Daylight Saving Time will end in the United States on November 3, 2024. Arizona and Hawaii do not observe Daylight Saving Time. For all other states, the clocks will “fall back” one hour at 2:00 am.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom will be relocated from one port on the Harmony module to another on November 3, 2024. The four crew members who will be using Freedom for their return home in February will board the spacecraft as it is moved from Harmony's forward port to its space-facing port to make room for …

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Update, November 3, 8:00 am EST:  Xinhua reports that Shenzhou-18 undocked at 16:12, which we presume is Beijing Time, which would be 3:12 am EST.  They did not provide a projected landing time. China's Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship separated from the space station combination at 16:12 on Sunday, and the three astronauts aboard are returning to …

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The Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space (CESAS) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its fall meeting at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA from Novdember 4-5, 2024, Some sessions are open and some are closed. Open sessions will be livestreamed. More information and the agenda are on …

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Update, October 30:  NASA's media coverage is as follows: Monday, Nov. 4: 3:30 p.m. – Prelaunch media teleconference (no earlier than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review) with the following participants: Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program Meghan Everett, deputy chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program …

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The Hudson Institute will hold a seminar on November 4, 2024 from 10:00-11:30 am ET at its offices in Washington, DC on "Navigating GPS Vulnerability: Implications for U.S. Economic and National Security."  The in-person meeting will be livestreamed. More information is on the event's website, which says: Beyond merely guiding Americans to their destinations, the …

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The Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS) and U.S. Embassy and Consulates in France will hold a webinar on November 5, 2024 from 5:30-6:45 pm Central European Time (11:30 am-12:45 pm Eastern Standard Time) on "Enhancing Collective Security in Outer Space: Challenges and Opportuities at the Dawn of a New Space Age." More information is …

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NASA's Mars Exloration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) will meet virtually from November 6-7, 2024. More information is on the event's website. The agenda is posted.

The  Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Series webinar on November 6, 2024 at 1:30 pm ET. The guest is Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, Commander, U.S. Space Forces - Space and U.S. Space Command's Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander. More information is on the event's website, which says: "As our youngest military …

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Virgin Galactic will hold its third quarter 2024 financial results telecon on November 6, 2024 at 2:00 pm PACIFIC Time (5:00 pm Eastern). Audio will be webcast on the company's website.  

International Space University - USA Alumni Association DC Chapter will hold its next Space Café on November 6, 2024 from 6:00-8:00 pm ET at 1020 N Highland St (The Phoenix) Clubhouse Room, Arlington, VA. The speaker is Steve Jordan Tomaszewski, Vice President of Space Systems for the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). More information is on …

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The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet November 7-8, 2024 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. The agenda is posted (note it is in PACIFIC time).  Some sessions are open and some are closed.  Open sessions will be livestreamed. More information is on …

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Update, November 3:  The agenda is posted. Original Entry: NASA's Astrophysics Advisory Committee will meet November 7-8, 2024.  The Federal Register notice does not disclose where committee members are meeting, only that public attendance is virtual only. The public may submit and upvote comments/questions ahead of the meeting through the website: https://nasa.cnf.io/sessions/n24m/#!/dashboard, that will be …

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The National Security Space Association (NSSA) will hold the Space Domain Awareness Forum on November 7, 2024 from 8:30 am-6:00 pm ET at MITRE in McLean, Va. More information is on the event's website.

Redwire Corp. will hold its third quarter 2024 financial results telecon on November 7, 2024 at 9:00 am ET.  Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.  More information is in the company's press release.

The National Space Society will hold the 2024 Space Settlement Summit at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation's Center for Space Education, 405 NASA Parkway W, Merritt Island, Fl (part of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex). The theme is: The Geopolitics and Policy of Space Settlement. More information is on the event's website.

NASA will hold a virtual Town Hall meeting on November 8, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET to provide an overview of the forthcoming NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA-DARES 2025). More information is in the emailed announcement, which is reproduced below: NOVEMBER 8TH | 1PM EASTERN TIME Join us for an interactive NASA Astrobiology …

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NASA will hold a post-mission briefing with Crew-8 on November 8, 2024 at 3:15 pm ET from Johnson Space Center. NASA will provide live coverage on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Crew-8 returned to Earth on October 25, about two months later than planned due to operational contingencies and a lengthy period of inclement weather in Florida. They …

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The British Interplanetary Society will hold the 2024 Reinventing Space conference from November 11-13, 2024 at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, U.K. This year's theme is "The Commercial Revolution." More information is on the event's website.

November 11, 2024 is a U.S. Federal holiday. Government offices will be closed. Veterans Day honors all who served in the military, whether they served in peace or wartime or died in battle. By comparison, Memorial Day, celebrated on the last Monday of May, honors those who died in battle or from injuries suffered during …

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