The European Space Agency (ESA) will hold media briefings in several languages on June 24, 2025 in person and/or online to discuss the upcoming launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 of two spacecraft: the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument. The briefings in English and German will take place in-person at …

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Update, June 24: The launch is still scheduled for early tomorrow morning, June 25, 2:31 am ET.  Axiom and SpaceX will begin their webcast at 12:30 am ET.  NASA+ will join at 1:40 am ET. Update, June 23;  NASA has set another new launch date -- Wednesday, June 25, at 2:31 am ET. Update, June …

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DSI Group will hold the 8th Annual SmallSat &  Space Access Summit at 151 St. George, National Harbor, MD from June 25-26, 2025. More information is on the event's website.

The 68th session of the U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) will take place at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria from June 25-July 4, 2025. The event will be webcast on the COPUOS website.

The Mitchell Institute will hold an Aerospace Nation webinar on June 25, 2025 at 9:00 am ET. The guest is Rob McHenry, Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).  More information is on the event's website, which says: America’s warfighting advantage depends on an innovation edge. Defense Advanced Research Projects  Agency (DARPA) …

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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will meet in Executive Session on June 25, 2025 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building.  The meeting will be webcast. Among the items on the agenda are votes on: the nomination of Bryan Bedford to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and …

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Space News will hold a webinar on June 25, 2025 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET on "Geospatial Intelligence: New Data to Solutions." More information is on the event's website, which says: In today’s data-saturated world, knowing where and when something happens is crucial. From crisis response, defense to urban development and climate monitoring, Geospatial Intelligence is transforming how we understand …

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Update, June 24: After additional changes to the launch date, they have finally settled on June 25 at 2:31 am ET.  If the launch takes place at that time, docking will be at 7:00 am ET on June 26.  NASA, SpaceX and Axiom will begin live coverage starting at 5:00 am ET. Update, June 10:  …

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The Defense Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on the FY2026 budget request for the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force on June 26, 2025 at 10:30 am ET in 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building.  The hearing will be webcast. Witnesses are: Troy Meink, Secretary of the Air Force …

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The Linda Hall Library will hold a discussion on "Science Meets Diplomacy: International Cooperation in Space" on June 26, 2025 from 6:30-7:45 pm CENTRAL Time (7:30-8:45 pm Eastern). The event will place in person at the Linda Hall Library, 5109 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri.  A virtual option is available, but pre-registration is required. Participants …

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Update, June 29:  The launch took place this morning. Liftoff was at 9:38 am ET. Update, June 22:  The launch was scrubbed again due to weather. Today’s NS-33 launch attempt is scrubbed due to weather. We’re assessing our next launch opportunity. — Blue Origin (@blueorigin) June 22, 2025 Update, June 21, 11:00 pm ET:  Blue …

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The 7th International Symposium on Space Sailing (ISSS 2025) will take place from June 30-July 4, 2025 at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. More information is on the event's website, which says: Since its inauguration in Herrsching, Germany, in 2007, the ISSS has been held in New York, USA (2010), Glasgow, UK (2013), …

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The United Nations designated June 30 as International Asteroid Day in 2016 in order to “observe each year at the international level the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908, and to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard.” The decision was “was made based on a proposal by the Association …

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The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Series webinar on July 1, 2025 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. The guest is Col. Robert Davis, Program Executive Officer of the Space Sensing Directorate at the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC). More information and registration instructions are on the event's website, which says: As …

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The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) will hold a leadership dinner on July 2, 2025 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, 7920 Jones Branch Dr, McLean, VA from 5:30-9:30 pm ET. Gen. Michael Guetlein, the Vice Chief of Space Operations for the U.S. Space Force who was recently named to lead President Trump's Golden …

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Russia will launch the next Progress cargo resupply spacecraft, Progress MS-31, to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 3, 2025 at 3:32 pm ET. NASA will livestream the launch on NASA+ beginning at 3:10 pm ET. NASA refers to this as Progress 92P because is it the 92nd Progress …

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July 4, 2025 is a Federal holiday, Independence Day, and government offices will be closed. Independence Day celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 that declared the independence of the 13 colonies from Great Britain, creating the United States of America (read the text).

Russia's Progress MS-31 cargo spacecraft will dock at the International Space Station on July 5, 2025 at 5:27 pm ET assuming the launch on July 3 occurs as planned. NASA+ docking coverage begins at 4:45 pm ET.

Update, July 7:  The committee has updated the schedule: Portions of the NDAA will be considered in Subcommittee on the following dates: Tuesday, July 8th (Airland, Seapower, Strategic Forces, Readiness) Wednesday, July 9th (Personnel, Cyber, ETC) The NDAA will be considered by the Full Committee on the following dates: Wednesday, July 9th Thursday, July 10th …

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The Panel on Human and Biological Science of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's (NASEM's) Committee on Key Non-Polar Destinations Across the Moon to Address Decadal-level Science Objectives with Human Explorers, will meet in open session on July 9, 2025 from 9:30 am-3:00 pm ET (other sessions are closed) at the National Academy …

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