SpaceX's 28th cargo mission to the International Space Station, SpX-28, will undock at 12:05 pm ET on June 29, 2023. NASA TV coverage of undocking begins at 11:45 am ET.  NASA TV does not cover reentry or splashdown of these SpaceX missions. SpX-28 was launched on June 5, 2023.

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 by the Association …

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Update: The launch time has been refined by 1 minute. It is now 11:12 am ET. Original Entry: The European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid cosmology mission that will search for clues about dark energy and dark matter -- which together comprise 95% of the universe, but otherwise are unknown -- will launch on a SpaceX …

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SpaceTide 2023 will take place from July 4-6, 2023 in Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan and on YouTube. The theme is: "The Rise of the Space Economy." More information is on the event's website, which says: The President of JAXA is one of the speakers. Join us for @SpaceTide_Conf (July 4-6, Tokyo & online)! More than 80 …

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July 4, 2023 is a federal holiday, Independence Day, and federal government offices will be closed. Independence Day celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 that declared the independence of the 13 colonies from Great Britain, creating the United States of America (read the text).

The 2023 European Space Forum will take place July 5-6, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The theme is: "Strength, Security, Resilience -- Protecting Europe's Interests In and Through Space." More information is on the event's website.

Update, July 5: Arianespace is providing live coverage on YouTube. Update, July 4:  The launch has been postponed at least one day due to unfavorable upper level winds. They will try again tomorrow, July 5. The launch window is open 6:00-7:05 pm EDT (7:00-8:05 pm local time in Kourou). Update, June 23: The new launch …

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The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Services webinar on July 6, 2023 at 10:00 am ET.  The guest is Lt. Gen. John Shaw, Deputy Commander of U.S. Space Command. More information is on the event's website.

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold its 8th Interstellar Symposium from July 10-13, 2023, hosted by McGill University, in Montreal, Canada. More information is on the event's website.

The Space Telescope Science Institute will hold the "Science with the Habitable Worlds Observatory and Beyond" conference at its offices at 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, from July 10-14, 2023. More information is on the event's website, which says: The Astro2020 “Pathways to Discovery” report envisions an ambitious, multi-decadal fleet of cooperating New Great …

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The 2023 European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, EAS 2023, will take place in a hybrid format from July 10-14, 2023 at the ICE Krakow Conference Center, Krakow, Poland and online. More information is on the event's website.

NASA's Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will meet in Washington, DC at the University of Arizona Center for Outreach and Collaboration and virtually from July 11-13, 2023. More information is on the SBAG website. The agenda is posted.

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on the nomination of Gen. C. Q. Brown to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on July 11, 2023 at 9:30 am ET in G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building. If confirmed, Brown will succeed Gen. Mark Milley whose term is expiring. Brown currently …

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America's Future Series will hold the virtual 2023 Space Innovation Summit on July 11, 2023 from 9:30 am-4:30 pm ET, followed by an invitation-only in-person reception in Washington, DC where the Gen. John E. Hyten Space Innovation & Leadership Award will be presented to Gen. Jay Raymond (Ret.), the first Chief of Space Operations of …

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The House Rules Committee will meet on July 11, 2023 at 12:00 pm ET in H-313 Capitol to write the rule for floor consideraton of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), H.R. 2670. As of the 4:00 pm ET July 7 deadline, 1,438 amendments had been submitted. The committee will decide which will be …

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The FAA's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) will meet virtually on July 11, 2023 from 1:00-3:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee. DATES: The meeting will take place on July 11, 2023 from …

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NASA will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on July 12 online and July 14 in Baltimore, MD. On July 12, a new Webb image will be released online at 6:00 am ET and at 4:00 pm ET two JWST experts will be interviewed on …

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The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) will hold a hybrid workshop at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab's Kossiakoff Center and on Zoom from July 12-13, 2023 to discuss the need for Earth-based "Lunar Proving Grounds" in preparation for a human return to the Moon. More information is on the event's website, which says: …

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The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) at the Department of Commerce and AIAA will hold a webinar on July 12, 2023 for satellite owners and operators ONLY to discuss the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). More information is on the OSC website, which says: "On July 12, the Office of Space Commerce will host …

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The House plans to take up the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) during the week of July 10, 2023 once the Rules Committee has approved the rule for its consideration. The Rules Committee meets on Tuesday, July 11, so the bill could come up at any time thereafter.