The Space Law Interest Group and Latin America Interest Group of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) will hold a webinar on May 19, 2021 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET as part of their World Speaks Space series. This edition will focus on Latin America. Speakers are: Carlos Bello, Partner, Bello, Gallardo, Bonequie Y Garcia …

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NASA's Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute will hold a webinar on May 19, 2021 from 10:00-11:00 am Pacific Time (1:00-2:00 pm ET) as part of a series on "Mission Accomplished" small satellite missions. Thomas Woods of the University of Colorado Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) will discuss the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer …

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The Space Foundation will hold the next in its Space Symposium 365 webinar series on May 19, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is: The Space Beat: Today's Space Reporters Speak. Participants are: More information is on the event's website.

The Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on NASA's FY2022 budget request on May 19, 2021 at 2:00 pm ET.  The hearing will take place virtually.  Watch on the committee's website. The witness is NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. President Biden has not yet sent his complete budget request to …

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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a nomination hearing on May 20, 2021 in 216 Hart Senate Office Building at 10:15 am ET.  Among the nominees to be considered are: Pam Melroy to be Deputy Administrator of NASA Rick Spinrad to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinar series on May 20, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Challenges of the U.S. Space Industrial Base." More information is on the event's website, which says: Securing the supply chains for space is critical to the space enterprise. The space …

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The Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) will hold a webinar on May 20, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET on the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD) program managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The event will be livestreamed on Goddard's Ustream channel. More information is on the event's website.

The Space Transportation Association will hold a webinar with Vanessa Wyche, Acting Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, on May 20, 2021 from 3:00-4:00 pm ET. The emailed announcement with a link to register is reproduced below. Dear STA Colleagues: Please join us for a STA virtual meeting with Vanessa E. Wyche, Acting Director, Johnson …

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The United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs will hold three days of webinars to discuss "Facilitating Multilateral Dialogues on the Development of Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviour in Outer Space." They will take place from 9:00-11:00 ET each day on May 17, May 19, …

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The Space Studies Board (SSB) and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet individually and jointly May 24-27, 2021.  The meetings are virtual. ASEB meets May 24.  May 25 is a joint meeting of both boards.  SSB meets May 26-27. More information is on …

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The Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will hold a virtual hearing on May 24, 2021 at 11:00 am ET on "FY22 Priorities for National Security Space Programs." Witnesses are: Mr. John Hill, Performing the Duties of (PTDO) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, DOD Gen David Thompson, Vice Chief of …

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The Space Force Association will hold its next virtual Space Warfighter Talk (SWT) on May 24, 2021 from 1:00-1:45 pm ET. The speaker is Col. Jennifer Krolikowski, Program Director for Kobayashi Maru, the Space Command and Control (C2) program. More information is on the event's website.

Explore Mars will hold the Mars Innovation Forum for May 25-27, 2021.  It will take place virtually. More information is on the event's website, which says: Explore Mars, Inc. is pleased to announce the first Mars Innovation Forum (Mars-IF), which is scheduled for May 25-27, 2021. This virtual conference will examine the many innovations that …

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The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) will hold a two-day virtual conference on May 25-26, 2021 on "Nuclear Risk: Across Technologies and Domains."  The meeting is 14:00-16:20 Central European Summer Time each day (8:00-10:40 am EDT). The second session on May 25 is a panel discussion on "Space and Nuclear Weapons Systems."  No …

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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on May 25, 2021 in G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 9:30 am ET to consider the nominations of three individuals for positions at DOD, including of Frank Kendall III to be Secretary of the Air Force. The nominees are the witnesses: Susanna Blume to …

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The Space Foundation will hold the next its in Space Symposium 365 webinar series on May 25, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Into the Future: Climate Services, NOAA Satellites and the Commercial Sector," featuring Steve Volz, NOAA Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services (NESDIS). More information is on the event's website.

The US China Series will hold a webinar on May 25, 2021 at 2:00 pm Mountain Time (4:00 pm ET) on "Space and the 14th Five-Year Plan." Speakers are: Ian Christensen, Secure World Foundation Rob Ronci, Caelus Foundation More information is on the event's website, which says: The 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic …

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The 14th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Decadal Survey on Planetary Science and Astrobiology of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will take place virtually from May 26-27, 2021. Some sessions are open and some are closed. The agenda as of May 21 shows open sessions only on May 27 from …

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The Space Force Association will hold a webinar on May 26, 2021 at 7:30 am Mountain Daylight Time (9:30 am Eastern) with a discussion with representatives of the Atlantic Council, which recently published the report "The Future of Security in Space: A Thirty-Year U.S. Strategy." Participants are: Gen. James E. Cartwright (Ret.) Lt. Col. Chris …

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