’s science fiction action-thriller, Predestination. The film, which will star Ethan Hawke, … Read More
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Have Space Suit – Will Travel to London
The Royal Aeronautical Society in London hosted the Have Space Suit – Will Travel educational program on June 18, 2012. Art Dula of The Heinlein Prize Trust, flight surgeon Dr. Jon Clark, and private space participant Anousheh Ansari presented the … Read More
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Have Space Suit – Will Travel to Paideia School
It was a time magical for everyone. That was the review of astronaut Dr. Don Thomas’s visit to Paideia School in Atlanta in April 2012. Amy Baxter, M.D., the ‘adopted’ granddaughter of the Heinleins, and an enthusiastic supporter of their … Read More
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Congratulations SpaceX and Elon Musk!
This morning, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft to orbit on a mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX becomes the first commercial company in history to attempt to send a spacecraft to … Read More
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$15,000 Space Commercialization Award to SolidEnergy, MIT for “Shipstone”
The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize® Trust, has awarded a $15,000 prize as part of the Rice Business Plan Competition. The business whose plan was chose to receive the Heinlein Prize Trust Space Commercialization Award is SolidEnergy, MIT. SolidEnergy … Read More
Stephen Hawking Receives NSS’s Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award
In a press release dated March 28, 2012, the National Space Society (NSS) announced Dr. Stephen Hawking was the fourteenth recipient of NSS’s Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award. The NSS’s Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award (not affiliated with The Heinlein … Read More
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Have Space Suit — Will Travel 2011 Program
Besides being a lot of fun, the Have Space Suit — Will Travel experience exposes the students to new technologies that are used in both space suits and spacecrafts, and provides them with an opportunity to look into the future and envision the space travel that may be possible within their lifetimes. Read More
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Prophets of Science Fiction
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 the Science Channel program Prophets of Science Fiction will run its episode focusing on Heinlein. The Heinlein Prize Trust provided assistance to the production by supplying original photographs from the online Heinlein Archives. Look for the … Read More
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A Million People on Mars?
A million people on Mars? Someday, certainly. But starting in just the next ten to twenty years, and at a budget price? That is the goal of Heinlein Prize winner, Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX. In an interview with NewScientist, … Read More
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Have Space Suit – Will Travel: Colorado
The Have Spacesuit — Will Travel educational program expanded further across the United States as the spacesuit, a genuine Sokol spacesuit which has spent more than 196 days in space and traveled some 85 million miles, visited the 4th grade … Read More
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Have Space Suit Adult Programs 2011
The Have Spacesuit — Will Travel educational program, which has been popular and successful with middle school and high school students, expanded to include engineering college students in Boulder, Colorado, and students at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, … Read More
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The Heinlein Guide in Malaysian
Working with World Space Week, The Heinlein Prize Trust has produced a translation of The Heinlein Guide in Malaysian. The Heinlein Guide is a collection of science and language arts activities for middle school teachers based on the book Have Spacesuit – Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein. Read More
Heavenly Palace 1 in Orbit
The Heinlein Prize Trust offers its congratulations to the Chinese space program on this accomplishment. Said Art Dula, Trustee of The Heinlein Prize Trust, “It is a very significant step toward manned orbital stations and further manned exploration of space.” Read More
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2011 Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition
LOUISVILLE, Colo., Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — On July 30th, Altius Space Machines won the $25,000 grand prize in the 2011 Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Space Frontier Foundation. Altius’ winning business plan focused on their “Direct … Read More
