Current time at conference location: 9:22 pm ET
Summary
This Special Session is an update for the astrophysics community about the current activities and future plans of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), a future NASA flagship astrophysics mission concept in response to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. HWO will be a large-aperture ultraviolet/optical/infrared space telescope designed to search for signs of life on terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of nearby stars, and will be one the most versatile astronomical telescopes ever flown, capable of conducting transformative science across nearly all of astrophysics in the legacy of missions such as Hubble and Webb. In this Special Session, representatives from NASA Headquarters and the HWO Technology Maturation Project Office will share the community-driven development of the mission concept to date, avenues for future involvement, and plans for next steps. This session is open to all AAS attendees, and will feature an extended Q&A session for discussion and feedback from the community.

From Science to Engineering

10:40 AM ET - 10:50 AM ET
Program Number: 312.05
Aki Roberge, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center.