Crew-11 will arrive at Kennedy Space Center on July 26, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET in preparation for their launch to the International Space Statiom, scheduled for July 31. Coverage will be provided on KSC's social media accounts. Follow @NASAKennedy on X for updates. The crew members are: Zena Cardman (NASA), commander Mike Fincke (NASA), …

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The Panel on Heliophysics, Physics and Physical Science of the National Academies study on Key Non-Polar Destinations Across the Moon to Address Decadal-level Science Objectives with Human Explorers will meet at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA from July 28-29, 2025. Some sessions are open and some are closed.  Open sessions will be livestreamed. More …

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NASA, the Space Telescope Science Institute, and Johns Hopkins University will hold a conference from July 28-31, 2025 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC. The topic is: "Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Visioning Science and Transformational Technology." More information is on the event's website, which says (as of May …

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ESA will hold a pre-launch briefing on July 28, 2025 at 14:00 Central European Summer Time (8:00 am Eastern Daylight Time) to discuss an upcoming launch on an Ariane 6 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. The event will be livestreamed on ESA Web TV. Ariane 6 will launch the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, …

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Update, July 25:  The event has been postponed. A new date was not announced. Original Entry: The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Series webinar on July 28, 2025 from 10:00-11:00 am ET. The guest is Maj. Gen. Chris Povak, Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office. More information is on the event's website, which …

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NASA will hold a pre-launch telecon on July 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET for the launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. The telecon will air on JPL’s YouTube Channel. The launch is scheduled for July 30 from India's launch site in Sirharikota (see our separate entry). Participants in the July 28 …

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Boeing will hold its second quarter 2025 financial results telecon on July 29, 2025 at 10:30 am ET. Audio will be livestreamed on Boeing's investor website.

NASA's Planetary Sciences Division will hold a webinar on July 29, 2025 at 12:30 pm ET to discuss the recently released Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) opportunity. More information is on NASA's website, which says: Planetary Science Division ROSES Roll Out July 29 12:30 PM Eastern On July 29, 2025, at 12:30 PM …

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Update, July 23:  NASA will provide live launch coverage beginning at 7:00 am ET on NASA+ and the agency’s YouTube channel.  (A pre-launch telecon is on July 28. See our separate entry.) Original Entry: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite from Sriharikota, India on a GSLV rocket on July …

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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will meet in Executive Session on July 30, 2025 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building to consider several nominations including Neil Jacobs to be the head of NOAA.  The meeting will be webcast. The full list of matters to be considered are: Agenda: Nomination …

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The Beyond Earth Institute (BEI) will hold a webinar on July 30, 2025 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET on "Eat, Love, Play in Space: Exploring the Fascinating Realities of Human Life Beyond Earth." More information is on the event's website, which says: Join the Beyond Earth Institute for an exciting and insightful webinar: "Eat Love Play". …

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The Lunar and Planetary Science Panel of the National Academies study on Key Non-Polar Destinations Across the Moon to Address Decadal-level Science Objectives with Human Explorers will meet in open session on July 30, 2025 from 2:00-3:30 pm ET. More information will be posted on the event's website closer to the meeting date. As of …

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NASA will hold a pre-launch news conference at Kennedy Space Center on July 30, 2025 at 5:30 pm ET in preparation for the launch of Crew-11 to the International Space Station, which is scheduled for July 31 at 12:09 pm ET. The news conference will be livestreamed on NASA's YouTube channel. Participants are: ·      Ken Bowersox, …

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The Potomac Officers Club will hold the 2025 Air and Space Summit on July 31, 2025 from 7:00 am-3:45 pm ET at the Hilton-McLean, 7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA. More information is on the event's website, which says: Air and space defense is a critical component of national security, and it’s increasingly essential in …

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The Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2026 Defense Appropriations Bill on July 31, 2025 starting at 9:15 am ET in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building (they will also consider the Labor-HHS bill). The meeting will be webcast on the committee's website.

Space News will hold a webinar on July 31, 2025 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET to discuss "Golden Dome: Data and  AI." Space News Senior Staff Writer Sandra Erwin will interview Masao Dahlgren from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  Other participants are pending as of July 24. More information is on the event's …

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Update, July 31, 11:00 pm ET:  NASA confirms they will try again tomorrow, August 1, at 11:43 am ET but "conditions around the launch pad are forecast at 75% favorable for liftoff. However, conditions along the flight path of Dragon remain a watch item. Acceptable weather conditions at both the launch site and along the …

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Axiom Space will hold a virtual post-mission press conference for the Axiom-4 private astronaut mission on August 1, 2025 at 9:00 am CENTRAL Time (10:00 am Eastern).   Axiom-4 launched to the International Space Station on June 25, 2025 and returned to Earth on July 14, 2025, a total of 20 days in space, 18 of …

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Update,  July 31:  The launch was scrubbed 1 minute and 7 seconds before liftoff due to weather. NASA will try again tomorrow, August 1, at 11:43 am ET.  This post-launch press conference shifts to tomorrow as well, but at 1:00 pm ET instead of 1:30 pm ET. Rocosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov is now listed …

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Update, July 31:  The launch was scrubbed today 1 minute and 7 seconds before liftoff due to weather. The next launch opportunity is tomorrow, August 1, at 11:43 am ET.  If they do go tomorrow, the crew will have a much shorter journey to the ISS.  Bill Harwood of CBS News posted on Bluesky that because …

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