Space Week NY 2026 -- New York Space Forum
Come join Empire Space and the Intrepid Museum for a full day of space conversations in NYC!
This is the Space Week NY 2026 Headliner Event
RSVP Required — Tickets: Standard admission is $50 and student/reduced-price admission is $25. If cost is a barrier and you need additional support, please email us at [email protected].
This event will spark conversations around the massive untapped industries at the intersection of New York and space, bringing important, powerful, diverse, and often overlooked voices to the table. The day will feature five panels, five breakout sessions, a space art exhibition, live demos, lunch featuring Katz’s sandwiches, and Astronomy Night at the Intrepid Museum.
Main Schedule
[9:15 AM – 9:45 AM] Registration and entry through the space art exhibition
[9:45 AM – 10:00 AM] Opening remarks from Empire Space and Intrepid President Susan Marenoff-Zausner
[10:00 AM – 11:00 AM] Panel: NY National Security Space: Pathways, Partners, Procurement
[11:00 AM – 11:15 AM] Demo: 3D Construction Printing
[11:15 AM – 12:15 PM] Panel: Humans in Space: Health, Habitats, and Commercial Pathways
[12:15 PM – 1:00 PM] Lunch featuring Katz’s sandwiches + ULTRA presents Build Starfleet: Save the World(s)
[1:00 PM – 2:00 PM] Panel: Governing the Frontier: Law, Ethics, and the Rules of Scale
[2:00 PM – 2:30 PM] Icarus Robotics demo and interview
[2:30 PM – 3:30 PM] Panel: Power, Proof, and Story: Building New York’s Space Identity
[3:45 PM – 4:45 PM] Panel: The Business of Space: Capital, Risk, and Growth
[4:45 PM – 5:30 PM] Closing remarks and networking reception
[5:30 PM – 7:30 PM] Astronomy Night featuring the Panel: Space Is New York: The People, Places, and Projects Around You
Parallel Breakout Sessions
[10:00 AM – 11:00 AM] Analog Astronauts / Human Spaceflight Hub
[11:15 AM – 12:15 PM] Workforce Development & Upskilling — Jobs, Pathways, and the NY Space Services Stack
[1:00 PM – 2:00 PM] Cybersecurity — Securing Space Systems, Data, and Space-Based Applications
[2:30 PM – 3:30 PM] Space-to-City Applications Lab — From Space Data to New York Decisions
[3:45 PM – 4:45 PM] CubeSat Training Workshop hosted by Teachers in Space
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Space Week NY 2026 is a week full of space programming for New York! Find our other events at SpaceWeekNY.com/schedule-rsvp.
Other events include:
Monday April 20th 5:30pm [Virtual]: Empire Space Town Hall
Tuesday April 21st [Ithaca]: New York Consortium for Space Technology (NYCST) Symposium
Wednesday April 22nd 5:30pm [NYC]: NYC Kickoff at Luxembourg House
Thursday April 23rd 4:30-6:30pm [NYC]: The Spacetech Legal & Capital Playbook at Cooley
Saturday April 25th: 6-10pm [NYC]: Closing Townhouse Party
Space Week NY 2026 Sponsors:
Questions? Reach us by email [email protected] or on Twitter @EmpireSpaceNY
Want to learn more? Visit our website empirespace.org
Hosted at the Intrepid Museum on W 46th Street & 12th Avenue. RSVP for full address.