Update, June 27:  NASA now says it will launch tomorrow, June 28, at 5:55 am ET. Update, June 26:  NASA just announced yet another postponement. It said the next opportunity is Tuesday, June 28, but it is not clear if they are actually targeting that as the launch date.  There are launch opportunities every day …

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Update, June 26: The markup will take place in 1100 Longworth House Office Building and will be webcast on the committee's website. Update, June 9: The committee has updated its markup schedule. Full committee markup of the CJS bill now is on June 28 at 10:00 am ET and it will mark up the Energy-Water …

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The State Department's Bureau of Global Public Affairs will hold a webinar on June 28, 2022 at 10:00 am ET in connection with International Asteroid Day (which is on June 30) on "International Cooperation for Planetary Defense." Speakers include: Jennifer R. Littlejohn, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs …

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(NASA Live)

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 …

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The full House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2023 Transportation-HUD bill, which includes funding for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, on June 30, 2022 at 10:00 am ET in 1100 Longworth House Office Building. The committee will mark up the Labor-HHS bill at the same time. The markup will be webcast on …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinar series on June 30, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is: Legality of Commercial-Military Integration. More information is on the event's website, which says: The integration of commercial space with national security space promises to save money and propel government innovation. …

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(webcast by ULA)

Update, July 2:  For reasons NASA did not explain in its blog post, the roll back did not begin until today at 4:12 am ET. Update, June 30, 8:00 pm ET:  NASA announced a change of plans at the last minute. It is delaying the roll back until tomorrow, July 1, at 6:00 pm ET, …

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Rocket Lab will fire its HyperCurie engine on its Lunar Photon upper stage for the last time and release NASA's CAPSTONE lunar cubesat on July 4, 2022 at about 6:56 UTC (2:56 am EDT). Rocket Lab will webcast the engine burn and spacecraft release on its website. Just one final burn of Lunar Photon's HyperCurie …

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July 4, 2022 is Independence Day in the United States and is a Federal holiday.  Government offices and many businesses will be closed.

The European Space Agency has created a European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce (ECSECO). The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in Vienna, Austria serves as the secretariat for the new organization. On July 4, 2022 from 14:00-16:00 Central European Summer Time (8:00 - 10:00 am EDT), a  hybrid inaugural event will take place in …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinar series on July 7, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET. The guest is Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Commander, Space Operations Command, U.S. Space Force. More information is on the event's website, which says: Space Operations Command (SpOC) was redesignated and transferred to the …

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The America's Future Series will hold the 2022 Space Innovation Summit virtually on July 11-12, 2022. The event's registration website says the event is 8:30 am - 5:00 pm "CST". Presumably they mean CDT, which would be 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Eastern. More information is on this website.

The "Science with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes VI: Entering a Golden Age for UV-Optical-IR Space Astronomy" conference will take place July 11-15, 2022 at the Hotel Hasselbacken in Stockholm, Sweden. More information is on the event's website.

Update, July 10:  The meeting apparently begins at 10:00 am ET, although the detailed agenda on that webpage is for the meeting when it was to take place on June 27. Update, July 3: The new date is July 11.  The time is not indicated. More information is on the event's website. Update, June 26:  …

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Update, July 11, 5:00 pm ET:  The event has been pushed back to 5:30 pm ET.  NASA says it will post any further time changes on NASA Live if they occur. Original Entry: On July 10, NASA revealed that President Biden will release one of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope tomorrow, …

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Updated, July 10 The Science Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC/Science) will meet July 12-13, 2022. The meeting on July 12 is 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET and on July 13 is 8:00 am - 12:00 pm ET The agenda is now posted. The Science Committee also will meet jointly with the NAC …

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Update, July 10:  NASA says the press conference on July 12 now will start at 12:30 pm ET instead of 12:00 pm ET.  It also said that President Biden will release one of the images on July 11, the day before these events. Update, July 7: NASA has added a briefing at 9:45 am ET …

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The House Rules Committee will meet on July 12, 2022 in H-313 Capitol at 12:00 pm ET to write the rule for House consideration of the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), H.R. 7900. The meeting will be webcast on the committee's website. The House is expected to take up the bill this week.