ASTRA Space Interferometry Webinar, 5 June 2026

Location Virtual Dates 5 June 2026 9:00am-11:00am PT 12:00pm-2:00pm ET. This webinar will provide an overview of the current landscape of space interferometry, spanning foundational concepts, enabling technologies, mission architectures, and key astrophysical science applications.

Experts across the community will explore how interferometric techniques can enable transformative advances in Physics of the Cosmos, Cosmic Origins, and Exoplanets science. The event is intended both as an introduction for scientists and technologists interested in the field and as a forum for community discussion in support of the ASTRA process.

The agenda includes an introduction by David R. Ardila, a primer and retrospective by Gerard Van Belle, architectures and technology enablers by Rashied Amini, exoplanet detection by Scott Gaudi, exoplanet characterization by John Monnier, COR science by William Danchi, PhysCOS science by Kim Weaver, and a summary followed by an open discussion to identify opportunities for collaboration.

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