3rd IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology, asadena Convention Center, Pasadena, Vereinigte Staaten

<pre>Please mark your calendars! SMC&#8211;IT 2009 is coming! Only 2 months to go!<br>The first two successful instantiations of the International Conference<br>on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC&#8211;IT) were<br>held in 2003 and 2006, respectively, in Pasadena each drawing over 300<br>attendees drawn from space agencies, national labs, defense, academia,<br>and aerospace and related industry&#046;<br>The next and Third IEEE International Conference on Space Mission<br>Challenges for Information Technology (SMC&#8211;IT 2009), is now scheduled<br>for July 19&#8211;23, 2009, in Pasadena, CA&#046; As previously, this forum will<br>provide an excellent opportunity for system designers, engineers,<br>scientists, practitioners, and space explorers to foster technical<br>interchange on all hardware and software aspects of IT applications in<br>space missions&#046;<br>SMC&#8211;IT 2009 will continue its focus on current IT practice and<br>challenges as well as emerging information technologies with<br>applicability for future space missions&#046; IT in all aspects of the space<br>mission will be explored, including flight systems, ground systems,<br>science data processing, systems and software engineering, prototype<br>development, modeling and simulation methods, operations, and<br>telecommunications&#046; The entire IT lifecycle of the mission development<br>will also be covered, such as conceptual design, engineering tools<br>development, integration and test, operations, science analysis, quality<br>control, and outreach&#046;</pre>