Events

Upcoming COSMIC Events:

2025 COSMIC Convergence: June 4-5 in Los Angeles

A formal registration will be distributed in Q1 of 2025. Sign up for our email list to ensure you get the most up to date information here.

C3: COSMIC Capstone Challenge

Fall 2024-Spring 2025

Open and accepting entrants, mentors, and other volunteers! The COSMIC Capstone Challenge is a design competition for High School and University teams to design a payload that will demonstrate manufacturing In-space.

For more information or to volunteer, visit: C3: COSMIC Capstone Challenge

Call for Community Briefs

Ongoing: If there is a specific topic that you’d like to brief the entire COSMIC membership on, or if there is a specific topic you’d like to receive a briefing on, please complete the Call For Community Briefs form.

Events Featuring ISAM Capabilities

The Space Mobility Conference will be hosted on January 28-30, 2025, in Orlando, FL and host COSMIC CME as a presenter in addition to their programming featuring COSMIC members.

Find out more at spacemobility.org/ 

On Friday, March 7 at 11:30am CT, SXSW will host an ISAM panel entitled Building and Fixing Things In Space With Robotics. COSMIC’s Executive Director Greg Richardson will moderate a discussion on ISAM technologies entitled “Building and Fixing Things In Space With Robotics”. The  with panelists will be: Trudy Kortes, Director, Technology Demonstrations, NASA, Meera Day-Towler, Space Robotics Program Manager – Intelligent Systems Division, Southwest Research Institute, Jeff Schloemer, Senior Director of Engineering, Astroscale US.

Find out more information at schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP154264 

During the week of 24-28 March 2025, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), on behalf of the DoD Space Community of Interest (COI), will host a virtual technology interchange meeting (TIM) with industry partners invested in space-related technologies. This invitation is open to all domestic (US) partners with IR&D and other corporate investments in science and technology, including large and small businesses, academia, National Labs, and FFRDCs with a current certified DD Form 2345 (Military Critical Technical Data Agreement).

Space Tech Expo USA

Hosted on June 3-4, the Space Tech Expo is a free-to-attend collaboration of 60+ technical-level speakers from across the supply chain that will provide the unique opportunity for attendees to examine key issues and opportunities within the US and international space industry, with a diverse variety of both industry and technology sessions.

Find out more information at www.spacetechexpo.com/conference/ 

The 4th Annual AI for Contested Space Workshop is where thought leaders, Guardians/Operators, analysts, and industry experts come together for a dynamic exchange of ideas on the use of AI to address the nascent challenges of a contested space environment. Highlights of the conference will include CUI presentations, keynotes from distinguished visitors, and a poster session. The event will be hosted at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA.

Contact AIContestedSpace@ll.mit.edu for more information

Let us know to promote it by emailing Events@cosmicspace.org.

Prior COSMIC Events

2024 COSMIC Virtual Convergence

December 4th, 11am – 5pm ET

During this virtual meeting, COSMIC showcased COSMIC members’ 2024 accomplishments, collaboration, and product development. Activities included keynotes from our Caucus Chairs, briefing on COSMIC products, and breakout groups to solicit input from our members on the work COSMIC should prioritize in 2025.

COSMIC members can access the presentations, recordings, and more on the COSMIC Collaboration SharePoint by logging in here.

COSMIC Convergence: May 15-16, 2024 in Logan, Utah.

Reflecting on a Successful COSMIC Kickoff

Thank you to everyone who made the COSMIC Kickoff an extraordinary event! We’re delighted to share the highlights and key moments from this groundbreaking gathering that brought together over 500 participants from academia, industry, and government, both in-person and virtually. The COSMIC Kickoff surpassed our expectations, showcasing the incredible diversity and passion of America’s space…

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COSMIC’s Kickoff Meeting

November 7-8th, 2023

The COSMIC Kickoff is the first biannual COSMIC general membership meeting, which brings together a diverse forum of users, customers, developers, and researchers to accelerate the widespread adoption of ISAM capabilities as an integrated segment of the space enterprise architecture. The kickoff will introduce COSMIC as an entity, align members with…

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Media Relations Contacts:

NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate

Jimi Russell

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The Aerospace Corporation

Dianna Ramirez 

DRamirez@aero.org