The 2023 Ohio Space Forum will take place at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown, Cleveland, OH, from May 22-24, 2023. More information is on the event's website. May 22 is an evening reception and May 24 is for tours of NASA's Glenn Research Center.  Sessions are on May 23. The website does not indicate if there …

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The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will hold its 12th Conference on May 22-25, 2023 in Osaka, Japan.  The theme is "Making Space Travel Safer." More information is on the event's website.  

Update, May 21:  The website now says this event is virtual only. Original Entry: The Hudson Institute will hold an in-person event on May 22, 2023 from 10:00-11:00 am ET at its offices in Washington, D.C.  More information is on the event's website, where the meeting also will be livestreamed. The topic is "Running Out of …

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Update, May 21: Note that one must register in advance to participate in the webinar and answer several questions. Speakers are: Jim Free, NASA associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Catherine Koerner, deputy associate administrator for ESDMD, and Nujoud Merancy, architecture lead. Original Entry: NASA will hold a webinar on May …

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LATSAT, a gathering of Latin America's space industry leaders, will take place May 23-24, 2023 at Centro Cultural Kirchner-Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference is organized by Euroconsult in collaboration with ARSAT and the Government of Argentina. More information is on the event's website.

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the Norwegian Space Agency will hold the Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC) in Oslo, Norway, from May 23-25, 2023. More information is on the IAF website. The IAF says that "plenaries, GNFs as well as the opening and closing ceremonies" will be livestreamed. We are pleased to …

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The Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) will hold a luncheon on May 23, 2023 from 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD. The speaker is Makenzie Lystrup, recently appointed at the new Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. More information is on the MSBR website.

Russia will launch its next cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, Progress MS-23, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 24, 2023 at 8:56 am ET. NASA TV launch coverage begins at 8:30 am ET. Docking is scheduled for 12:20 pm ET the same day. NASA TV docking coverage begins 11:30 am ET. …

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The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Forum webinar on May 24, 2023 at 10:00 am ET. The guest is Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Command of the U.S. Space Force's Space Operations Command. More information is on the event's website. Advance registration is required.

The Beyond Earth Institute will hold a webinar on May 24, 2023 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET on "Human Spaceflight Safety in Concept & Practice: Which Way Forward?" Participants are: Courtney Stadd, Vice President, Beyond Earth Institute (moderator) Jim Muncy, Principal, PoliSpace Caryn Schenewerk, President, CS Consulting George Nield, President, Commercial Space Technologies, LLC Bruce McClintock, …

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The National Space Society will hold the 2023 International Space Development Conference (ISDC 2023) at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Dallas-Frisco, TX from May 25-28, 2023. More information is on the event's website.

Rohde & Schwarz will hold a webinar on May 25, 2023 from 15:00-17:10 Central European Summer Time (9:00-11:10 am EDT).  "Satellite Industry Days -- Part 4" will discuss "the newest developments in the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnection & Security by Satellite (IRIS2) project: the European Commission’s quest for reliable, secure satellite communications." More information is …

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Update, May 25: The company decided not to livestream this flight. Instead, one must wait for tweets. LIVE UPDATES: VSS Unity and our crew are on target for a rocket powered flight from @Spaceport_NM, New Mexico today. We will not be livestreaming today's spaceflight. Instead, keep up with live updates right here on Twitter. #Unity25 …

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Update, May 21:  The meeting is indeed on May 25, from 11:00 am-5:00 pm ET. More information and the agenda are on the event's website. Original Entry: On March 29, 2023 during Space Science Week at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, NASA officials announced plans to hold the next in its series …

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NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) will hold a virtual public session on May 25, 2023 from 4:00-5:30 pm Central Time (5:00-6:30 pm Eastern) to summarize their private meetings. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. It does not indicate where the actual meeting is taking place. Usually these meetings …

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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold its 2023 International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference from May 28-June 1, 2023 at the Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. More information is on the event's website.

Axiom Space will present a briefing on May 28, 2023 at 10:00 am Central Time (11:00 am ET) about the science experiments being conducted on the International Space Station by the Axiom-2 private astronaut crew members. The four Axiom-2 crew members are on the ISS right now. Axiom tells us this briefing will be with …

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May 29, 2023 is a federal holiday in observance of Memorial Day, which honors those who died in battle or from injuries suffered during battle. Federal government offices will be closed. (By comparison, Veterans Day, on November 11, honors all who served in the military, whether they served in peace or wartime or died in …

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Update, May 28, 9:30 pm ET:  China's Xinhua press agency just confirmed the launch is on May 30, 9:31 am Beijing Time, which is 01:31 UTC on May 30, or 9:31 pm EDT on May 29. The Shenzhou-16 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 9:31 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite …

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The Canadian Space Agency will hold its 2nd Canadian Lunar Workshop from May 30-June 1, 2023. The workshop is virtual. More information is on the event's website, which says: "This workshop provides a forum for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to present the advancements of the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP) and for academia, industry …

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