COSMIC’s annual Virtual Convergence will be held June 9th – 10th!
Join us as we reflect on our collective achievements and chart our path forward as a consortium. Join us for a discussion on the current state of ISAM and what COSMIC is working on to make ISAM a routine part of space operations. View our full schedule and view updates here!
What Is COSMIC?
The Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC) is a nationwide coalition working to invigorate a domestic in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capability.
COSMIC’s Mission: Create a nationwide alliance that enables the U.S. space community to provide global leadership with ISAM as a routine part of space architectures and mission lifecycles.
COSMIC and ISAM News
NASA Space Roboticist Challenge Now Open for the Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) Mission
NASA is seeking U.S. researchers to lead experiments on the Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) Mission. The NASA Space Roboticist Challenge invites principal investigators, post-doctoral researchers, professors, and graduate students to compete for allocated time on a 7-Degree-of-Freedom robotic arm in Low Earth Orbit, supporting NASA’s In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) strategy. Registration is open now at SpaceRoboticistChallenge.com. White paper submissions open June 9th during the COSMIC Virtual Convergence 2026,…
COSMIC Report Released: Regulations 103: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of State
COSMIC’s new report, “Regulations 103: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of State,” from our Policy & Regulation Focus Area is now available for public release! Prepared by Tony Lin, Sabrina Jawed, and Ryan Guglietta, this report is a summary of their January 15th workshop that discussed the process for obtaining FAA payload safety review and space object registrations and when and why such authorizations are necessary for In-Space…
2025 – 2026 C3 Winners Announced!
Thank you to all the students, advisors, mentors, judges, and organizers for making the 2nd Annual COSMIC Capstone Challenge a huge success! We had 34 teams compete this year, and the 28 judges collectively made 223 evaluations, at least five for each presenting team. We are very excited to announce this year’s overall winner: Deep Interstellar Solutions from Kennesaw State University, for their “Conceptual Design of In-Space Orbital Reliable Printed…