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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UK Space Command will hold the UK Defence Space Conference from Septembeer 24-25, 2024 at IET London and online.  The final day includes a UK Space Command Industry Forum from 1600-1700 local time. More information is on the event's website, which says:    

The Committee on Solar and Space Physics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its fall meeting from September 24-26, 2024 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. The committee's website has had a message for quite some time that more information will be posted closer to the meeting date, but …

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Payload will hold the Space Capitol Forum 2024 on September 24, 2024 from 10:00 am-7:00 pm ET at the Embassy of Australia, 1601 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC. More information is on the event's website, which says (as of September 8): "In some ways, the space industry is only limited by the funding and regulations …

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The Adriatic Aerospace Association will hold the Brijuni Conference on Space Safety from September 25-28, 2024 at Hotel Istra on Brijuni Island, Croatia. More information is on the event's website, which says: "Space must not be the escape route for humans from inhabitable Earth but an upgrade to its civilization "The Brijuni Conferences bring an …

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The Beyond Earth Institute (BEI) will hold a webinar on September 25, 2024 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET on "China and India's Beyond Earth Human Spaceflight Prorrams: A Space Race by Any Other Name?" More information is on the event's website. Participants are: Courtney Stadd (Moderator), Executive Vice President, Beyond Earth Institute Peter Garretson, Senior Fellow, American Foreign …

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The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Chandra X-ray Observatory at the John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History on September 25, 2024.  The event will be from 8:00-9:00 pm ET at the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA and online via YouTube. Participants are: …

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SAE Media Group will hold the Space Logistics Conference from September 26-27, 2024, at the Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA. More information is on the event's website, which says: The Space Logistics Industry is on track to generate $21 Billion by 2040, 20% of the total revenue of the space economy. SAE Media …

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The University of Nebraska will hold its annual space law conference on September 27, 2024 from 8:00 am-12:30 pm ET at the Army & Navy Club, 901 17th St. NW, Washington, DC. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website.

American University International Law Review (AUILR) will hold a symposium on September 27, 2024 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm ET at the American University Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The topic is "Cosmic Governance: Charting the Future of International Space Law." More information is on the event's website.

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the Moon Village Association (MVA) will hold a webinar on September 27, 2024 from 15:00-15:45 Central European Summer Time (9:00-9:15 am Eastern Daylight Time) on "Sustainable Lunar Environment: The  Next Challenge."  It is part of IAF's Global Networking Forum series as part of the 2024 International Astronautical Conference that …

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Key NASA officials will participate in a "Space Station 101" panel discussion at 1:15 pm ET on September 27, 2024 at Kennedy Space Center in conjunction with the launch of Crew-9 to the ISS, scheduled for the next day. It will stream live on NASA+, YouTube, Facebook, and the agency’s website. Members of the public may ask questions online …

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Update, September 25:  The launch is still on for September 28 and the pre-launch news conference is the day before, September 27, at 5:00 pm ET.  Watch on  NASA+, YouTube, Facebook, and the agency’s website. Participants are: NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program …

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Update, September 25:  The launch is still scheduled for September 28. Launch coverage will begin at 9:10 am ET NASA+ and the agency’s website. Update, September 24:  The launch has been postponed to no earlier than (NET) 1:17 pm ET on Saturday, September 28, due to tropical storm Helene, which is expected to become a hurricane. Update, …

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Update, September 25:  The launch is still scheduled for September 28 at 1:17 pm ET and the post-launch news conference for 3:00 pm ET that day. Participants are: NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate Dana Hutcherson, deputy program manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Dina Contella, deputy manager, …

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If launch takes place on September 28 as planned, Crew-9 will arrive at the International Space Station on September 29 at about 5:30 pm ET. NASA coverage of arrival is as follows: 3:30 p.m. – Arrival coverage begins on NASA+ and the agency’s website. 5:30 p.m. – Targeted docking to the forward-facing port of the station’s Harmony module …

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The International Space University - USA Alumni Association’s DC Chapter (ISU-DC) will hold its next Space Café on September 30, 2024 in the Phoenix Clubhouse Room, 1020 N. Highland St, Arlington, VA, from 6:00-8:00 pm ET. The speaker is Justin "JP" Park.  The emailed announcement provides this information: Justin Park is an ISU alumni, tech …

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The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) will hold its 18th Autumn Conference from October 1-2, 2024 at Urania Observatory, Uraniastraße 1, 1010, Vienna, Austria. The theme this year is: “Scaling European Space Capabilities for Security & Defence: From Ambition to Implementation.” More information is on the event's website.

Update, September 29:  The agenda has been posted. Original Entry: As of September 15, according to its website, the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) will meet at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL from October 1-2, 2024. However, the Federal Register notice, reproduced below, says the meeting is virtual and is from 1:00-5:00 CENTRAL Time …

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