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Throughout the year, the ASCENDx Series accelerates momentum toward the October ASCEND apex event. The content-driven online schedule features original webinars, collaborative workshops, and comprehensive summits on current topics of interest to professionals, students, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts.
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Long after the session has closed, ASCENDx Series programs remain valuable references. If you need to catch up, think you missed something, or want to watch again, many of the ASCENDx events are recorded and available for on-demand viewing.
ASCENDxSpace Traffic Management: Industry Advancing Orbital Safety
Join SpaceX, OneWeb, and Iridium as they debut a new guide produced by their teams in cooperation with AIAA. The conversation will include remarks from Office of Space Commerce Director Rich DalBello and Astronaut and former AIAA Executive Director Sandy Magnus.
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ASCENDxNuclear: Nuclear’s Future Role in Space
The growing worldwide desire for a long-term sustainable human presence on the moon, emerging DoD capability needs, and the desire to send humans to Mars in the next 10–20 years may usher in a new Space Age that includes nuclear reactor-powered propulsion and power. Join industry leaders and the greater ASCEND community as we discuss nuclear’s future role in space.
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ASCENDxCislunar: Charting a Course for Advancing Cislunar Depots
Join space leaders from government, industry, and academia to collaborate on charting a course for developing depots to support the future cislunar ecosystem.
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ASCENDxSustainability: Sustaining Space for the Next Generation
The space industry was NOT created with sustainability in mind: Learn how sustainability is defined and embraced for space; discover how space companies are taking sustainability to the next level; determine how to measure what’s working and what’s not; and explore recommendations on how to sustain the space ecosystem and how that impacts Earth.
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ASCENDxTexas: Accelerating the Business of Space Exploration
Moving Beyond the Now: Gain clarity on the lunar exploration market – supply, demand, materials, current status, and future opportunities.
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ASCENDxWebinar: Policy Discussion with Bhavya Lal
If you are interested in NASA technology, policy, and strategy then you will not want to miss this important ASCEND policy webinar featuring Bhavya Lal.
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ASCENDxSummit: Attracting Investors to Your Space
Whether you’re a start-up or a shooting star, this exclusive multi-session online event will accelerate your progress toward securing the funds you need and the financial partners you can trust to boost your prospects in space.
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ASCENDxSummit: Accelerating Pathways to Space
Guest experts from Axiom, NASA, and the Fusion Industry Association discuss how fundamental systems are being transformed fast to help humans adapt to life in space.
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ASCENDxWebinar: Maximizing Payload Success
Guest experts from Axiom, NASA, and the Fusion Industry Association discuss how fundamental systems are being transformed fast to help humans adapt to life in space.
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ASCENDxSummit: Next-Generation Workforce
Workforce Webinar
This three-session ASCENDxSummit brings together futurists, educators, and motivators from classrooms through careers to address current needs and future opportunities for EVERYONE to succeed in space.
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ASCENDxWebinar: Preview – NASA Perseverance Mars Arrival
Perseverance Webinar
A week before the scheduled landing of the Perseverance Rover on Mars, the ASCEND community hosted this exclusive briefing with members of the NASA mission’s science and technical team.
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