The University of Washington Space Policy and Research Center (SPARC) will hold its next Space Dialogue webinar on February 3, 2022 at 12:00 pm Pacific Time (3:00 pm Eastern). The topic is "Orbital Debris and the Deterrence Dilemma" with Greg Miller of the Air Command & Staff College. More information is on the event's website. …

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The 2022 Adelaide Conference on Space Junk will take place virtually from February 4-5, 2022. The ISU Adelaide Conference is organized by members of the International Space University (ISU) Alumni Community of Adelaide, Australia. More information is on the event's website.

NASA will hold a media telecon on February 4, 2022 at 12:00 pm ET to discuss the SpaceX Crew-4 mission currently scheduled for launch on April 15. The event will be livestreamed on NASA Live. Participants are: Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Joel Montalbano, …

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The Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) will meet February 7-18, 2022.  The meeting is being webcast. More information is on the COPUOS website.  The agenda is posted.

Defense budget experts will preview what may be requested by President Biden for defense programs in FY2023.  By law, the President is supposed to submit his annual budget request on the first Monday in February, which would be February 7 this year, but the request is delayed for various reasons including the fact that Congress …

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The 7th Annual Smallsat Symposium will take place in Mountain View, CA from February 8-10, 2022. The conference is in-person, but virtual access is an option. More information is on the event's website.

The Space Foundation will hold the next in its virtual "Start Here for Space" 20-minute briefings on February 8, 2022 from 1:00-1:20 pm ET. The speaker is Victoria Samson, Director of the Washington Office of the Secure World Foundation who will discuss "Norms of Behavior" in space.  More information is on the event's website.

NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Associate Administrator Thomas Zurbuchen and other SMD officials will hold a Town Hall meeting for the NASA science community on February 8, 2022 at 1:30 pm ET. Instructions on how to participate and ask questions are in the NASA press release.  

The Global Space and Technology Convention (GSTC) will take place February 9-10, 2022 in a hybrid format. The in-person event is at the Sheraton Towers Singapore. More information is on the event's website, which says: Global Space and Technology Convention (GSTC) is Asia’s Premier Space & Technology event, bringing you the latest technology news, what’s …

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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Gigi Sohn to be an FCC Commissioner on February 9, 2022 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. The committee already held a nomination hearing for Sohn on …

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The Committee on Planetary Protection of the National Academices of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will meet virtually on February 9, 2022. The open sessions are 12:30-3:00 pm ET.  This is the committee's third meeting on Planetary Protection for Missions to Small Bodies. The meeting will be livestreamed.  Check the committee's website for the link.

The Space Foundation will hold a webinar on Febrtuary 9, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET.  The topic is "The Growing Threat: How Climate Change is Redefining National Security, Part 3 of a 3-Part Series." More information is on the event's website.

Update, February 7: The committee confirms the hearing, but it is entitled "NASA Accountability and Oversight."  The witnesses are: Mr. James Free, Associate Administrator, NASA Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Mr. James Reuter, Associate Administrator, NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate Mr. W. William Russell, Director, Government …

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The Northern Virginia (NOVA) chapter of AFCEA will hold a hybrid event on February 10, 2022 entitled "Advancing Space Force Priorities: Delivering New Capabilities and Accelerating Innovation." The in-person sessions are at the Westin Washington Dulles Airport hotel in Herndon, VA. Gen. David Thompson, Vice Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force, is an in-person …

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NASA will hold a media telecon on February 10, 2022 at 11:00 am ET to discuss the airborne science campaign to study snowstorms. Audio of the telecon will be livestreamed on NASA Live. Participants are: Lynn McMurdie, IMPACTS principal investigator and research associate professor, University of Washington Will McCarty, program scientist, NASA’s Earth Science Division …

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NASA will hold a media briefing on February 10, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss the science and technology demonstrations that will be sent to the International Space Station on the next Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo mission, NG-17, scheduled for launch on February 19. The media briefing will be livestreamed on NASA Live. Participants …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next Space Policy Show webinar on February 10, 2022 at 10:00 am Pacific Time (1:00 pm Eastern). The topic is "Bridging the Global Digital Divide," featuring Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of the Internatonal Telecommunciation Union's Development Bureau. More information is on the event's website, which says: The International Telecommunication Union, …

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The Space Foundation will hold the next in its "Space Matters" webinars on February 10, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET. Guests include former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who also participated in the first in this series last month. More information is on the event's website.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted today that he will provide an update on his Starship program next Thursday, February 10, 2022, at 8:00 pm "Texas time" which would be 9:00 pm EST. Thursday next week at 8pm Texas time — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2022