Highlights of this meeting for PCOS members include:
Tuesday 25 May (beginning 11a Eastern/10a Central/9a Mountain/8a Pacific)
Address by the NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
Update on LISA Technology and Science — Dr. Stefano Vitale (LISA Technology Principal Investigator)
LISA/ESA Programmatic Plans — Dr. Fabio Favata (Head, ESA Science Planning and Community Coordination Office) and Dr. Paul McNamara, (ESA Astronomy and Astrophysics Mission Coordinator)
Update from NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) — Dr. Jim Reuter (STMD Associate Administrator)
Wednesday 26 May (beginning 11a Eastern/10a Central/9a Mountain/8a Pacific)
Update and Discussion with NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) — Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen (SMD Associate Administrator)
Keynote Science Talk — Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Update from the Committee on Astronomy & Astrophysics (CAA) — Dr. Thomas Greene and Dr. Vicky Kalogera (CAA Co-Chairs)
Update from the Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space (CBPSS) — Dr. Dava Newman (CBPSS Co-Chair)
Thursday 27 May (beginning 12:30p Eastern/11:30a Central/10:30a Mountain/9:30 a Pacific)
Update from National Science Foundation (NSF) — Dr. Sean Jones (Assistant Director, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate)
NASA Missions Study What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst
On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. The source was a gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful class of explosions in the universe. Read more.
