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2026 AAS Town Hall Schedule 247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3
8:30AM – 6:0PM NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) 301D Josh Pepper, Dawn Gelino, Karl Stapelfeldt, Nick Siegler, Jessie Christiansen SUNDAY, JANUARY 4
8:30AM – 12:15PM NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) 301D 9:00AM – 2:00PM NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG) Peter Kurczynski 7:30PM – 9:30PM NASA’s Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Francesca Civano NASA’s Joint Program Analysis Group Shawn Domagal-Goldman MONDAY, JANUARY 5
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM NASA Update West Building 301AB Shawn Domagal-Goldman 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM Beyond the Mid-Decadal: Community Inputs for Space Mission Concepts Toward Astro 2030 335B TUESDAY, JANUARY 6
9:30AM – 10:30AM Active Galatic Nuclei SIG 131A 10:00AM – 11:30AM NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory 224 B Robert Zellem 10:00AM – 11:30AM A NICER Look at the Energetic Universe 225 B 5:30PM – 6:30PM NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory Exhibit Hall B/C/D 6:00PM – 8:00PM NASA-DARES Community Update 126 C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7
9:30AM – 10:00AM NASA Cosmic Pathfinders Program 127 A/B 10:00AM – 11:30AM NASA Infrared Science and Technology Interest Group 231 A/B/C 10:00AM – 11:30AM Introducing NASA’s Astrophysics Cross-Observatory Science Support (ACROSS) Facility 226 B Brian Humensky 1:00PM – 2:30PM Get Involved with NASA Citizen Science 226 C 2:00PM – 3:30PM Meeting of NASA’s Active Galactic Nuclei Science Interest Group (AGN SIG) TBD 3:00PM – 4:30PM Get Involved with NASA Citizen Science Exhibit Hall B/C/D 5:30PM – 6:00PM NASA Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Interest Group 231 A/B/C