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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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A year in orbit: ISS deployment tests radiation detectors for future space missions
The predawn darkness on a cool Florida night was shattered by the ignition of nine Merlin engines on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The thrust of the engines shook the ground miles away. From a distance, the rocket appeared to slowly rise above the horizon. For the cargo onboard, the launch was anything but gentle, as the ignition of liquid oxygen generated more than 1.5 million pounds of force. After the rocket had been out of sight for several minutes, the booster dramatically returned to Earth with several sonic booms in a captivating show of engineering designed to make space travel less expensive and more sustainable.
8:00–9:45AM EST
Lincoln West
Session Chair: Thomas Hanlon
Monroe
Session Chair: John Mattingly
Lincoln East
Session Chair: Shikha Prasad
10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair: Nathan Ryan
Session Chair: Nathan Shoman
Session Chair: Ben Cipiti
1:00–2:45PM EST
Panel|Lincoln West
Session Chairs: Logan Scott, Adam Williams
3:15–5:00PM EST
Session Chair: Virginia Kerr|Alternate Chair: Bego Aranguren
Session Chair: Lu Makinde
Session Chair: James Morman
Session Chair: Tina Hernandez
Session Chair: Steve Skutnik
Session Chair: Jeremy Whitlock
Session Chair: Patrick Moosir
Session Chair: Claudio Gariazzo
Session Chair: Michael Miller|Alternate Chair: Heather Dion
Session Chair: Andrew Griffith
Session Chair: Jason Harris|Alternate Chair: Sunil Chirayath
Session Chair: Emma Houston
