The Biological Sciences Panel of the 2023-2032 Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences will hold its first meeting January 12- 13, 2022 virtually.  Some sessions are closed. The Decadal Survey is taking place under the aegis of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. More information and an agenda are on the panel's …

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The LRA Institute will hold the 2022 Space Debris Removal and Mitigation Conference virtually from January 12-13, 2022. More information is on the event's website.  Note that times on the agenda are in Central Time (add 1 for Eastern).

The Mitchell Institute will hold the Schriever Spacepower Forum on January 12, 2022 at 9:00 am ET. The virtual event features Derek Tournear, Director of the Space Development Agency. More information is on the event's website.

The Physical Sciences Panel of the 2023-2032 Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences will hold its first meeting on January 12, 2022 from 11:00 am - 5:30 pm ET.  Some sessions are open and some are closed.  The Decadal Survey is conducted under the aegis of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineeing, and Medicine. …

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Update, January 5, 2022:  The COPAG website now says this will take place on January 12 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET. Check the COPAG website for any further changes.   Update:  The AAS cancelled its Salt Lake City meeting because of the spread of the omicron COVID variant. As of January 3, 2022, the COPAG website …

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NASA Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute's will hold its next webinar on January 12, 2022 from 10:00-11:00 am Pacific Time (1:00-2:00 pm Eastern). Dr. Dong Wu of Goddard Space Flight Center will discuss the IceCube cubesat program: "IceCube: A Pathfinder of Submillimeter-Wave Remote Sensing on a Cubesat." More information is on the event's website.

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a nomination hearing on January 13, 2022 in G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building (SD-G50) at 9:30 am ET. Among the three nominees that will be considered is John Plumb who has been nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy. The others are Celeste …

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NASA and NOAA will release their annual assessments of global temperatures and discuss major climate trends of 2021 during a media teleconference on Janauary 13, 2022 at 11:00 am ET. Audio of the call will stream live on NASA’s website. Participants include: Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York Russ …

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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) will hold two "listening sessions" on the topic of orbital debris to gain perspectives for input to the National Science and Technology Policy Council's Orbital Debris Research and Development Interagency Working Group. The listening sessions are as follows: Jan. 13, 2022, 1:00-3:00 pm ET: Orbital …

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The Space Foundation is initiating a new "expert panel series" of webinars under the title Space Matters as part of their Symposium 365 program. A paid membership in Symposium 365 is required to watch. The first is on January 13, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET. Participants are: The Honorable Bob Walker – Former U.S. Congressman, former …

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The Mitchell Institute will hold a webinar on January 14, 2022 at 9:00 am ET to roll out its new policy paper: "Maneuver Warfare in Space: The Strategic Mandate for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion." More information is on the event's website, which says: The Mitchell Institute invites you to join our rollout for our newest policy …

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January 17, 2022 is a Federal holiday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday.  Federal offices will be closed.

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Update, January 14, 2022:  An updated agenda WITH NEW WEBEX LINKS, is now posted. Original Entry: The Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) will meet virtually January 18-19, 2022, its first meeting in just over a year. The committee will meet publicly January 18 from 10:00-12:30 pm ET and …

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The Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) will hold a webinar on January 18, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET.  The speaker is Dennis Andrucyk, Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The event will be livestreamed on Goddard's Ustream channel.  

The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet virtually on January 18, 2022 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET. The meeting will be livestreamed.  

U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond will be the guest at the Mitchell Institute's next Schriever Spacepower Forum on January 18, 2022 at 3:00 pm ET.  Gen. Kevin Chilton (Ret.), Explorer Chair for Space Warfighting Studies at the Mitchell Institute, will moderate the discussion. More information is on the event's website.

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Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Defense Program will engage in a virtual "fireside chat" with Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall III on January 19, 2022 from 11:00-11:45 am ET. More information is on the event's website, which says: Please join the Center …

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