Dear Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) community members,

If you’re attending the American Astronomical Society’s Winter Meeting at National Harbor, Maryland, please note the following activities on January 14th may be of special interest to the PhysCOS community (all times Eastern):

• 8 – 9a, room Potomac Ballroom A/B: Plenary Lecture: From the Smallest Things to the Greatest Results — The Incredible Power of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Dave Pooley (Trinity University and Eureka Scientific, Inc.)
• 10 – 11:30a, room Annapolis 1/2: Astrophysics Technology Development Success Cases
• 10 – 11:30a, room National Harbor 2, Enabling Space-Based Far-Infrared Science in the 2030s with the PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA)
• 12:45 – 1:45p, room Potomac Ballroom A/B: NSF Town Hall
• 12:45 – 1:45p, room National Harbor 4: STScI Town Hall
• 2 – 3:30p, room Chesapeake 4/5: The TEAM-UP Report: A Five-Year Retrospective for the Astronomy Community
• 6 – 7:30p, room Maryland Ballroom C: NASA’s Roman Technology Fellowship Program
• 6:30 – 8p, room National Harbor 11: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Town Hall
• 7 – 9p, room Maryland 1/2: HEAD Social and Business Meeting

And please drop by the PhysCOS table in the NASA Science Exploration Division booth in the Exhibition Hall!

For more information on PhysCOS throughout the meeting, check out our meeting webpage.

Wishing you the best,

Dr Francesca Civano & Dr Brian Humensky
PhysCOS Chief Scientists, NASA GSFC

Dr Bernard Kelly
PhysCOS Support Scientist, NASA GSFC