The Transportation-HUD (THUD) subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will mark up its FY2023 bill on June 23, 2022 at 4:00 pm ET.  The location is TBD. The bill includes funding for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

The Mitchell Institute will hold its next virtual Schriever Spacepower Forum on June 24, 2022 at 10:00 am ET. The speak is Frank Calvelli "in his debut public speaking event as the new Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration" who will speak on "Delivering on Our Commitments in Space." More …

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NASA will hold a media telecon on June 24, 2022 at 11:00 am ET to discuss next steps for the launch of Artemis I, the uncrewed test flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, following the fourth Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) that took place on June 20.  The first three had to …

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This morning NASA announced that it will hold a media telecon today, June 24, 2022, at 2:00 pm ET, to discuss the Psyche mission. The launch of Psyche, a mission to study an asteroid made of metal, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy already has been delayed from August 1, the beginning of its launch window, …

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SDA Bocconi University's School of Management's Space Economy Evolution (SEE) Lab will hold its annual conference on June 27, 2022 in Milan, Italy from 10:00-13:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST), which is 4:00-7:00 am EDT. The event's website does not mention a virtual option, however. The title is: "Fostering Multidisciplinary Research for the Future of …

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The European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS) and the Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France (3AF) will hold the 9th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences at the Lille Grand Palais in Lille, France from June 27-July 1, 2022. More information is on the event's website.

Update, June 27:  NASA now says it will launch tomorrow, June 28, at 5:55 am ET. Update, June 26:  NASA just announced yet another postponement. It said the next opportunity is Tuesday, June 28, but it is not clear if they are actually targeting that as the launch date.  There are launch opportunities every day …

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Update, June 26: The markup will take place in 1100 Longworth House Office Building and will be webcast on the committee's website. Update, June 9: The committee has updated its markup schedule. Full committee markup of the CJS bill now is on June 28 at 10:00 am ET and it will mark up the Energy-Water …

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The State Department's Bureau of Global Public Affairs will hold a webinar on June 28, 2022 at 10:00 am ET in connection with International Asteroid Day (which is on June 30) on "International Cooperation for Planetary Defense." Speakers include: Jennifer R. Littlejohn, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs …

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(NASA Live)

The United Nations designated June 30 as International Asteroid Day in 2016 in order to "observe each year at the international level the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908, and to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard." The decision was "was made based on a proposal …

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The full House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2023 Transportation-HUD bill, which includes funding for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, on June 30, 2022 at 10:00 am ET in 1100 Longworth House Office Building. The committee will mark up the Labor-HHS bill at the same time. The markup will be webcast on …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinar series on June 30, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is: Legality of Commercial-Military Integration. More information is on the event's website, which says: The integration of commercial space with national security space promises to save money and propel government innovation. …

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(webcast by ULA)

Update, July 2:  For reasons NASA did not explain in its blog post, the roll back did not begin until today at 4:12 am ET. Update, June 30, 8:00 pm ET:  NASA announced a change of plans at the last minute. It is delaying the roll back until tomorrow, July 1, at 6:00 pm ET, …

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Rocket Lab will fire its HyperCurie engine on its Lunar Photon upper stage for the last time and release NASA's CAPSTONE lunar cubesat on July 4, 2022 at about 6:56 UTC (2:56 am EDT). Rocket Lab will webcast the engine burn and spacecraft release on its website. Just one final burn of Lunar Photon's HyperCurie …

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July 4, 2022 is Independence Day in the United States and is a Federal holiday.  Government offices and many businesses will be closed.

The European Space Agency has created a European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce (ECSECO). The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in Vienna, Austria serves as the secretariat for the new organization. On July 4, 2022 from 14:00-16:00 Central European Summer Time (8:00 - 10:00 am EDT), a  hybrid inaugural event will take place in …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinar series on July 7, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET. The guest is Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Commander, Space Operations Command, U.S. Space Force. More information is on the event's website, which says: Space Operations Command (SpOC) was redesignated and transferred to the …

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The America's Future Series will hold the 2022 Space Innovation Summit virtually on July 11-12, 2022. The event's registration website says the event is 8:30 am - 5:00 pm "CST". Presumably they mean CDT, which would be 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Eastern. More information is on this website.