Politico will hold its 2025 Security Summit on May 15, 2025 from 8:00 am-12:30 pm ET at Capital Turnaround, 700 M St., S.E., Washington, DC.  A government-issued ID is required to attend. A virtual option is available. Space-related speakers include U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman and former NASA Administrator …

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The Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on May 15, 2025 in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building at 10:00 am ET.  It will be livestreamed on the committee's website. The topic is: From Detection to Deflection: Evaluating NASA's Planetary Defense Strategy. Witnesses are: Dr. Nicola …

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The Mitchell Institute will holds its next Shriever Spacepower Series webinar on May 15, 2025 at 10:00 am ET.  The speaker is U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for  Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements. More information is on the event's website, which says: Join Mitchell Institute’s Schriever Spacepower Series …

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Virgin Galactic will hold their first quarter 2025 financial results telecon on May 15, 2026 at 2:00 pm PACIFIC Time (5:00 pm Eastern). More information is on the event's website.  

The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to the legendary former NASA flight director "failure is not an option" Gene Kranz on May 15, 2025 at Space Center Houston, in Houston, TX, from 5:30-8:30 pm CENTRAL Time. More information is on the AAS website, which says: Join AAS to award Gene …

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The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) will hold its 2025 GEOINT conference from May 18-21, 2025 at America's Center Convention Complex, St. Louis, MO. The theme this year is: "Building a Secure Tomorrow Together." More information is on the event's website.  

Luxembourg Space Resources Week 2025 will take place at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg.  The main session only will be livestreamed this year. More information is on the event's website, which says: Since its inauguration in 2018, Space Resources Week has become the event of reference for the space resources community.  Space Resources Week …

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The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) will hold the Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadership with the 6 service chiefs on May 19, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET. The event's website does not indicate if it is in-person or virtual, but previous events in this series have been virtual.  Check the …

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The 2025 spring meeting of the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) will take place at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD from May 20-22, 2025. A virtual option is available. More information is on the event's website.

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold its annual Department of the Air Force posture review on May 20, 2025 at 9:30 am ET in SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building.  The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. The Department of the Air Force comprises two military services: the U.S. Air Force and …

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Axiom Space and NASA will hold a mission overview telecon for the Axiom-4 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station on May 20, 2025 at 10:3o am ET. Ax-4's launch date has slipped from May 29 to June 8. NASA's press release suggests it is open only to media, who must register by noon …

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Georgetown Law and the American Society of International Law (ASIL) will hold a conference on May 21, 2025 from 8:30 am-6:00 pm ET at ASIL's headquarters at Tillar House, 2223 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The topic is: "Security in Outer Space: Woomera Maural, Military Operations & Emerging Issues." The agenda is posted. More information …

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The Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) will hold its next luncheon on May 21, 2025 at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD. Speakers are Elena Adams, Dragonfly Lander Systems Engineer, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, and Melissa Trainer, Dragonfly Principal Investigator, Goddard Space Flight Center. More information is on the event's website.      

GSOA and NOVASPACE will hold a webinar on May 22, 2025 at 3:00 pm British Summer Time (10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time) on "Navigating the New Frontier: The Space Economy's Next Wave of Growth and Opportunity." More information is on the event's website, which says: The global space economy is entering a dynamic new phase, …

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold its May Open Meeting on May 22, 2025 from 10:30 am-12:30 pm ET at its offices at 45 L St., N.E., Washington, DC. The meeting will be livestreamed. One of the items on the agenda is: Opening Up Spectrum for Satellite Broadband. More information is on the event's …

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U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting will participate in a Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs hybrid event on May 22, 2025 at 5:00 pm CENTRAL Time (6:00 pm Eastern). The in-person event is at Prudential Plaza, 130 E. Randolph St., Suite 1650, Chicago, IL.  It will be livestreamed on YouTube. Gen. Whiting will …

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Update, May 22, 1:50 pm ET:  They've rescheduled it for tomorrow, May 23, with undocking at 12:05 pm ET and NASA coverage beginning at 11:45 am ET (same as before). NASA statement: NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 12:05 p.m. EDT Friday, May 23, for the undocking of company’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission from the …

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On May 25, 1961, three weeks after Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space on a suborbital mission, President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress and called on the nation to commit itself to the goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth “before this decade is …

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The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will hold the 18th International Conference on Space Operations, SpaceOps 2025, from May 26-30, 2025 at the Palais de Congrès in Montreal, Canada. The theme is: Toward Space Sustainability. The agenda is posted. More information is on the event's website.

May 26, 2025 is a U.S. Federal holiday in observance of Memorial Day. Government offices will be closed. Memorial Day honors those who died in battle or from injuries suffered during battle, as compared with Veterans Day on November 11, which honors all who served in the military, whether they served in peace or wartime …

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