SmallSat 2026

Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Agenda below.

MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 9:00 – 10:00 AM

Welcome Jose Nunez BryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers: 2026 Fletcher Franklin Supply Chain Observations Bruce Yost
Technology Shortfall  Rudy de Rosee SPARCS Camera and Early Science Observations Kaitlyn Ashcroft JPL: Skyfall Tim Canham SWIFT LINK Reboost Bo Naasz Flight Opportunities – Hosted Orbital Ecosystem – Fly Foundational Robos – Space Roboticist Challenge Anh Nguyen From Rideshare to Dedicated Launches: SmallSat Options with NASA LSP Caley Burke You Bring the Mission, We’ll Bring the Lab: Partnering with MSFC Rush Elkins NASA Ames Mission Design Center: Imagining the Next Generation of Spaceflight Missions Matthew Napoli Engineering Challenges and Best Practices from a Stellar Launch Cycle Brad Williams HIAD Payload Return Solution for SmallSats Joe Del Corso

3:25 – 4:10 PM

Moderating Bruce Yost RTMD NASA Greg Stover SMD HPD ADF Asal Naseri HSMD CSLI/CLPS/ Commercial Access to Space (CAtS) Pete Wilczynski CARA: Conjunction Assessment Best Practices Lauri Newman

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 9:45 – 10:45 AM

Moderating Cari Reinert SMD Panelist 1 – Solicitations Aly Mendoza-Hill STMD Panelist CATALYST – I-Corps Maggie Yancey SBIR / STTR- Launchpad for Innovation Ryszard Pisarski Agency level Tech Transfer Jose Nunez

3:15 – 4:15 PM

Moderating Aly Mendoza-Hill SMD – APD Pioneers Pablo Saz Parkinson SMD – Science as a Service: What SmallSat Providers Need to Know Beth Weinstein SMD – HPD Asal Naseri ESCAPADE (HPD) Innovating Methods for Exploration Skyler Kleinschmidt

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 9:45 – 10:45 AM

Moderator, FO Panelist Danielle McCulloch NASA CSLI, VADR Panelist Norman Phelps CLPS Panelist Angela Melito Rideshare Panelist Aly Mendoza-hill SLS David Hitt

3:15 – 4:15 PM

Welcome / Close out Presentor/Moderator Sam Pedrotty JPL Mission INCUS Benjamin (Benji) Donitz SMD – Biological & Physical Sciences Payload Concepts for Future SmallSat Missions Matthew Lera SMD APD – SWIFT Reboost highlight David Morris SMD ESD – Mission Highlight Sachidananda Babu SMD HPD – TRACERS Mission Highlight Skyler Kleinschmidt SunRISE (SMD HPD) – Maximizing Science Uptime Across the Constellation Carson Schubert STMD USTP Overview Mike Gaunce STMD Mission CAPSTONE 02 Sam Phan STMD R5 Spacecraft Series Sam Pedrotty STMD GPDM Nehemiah Williams STMD Mission DiskSat Roger Hunter