Update, January 8:  NASA has decided that Crew-11 will return home early because of the medical concern. This spacewalk and the one scheduled for January 15 are indefinitely postponed. Update, January 7, 5:30 pm ET:  The spacewalk has been postponed because of a medical concern with a crew member.  From NASA: Update, January 5:  NASA …

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The Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center and Symphony Space will hold a meeting on January 8, 2026 at 3:00 pm ET on "Cosmic Coordination: Space Diplomacy in an Era of Strategic Competition." The in-person event is at the Atlantic Council's headquarters, 1400 L St., NW, Washington, DC, and it will also air on YouTube. In addition …

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NASA announced this afternoon it will hold a briefing at 5:00 pm ET to provide an update on the ISS crew member who is being monitored for a "medical concern." Yesterday NASA said it was postponing a spacewalk that was scheduled for today because a crew member is being monitored for a medical concern. It …

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The Committee on Earth Science and Applications From Space of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will have a follow-up meeting to their October 27-29, 2025 meeting that was affected by the government shutdown. This meeting will allow the committee to meet with NASA representatives. The meeting will take place at the Beckman …

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AIAA will hold the 2026 SciTech Forum at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, FL from January 12- 16, 2026. The theme is: "Breaking Barriers Together: Boundless Discoveries." More information is on the event's website, which says: AIAA SciTech Forum is the world’s largest event dedicated to aerospace research, development, and technology, bringing together 6,100+ attendees from 48 …

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NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will hand over command of the International Space Station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov on January 12, 2026 at 2:35 pm ET.  NASA will provide live coverage on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and NASA's YouTube channel. Fincke and the other members of Crew-11 are returning to Earth earlier than planned because one …

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Update, January 12, 2026:  The agenda is posted. Original Entry: NASA's Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will meet January 13-14, 2026 at the Johns Hopkins University Mt. Washington campus in Baltimore, MD.  A virtual option is available. Check the SBAG website for updates. It says as of November 6, 2025:

The American-German Institute will hold a webinar on January 13, 2026 from 10:00-11:00 am EST/4:00-5:00 pm Central European Time to discuss "A New Realm of Strategic Competition." More information is on the event's website, which says: Germany's Space Strategy and Its Transatlantic Implications Panelists: Antje Nötzold , Senior Researcher, Support for Arms Control in Space, University …

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The Subcommittee on Environment of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on January 13, 2026 at 10:00 am ET in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. The topic is "From Orbit to Operations: How Weather Satellites Support the National Security Mission." Note: …

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On January 14, 2026, ESA will hold an online event to present the outcome of the Council of Ministers 2025 (CM25) meeting to ESA's industrial partners. CM25 took place November 26-27, 2025. The virtual meeting is 09:00-18:00 Central European Time (3:00 am-2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.) More information and the agenda are in the ESA …

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Update, January 15: NASA says Isaacman will be joined at the post-splashdown press conference by Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate and previously ISS program manager. Update, January 13: NASA has updated the splashdown time on Thursday morning to 3:41 am ET instead of 3:40 am ET, while also noting …

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Update, January 8:  Yesterday, the spacewalk scheduled for today was postponed because a crew member is ill. Today, NASA announced they would return Crew-11 to Earth early and both spacewalks therefore are postponed indefinitely. Update, January 5:  NASA says this spacewalk will begin at 7:10 am ET and last about 6 hours and 30 minutes. …

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NASA will begin to roll out the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center on January 17, 2026 at 7:00 am ET. SLS/Orion is being readied to launch Artemis II, the first crewed flight around the Moon since the Apollo era.  …

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The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet virtually on January 16, 2026 from 2:00-5:00 pm ET.  Some sessions are open and some are closed. More information is on the event's website.

Update, January 14: NASA will begin to roll out the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center on January 17, 2026 at 7:00 am ET. SLS/Orion is being readied to launch Artemis II, the first crewed flight around the Moon since …

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NASA will begin to roll out the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center on January 17, 2026 at 7:00 am ET. SLS/Orion is being readied to launch Artemis II, the first crewed flight around the Moon since the Apollo era.  NASA …

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January 19, 2026 is a U.S. Federal Holiday in observance of the birthday of civil rights leader The Reverand Martin Luther King, Jr.  Government offices will be closed. The holiday is held on the third Monday of January. King’s actual birthday is January 15, 1929.

The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences (CAPS) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet virtually on January 20, 2026 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET "to brief the Director of the Planetary Sciences Division on issues discussed at the 2025 Autumn meeting of CAPS."  The meeting will be livestreamed. More information is …

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Crew-11 will hold a post-flight news conference at Johnson Space Center on January 21, 2026 at 2:15 pm ET. NASA will livestream the news conference on its YouTube channel. Crew-11 launched to the ISS on August 1, 2025 and splashed down on January 15, 2026 near San Diego. Their return was about four weeks earlier …

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Space News and Johns Hopkins University will hold the next in their Discovery Series events on January 21, 2026 from 6:00-7:30 pm ET (followed by a reception) at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center Theater, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The topic is "Space Force 2040 and The Future Fight." Speakers are: Gen. Shawn N. Bratton — …

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