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Rod Walker, as Heinlein Intended
The recent release of “Tunnel In the Sky” by Full Cast Audio brought an opportunity to to present the character of Rod Walker as Heinlein intended him to be–as a young, black man. Read More
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Heinlein Prize 2011 Awarded to Elon Musk
The second Heinlein Prize® was awarded to the CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, for Accomplishments in Commercial Space Activities on June 29, 2011 in a luncheon ceremony in Washington, D.C. An award of $250,000, a Lady Vivamus sword from Robert … Read More
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Heinlein at the Popular Culture Association
For the seventh year in a row, Heinlein Studies was represented at the joint annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association (“PCA”) with the American Culture Association (“ACA”), April 21-24, 2011. The PCA/ACA usually holds it joint annual meetings from the … Read More
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The Heinlein Prize Trust and Star City
The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust has given a grant of $10,000 to “United by Space,” which runs “Star Relay” 2010-2011: a competition of scientific, technological, and artistic projects on space. This grant will pay for expert consultation, … Read More
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Heinlein Prize Honors Elon Musk of SpaceX
Trustees of the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust announced today that the second-ever Heinlein Prize will go to Elon Musk, founder, CEO and CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). Read More
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NewSpace Business Plan Prize
The Heinlein Prize Trust, in conjunction with the Space Frontier Foundation, announces a $5000 prize in the the 2011 Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition. The competition is for new, independent ventures in the seed, start-up, or early growth stages. The … Read More
Have Spacesuit – Will Travel 2010 Program
The Have Spacesuit — Will Travel program in 2010 was a great success. Four public schools in Maryland participated, with a total of232 students involved. Together with the students from 2009, the total students who have participated in HSWT to date is 436. Read More
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Heavenly Palace 1 in Orbit China launched Tiangong-1, which means Heavenly Palace 1, Experimental Module on September 29, 2011 as the first part of establishing a new, future manned space station. “…a dream home the Chinese have long envisioned in … Read More
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Flying Into Future-Space Exploration Innovation Contest
July 7, 2010: The winners of the Asian Flying Into the Future – Space Exploration Innovation Contest were announced on July 7, 2010 at the Chinese Academy of Governance. As well as cash awards, the winners were also presented with copies of Robert A. Heinlein’s books Have Spacesuit—Will Travel and Tunnel in the Sky. Read More
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61st International Astronautical Congress
October 2010: Lesson plans for Have Spacesuit – Will Travel were distributed to Czech Republic teachers at the 61st International Astronautical Congress in Prague, Czech Republic Read More
Heinlein Biography Author Speaks at Cato Institute
October 14, 2010: The Heinlein Prize Trust is pleased to announce Heinlein Scholar, William H. Patterson, Jr., author of the new Heinlein biography, will be making several appearances in the Washington, D.C. area. Read More
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SpaceX’s Falcon9 Reaches Low Earth Orbit
June 4, 2010: The Heinlein Prize Trust Congratulates SpaceX on the successful launch of Falcon9 Read More
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Heinlein Commercial Space Activity Prize Awarded to the University of Arkansas
April 22, 2010: Heinlein Commercial Space Activity Prize Awarded to the University of Arkansas Read More
$15,000 Heinlein Commercial Space Award
April 8, 2010: As part of its ongoing mission to encourage and advance commercial space activities, The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust, has underwritten a $15,000 prize as part of the Rice Business Plan Competition. Read More
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Heinlein Prize Trust invests in Sea Launch
March 4, 2010: The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust, acting through its trustees, has agreed to make a secured investment in Sea Launch Company, a California based commercial launch services provider that has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization since mid-2009. Read More
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Have Spacesuit – Will Travel, And It Did!
