Space News and Johns Hopkins University will hold the next in their Discovery Series events on January 21, 2026 from 6:00-7:30 pm ET (followed by a reception) at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center Theater, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The topic is "Space Force 2040 and The Future Fight." Speakers are: Gen. Shawn N. Bratton — …

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Update, January 20:  NASA just released details about their plans. Original Entry: NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance to honor fallen astronauts is traditionally held on the fourth Thursday of January. That falls on January 22 in 2026, earlier than usual. Commemorations are held at Arlington National Cemetary, several NASA centers, and in partnership with the …

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Mary Guenther, Head of Space Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), will hold a fireside chat with Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee, on January 22, 2026 from 8:45-10:00 am ET in the Gold Room (2168) of the Rayburn House Office Building. It is part of the …

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Blue Origin will launch its next suborbital New Shepard passenger flight, NS-38, on January 22, 2026 from its launch site in West Texas. The launch window opens at 8:30 am CENTRAL Time (9:30 am Eastern).  The event will be livestreamed on the company's website beginning 30 minutes before liftoff. The six passengers for the approximately …

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The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) will hold a Leadership Dinner on January 22, 2026 with Gen. Shawn Bratton, Vice Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force.  The dinner takes place from 5:30-9:30 pm ET at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, VA. More information is on the event's website.

The 106th annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) will take place January 25-29, 2026 in Houston, TX. More information is on the event's website.

Novaspace's Middle-East Space Conference will take place January 26-28, 2026 at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, Muscat, Sultanate Oman. More information is on the event's website, which says:

Update, January 24:  ESA lists the following events as being livestreamed on ESA TV 2. Times are shown in Central European Time (CET), subtract 6 hours for Eastern Standard Time. Livestreamed events: The following events will be accessible live on Two – ESA Web TV (all times CET) Tuesday 27 January 2026 9.20 Keynote address by ESA …

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Commercial Space Week will take place January 27-30, 2026 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.  It includes: GSA Spaceport Summit (January 27) SpaceCom|Space Congress (January 28-30) Space Mobility Conference & Expo (January 28-30) More information is on the event's website.

Northrop Grumman will hold its fourth quarter 2025 and full year 2025 financial results telecon on January 27, 2026 at 9:30 am ET. Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.

Boeing will hold its fourth quarter 2025 financial results telecon on January 27, 2026 at 10:30 am ET. Audio will be livestreamed on the company's investors website.

SpaceCom|Space Congress will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL as part of Commercial Space Week from January 28-30, 2026.  Commercial Space Week also includes the Space Mobility Conference (January 28-30) and GSA Spaceport Summit (January 27). More information about SpaceCom|Space Congress is on the event's website. An emailed Save the …

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The NSF-NASA-DOE Interagency Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) will meet in a hybrid format from January 29-30, 2026. The in-person meeting is at The Westin Alexandria, 400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting …

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The Secure World Foundation (SWF) and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will co-host the "first workshop on Stability at the Space-Nuclear Nexus" on January 29, 2026 at the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC. The in-person event is invitation-only. More information is on the SWF's website, which says: Secure World Foundation and …

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Lockheed Martin will hold its 4th quarter and full year 2025 earning results webcast on January 29, 2026 at 8:30 am ET. Audio of the briefing will be available on the company's website.

NASA will hold two pre-launch briefings for Crew-12, which is getting ready to launch to the International Space Station. The launch was scheduled for February 15, but NASA is working to advance the date because Crew-11 had to return early and only one U.S. astronaut, Chris Williams, is currently aboard the ISS. The two briefings …

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Update, February 1: The WDR takes place over almost 49 hours and began at 8:13 pm ET on January 31. The timeline is posted on NASA's website and a 24/7 livestream is underway. The simulated launch window itself opens at 9:00 pm ET on February 2 and continues through about 1:00 am February 3. Update, …

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The 63nd session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) will take place at the Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria from February 2-13, 2026.  Portions will be livestreamed. More information is on the COPUOUS website.  A number of side events are also posted there.

Update, January 29:  The SSB tells SpacePolicyOnline that this meeting has been postponed until April or May. Details will be provided in due course. Update, January 24: The SSB website no longer lists this meeting. If we get additional information, we'll post it here. Original Entry: The Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP) of the National …

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UPDATED The Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold a meeting on February 3, 2026 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm ET on "The Next National Academies Decadal Survey in Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Dialogue with Private Sector Leaders and End-Users." The …

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