On February 10, 2020, the day the President's FY2021 budget request is to be submitted to Congress, NASA will hold "State of NASA" events at its 10 field centers around the country welcoming social media followers selected from online submissions. The full list of NASA Centers and instructions on how to apply are posted on …

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(NASA events at 1:00 and 5:00 pm ET, DOD at 1:30 ET, AF at 4:00 pm ET, all webcast)

The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) will hold a workshop on the Impact of Lunar Dust on Human Exploration from February 11-13, 2020 at its offices in Houston, TX. Details are on the event's website.

UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Academy in Canberra, Australia will sponsor the Australian Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management Conference from February 11-13, 2020. More information is on the event's website.

(webcast)

(Webcast)

The next happy hour sponsored by SPACE 3.0 will take place on February 11, 2020 at the Admiral, 1 Dupont Circle, NW, Washington,DC from 5:00-7:00 pm ET. The emailed invitation is reproduced below: Time to network and meet colleagues & friends! The space community in the Washington DC area is large and vibrant.  SPACE 3.0 …

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The Air Force Association's (AFA's) Mitchell Institute will host Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, on February 12, 2020 from 9:30-10:30 am ET at AFA's HQ, 1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA.  Kelly will discuss "An Operational Assessment of the U.S. Air Force." More information and a link to register …

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(webcast)

(webcast)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will hold its 2020 annual meeting in Seattle, WA from February 13-16, 2020.  The theme this year is "Envisioning Tomorrow's Earth." More information is on the event's website.

UPDATE, February 15, 2020:  The launch today went off without a hitch.  Cgyusnus will arrive at the ISS on Tuesday, February 18. UPDATE, February 14, 2020:  The launch was scrubbed again, this time due to upper level winds.  They will try again tomorrow, Feb. 15, at 3:21 pm ET. UPDATE, February 11, 2020:  The launch …

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February 17, 2020 is a federal holiday, Washington's Birthday as designated by the Office of Personnel Management (others call it Presidents' Day in recognition of both President Abraham Lincoln's birthday on February 12 and President George Washington's birthday on February 22).  Federal offices and most businesses are closed.

(NASA TV begins 2:30 am ET)

The Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) will hold its next luncheon on February 18, 2020 at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm ET.  The speaker is Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate. More information is on the MSBR website.

The South Australian Space Industry Centre will hold the 9th Australian Space Forum at the Adelaide Convention Center in Adelaide, Australia on February 19, 2020. More information is on the event's website.

The University of Texas at Austin and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold a Space Traffic Management conference in Austin, TX from February 19-20, 2020. More information is on the IAA website. The event will be livestreamed.

Space Advocates, a non-partisan congressional staff association, will hold its next briefing on February 19, 2020 from 10:00-11:00 am ET in 2325 Rayburn House Office Building. Scientists from Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory and the National Solar Observatory will discuss space weather, the interactions between the Sun and the Earth. More information is in …

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(invitation only)

(NASA TV/NASA Live)