October 9, 2009: A genuine spacesuit, was shown to 210 students participating in the “Have Spacesuit, Will Travel” educational program sponsored by The Heinlein Prize Trust, World Space Week, and Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D. who accompanied the spacesuit to the classes. Read More
SpaceX Launches Falcon1
July 15, 2009: A partner of The Heinlein Prize Trust on events such as the Microgravity Research Competition, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced the successful launch of Falcon 1 Flight 5 launch vehicle and the precision placement of Malaysia’s RazakSAT into Earth orbit. The Heinlein Prize Trust offers its congratulations on this achievement. Read More
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Finalists Selected for the Space Frontier Foundation’s Heinlein Business Plan Competition
June 30, 2009: Space Frontier Foundation is announces the 10 finalists for the Heinlein Business Plan Competition. The winner will be announced at the Apollo 11 Anniversary Gala during the NewSpace 2009 Conference. Read More
Microgravity Research Competition Winners Announced
April 21, 2009: University of Texas Health Science Center Wins Microgravity Research Competition with project focused on the development of the science and technology for controlled, long-term drug release. This research, conducted in space, could yield important cancer treatments here on Earth. Read More
Microgravity Research Competition Finalists Announced
April 3, 2009: Three finalists in the Microgravity Research Competition, sponsored by The Heinlein Prize Trust, SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies), and the Rice Alliance have been chosen. This competition gives student researchers an exciting opportunity to advance their projects in the ultimate laboratory—in Low Earth Orbit in the microgravity environment of a private spacecraft, the SpaceX Dragon. Read More
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Microgravity Research Competition Proposals Received
March 25, 2009: Nine proposals have been submitted by Florida Tech, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Universities Space Research Association, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, College of Menominee Nation, University of Texas Health Science Center, Duke University Medical Center, and University of Alabama in Huntsville. Read More
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Microgravity Research Competition Announced
January 19, 2009: The Heinlein Prize Trust announces the Microgravity Research Competition to reward innovation in the use of microgravity to advance biotech, nanotech, combustion, metallurgy, and other fields. The competition offers a $25,000 prize and transportation to and from Low Earth Orbit for the winning experiment aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Read More
Celebration of Heinlein’s Centennial
July 7, 2007: The weekend of July 7, 2007 a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Robert A. Heinlein’s birth was held in Kansas City, Missouri. Read More
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Heinlein Archives Online Launched
July 7, 2007: The Heinlein Archives launched to the public July 7, 2007 at the Heinlein Centennial in Kansas City, Missouri. The online Heinlein Archives brings the entire Archives collection of noted American author, Robert A. Heinlein, to the Internet. Read More
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First Heinlein Prize Award Ceremony
July 7, 2006: On July 7th, Robert A. Heinlein’s 99th birthday, Dr. Peter Diamandis was awarded the first Heinlein Prize. The ceremony was elating; a more appropriate culmination and beginning to Heinlein’s life work would be difficult to imagine. Read More
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Inaugural Heinlein Prize Honors Dr. Peter H. Diamandis
May 26, 2006: Inaugural $500,000 Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization Honors Dr. Peter H. Diamandis. Dr. Diamandis will be honored at a dinner and award ceremony on July 7, 2006 at the St. Regis Hotel in Houston, Texas and receive $500,000, a gold Heinlein Medallion, the Lady Vivamus Sword (as described in Heinlein’s book Glory Road) and a Laureate’s Diploma. Read More
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Nikolai Sevastyanov Elected Head of Energia
May 29, 2005: The Trustees of the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust congratulate Nikolai Sevastyanov on his election as head of Russia’s Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. His election is welcome news for all who are working for the commercial development of space industry. Read More
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Flight into the Future Project Contest Announced
January 27, 2005: The “Robert A. Heinlein Flight into the Future Project Contest” is a competition to encourage young international students and researchers in the field of space exploration. The competition will identify, support, and promote innovative projects by these researchers. Winning researchers will receive a cash award, a prize diploma, and international recognition of their work. Read More
Congratulations to the Cassini-Huygens Mission Team
January 14, 2005: The Trustees of the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust congratulate the European Space Agency, NASA, JPL, and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, for their successful landing of the Huygens probe on the surface of Titan! Read More
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SpaceShipOne
October 4, 2004: The Trustees of the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust congratulate the Mojave Aerospace Ventures Team and their successful flight of SpaceShipOne! Read More
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Major Prize Focuses on Space Commercialization
September 29, 2003: The Heinlein Prize, a major new award for practical accomplishments in commercial space activities, was announced Read More
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For Us, the Living
August 31, 2003: The finding and publishing of “For Us, the Living” Read More
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Heinlein Society Matching Funds
August 27, 2003: The Heinlein Prize Trust Makes Matching Funds Pledge Read More
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Heinlein Scholar Named
August 26, 2003: The Heinlein Prize Trust funds Heinlein Scholar Position at the University of California Santa Cruz. William H. Patterson, Jr. named first Heinlein Scholar. Read More
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