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SLS CORE STAGE HOT FIRE TEST, Jan 16, 2021, Stennis Space Center, MS, 4:00 pm ET (NASA TV begins 3:20 pm ET)
Update, January 16, 2:45 pm ET: NASA has issued an update saying the test is running an hour ahead of schedule and NASA TV now will start at 3:20 pm ET instead of 4:20 pm ET. So it's back to what Stennis originally tweeted yesterday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Currently running up to an hour ahead of schedule …
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January 18, 2021 (Federal Holiday)
January 18, 2021 is Martin Luther King Day and is a Federal holiday in the United States. Government offices and some businesses will be closed.
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AIAA SCITECH FORUM (SECOND WEEK), Jan 19-21, 2021, virtual
Update: this meeting now will take place virtually on January 11-15 and January 19-21, 2021 because of COVID-19. Original entry: AIAA's 2021 Science and Technology (SciTech) Forum will take place at Music City Center, Nashville, TN on January 11-15, 2021. More information is on the event's website.
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SENATE INTELLIGENCE CMTE NOMINATION HRG FOR AVRIL HAINES TO BE DNI, Jan 19, 2021, DC, 10:00 am ET
The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing in open session on January 19, 2021 at 10:00 am ET in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building on the expected nomination of Avril Haines to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in the Biden Administration. The DNI oversees the 18-member Intelligence Community (IC), which includes the National …
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SASC HEARING ON NOMINATION OF LLOYD AUSTIN III (RET.) TO BE SECDEF, Jan 19, 2021, DC, 3:00 pm ET
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on January 19, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET in G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building on President-elect Joe Biden's choice of Gen. Lloyd Austin III (Ret.) to be his Secretary of Defense (SecDef). Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be inaugurated the next day, January …
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NASA MEDIA TELECON ON SLS HOT FIRE TEST ANOMALY UPDATE, Jan 19, 2021, virtual, 5:30 pm ET
NASA will hold a media telecon on January 19, 2021 at 5:30 pm ET to discuss the anomaly that occurred during the Space Launch System hot fire test at Stennis Space Center on January 16. The test ended about 67.2 seconds instead of 485 seconds. Audio of the telecon will air on NASA Live. Participants …
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LUNAR SURFACE SCIENCE WORKSHOP VIRTUAL SESSION 7: SPACE BIOLOGY, Jan 20-21, 2021, virtual
The Lunar Surface Science Workshop will hold its next virtual session on January 20-21, 2021. The topic is Space Biology. More information is on the event's website.
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January 20, 2021 (Federal Holiday in D.C. Area)
January 20, 2021, Inauguration Day, is a Federal holiday in the "Inauguration Day area" in and around Washington, D.C. The Office of Personnel Management memo explaining the holiday identifies the affected jurisdictions, which are set in law, as follows: Inauguration Day falls on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, and it is established by statute as a …
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RADIATION HARDNESS DRIVERS FOR MISSION SUCCESS–WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED, Jan 20, 2021, virtual, 1:00-2:00 pm ET (10:00-11:00 am PT)
NASA's Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute will hold the next in its "Community of Practice Webinar Series" on January 20, 2021 from 10:00-11:00 am Pacific Time (1:00-2:00 pm ET). The topic is "Radiation Hardness Drivers for Mission Success --What Have We Learned?" The speaker is Michael Campola from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. More information …
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HASC HEARING ON WAIVER TO ALLOW GEN. LLOYD AUSTIN III (RET.) TO SERVE AS SECDEF
Update, January 19: Defense News reports that the public hearing has been cancelled and replaced by a closed door meeting because all the members of the committee will not have been named by the time it was supposed to take place. The House will vote on the waiver on Thursday, it says. Update, January 17: …
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SENATE COMMERCE HRG ON NOMINATION OF PETE BUTTIGIEG TO BE SECTRANS, Jan 21, 2021, DC/virtual, 10:00 am ET
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on January 21, 2021 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate office Building and virtually on the nomination of Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of Transporation. The FAA and its Office of Commercial Space Transportation are part of the Department of Transportation. The …
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NASA VIRTUAL TOWN HALL PLANETARY SCIENCE R&A, Jan 21, 2021, virtual, 1:00 pm ET
NASA's Planetary Science Division will hold a virtual Town Hall meeting on January 21, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss "the rollout plan for the elimination of due dates for seven R&A programs (SSO, SSW, EW, PICASSO, PDART, LARS, and Exobiology). These programs will be run under a new No Due Date (NoDD) model, …
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POSITIONING US COMPANIES TO COMPETE IN THE ECONOMIC GREAT GAME OF SPACE, Jan 21, 2021, virtual, 1:30-3:00 pm ET
NewSpace New Mexico will hold the next in its series of webinar on January 21, 2021 from 1:30-3:00 pm ET. The topic is "Positioning US Companies to Compete in the Economic Great Game of Space." More information is on the organization's website.
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PLANETARY SCIENCE AND ASTROBIOLOGY DECADAL SURVERY STEERING CMTE (Natl Acad), Jan 22, 2021, virtual
The Steering Committee of the National Academies' Decadal Survey on Planetary Science and Astrobiology will meet virtually on January 22, 2021. Some sessions are open and some are closed. The open sessions are 12:00-2:00 pm ET. More information and the agenda are on the committee's website.
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NASA BFG ON UPCOMING SPACEWALKS, Jan 22, 2021, JSC, 3:00 pm ET
NASA will hold a media telecon on January 22, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET from Johnson Space Center, TX. It will air on NASA TV and NASA Live. Spacewalks are scheduled for January 27 and February 1, both by NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover. Two more are planned soon thereafter, but the dates …
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NASA SCIENCE COMMUNITY TOWN HALL, Jan 25, 2021, virtual, 2:00 pm ET
NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will hold a community town hall meeting on January 25, 2021 at 2:00 pm ET to provide updates on SMD's activities, budget status and other topics. More information from the press release is as follows: Members of the science community, academia, media, and public are invited to participate by joining at: …
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IAF/ISRAELI SPACE AGENCY SPECIAL EVENT, Jan 26, 2021, virtual, 5:30 am ET
As part of Israel's Space Week, the International Astronautical Federation and the Israel Space Agency will hold a special event on January 26, 2021 from 12:30-13:45 local time in Israel (GMT+2), which is 5:30-6:45 am Eastern Standard Time. More information is on the event's website.
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INTERAGENCY ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS ADVISORY CMTE (AAAC), Jan 26-27, 2021, virtual
The NSF-NASA-DOE Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) will meet virtually on January 26-27, 2021. The meeting on January 26 is 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET and on January 27 is 9:00 am - 12:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. Instructions for how to listen …
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NASA SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG), Jan 26-27, 2021, virtual
NASA's Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will meet virtually January 26-27, 2021. More information is on the event's website.
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7th ANNUAL IAA SPACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Jan 26-27, 2021, virtual
Update, January 24: A preliminary agenda is posted. It is from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm CENTRAL TIME. Note that all times are in Central Time (add one for Eastern). Original Entry: The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold its 7th annual Space Traffic Management conference virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will …
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