Program News and Announcements

4 March 2021

Astrophysics Advisory Committee Meeting on 15-17 March

NASA announces a meeting of the Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC). This Committee reports to the Director of the Astrophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the scientific community and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.

The meeting will take place from Mon 15 March to Wed 17 March 2021, from 11a-5p Eastern / 10a-4p Central / 9a-3p Mountain / 8a-2p Pacific on each day.

For further information, contact Ms. KarShelia Henderson at khenderson@nasa.gov.

The meeting will be available to the public by WebEx, using the following details:

Mon 15 March: use this event address with meeting number 199 340 9228 and meeting password MJh8JVDV89@ if prompted.
Tues 16 March: use this event address with meeting number 199 888 1998 and meeting password csAvpYM2@78 if prompted.
Wed 17 March: use this event address for attendees with meeting number 199 029 2743 and meeting password 9skWYje8P@3 if prompted.

To join by telephone, the numbers are: 1-929-251-9612 or 1-415-527-5035, for each day.

The agenda for the meeting includes the following topics:

Astrophysics Division Update
Updates on Specific Astrophysics Missions
Reports from the Program Analysis Groups
Reports from Specific Research and Analysis Programs

The full agenda will be posted on the Astrophysics Advisory Committee web page.

The public may submit and upvote comments/questions ahead of the meeting through the questions dashboard that will be opened for input on 1 March 2021.