Update, November 24, 8:45 am ET:  The post-Ministerial Council briefing that precedes this was delayed again to 8:45 am ET, but it is that time now and it hasn't started, so stay tuned. When they're ready, that briefing and this one will be at this site. Update, November 23, 7:30 am ET:  The ESA TV …

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November 24, 2022 is a Federal holiday in the United States, Thanksgiving Day. Federal offices and most businesses will be closed.

NASA will provide coverage of Orion's insertion burn into a Distant Retrograde Orbit around the Moon as part of the Artemis I mission on November 25, 2022 beginning at 4:30 pm ET. The burn will occur at 4:52 pm ET. It will remain in that orbit for six days before beginning its return to Earth. …

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The British Interplanetary Society (BIS) will hold the 19th Reinventing Space conference from November 28-29, 2022 at the Aerospace Bristol Museum and Conference Centre, in Bristol, U.K., with the Gala Dinner and Sir Arthur Clarke Awards taking place on 29th November 2022. More information is on the event's website.

NASA will provide an update on the Orion spacecraft as part of the Artemis I mission on November 28, 2022 from Johnson Space Center at 5:00 pm ET.  It will air on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app. Orion entered Distant Retrograde Orbit around the Moon on November 25. It will remain there until December …

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The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Forum webinar on November 29, 2022 at 10:00 am ET. The guest is Gen. James Dickinson, Commander of U.S. Space Command. More information is on the event's website.

Update, November 27, 9:00 pm ET:  China has finally officially announced the launch is on Tuesday at 11:08 pm Beijing Time, which is 10:08 am EST. China usually provides live coverage of human spaceflight launches on CGTN. The three crew members are Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu. Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming …

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The Global Network on Sustainability in Space (GNOSIS) will hold its 2022 Annual Conference from November 30-December 1, 2022 in a hybrid format. The in-person venue is the University of Warwick Radcliffe Conference Centre, Warwick Campus Coventry CV4 7AL U.K. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. Registration is free. Note that …

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The Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council will meet at NASA HQ in Washington, DC on November 30, 2022 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET, although public participation is virtual only. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as …

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The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Aerospace Nation webinar on November 30, 2022 at 10:00 am ET. The guest is Lauren Knausenberger, Chief Information Office of the Department of the Air Force, which includes the Air Force and the Space Force. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website, which says: The …

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Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron at NASA HQ in Washington DC on November 30, 2022 at 10:10 am ET to discuss U.S.-French space cooperation. Macron is in Washington for a state visit. The meeting is on the Vice President's schedule, but there is no indication that it will be …

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NASA will hold a briefing from Johnson Space Center on November 30, 2022 at 5:00 pm ET to preview the departure burn for the Orion spacecraft to leave Distant Retrograde Orbit around the Moonm and preparations for Orion's return to Earth (splashdown will be on December 11). Further briefing details are TBD as of November …

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The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet virtually from December 1-2, 2022. The agenda was not posted as of November 26, but the event's website says some sessions will be open and some will be closed.

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The Space Transportation Association (STA) will host a luncheon on December 1, 2022 from 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET with Dr. Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA) at the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street, S.E., Washington DC. Aschbacher will share the results of the ESA Ministerial Council meeting on November 22-23 …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next Space Policy Show webinar on December 1, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Buy What We Can, Build What We Must." More information and registration instructions are on the event's website, which says: "The integration of commercial space activities into government systems is not new, but …

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NASA TV will provide live coverage of Orion's engine burn to depart its Distant Retrograde Orbit around the Moon on December 1, 2022 at 4:30 pm ET. Further details are TBD as of November 21.

The International Space University (ISU) US Alumni Association DC Metro Area will hold a Space Cafe on December 1, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 pm ET at Hogan Lovells, 555 13th St., NW, Washington, DC. The discussion will focus on space finance with speakers Alexis Sáinz and Kevin Clayton. More information is on the event's website.