The Mitchell Institute will hold a webinar on February 19, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET to release a new policy paper -- Ensuring a Spacepower Advantage in a Prolonged Competition-- with findings and recommendations from a two-day Space Endurance Workshop held in October 2024. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website, which …

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The Miami Space Summit, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the SmallSat Alliance, will take place from February 20-21, 2025 in Miami, FL.  (An opening dinner is on February 19). More information is on the event's website, which says:    

AIAA's Space Resources Technical Committee will hold a webinar on February 20, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET. Joseph Kenrick from Lunar Outpost and ELO2 (an Australian industry consortium) will discuss "ELO2 and Roo-ver: Australia's First Lunar Rover."  (Roo is for kangaroo.) Registration is required to get the webinar link. More information is on Jared Long-Fox's …

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The University of Alabama in Huntsville will hold the Business of Space Conference 2025 at the university from February 23-25, 2025. The theme is: Creating Solutions with Partnerships: Opportunities and Barriers More information is on the event's website, which says: "Engage with top academics, business leaders, innovators, and policy influencers working on the new space …

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold an event on February 24, 2025 from 4:00-5:00 pm ET at its offices at 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC and online. The topic is "NASA's Moon to Mars Roadmap: Charting the Next Year." Speakers are: Amit Kshatriya, Deputy Associate Administrator, Moon to Mars …

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Japan's Cabinet Office Space Development Strategy Promotion Secretariat will hold the 10th National Space Policy Symposium on Ensuring the Safe and Sustainable Use of Outer Space on February 25, 2025 from 9:30-13:00 local time in Japan (February 24, 7:30-11:00 pm Eastern Standard Time). It will take place in-person at the Akasaka Intercity Conference Center 301 …

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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on February 25, 2025 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building on the nomination of Michael Kratsios to be the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).  The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. …

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Blue Origin will launch New Shepard on its 30th suborbital flight, NS-30, on February 25, 2025. The launch window opens at 9:30 am CENTRAL Time (10:30 am Eastern). Blue Origin's webcast will begin 35 minutes in advance. NS-30 will carry six passengers, one of whom is "undisclosed."  The others are:      

NASA will hold two media telecons in advance of the launch of the second Intuitive Machines lunar lander mission, IM-2, scheduled for No Earlier Than (NET) February 26, 2025 (see our separate entry for launch information).  IM-2 is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Audio of both media telecons will be livestreamed …

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Update, February 24:  That website now says the meeting is postponed.  No new date. Update, February 23:  Although the Federal Register notice says this begins at 10:00 am ET, the event's website today says the approximate time is 12:00-4:00 pm ET. The agenda isn't posted. Check that website for up to date information. Original Entry: …

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NASA will launch the SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) infrared space telescope and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) solar wind mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA on February 27, 2025 at 10:09 pm ET.  NASA+ coverage begins …

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Singapore Space & Technology Ltd will hold the Global Space Technology Convention & Exhibition (GSTCE) at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from February 26-27, 2025. More information is on the event's website, which says: For 16 editions, the GSTC has been the go-to platform for the world’s space and satellite …

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AIAA will hold the ASCENDxTEXAS conference from February 26-27, 2025 at the South Shore Harbor and Resort in Houston, TX from February 26-27, 2025. The theme is: Strategic Transitions: Aligning  Stakeholders for Giant Leaps. More information is on the event's website.

The space subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on February 26, 2025 at 10:00 am ET in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. The topic is: "Step by  Step: The Artemis Program and NASA's Path to Human Exploration of the Moon, Mars, and Beyond." Witnesses are: Dr. Scott Pace, …

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Update, February 26:  NASA changed the time to 3:00 pm ET.   Original Entry: NASA will hold two media telecons in advance of the launch of the second Intuitive Machines lunar lander mission, IM-2, scheduled for No Earlier Than (NET) February 26, 2025 (see our separate entry for launch information).  IM-2 is part of NASA’s Commercial …

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Virigin  Galactic will hold its fourth quarter 2024 and full year 2024 financial results telecon on February 26, 2025 at 2:00 pm PACIFIC Time (5:00 pm Eastern). Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.  

Update, February 25:  During a media telecon today, IM's representative said they will "hopefully" launch tomorrow and everything is on track, but did not officially announce the date or time.  The Wet Dress Rehearsal is this afternoon. Details may be provided after that. In the meantime, the KSC Visitor Center -- which sells tickets to …

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Russia will launch the Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on February 27, 2025 at 4:24 pm ET.  NASA+ coverage begins at 4:00 pm ET. If launch goes as planned, docking will be on March 1 at 6:03 pm ET. NASA+ coverage will begin at 5:15 pm ET. NASA refers to this …

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Rocket Lab will hold its fourth quarter 2024 financial results telecon on February 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm PACIFIC Time (5:00 pm ET).   Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.

IEEE will hold its 2025 Aerospace Conference from March 1-8, 2025 at the Yellowstone Conference Center in Big Sy, Montana. More information is on the event's website.