2025-2026 COSMIC Capstone Challenge Final Showcase

Rachel Ferrone on April 23, 2026

On April 13th -16th, COSMIC’s Workforce Development Focus Area hosted the Second Annual COSMIC Capstone Challenge (C3) Showcase!

34 teams of 280+ college students from around the country showcased their presentations in competition to develop In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) concepts.

Over the four-day competition, presentations were made in-person and virtually spanning the El Segundo, California campus of The Aerospace Corporation, the NASA
Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

Congratulations to Deep Interstellar Solutions of Kennesaw State University on their C3 victory! We look forward to seeing them present their concept during the May 1st COSMIC Community Brief.

In the category of Best Prototype, the winner is C3PO from Virginia Tech!

You can watch the four days of presentations on the COSMIC YouTube channel here.

The competitor’s final briefings can be found here.

June 2026: COSMIC Virtual Convergence

Rachel Ferrone on March 23, 2026

We will be hosting a June Virtual Convergence general membership meeting on June 9th and June 10th, 2026. Join us online as we gather to discuss what progress we have made as a consortium and where we should go in the years ahead.

Our joint COSMIC/CONFERS in-person meeting will now be postponed to the end of the calendar year. Please stay tuned for a new date and venue!

COSMIC Report Released: The Economics of Orbital Mass: How Depots Can Work in LEO and Where to Put Them

Rachel Ferrone on March 11, 2026

The Missions & Ecosystems Focus Area has released a new report, The Economics of Orbital Mass: How Depots Can Work in LEO and Where to Put Them. Written by Greg Vialle of Lunexus Space, Adam Kall of Kall Morris Inc., and Robert MacPherson of Rogue Space Systems Corporation, this report addresses why LEO depots are essential and outlines key considerations for satellite neighborhood selection.

COSMIC Report Identifies Opportunities, Gaps and Needs for Geostationary Refueling

Rachel Ferrone on December 10, 2025

he Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC) has published an analysis of the current and future prospects of on-orbit refueling in geostationary orbit (GEO), finding that “significant work remains” to make this key use case “reliable and routine” for national security, civil and commercial space to leverage in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities.