Cosmic Origins at AAS 248, June 2026

The Cosmic Origins community meets in Pasadena, California, 14–18 June 2026. All times Pacific. On Tuesday, 16 June, 10:00am–11:30am, NASA's Big Science, Small Missions session takes place in the Pasadena Convention Center, Conference Center 204. The session explores how easier, more cost‑effective access to space is expanding opportunities for focused science programs and broader community participation.

Presentations begin with a welcome by Swara Ravindranath and include FORTIS Sounding Rocket (Emily Witt), BlackCAT CubeSat (Abe Falcone), SunRISE CubeSat Constellation (Joseph Lazio), SPHEREx Medium Explorer Mission (Roberta Paladini), Landolt Pioneer Mission (Peter Kurczynski), and Non‑Traditional Path to Missions (Sanchayeetav Borthakur), followed by a panel with Drew Miles, Pablo Saz Parkinson, Joseph Lazio, and Abe Falcone.

On Thursday, 18 June, 10:00am–11:30am, a Special Session on Planning for the Future of Astrophysics and the ASTRA Initiative meets in Ballroom G.

United States, Pasadena, California

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