The Aerospace Corporation will participate in ASCEND, the world’s first gathering of the entire space ecosystem, powered by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). ASCEND is a new event designed to drive the space economy forward. It’s the center of gravity for the space community—bringing technical and business leaders together to solve problems that affect our entire planet and beyond. The event runs from Monday, November 16 through Wednesday, November 18 and is fully virtual.
Aerospace is proud to sponsor ASCEND and to provide technical expertise and insight through technical sessions, workshops, panel discussions and real-time chats in our virtual booth throughout the program, including discussions related to Space Agenda 2021, our comprehensive series of discussion papers published to help spark and inform discussion about the opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. space enterprise.
Members of the ASCEND Guiding Coalition, including Steve Isakowitz, Aerospace’s President and CEO, will discuss the highlights and key takeaways from ASCEND with an eye on the future of the space community and industry. Join us for the ASCEND Re-Entry Burn discussion
MONDAY, NOV. 16 (All Times Eastern)
- 12:00-2:00 p.m.: VIRTUAL BOOTH CHAT – Planetary Defense and Satellite Disposal (Dr. William Ailor, Technical Fellow, Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies)
- 2:00-3:00 p.m.: The Search for Habitable Planets via the Solar Gravitational Lens (Dr. Henry Helvajian, Senior Scientist, Physical Sciences Laboratories)
- 4:00-6:00 p.m.: PANEL: Digital Engineering Across the Supply Chain (Rosalind Lewis, General Manager, Space Program Operations)
TUESDAY, NOV. 17
- 9:00-10:00 a.m.: Launch Availability Analysis for Project Artemis (Grant Cates)
- 9:00-11:00 a.m.: VIRTUAL BOOTH CHAT – Neuromorphic Computing: High-Performance Processing in Space – (Dr. Gennadi Bersuker, Senior Scientist, Microelectronics Technology)
- 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: VIRTUAL BOOTH CHAT – Space Traffic Management: The Challenges of Large Constellations and Orbital Debris (Marlon Sorge, Principal Engineer, Space Innovation)
- 2:00-3:00 p.m.: VIRTUAL BOOTH CHAT – Searching for Habitable Planets via the Solar Gravitational Lens (Dr. Henry Helvajian, Senior Scientist, Physical Sciences Laboratories)
- 2:00-3:30 p.m.: Cybersecurity Technologies and Methodologies (Brandon Bailey, Senior Project Leader, Cyber Assessments & Research)
- 2:00-4:00 p.m.: PANEL-15 Space Safety: Innovative Orbital Debris Management/Mitigation (Dr. Joseph Betser, Systems Director, Futures & Analytics)
- 4:00-5:00 p.m.: Doing Much with Little: HIVE A New Space Architecture (Dr. Henry Helvajian, Senior Scientist, Physical Sciences Laboratories)
- 4:00-6:00 p.m.: Future Space Industrial Base Panel (Dr. Joseph Betser, Systems Director, Futures & Analytics; Joe Chen, Senior Engineer Specialist, Space Architecture)
- 4:00-5:00 p.m.: Model-Based Engineering: Technologies and Methodologies I (Dr. Mark McKelvin Jr., Senior Project Leader, System of Systems Engineering)
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18
- 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Joint All-Domain Command & Control (JADC2) & Space Mission Integration (Maj. Gen. Jay Santee, USAF (Ret.), Vice President, Defense Systems)
- 12:00-12:15 p.m.: To the Moon and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities for NASA’s Artemis Program (Dr. Angie Bukley, Chief Engineer, Human Spaceflight & Exploration) – Webinar link accessible in the ASCEND Auditorium
- 1:00-2:00 p.m.: Developing Global Spacefaring Norms (Josef Koller, Systems Director, National Space Systems Engineering)
- 3:00-4:00 p.m.: ASCEND Re-Entry Burn (Steve Isakowitz, President and CEO, The Aerospace Corporation)
- 3:00-4:00 p.m.: VIRTUAL BOOTH CHAT – HIVE: A New Space Architecture (Dr. Henry Helvajian, Senior Scientist, Physical Sciences Laboratories)
About Aerospace
The Aerospace Corporation is a national nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center and has approximately 4,000 employees nationwide. With major locations in El Segundo, Calif.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Washington, D.C., Aerospace addresses complex problems with agility, innovation, and objective technical leadership across the space enterprise and other areas of national significance. For more information, visit www.aerospace.org. Follow us on Twitter: @AerospaceCorp.
Space Agenda 2021
Space exploration, development, and security are increasingly important elements of national policy and strategy. Inevitably, the presidential term starting in 2021 will include the need for many high-level decisions on space-related issues. Aerospace has created a series of discussion papers—Space Agenda 2021—on topics already at the forefront, or likely to emerge in the next few years.
The Space Policy Show: Space Agenda 2021 Showcase
The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy hosts a series of public webcasts to bring our policy experts together with thought leaders, government, academia and professionals from throughout the space community to discuss current trends and views.
To the Moon and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities for NASA’s Artemis Program
In just the next few months, multiple critical decisions will affect NASA human exploration plans. This Space Agenda 2021 paper focuses on NASA human exploration beyond low Earth orbit (LEO), specifically missions to the moon and beyond.
Solar Gravity Lens: A Three-Decade Journey of Innovation at Aerospace
When presented with a challenge by NASA to create a viable architecture for imaging exoplanets, Aerospace provided a solution built on a legacy of nearly 30 years of persistence, innovation, and company-wide teamwork.
Establishing Space Cybersecurity Policy, Standards, and Risk Management Practices
Our future space systems must be secured and cyber resilient. Using threat-informed risk-based system engineering and applying defense-in-depth throughout space systems, particularly on the spacecraft themselves, is imperative.
Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies
CORDS was established in 1997 to focus the corporation’s research and technology applications in the areas of space debris, collision avoidance, and reentry breakup and to provide a single point-of-contact for organizations seeking to take advantage of Aerospace’s more than 50 years of experience in these and related technical areas.
