The full House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2024 Transportation-HUD bill on July 18, 2023 at 10:30 am ET in 2359 Rayburn House Office Building. The markup will be webcast on the committee's website. The THUD bill funds the FAA and its Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

Lockheed Martin will hold its 2Q2022 financial results telecon on July 18, 2023 at 11:00 am ET. Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website. Participants are: James Taiclet, chairman, president and chief executive officer; Jay Malave, chief financial officer; and Maria Ricciardone Lee, vice president of investor relations

The Maryland Space Business Roundtable will hold a luncheon on July 18, 2023 at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD from 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET. The speaker is Greg Heckler, Acting Director of the Commercial Services Office in NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program. More information is on the MSBR website.

The Senate is scheduled to begin consideration of its version of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. A vote on a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed is expected after 5:30 pm ET. Watch on C-SPAN. The House passed its FY2024 NDAA on July 14 along …

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The House is scheduled to take up the FAA Reauthorization bill -- the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935) -- on July 19 and July 20, 2023 subject to a rule. The Rules Committee meets on July 17 at 4:00 pm ET in H-313 Capitol to write the rule for …

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The annual Aspen Security Forum will take place July 18-21, 2023 in Aspen, Colorado. On July 19, two space sessions will take place. At 9:10 am MOUNTAIN Time (11:10 am Eastern), Gen. James Dickinson, Commander of U.S. Space Command, will participate in a "fireside chat" with the Washington Post's David Ignatius. At 2:10 pm MOUNTAIN time …

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The Space Transportation Association (STA) will hold a "coffee and donuts" event on Capitol Hill on July 19, 2023 with Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle, Principal Investigator for NASA's Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan. Turtle is a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins Univeristy Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD.

The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a "Members' Day" hearing on July 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm ET in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building.  It will be webcast on the committee's website. At Members' Day hearings, Members of Congress tell committees about their interests and priorities on matters under the committee's jurisdiction. …

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On December 9, 2021, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed July 20 as International Moon Day to commemorate the first human landing on the Moon by U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The theme in 2023 is "Beginning the New Lunar Journey for Humanity." Events are organized around the world. …

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The Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on NOAA's budget on July 20, 2023 at 9:30 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building.  It will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary …

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The NASA Advisory Council's STEM Engagement Committee will meet virtually on July 20, 2023 from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the …

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NASA officials will discuss NASA's climate research and observations at NASA HQ in Washington, DC on July 20, 2023 at 4:00 pm ET. The discussion will "shed light on recent extreme weather events, and discuss how NASA research and data is enabling climate solutions." The meeting will take place at NASA HQ in Washington, D.C. …

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The Institute for Electric and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) will hold its 2023 Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects (NETS) conference from July 24-28, 2023 at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, Kansas City, MO. More information is on the event's website.  

The House is scheduled to take up several bills on July 25, 2023 on the suspension calendar including two related to satellite telecommunications: H.R. 682, Launch Communications Act, pertaining to spectrum for commercial launches and reentries and H.R. 1338, the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act (SAT Streamliming) to streamline the FCC's satellite licensing process. Bills …

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NASA will hold two news conferences on July 25, 2023 at Johnson Space Center in preparation for the launch of the next crew to the International Space Station, Crew-7. Launch is targeted for August 15, 2023. Crew-7 is comprised of Jasmine Moghbeli (NASA), Andreas Mogensen (ESA/Denmark), Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA) and Konstantin Borisov (Roscosmos). In addition, …

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The NOAA Science Advisory Board will meet July 26-27, 2023 at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, 3535 Harbor Road, Costa Mesa, CA. The meeting on July 26 is 8:00 am-5:00 pm PACIFIC Time and on July 27 is 8:00 am-12:00 pm PACIFIC Time. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is …

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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on July 26, 2023 at 9:00 am ET in 216 Hart Senate Office Building on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Force, to be promoted to General and serve as Commander of U.S. Space Command (to succeed Gen. James Dickinson). The committee …

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The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will hold a hearing on July 26, 2023 at 10:00 am ET in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building on "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications for National Security, Public Safety and Government Transparency."  The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: Ryan Grush, Executive Director, Americans for …

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The Brookings Institution will hold an in-person event at its offices at 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC on July 26, 2023 from 10:00-11:15 am ET to discuss "U.S.-China Proximate Operations in the Maritime, Air and Space Domains."  It will be livestreamed. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. Participants are: Josiah …

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Boeing will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on July 26, 2023 at 10:30 am ET.  The audio will be broadcast on the company's website. Participants are: President and Chief Executive Officer David Calhoun, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brian West