Arizona Space Media

2025 Summit Report

The 2025 summit report captures the vision, progress, and next steps emerging from the fourth annual Arizona Space Summit. Building on the momentum of past Summits, it outlines strategies, partnerships, and opportunities to position Arizona as a leading force in the global space economy.

2025 Summit Highlights

  • A woman with brown hair holding a microphone and a notepad, speaking on stage with a colorful backdrop.

    ASU in position to accelerate collaboration between space, semiconductor industries

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  • Kate Gallego, Phoenix Mayor

    Leaders gather for summit to explore ways to make Arizona a bigger space industry force

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  • City skyline at dusk with a colorful sunset, visible clouds, and moving cars on the highway.

    How semiconductor industry helps Arizona's space industry take flight

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  • Governor Katie Hobbs at the Arizona Space Summit 2024

    Governor Katie Hobbs launches Arizona Space Commission and announces appointments

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  • Jessica Rousset at Arizona Horizon speaking about Arizona Space Summit

    Arizona Horizon Interview with ASU's Jessica Rousset

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  • A group of people attending a conference, seated in rows facing forward, with some taking notes and listening attentively.

    Arizona Space Summit photos

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  • A woman stands at a podium speaking at a conference or meeting with an audience. Behind her, a large projection screen displays her photo, name (Kate Gallego), title (Phoenix Mayor), and the words 'Special remarks.' The room features gray curtains with blue lighting.

    Arizona Space Summit recordings

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2024 Summit Report

The second annual Arizona Space Summit report represents our continued collective effort to chart the future of space in Arizona. This report builds on the traction from the first Summit in 2023 with a new set of goals and recommendations.

2024 Summit Highlights

  • Night sky with stars and the Milky Way over a mountain range, with silhouette of two saguaro cacti in the foreground and a city skyline below.

    ASU Space Collective connects businesses and researchers to lead the space economy

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  • A woman wearing glasses and a blue blazer speaking into a microphone during a panel discussion, with another woman listening.

    12 News: Governor Hobbs joined scientists and ASU researchers to talk about taking Arizona out of this world

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  • Six people on a panel at a conference, one woman speaking into a microphone. A banner for Arizona Space is visible in the background.

    Gov. Hobbs tells space-related companies Arizona is 'open for business'

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  • Two women sitting on stage in front of a dark curtain, engaged in a discussion with a small table holding water bottles between them.

    Arizona’s pushes space sector’s growth through education, collaboration, economy

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  • A woman with shoulder-length gray hair and glasses, smiling and speaking to reporters with microphones.

    Opportunities are boundless

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  • Six people sitting on a stage and a man standing at a podium during a panel discussion at the Arizona Space Summit. The backdrop features a banner that reads 'Arizona Space' and 'Propelling the Space Economy.'

    Arizona Space Summit photos

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  • Three people sitting on stage during a panel discussion at an Arizona Space event, with purple curtains and a vertical banner that reads "Arizona Space, Propelling the Space Economy." The person on the left is speaking into a microphone, the woman in the middle is dressed in red, and the woman on the right is dressed in black.

    Arizona Space Summit Agenda 2024

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2023 Summit Report

Explore Arizona's rich history in space exploration and how its universities are advancing space science, education and leadership. The 2023 Arizona Space Summit Report also offers four actionable steps for Arizona's space future.

2023 Summit Highlights

  • Nighttime desert landscape with a tall saguaro cactus, mountain silhouettes, and a starry sky with the Milky Way.

    ASU helps chart a course for Arizona’s space industry

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  • Lt. Col. Justin Chandler, director of the chief of space operations’ Strategic Initiatives Group of the U.S. Space Force

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  • A woman with short gray hair wearing a black blazer, white blouse, and jewelry, standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone, with a screen showing part of her face on the right, in an indoor setting with wood paneling.

    Ambassador Barbara M. Barrett, former 25th Secretary of the Air Force

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  • Group of people seated around round tables at an indoor conference, waving and looking up at the camera

    Arizona Space Summit photos

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