The 248th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Location
Pasadena, California
Community
Physics of the Cosmos
Monday, 15 June 2026
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am ‑ 11:30am PT | NASA’s Future Large Gamma Ray (FLAG) Mission Concepts Working Group | Pasadena Convention Center ‑ Conference Center, 204 |
| Summary | The Future Large Gamma-ray Mission Concepts working group will hold a hybrid work session to review progress and needed inputs for a technical report on gamma-ray instrumentation. Working group members will present updates and lead discussions to complete gathering of input on gamma-ray capabilities, mission concepts, and technologies. The group will work on identifying and filling gaps in the draft and refining the content of the report. |
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11:40am ‑ 1:10pm | XR SIG Special Session HEAD: Toward the 2030 Decadal: Science Cases for Potential Future X-ray Mission Concepts | Pasadena Convention Center ‑ Conference Center, 211 |
XR SIG Special Session Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:40am ‑ 11:50am | Introduction | Dave Pooley, Trinity University Breanna Binder, Cal Poly Pomona | |
| 11:50am ‑ 11:56am | High Angular Resolution X-ray Imager SAG: Updates & Results I | Kimberly Weaver, NASA/GSFC | |
| 11:56am ‑ 12:03pm | High Angular Resolution X-ray Imager SAG: Updates & Results II | Scott Randall, CfA | |
| 12:03pm ‑ 12:10pm | High Angular Resolution X-ray Imager SAG: Updates & Results III | Herman Marshall, MIT | |
| 12:10pm ‑ 12:20pm | Lynx 2030 SAG: Updates & Results I | Steven Ehlert, NASA/MSFC | |
| 12:20pm ‑ 12:30pm | Lynx 2030 SAG: Updates & Results II | Fabio Pacucci, CfA | |
| 12:30pm ‑ 12:36pm | Broad-Band X-ray Observatory SAG: Updates & Results I | Chien‑Ting Chen, USRA/NASA MSFC | |
| 12:36pm ‑ 12:43pm | Broad-Band X-ray Observatory SAG: Updates & Results II | Kristin Madsen, NASA/GSFC | |
| 12:43pm ‑ 12:50pm | Broad-Band X-ray Observatory SAG: Updates & Results II | Daniel Stern, JPL | |
| 12:50pm ‑ 1:10pm | X-ray Timing SAG: Updates & Results | Thomas Maccarone, Texas Tech |
Thursday, 18 June 2026
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am ‑ 11:30am | Special Session: Planning for the Future of Astrophysics and the ASTRA Initiative | Pasadena Convention Center ‑ Ballroom G |
ASTRA Initiative Special Session
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00am ‑ 10:10am | Introduction from the NASA Astrophysics Division Director | Shawn Domagal‑Goldman | |
| 10:10am ‑ 10:25am | The ASTRA Initiative: Overview & Path Forward | Jessica Gaskin, NASA HQ | |
| 10:25am ‑ 10:40am | Innovation for Astrophysics Workshop: Initial Findings | Kendra Short, JPL | |
| 10:40am ‑ 10:55am | Ad ASTRA Community Science Workshop | Peter Kurczynski, NASA/GSFC | |
| 10:55am ‑ 11:30am | Panel Discussion | Francesca Civano, NASA/GSFC |
| Day | Session Title | Time | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 14 June | High Energy Science Analysis with HEASARC Services | 10:00a ‑ 12:00n | Conference Center 102 |
| An Introduction to Fornax: Scalable Data and Compute for Scientific Analysis | 2:00p ‑ 4:00p | Conference Center 101 | |
| Monday, 15 June | NASA Update Town Hall | 12:45p ‑ 1:45p | Ballroom DE |
| 115 - HEAD: NuSTAR and the future of hard X-ray observations | 2:00p ‑ 3:30p | Conference Center 211 | |
| 118 - Gamma-ray Astrophysics from Fermi to the Future | 2:00p ‑ 3:30p | Ballroom F | |
| NSF NOIRLab Open House | 6:15p ‑ 8:15p | Conference Center 106 | |
| Tuesday, 16 June | 201 - Warner Plenary Lecture: Kyle Kremer, Globular Clusters: Astronomical factories of gravitational-wave and electromagnetic transients | 8:00a ‑ 9:00a | Ballroom DE |
| NASA's Big Science, Small Missions | 1:00a ‑ 11:30a | Conference Center 204 | |
| 212 - HEAD Early Career: Carolyn Kierans | 11:40a ‑ 12:30p | Ballroom DE | |
| National Science Foundation Update Town Hall | 12:45p ‑ 1:45p | Ballroom A | |
| 221 - HEAD: Exploring the MeV Gamma-ray Sky with COSI | 3:40p ‑ 5:10p | Conference Center 212 | |
| 222 - HEAD: NewAthena: The Next X-ray Flagship | 3:40p ‑ 5:10p | Conference Center 211 | |
| Wednesday, 17 June | 313 - Time Domain and Multi-messenger Astrophysics | 10:00a ‑ 11:30a | Conference Center 211 |
| The NASA Astrophysics ROSES Program | 11:00a ‑ 12:00n | Conference Center 204 | |
| 323 - Stellar/Compact Objects 2: HMXBs and Pulsar Phenomena | 2:00p ‑ 3:30p | Conference Center 211 | |
| 325 - HEAD: Chandra: Today and Tomorrow | 3:40p ‑ 5:10p | Conference Center 212 | |
| Thursday, 18 June | 401 - Planning for the Future of Astrophysics and the ASTRA Initiative | 10a ‑ 11:30a | Ballroom G |
| 402 - Gravitational-Wave Astronomy in the Next-Generation Era | 10a ‑ 11:30a | Ballroom F | |
| 403 - High Energy Astrophysics | 10a ‑ 10:40a | Ballroom C |