Join the meeting for the NASA Langley Research Center on Thursday, January 27, 2022, 2 PM to 3:30 PM.

Agenda found here: NASA LaRC Virtual Meeting “flash talks” Agenda

NASA has released the FY22 Suborbital Flight Opportunity. Click here for more information.

The NASA Astrophysics Town Hall that was to be held during the AAS winter meeting in Salt Lake City will take place as a WebEx session at the originally scheduled time, Tuesday January 11 at 12:45 MST (14:45 ET). Links to the WebEx and a platform for questions of the Division Director in advance of the Town Hall appear below.

The Q&A portal is: https://nasa.cnf.io/sessions/nkqc/#!/dashboard

The WebEx information is:

https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=me46dc0470a814121ac58be323d46134a

Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022, 2:45 pm (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) | Duration 90 minutes |

Meeting number: 2763 383 2584

Password: NASAapd21$

Join by video system

Dial 27633832584@nasaenterprise.webex.com

You can also dial 207.182.190.20 and enter your meeting number.

Join by phone

+1-929-251-9612 USA Toll 2

+1-415-527-5035 US Toll

Access code: 276 338 32584

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.