Space Science Week is a joint meeting of the discipline committees of the Space Studies Board of the U.S. National Academies, in collaboration with the Board on Physics and Astronomy and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. Space Science Week 2024 was held March 18-22, 2024, at the NAS Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC, with meetings to discuss advances and challenges in space and Earth science and exploration.

On Tuesday, March 19, a full-day plenary session convened all six committees for a joint session focusing on international efforts for half of the day and on US federal officials’ updates for half of the day.

The keynote public science lecture, “Growing Insight into Space: Plants are Enablers of Extraterrestrial Exploration” with Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR) University of Florida, was held at 7pm on Wednesday, March 20th. View the public lecture here. Slides from the presentation can be found at the bottom of this page.

The Space Studies Board’s six Discipline Committees met in individual and joint sessions throughout the week. Agendas and available presentations can be found on their individual meeting pages.

For more detailed information on each of the discipline committees, please see the individual committees' websites:

• Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) - March 18-20
• Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) - March 19-22
• Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space (CBPSS) - March 19-21
• Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space (CESAS) - March 19-21
• Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP) - March 19-22
• Committee on Solar and Space Physics (CSSP) - March 19-21