The annual World Space Week will take place October 4-10, 2022 with events around the world.  The theme this year is Space and Sustainability. In 1999, the United Nations declared October 4-10 as World Space Week.  It recognizes the annual anniversary of the launch of the world’s first satellite, Sputnik, by the Soviet Union on …

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NOAA will host a virtual media briefing on October 4, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET to preview the upcoming launch of the second Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellite, JPSS-2, which is scheduled for November 1. More information and a weblink are in the NOAA press release. Briefing participants from NOAA (which owns and operates …

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The direct link to the webcast is: https://www.nae.edu/   Dr. Robert (Bobby) Braun is the recipient of the 2022 Yvonne C. Brill Lectureship from the National Academy of Engineering and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Braun currently is Head of the Space Exploration Sector at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, …

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The Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) will host a luncheon and discussion on October 5, 2022 from 11:00 am - 1:10 pm ET at the City Club of Washington, 555 13th Street, NW, Washington D.C. The event will begin with remarks by Chirag Parikh, Executive Secretary of the White House National Space Council, followed by …

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(NASA TV)

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If launch takes place as scheduled on October 5, SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance will dock at the International Space Station at 4:57 pm ET on October 6. Hatch opening will be at 6:52 pm ET and a welcome ceremony will take place at 8:15 pm. NASA TV is providing continuous coverage from launch through docking …

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The leadership of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will hold its next community Town Hall meeting on October 6, 2022 at 10:30 am ET.  These Town Hall meetings typically feature the head of SMD, Thomas Zurbuchen, and the heads of each of the five divisions (astrophysics, biological and physical research, earth science, heliophysics, and planetary …

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The Space Foundation will hold the next in its Space Matters webinar series on October 6, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET.  The series "convenes well-known policy influencers for monthly high-level space policy conversations on emerging topics and trends within the global space economy." More information is on the event's website. Participants are:  

The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinar series on October 6, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is: Breaking Through in Space." More information is on the event's website, which says: What efforts are underway to prove that we aren’t alone in the universe? How will the market …

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October 10, 2022 is a Federal holiday in the United States, Columbus Day.  The holiday is alternatively or additionally referred to an Indigenous Peoples' Day.  Federal offices will be closed.

The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) will hold its 16th Autumn Conference from October 11-12 at the Urania Observatory in Vienna, Austria. The topic this year is "Space Economy and Commerce: The Way Ahead for Europe." More information is on the event's website.

Silicon Valley Space Week will take place October 11-14, 2022 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. The event combines two otherwise separate conferences. October 11-12 is the Satellite Innovation conference.  The agenda for these two days is posted here. October 13-14 is the 2022 MilSat Symposium.  The agenda for these two days …

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The NASA TV schedule lists the Crew-4 pre-departure on-orbit news conference as taking place on October 11, 2022 at 11:55 am ET. We have not seen an announcement of when Crew-4 will return to Earth. Their replacements, Crew-5, arrived on October 6 and there usually is a 5-day handover, but the weather also must cooperate …

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NASA and the United Launch Alliance (ULA) will hold a briefing on October 11, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET via WebEx to discuss the upcoming launch of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) technology demonstration that will rideshare with the JPSS-2 weather satellite scheduled for launch on November 1, 2022 on …

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NASA will hold a media briefing on October 11, 2022 at NASA HQ in Washington, DC at 2:00 pm ET to provide an update on the DART mission that impacted the moon of an asteroid on September 26.  Scientists are busy calculating how much the moon's orbit around its parent asteroid changed as a result …

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NASA's Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (ExMAG) will meet virtually from October 12-13, 2022. More information is on the event's website.

The Space Transportation Association (STA) will hold a luncheon on October 12, 2022 from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm ET in 2325 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. The speaker is Dave Pierce, Director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. STA events are invitation-only. Contact STA President Rich Coleman for further information: rich@spacetransportation.us

The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) and the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) will hold the First International Lunar Search and Rescue Conference in Hainan, China from October 13-15, 2022. A virtual option is also available. More information is on the event's website.    

The Beyond Earth Institute will hold its first annual policy symposium on October 12-13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. in cooperation with the University of Arizona.  It will take place at the University of Arizona Center for Outreach & Collaboration, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC. According to the agenda, a reception will take …

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