NASA DARES AGU Community Update Recording Now Available
In case you missed it, the recording of the NASA-DARES Community Update, held during the AGU Fall Meeting on December 18, 2025, is now available on the NASA-DARES webpage.
The session included updates on progress toward the NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA-DARES), introductions to selected Task Force 2 leadership, and an open Q&A with Astrobiology Program leadership and Task Force 2 Co-Chairs Dr. Kathy Mandt (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and Dr. Robin Wordsworth (Harvard University).
For those who applied to participate in NASA-DARES Task Force 2, selection decisions are expected to be communicated within the next week.
NASA-DARES Task Force 2 Ex-Officio Members, starting from top left: Eve Berger (NASA Johnson Space Center, Focus Area 1), Aaron Burton (NASA Headquarters, Focus Area 2), Jessica Lee (NASA Ames Research Center, Focus Area 3), Kelsey Bisson (NASA Headquarters, Focus Area 4), Mary Beth Wilhelm (NASA Ames Research Center, Focus Area 5), Niki Parenteau (NASA Ames Research Center, Focus Area 6), Robin Fergason (NASA Ames Research Center/NASA Headquarters, Focus Area 7), Melissa Kirven-Brooks (NASA Ames Research Center, Focus Area 8), Becky McCauley Rench (NASA Headquarters, Focus Area 9), Daniella Scalice (NASA Ames Research Center, Ex-Officio Support for Focus Area 9).
NASA-DARES Task Force 2 Leadership, starting with Co-Chairs in bottom left: Robin Wordsworth (Harvard University), Kathleen Mandt (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Loren Williams (Georgia Tech, Focus Area 1), Maitrayee Bose (Arizona State University, Focus Area 2), Karl Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, Focus Area 3), Charity Phillips-Lander (Southwest Research Institute, Focus Area 4), Aaron Regberg (NASA Johnson Space Center, Focus Area 5), Morgan Cable (Planetary Science Institute, Focus Area 6), Diana Gentry (NASA Ames Research Center, Focus Area 7), Christina Richey (SETI Institute, Focus Area 8), Sara Yeo (University of Utah, Focus Area 9). Additional selections for General Members and Executive Secretaries are ongoing and applicants should expect to receive decisions on their applications in the coming weeks.
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