January 2009
No HAL5 program due to New Year. Happy New Year. Be safe.

February 2009
HAL5 free public lecture on "T-Minus 3 Years and Counting. Update on Friendship 7's 50th Commemoration" with guest speaker Mr. Craig Russell of Americans in Orbit-50 years

March 2009
HAL5 free public lecture on " "Homesteading Space: The Human Story of Skylab"" with guest speaker, Mr. David Hitt, co-author.

April 2009
HAL5 free public lecture on part 2 of "An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion" with guest speaker, Dr. Travis Taylor, scientst, engineer, and author. In this talk, Dr. Travis will talk about what to do when they are here.
Yuri's Night - Huntsville at LeeAnn's in downtown Huntsville.
HAL5 table at Sci-Quest Space Day (April 11).

May 2009
"Remembering Konrad Dannenberg."
International Space Development Conference (ISDC) 2009 at Orlando, Florida. HAL5 received the Chapter of the Year award at the 2009 ISDC and awarded the 2011 ISDC.

June 2009
HAL5 free public lecture on "Going Green to the Moon" with guest speaker, Mr. Tim Pickens, CEO of Orion Propulsion, Inc. Tim will be talking to us about what Orion Propulsion is doing in this area.

July 2009
General membership meeting and annual election of officers. Discussion includes chapter and NSS status, Project HALO status, and what's on your mind.

August 2009
HAL5 free public lecture on "Alternate Energy Options Including Space Based Solar Power" with guest speaker Mr. Dave Christensen, aerospace consultant.

September 2009
HAL5 free public lecture on "Armchair Astronauts, Learn to fly in space! Orbiter FREE Space Flight Simulator" with guest speaker Mr. Seth Eden Hollingsead.

October 2009
HAL5 free public lecture on "Project Apollo: Man's Epic Flight to the Moon" with guest speaker, Mr. Robert Jaques, former NASA MSFC Historian.

November 2009

HAL5 free public lecture on "Space Exploration and a Higher Velocity Exploration Engine" with guest speaker Al Reisz. HAL5 co-sponsored Konrad Dannenberg Tribute at University of Alabama Huntsville.

December 2009
HAL5 free public lecture on "Mastering Working in Outer Space: 21st Century International Space Station" with guest speaker Steve Noojin, Senior Manager, ISS Boeing Huntsville Project. HAL5 Annual Christmas party.