The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on the nomination of Kathleen Hicks to be Deputy Secretary of Defense (DepSecDef) on February 2, 2021 at 9:30 am ET. The hearing will take place in G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, but virtual participation is allowed. The Capitol Complex remains closed to the public …

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The Senate will vote on the nomination of Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of Transportation (SecTrans) on February 2, 2021 at noon ET.  He was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, February 27. DOT includes the FAA and its Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

NASA's newly-chartered Mercury Exploration Assessment Group (MExAG) will hold its first meeting virtually on February 3-5, 2021. The theme is "Science and Exploration of Mercury: Now and for the Future." More information is on the MExAG website.

Update, February 2:  The time for this hearing has been moved up to 9:30 am ET and the agenda now lists only consideration of Raimondo's nomination. Original Entry: The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will meet at 10:00 am ET on February 3, 2021 in 325 Russell Senate Office Building.  Some members may participate …

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The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will hold its 117th Congress organizational meeting on February 3, 2021 at 11:00 am ET in 2118 Rayburn House Office Building and virtually. The Capitol complex remains closed to the public.  Watch on the committee's website.

The Space Foundation will hold the next in its Space Symposium 365 webinar series on February 3, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The featured speaker is Lt. Gen. John Shaw from the U.S. Space Force. More information is on the series' website.

The Space Court Foundation will hold a webinar on February 4, 2021 from 11:00 am-12:30 pm ET. The topic is "The Fate of the Outer Space Treaty: Finding its Place in a New Era of Space Security. Participants are: Moderator Daniel Porras , Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications at the Secure World Foundation, Non-resident Fellow …

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The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium will hold a virtual workshop on Dust Mitigation on February 4, 2021 from 12:00-5:00 pm ET. More information is on the event's website.

Update:  The agenda is now posted.  Note that it is in Pacific Standard Time (add 3 for Eastern). Original Entry: The National Space Society will hold the Space Settlement 2021 webinar on February 4, 2021 beginning at 9:00 am Pacific Time (12:00 pm Eastern). More information is on the event's website, which says it will …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next Space Policy Show webinar on February 4, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Rethinking Capability Development for Space Enterprise." More information is on the event's website, which says: The traditional systems engineering approach to capability development has served the DOD space community well for decades, but …

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NewSpace New Mexico will hold the next in its series of webinars on February 4, 2021 from 1:30-3:00 pm ET. The topic is "Innovation is a Critical Capability in Great Power Competition." More information is on the organization's website.

Dr. Moogega Cooper, Planetary Protection Lead for Mars 2020 (or Mars Perseverance) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will present a lecture in JPL's Von Karman series about preventing contamination during missions around the solar system and making sure they don't bring anything dangerous back with them. More information and a link to watch the lecture …

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The 6th Annual Cities in Space Student Conference and Competition will take place virtually on February 5, 2021 from 9:00 am - 1:30 pm Central Time (10:00 am-2:30 pm Eastern).  More information is on the event's website.

The Committee on Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Leadership of Competed Space Missions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet virtually February 8-9, 2021. Some sessions are open and some are closed.  A draft agenda is posted on the committee's website.

The 6th Annual Smallsat Symposium will take place virtually from February 8-11, 2021. More information is on the event's website.

Update:  According to the event's registration page, this is now a two-day (February 8-9) rather than three-day meeting. Original Entry: The Foundation for the Future will hold its Blue Marble Week: Strategic Space virtual conference from February 8-10 2021 beginning at 9:00 am ET. More information is on the event's website, which says: STRATEGIC SPACE …

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The Explorers Club will host a virtual conversation on February 8, 2021 at 7:00 pm ET between Richard Garriott and Alan Stern, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute. Stern is the Principal Investigator of the New Horizons mission that visited Pluto in 2015, a Kuiper Belt object in 2019 and continues on its …

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NASA's Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) will meet virtually from February 9-11, 2021. More information is on the group's website. The agenda is now posted.

The Space Foundation will another in its Space Symposium 365 series on February 9, 2021 from 10:00-11:30 am ET.  (Note: this is a date change from February 2.) The topic is State of Space 2021. More information is on the event's website. Participants are: Kathy Sullivan, former NOAA Administrator and former NASA astronaut Dave Kaufman, …

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The United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) Hope spacecraft-- the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) -- will enter orbit around Mars on February 9, 2021. The UAE will provide live coverage beginning at 10:00 am ET (7:00 pm local time in the UAE) The Hope Probe is nearing the Red Planet! Tune in at 7PM UAE time on …

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