If launch takes place on December 21, 2021, as planned, SpaceX's 24th cargo mission to the International Space Station, SpX-24, will dock at about 4:30 am ET on Decemeber 22.  NASA TV coverage begins 3:00 am ET.

Christmas Day, December 25, falls on a Saturday in 2021, so the associated Federal holiday is the day before, December 24.  Government offices and most businesses will be closed.

(NASA TV and ESA TV begin 6:00 am ET)

December 31, 2021 is a federal holiday in observance of New Year's Day, the next day, which is a Saturday. Federal offices will be closed.

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold its 2022 Science & Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech Forum) in a hybrid format.  The in-person sessions are at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego in San Diego, CA. More information is on the event's website. The agenda is posted.

At about 10:00 am ET, NASA announced a media telecon at 11:30 am ET to provide an update on the first week of deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope. It will be livestreamed on NASA Live. It appears to be separate from a previously announced briefing that will be conducted after sunshield tensioning in …

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Update, January 4:  The briefing took place at 12:45 pm ET today with just 30 minutes notice, immediately after the fifth and final sunshield layer was successfully tensioned. Update, January 3, 10:00 am ET:  NASA just announced a telecon at 11:30 am ET morning, but apparently it is an update on the overall process, not …

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The 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, CES, will take place in a hybrid format from Janyary 5-8, 2022. The in-person sessions are in Las Vegas. The week-long conference is not focused on space topics, but at least three sessions are, all on Thursday. 10:00-10:30 am Pacific Time (1:00-1:30 pm Eastern): Great Minds: The Future of Space …

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NASA will air live coverage of another step in the deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope on January 5, 2022 beginning at 9:45 am ET.  NASA says it will stream on NASA.gov/live. A media telecon is expected to follow the deployment at a time to be announced. Times are subject to change. The plan …

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Update, January 4: An emailed notice today from SPARC says this is at 12:00 pm, which presumably is Pacific Time, so 3:00 pm Eastern.   Original Entry: The University of Washington Space Policy and Research Center (SPARC) will hold a webinar on January 6, 2022. The speaker is Darren McKnight, Senior Technical Fellow for LeoLabs, …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next Space Policy Show webinar on January 6, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET (the website says 10:00 am without mentioning the time zone, but presumably that is Pacific Time since it also confirms that the regular time slot for this program is 1:00 pm Eastern). The topic is "Fishing …

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The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies will hold a webinar on January 7, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET to roll out a new policy paper by former NASA astronaut and former Commander of U.S. Strategic Command Gen. Kevin Chilton (Ret.), now the Mitchell Institute's Explorer Chair for Space Warfighting Studies, and the Institute's Lukas Autenried. …

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NASA plans the final deployment steps for the James Webb Space Telescope -- unfolding the two wings of the primary mirror -- for January 7 and 8, 2022. Beginning on January 8 no earlier than 9:00 am ET, live coverage of the final deployment will air on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. …

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Update, January 5, 2022:  The COPAG website now says this meeting is postponed indefinitely.  (Note that the NASA astrophysics Town Hall meeting scheduled for January 11 will still take place as a virtual meeting. See our separate Calendar entry for that meeting.  Press conferences scheduled for the AAS meeting also will take place virtually January …

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Update, January 5, 2022:  The ExoPAG website now says this will take place virtually on January 10 and January 12 from 12:00-5:00 pm ET each day. (The NASA Astrophysics Town Hall meeting is on January 11.)  Instructions on how to participate virtually are on that website. Update:  AAS cancelled its Salt Lake City meeting (in-person …

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SpaceCom 2022 will take place Jauary 10-12, 2022 at the Rosen Shingle Creek resort in Orlando, FL.  More information is on the event's website.

Update, January 5, 2022:  The AAS press office just sent an email saying that even though the meeting is cancelled, the press conferences will take place virtually January 10-13. "Next week, 10-13 January, roughly 40 speakers will present timely and exciting research results and new developments in the astronomical sciences." No registration is required.  They …

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Update, January 10: The committee postponed consideration of this bill.  No explanation is provided on its website. Original Entry: The House Rules Committee will consider three bills, including H.R. 5746, the NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act, on January 10, 2022 beginning at 2:00 pm ET. It will air on the committee's website. More information …

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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will introduce NASA's new chief scientist, Katherine (Kate) Calvin, during a media teleconference on January 11, 2022 at 11:00 am ET. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency's website. Calvin will be dual-hatted as Chief Scientist, succeeding Jim Green who retired, and Senior Climate Advisor, succeeding Gavin Schmidt who …

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Although the American Astronomical Society (AAS) cancelled its 2022 winter meeting in Salt Lake City due to the spread of the omicron COVID variant, some portions are still taking place virtually. Among them is the NASA Astrophysics Town Hall meeting scheduled for January 11, 2022. It now will take place as a virtual meeting that …

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