Fighting Wildfires from the Sky: Toward Safer, Around-the-Clock Aerial Operations Presented by Dr. Gilbert Wu, NASA Ames Research Center Register here: https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/ Aircraft have been supporting wildfire response for decades—dropping water and retardant, tracking fire movement, and helping protect communities. Yet most aerial firefighting today is still limited to daytime operations using crewed aircraft, with [...]

Precision Metrology for Space Science: LISA, Atom Interferometry, and Optical Clocks By Walter Victor Unglaub Register here: https://aiaa-sf.org/registration/ The hardest space-science missions are, at their core, measurement problems. ESA’s LISA gravitational-wave observatory was formally adopted in January 2024, with industrial construction under prime contractor OHB System AG underway since mid-2025, and launch targeted for the [...]