Space News will hold a webinar on December 18, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET on "Integrating Commercial Space Into National Security: Opportunities and Challenges." Speakers are: Col. Richard Kniseley, Senior Materiel Leader, Commercial Space Office, USSF Space Systems Command Maj. Gen. Steven J. Butow, Military Deputy,Defense Innovation Unit Arthur F. Grijalva, Director, SpaceWERX More information …

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold an event on December 18, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET at CSIS's offices, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC, and online to discuss DOD's forthcoming 2024 report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, commonly called the China Military Power …

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold a webinar on December 18, 2024 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET to discuss "What are the Benefits of International Cooperation in Space?" Participants are: Brent Blevins, Staff Director, House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Aleksandra Bukala, Director, Strategy and International Cooperation, Polish …

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Two Russian cosmonauts will conduct a spacewalk at the International Space Station on December 19, 2024. The spacewalk is expected to begin at 10:10 am ET. NASA+ coverage will begin at 9:45 am ET and continue through the duration of the spacewalk, which is scheduled for 6 hours and 40 minutes.

The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Aerospace Nation webinar on December 19, 2024 at 10:00 am ET. The guest is Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force. More information is on the event's website, which says: Frank Kendall Secretary of the Air Force When: December 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM ET Where: Zoom Whether discussing Operational …

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On December 19, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order giving federal employees an extra day off for Christmas.  Federal offices will be closed on December 24, 2024.

December 25, 2024 is a U.S. Federal holiday in observance of Christmas.  Government offices will be closed.

January 1, 2025, New Year’s Day, is a U.S. Federal Holiday and government offices will be closed.

Update, January 2:  House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has issued the schedule for tomorrow. The House will convene at 11:00 am ET to complete 118th Congress legislative business and adjourn sine die. ("Sine die" is Latin for "without a day" meaning the House will adjourn without a day to return, which means it is ending.) …

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The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its 104th Annual Meeting from January 5-9, 2024 in Washington, DC in and around the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. At least one of the sessions will discuss space transportation.  Lecture Session 2033 on January 6 from 8:00-9:45 am …

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AIAA will hold the 2025 Science and Technology (SciTech) Forum at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, FL. More information is on the event's website.

NASA's Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will meet January 7-9, 2025 at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. More information is on the SBAG website.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Nicky Fox will hold a media telecon on January 7, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET to provide an update on the Mars Sample Return program. An independent group has been evaluating options on how to achieve MSR's goal of returning the samples currently being collected …

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Update, January 4, 2025:  This set of meetings was rescheduled for January 7 and January 9 for the in-person meetings (two each day) and January 13 for the virtual meeting. However, President Biden declared January 9 as a federal day of mourning for the late President Jimmy Carter and government offices will be closed, so …

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Update, January 2:  The date and time have been changed to January 8, 2025 at 1:25 pm ET. Original Entry: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will hold an Earth-to-Space call with the NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station on January 6, 2025 at 1:30 pm ET.  The event will be …

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ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher will hold his annual press briefing at ESA HQ in Paris, FR on January 9, 2025 at 10:00 Central European Time (4:00 am EST).  It will be webcast on ESA Web TV.  A replay is usually available later the same day.  

President Biden has declared January 9, 2025 as a public day of mourning for James Earl (Jimmy) Carter, Jr., the 39th President of the United States, who died on December 29, 2024 at the age of 100. Government offices will be closed.

NASA and NOAA will announce their annual assessments of global temperatures and climate conditions on January 10, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET.  Audio will be livestreamed on NASA Live. Participants are: Gavin Schmidt, director, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies Russ Vose, chief, Monitoring and Assessment Branch, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information More information …

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NASA will hold a news conference on January 10, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET form Johnson Space Center to discuss two upcoming spacewalks at the International Space Station.  The spacewalks are on January 16 and January 23. Participants in the news conference are: Bill Spetch, operations integration manager Nicole McElroy, spacewalk flight director It will …

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NASA's Exoplanets Exploration Program Analysis Group, ExoPAG, will meet January 11-12, 2025 in conjunction with the American Astronomical Society's Winter Meeting in National Harbor, MD. The event's website has more information.