Boeing will conduct a Pad Abort Test for its Starliner commercial crew system on November 4, 2019 at White Sands, NM.  The 3-hour test window opens at 9:00 am ET (7:00 am Mountain Time). It will be broadcast on NASA TV.  Coverage begins at 8:50 am ET. Boeing also has decided to make it available …

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The Air Force is holding a series of "Pitch Days" for small businesses through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. On November 5-6, 2019, it will hold one in San Francisco, CA devoted to space.  Companies that have already received Phase I SBIR contracts may pitch ideas for Phase II …

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The 2019 Roundtable on Value and Benefit Creation in Commercial Space, the fourth in a series, will be held at the Royal Astronomical Society in London, UK on November 5, 2019. More information is on the Secure World Foundation's (SWF's) website, which describes the events and its predecessors. In October 2016 SWF and the Heinlein …

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The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory will host a workshop from November 5-7, 2019 at its campus in Tucson, AZ on "Asteroid Science in the Age of Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-Rex." Details are on the event's website.  

SMI Group's 21st Global MilSatCom conference will take place from November 5-7, 2019 at the QEII Conference Center in London, UK. More information is on the event's website.

The Aviation and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on NASA's University Partnerships on November 5, 2019 at 2:30 pm ET in 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building.  The hearing, "Building NASA’s Workforce of the Future: STEM Engagement for a 21st Century Education," will be webcast on the …

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The Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History Initiative, in collaboration with POLITICO Women Rule, will host a conversation on November 5, 2019 from 7:00-9:00 pm ET at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum (NASM) on "Women Leadership in Air, Space and Technology." Note that the NASM is under renovation and one must enter from the …

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NASA's Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG) will meet at the LASP Space Sciences Building in Boulder, CO from November 6-8, 2019.  Details are posted on the VEXAG website.

The Space Studies Board (SSB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet November 6-8, 2019 at the Academies' Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. The agenda is posted on the event's website (check there for updates).  Many sessions are open, but some are closed.  Open sessions are on November 6 and 7 …

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The Air Force Association (AFA) will hold one of its "Breakfast Series" events on November 6, 2019 at the Capitol Hill Club, 300 1st St., S.E., Washington, DC from 7:30-9:00 am ET.  The speaker is Gen. David Goldfein, Chief of Staff of the Air Force. More information and a registration link are on the event's …

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CYBERSAT19: Security in Connectivity will take place at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, VA from November 6-8, 2019. November 6 is a classified meeting; the other two days are open. More information is on the event's website.

Alan Ladwig, who was manager of NASA's Space Flight Participant Program in the 1980s (when Christa McAuliffe was selected as the first Teacher in Space), will speak about his new book "See You in Orbit: Our Dream of Spaceflight" on November 6, 2019, 12:30 pm ET, at NASA HQ in Washington, DC.  The book is …

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SSPI will hold a "learn and network" event on November 6, 2019 at the Airbus Experience Center, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC from 5:30-9:00 pm ET on "Earth Observation Satellites: Our Key to Studying Earth's Climate and Other Applications." Speakers are: Richard Schgallis, Vice President, Technical Strategy and Solutions, Airbus DS Government Solutions Inc. …

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The 2019 Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) conference, SpaceVision 2019: Exploration, a Human Imperative, will take place at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ from November 7-9, 2019. More information is on the event's website.

NASA will hold a briefing at Johnson Space Center, TX on November 7, 2019 at 2:00 pm ET with the crew of an upcoming mission to the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, who has already flown two spaceflights, will launch to ISS in April 2020 and return in October 2020, with two …

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The 6th Interstellar Symposium and Interstellar Propulsion Workshop will take place November 10-15, 2019 in Wichita, Kansas. More information is on the event's website.  Sessions will be livestreamed beginning on Monday, November 11 at 9:00 am ET (8:00 am Central). The home page describes the event in this way: The 6th Interstellar Symposium and Advanced Interstellar …

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November 11, 2019 is a federal holiday,  Veterans Day.  Most government offices and some businesses will be closed.

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold its 22nd Humans in Space Symposium from November 11-14, 2019 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Details are on the event's website.

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold its 2nd Latin American Symposium on Small Satellites from November 11-16, 2019 in Buenos Aires-Bariloche, Argentina.  The theme is: Advanced Technologies and Distributed Systems. More information is on the event's website.  

The 17th Reinventing Space conference will take place November 12- 14, 2019 at the International Convention Centre in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. More information is on the event's website.