The 2024 World Space Business Week conference will take place September 16-20, 2024 at The Westin Paris-Vendôme, Paris, FR. More information is on the event's website. The event includes: Summit for Satellite Financing Summit on Earth Observation Business The Space Defense &  Security Summit is taking place in conjunction with WSBW, but at a different …

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The FAA's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) will meet on September 16, 2024 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm ET. The Federal Register notice, reproduced below, says information on how the public can virtually access the meeting will be posted on COMSTAC's website in due course. The location where the committee members are meeting was not …

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The 25th Lunar Surface Science Workshop, LSSW25, will take place virtually from September 17-18, 2024.  The topic is "Plume-Surface Interactions." More information is on the event's website, but the agenda was not posted as of September 8.  

The Space Defense &  Security Summit will take place at the Automobile Club de France, Paris, FR from September 17-18, 2024 in conjunction with World Satellite Business Week. More information is on the event's website.

ESA and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold the SPAICE 2024 conference at ESA's European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) located at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in the UK from September 17-19, 2024. More information is on the event's website, which says: "The first edition of a unified conference on …

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The 2024 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS, will take place from September 17-20, 2024 at the Wailea Beach Resort Marriott on the island of Maui, Hawaii. A virtual option is available. More information is on the event's website. The AMOS conference is preceded by emer-gen, a joint initiative of the AMOS …

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Update, September 17:  the weblink on the agenda and in the Federal Register notice is wrong.  This is the correct link: https://nasaevents.webex.com/nasaevents/j.php?MTID=mc8b73af5d73b0144bb89561771a2c486   Update, September 16:  The agenda is finally posted. Original Entry: The Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) will meet on September 17, 2024 from 9:30 am …

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold a webinar on September 17, 2024 from 10:00-11:00 am ET to discuss "What Are the Impacts of GPS Jamming and Spoofing on Civilians?" Speakers are: Lisa Dyer, Executive Director, GPS Innovation Alliance David Turner, Senior Professional Staff Member for Space & Science, Senate Commerce, Science, …

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory will hold a news conference on September 17, 2024 at 11:00 am ET (8:00 am local time) to discuss the Europa Clipper mission, which was just approved for launch next month. The news conference will air live on NASA+ and the agency’s website, plus Facebook, X, and YouTube. Participants are: Gina DiBraccio, acting director, Planetary Science Division, …

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold a webinar on September 18, 2024 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET to discuss "Commercial Space and National Security: Integration and Institutional Change." More information is on the event's website, which says: "Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project on Wednesday, September 18, at 2:00 PM EDT, …

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House Speaker Mike Johnson will preside over a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on September 18, 2024 at 3:00 pm ET. Among the honorees are four black women who were instrumental in the early day of the space program as computers (people who made mathematical computations before the era …

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The Appalachian Space Technology & Research Advancement Conference (ASTRA-Con) will take place September 19-21, 2024 at Morehead State University's Space Science Center, Morehead, Kentucky. More information is on the event's website, which says: "The Appalachian Space Technology & Research Advancement (ASTRA) Conference features academic presentations from Academic and Industry Leaders, undergraduate and graduate students, panels, …

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is conducting a study for NASA on "Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars." On September 19, 2024 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET, the study committee will hold a virtual town hall meeting over Zoom where members of the community can learn about the study and speak …

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JPL will give a presentation in advance of the launch of the Europa Clipper mission on "Europa and Beyond: A Deep Dive into Oceans Worlds in Our Solar System."  It will take place on September 19, 2024 at 8:00 pm ET.  The post on X doesn't make clear whether it is in-person, virtual, or both. …

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The Foresight Institute will hold the 2024 Foresight  Space Futures & Governance Conference at the Chabot Space Center in Oakland, CA from September 20-21, 2024. The meeting is 9:30 am-5:00 pm PACIFIC Time each day. More information is on the event's website, which says: "Recently accelerating progress on space science and technologies has opened up …

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NASA's Planetary Science Advisory Committee will meet virtually on September 20, 2024 from 12:00-3:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice which is reproduced below. ASA Planetary Science Advisory Committee; Meeting AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as …

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The crew of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-9 mission, Nick Hague (NASA) and Aleksandr Gorbunov (Roscosmos), will arrive at Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2024 at 1:30 pm ET in preparation for their launch to the ISS on September 26. The event will air on NASA+. Only two crew members are on this liftoff because the …

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko will turn over command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut  Suni Williams in a change-of-command ceremony at 10:15 am ET on September 22, 2024.   At that time Expedition 71 will end and Expedition 72 will begin. The event will air on NASA+. Kononenko is returning to Earth on Monday …

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Update, September 23: The landing time has been refined to 7:59 am ET instead of 8:00 am ET. Original Entry: Soyuz MS-25 will return from the International Space Station on September 23, 2024, landing on the steppes of Kazakshtan at 8:00 am ET. Aboard the spacecraft will be Roscosmos cosmonauts Olen Kononenko and Nikolai Chub …

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Space Canada will hold its 3rd annual SpaceBound Conference 2024 from September 23-25, 2024 at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario. More information is on the event's website, which says: "The three-day event will be held in Ottawa from September 23-25, 2024. "Space Canada’s Parliamentary Reception will open the event on September 23rd …

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