COSMIC July Newsletter
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New ISAM Documentary Premiered
COSMIC Crossroads: Building the Space Superhighway was released on July 1st and explores how like highways on Earth are equipped with gas stations, tow trucks, and repair shops — space will need its own support systems to be accessible for future generations.
This new 13-minute documentary explores how America is leading the effort to build the Space Superhighway — and how these technologies are being developed by organizations across the nation to maintain U.S leadership in space. COSMIC Crossroads features experts from NASA and the U.S. Space Force, as well as leaders from across the aerospace industry and academia.
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ISAM and COSMIC News
ICYMI on COSMICspace(dot)org: A Successful Convergence On ISAM
COSMIC Member in Payload: Northrop Grumman Brings the Gig Economy to GEO
COSMIC Member in SpaceNews: Quantum Space raises $40 million
Space Assembly in Interesting Engineering: UK space robots gear up to build solar farms, data centers, megastructures
Space Debris in University Today: Another Tether Deorbiting Test Mission Takes Shape
Orbital Manufacturing: Varda to launch its first in-house built spacecraft for on-orbit manufacturing
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COSMIC Leadership Awards
As COSMIC continues forward just over halfway through our second year of existence, the efforts of our member-leaders continue to compound and grow.
At last month’s COSMIC Convergence, numerous members were recognized for their significant contributions to ISAM products among other efforts the Consortium has taken up in year two.
COSMIC Leader Award: For those who have taken leadership within an IPT(s) and made significant contributions:
John Mulvaney of NASA
Ed Tate of Virtus Solis
COSMIC Integrator Award: For those who have made significant contributions to IPT(s) across multiple Focus Areas:
Joe Guzman of Space Cowboy
Quenten Duden of Northrop Grumman Space Logistics
COSMIC Group Award: For an organization that came together to complete a high quality, complete product:
Hogan Lovells, led by Jay Mills
Spirit of COSMIC Award: For an individual that embodies the Consortium mindset and the spirit of collaboration:
Codie Peterson of Astares Technologies
COSMIC Foundation for the Future: For someone whose actions demonstrate a recognition that our Consortiums foundational ISAM efforts will benefit the future of space for the long term:
Christoph Schaal of Cal State Northridge
COSMIC Election Results
We are proud to announce the results of the recent COSMIC Leadership elections for all three Caucus Chairs and four seats on the COSMIC Steering Committee.
The 2025-26 Caucus Chairs
Academia Caucus
Ranajay Ghosh
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida
Government Caucus
Rob Antypas
Space Access, Logistics, and Mobility (SAML) Mission Area Lead at AFRL
Industry Caucus
Vanessa Clark
Vice President of Mission and Program Management at Katalyst Space Technologies
2025-27 New Steering Committee Members
Government Seat
Alvin Drew
Director for Space Sustainability at NASA Headquarters
Academia Seat
Seetha Raghavan
Faculty member of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Industry Seat
David Barnhart
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Arkisys Inc
Industry Seat
Clare Martin
Executive Vice President, Astroscale U.S.
Upcoming COSMIC Programming
COSMIC Community Briefing
The July Community Briefing will be held on Friday, July 25th at 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT.
July Working Group Meetings
The Workforce Development Focus Area meeting will be held on Thursday, July 10th at 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am ET.
The Policy & Regulation Focus Area meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 15th at 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT.
The Research & Technology Focus Area meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 16th at 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT.
The Demonstration Infrastructure Focus Area meeting will be held on Thursday, July 17th at 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT.
The Missions & Ecosystems Focus Area meeting will be held on Wednesday July 23rd at 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT.
Upcoming ISAM Conference Sessions and Panels
2025 Value of Space Summit, September 9-11 in Colorado Springs, CO hosted by Space ISAC and co-hosted by the Aerospace Corporation. The theme is The Secure Space Ecosystem: Fostering Economic Growth, Global Partnerships, and Workforce Innovation. Find out more here.
AI for Contested Space Workshop, September 23-25. Contact AIContestedSpace@ll.mit.edu for more information
Satellite Innovation Conference, Oct 28 in Mt. View, CA will hold a panel led by COSMIC member Andrew Kwas entitled “Building a Responsive Space Architecture: ISAM, Logistics, and Autonomy.”
Find out more information and register here.
Spacepower Conference, December 10-13 in Orlando, FL hosted by Space Force Association. Find out more at ussfa.org/spacepower-conference-2025/