NASA will hold a virtual panel discussion on October 14, 2020 from 2:00-4:45 pm Central Time (3:00-5:45 pm Eastern) as part of its Destination Station series. Entitled International Destination Station 2020, participants are: NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who spent 11 months on the ISS, a record for all women astronauts and the second longest for …

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The Aerospace Corporation and the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space-ISAC) will hold a virtual summit on the Value of Space on October 15-16, 2020. More information is on the event's website.

The Policy Studies Organization will hold a two-day virtual conference from October 15-16, 2020.  The meeting on October 15 is 8:45 am - 5:40 pm ET and on October 16 is 9:45 am - 4:35 pm ET. The topic is "Space Education and Strategic Applications." The conference covers a broad range of civil, commercial, and …

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The Mars Society will hold its 2020 International Mars Society Convention virtually from October 15-18, 2020. The tentative agenda and other information is posted on the event's website.

The FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) has been working on modernizing the regulations that govern the commercial space launch and reentry business since 2018. On October 15, 2020 at 11:00 am ET, it will hold a webinar to discuss the "Streamlined Launch and Reentry License Requirements" (SLRLR) final rule. Participants are: Secretary of …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next Space Policy Show webinar on October 15, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET.  The topic is "Debating the Weaponization of Space."  Participants are Robin Dickey and Michael (Mick) Gleason from the Aerospace Corp. More information is on the event's website.    

NOTE:  The morning session was hacked, so a new Zoom link was issued for the afternoon session.  It is: https://nasem.zoom.us/j/96574591886?pwd=S0VRRXl5WVcrZUk4TjVIUTAwY2hVdz09   The Steering Committee for the 2023-2032 Decadal Survey for Planetary Science and Astrobiology will meet virtually on October 16, 2020 from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm ET. Some sessions are open and some are …

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Aviation Week Network will hold a webinar on October 16, 2020 at 10:00 am ET on "Finding Opportunity in the Space Sector." Participants are: Bill Gattle, President of Space Systems at L3Harris Technologies Greg Konrad, Equity Analyst at Jeffries & Co. Carey Smith, President and COO at Parsons Michael Bruno, Senior Business Editor Aviation Week …

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NASA and its U.S. and European partners on the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean altimetry satellite mission will hold a virtual briefing on October 16, 2020 at 10:00 am ET (7:00 am Pacific).  The satellite is named after Michael Freilich who headed NASA's earth science program for many years and passed away earlier this year. The …

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The Space Transportation Association (STA) will hold a virtual meeting on October 16, 2020 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET to get a briefing from NASA's Jeff Grossman, Program Scientist for the OSIRIS-REx mission. OSIRIS-REx is NASA's first asteroid sample return mission. On October 20, the robotic spacecraft will make its first attempt to grab a sample …

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The Oceans Worlds and Dwarf Planets Panel of the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet virtually on October 16, 2020 from 3:00-5:00 pm ET. Some sessions are open and some are closed.  As of October 11, the only open session is at 4:00 pm …

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The Committee on Solar and Space Physics of the Space Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet virtually October 19-20, 2020. Some sessions are open and some are closed. More information is on the event's website.

SMi will hold its Military PNT Conference virtually from October 19-20, 2020.  More information is on the event's website.

NASA's Astrophysics Advisory Committee will meet virtually October 19-21, 2020. The meetings are 11:00 am - 5:00 pm ET Monday and Tuesday, and 11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET on Wednesday. The agenda now is posted.  Instructions are how to listen are at the bottom of that agenda. More information, including how to listen to …

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SpaceCom, the Global Commercial Space Conference and Exposition, will take place virtually over eight days: October 19-22 and October 26-29, 2020.  The sessions are 10:00 am - 3:00 pm ET each day. More information and the agenda are on the event's website.      

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Update, October 19: NASA issued a modified press release at 10:37 am ET this morning stating that the 3:00pm ET  briefing will NOT be broadcast on NASA TV.  It is a teleconference only and audio can be heard on NASA Live.  NASA also added a social media Q&A session later this afternoon from 5:00-5:30 pm …

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Lockheed Martin will hold a teleconference on October 20, 2020 at 11:00 am ET to discuss its 3Q2020 financial results. Audio will be webcast on the company's website. Participants are: James Taiclet, president and chief executive officer; Ken Possenriede, executive vice president and chief financial officer; and Greg Gardner, vice president of investor relations

NASA's Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) will meet virtually on October 20, 2020 from 1:00-4:00 pm ET. More information is on the MEPAG meetings website.

Explore Mars Inc. has sent out a Save the Date notice for the panel on "The Moon in 2024/Mars in 2033: Opportunities and Challenges" that was scheduled to take place at the Humans to Mars Summit on August 31.  It was postponed due to technical issues. It has been rescheduled for October 20, 2020 at …

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