Announcing a free-to-attend conference agenda for Space Tech Expo (May 23* – 25, Long Beach, California). If you are a dynamic speaker, industry leader or expert in the field of space manufacturing or technology and would like to share your knowledge and innovation, I welcome you to submit an application.

The 2022 agenda will focus on maintaining and growing a strategic, strong and inclusive US space supply chain and is set to include a variety of themes and topics, including:

• Establishing resilient in-space logistics
• Technology innovation, including: additive manufacturing, advanced robotics and model-based system engineering
• Space system optimization, including: thermal management, design and systems thinking, and sensor integration
• Components, Parts and Assemblies, including: electronics manufacturing, electronic component development and antennas
• Testing

Please submit a form if you are interested in participating in a panel discussion or have any ideas for innovative session formats. For more information about this year’s topics and details on how to apply, visit the website. The final deadline to apply is midnight PST Monday January 10, 2022.

The conference will run alongside a leading supplier trade show with hundreds of exhibitors showcasing the latest space engineering technologies and solutions. The conference provides space and defense executives with in-depth insights into industry and technological developments for commercial, military and government space. Past speaking companies include Arkisys, Space Tango, Northrop Grumman, NASA and many more.

Questions: Nicole Heins, Senior Conference Producer – email: info@spacetechexpo.com

*May 23: Invite-Only Preview // May 24-25: Exhibits & Conference

NASA EPSCoR has released the FY2022 R3 solicitation. Please visit our Funding page for information!

Iowa Researchers: Are you interested in forming a strong collaboration with the researchers at NASA Langley Research Center? We have an opportunity to present “flash” presentations (2 min each) of your area of expertise, and how you can contribute to the research at LaRC.

If you are interested and committed to presenting a 2 minute presentation about your research program / capability relevant to one of the six LaRC research priorities, please email the following to nasaepscor@iastate.edu: 1) Researcher name, 2) Affiliation and contact information, 3) LaRC Research Topic, 4) Presentation title, 5) Headshot jpg, 6) Brief bio including some details about research capability. Submissions of your interest in this opportunity are due December 13, 2021.

There are six major topics of research that are of priority at LaRC:

1. Intelligent Flight Systems & Trusted Autonomy: Smart cities, automation, robotics
2. Systems Analysis and Concepts: Air transportation system architectures and vehicle concepts
3. Advanced Materials & Structural Systems: Advanced manufacturing
4. Entry, Decent & Landing: Robotic mission entry vehicles
5. Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheric Sciences: Air quality, properties of clouds, winds, aerosols, water vapor, trace gases, climate change
6. Innovative Concepts for Earth and Space Science Measurements: LIDAR, spectroscopy, radiometry active remote sensing, advanced sensors and optical measurement

Further information about research at LaRC can be found in the 2020 Annual Report.

Join us for a virtual research discussion with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Science and Exploration Directorate Information Science and Technology Research, under the Science Mission Directorate.

When? Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 3:00 CDT

Where? Zoom meeting ID: 926 7273 0030  Password: 913467, or scan:

Who? Speakers include:

• James Harrington, computer scientist with the Computer Information Science and Technology Office (CISTO) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald, the heliophysics lead for Citizen Science at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
• Brian Thomas, data scientist and research scientist at NASA in the Heliophysics Science Division

View flyer for more information by clicking here. Topics will include those found in this document.

Join us for a virtual research discussion with NASA’s Office of the Chief Medical Officer and Human Research Program.

When? Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 3:00 CDT

Where? Zoom meeting ID: 968137 6411  Password: 475293, or scan: 

Who? Speakers include:

• Victor Schneider, M.D., the Senior Medical Advisor for OCHMO at NASA’s Mary W. Jackson HQ in D.C.
• Dr. S. Robin Elgart, the Space Radiation Element Scientist for the NASA Human Research Program.

View flyer for more information by clicking here.

NASA will provide live coverage of its Spaceflight for Everybody virtual symposium, an event aimed at communicating the current state of NASA spaceflight health knowledge. The symposium takes place Monday, Nov. 8 to Wednesday, Nov. 10.

NASA TV, the agency’s website, and the NASA app will offer live coverage each day, including an American Sign Language translator.

The event will highlight NASA’s operational medicine and biomedical research findings helping to establish how the human body adapts to the environment of space during missions. Other health and medical topics will include future spaceflight participation goals for a more diverse group of space explorers.

Speakers include:

• Pam Melroy, NASA deputy administrator
• Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for Space Operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Dr. J.D. Polk, NASA chief health and medical officer
• Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
• Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor, NASA astronaut
• Charles Bolden, former NASA administrator

Discussion will include the benefits of partnering with commercial providers for human health research to NASA, the commercial spaceflight sector, and the scientific community.

A full schedule of events is available online. Media, scientists, researchers, healthcare workers – especially those interested in space medicine – and others who would like to join the virtual chat should register online each day:

• Monday, Nov. 8: WebEx registration link
• Tuesday, Nov. 9:  WebEx registration link
• Wednesday, Nov. 10:  WebEx registration link

For more than 20 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. As a global endeavor, 246 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 3,000 research and educational investigations from researchers in 108 countries and areas.

For more information about the Spaceflight for Everybody virtual symposium, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/spaceflightforeverybody/