NASA will hold two press conferences on March 1, 2021 at Johnson Space Center, TX to discuss the next SpaceX crew mission to the International Space Station, Crew-2.  Launch is currently expected on April 20, 2021. At 12:30 pm ET, officials will provide an overview of the mission.  Participants are: Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator …

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The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium will hold a virtual Workshop on Lunar Mapping for Precision Landing from March 2-4, 2021. More information is on the event's website.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who invites people to call him MZ, tweeted that he will provide an update on his plans to fly on a SpaceX Starship around the Moon.  He purchased a flight of Starship from Elon Musk in 2018 (then called BFR), with a plan to fly around (but not land on) the …

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Blue Willow Books will soon release Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX by space journalist Eric Berger of Ars Technica. On March 2, 2021 at 7:00 pm Central Time (8:00 pm Eastern), Berger will be interviewed by the Houston Chronicle's Andrea Leinfelder during a free webinar. More information and a …

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Gen. Jay Raymond, Chief of Space Operations and head of the U.S. Space Force, will speak at the National Press Club Newsmaker Program on March 3, 2021 at 9:00 am ET. More information is on the event's website. The event will be livestreamed.  

Update, Feb 27:  The agenda is now posted.  The open portion of the meeting is 12:00-2:05 pm ET.  The rest is closed. Original Entry: The Steering Committee of the Decadal Survey on Planetary Science and Astrobiology of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will meet virtually on March 3, 2021 from 11:00 am …

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Update, Feb 27: the participant list has been updated, adding Janet Kavandi from Sierra Nevada Corp and replacing Axiom's Attorney for Legal & Corporate Operations with its Chief Technology Officer.  The new list is as follows: Kathy Lueders, Associate Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations, NASA Dr. Janet L. Kavandi, Executive Vice President, Space Systems, Sierra Nevada …

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The Space Force Association will interview Jared Isaacman, the billionaire funding and commanding the Inspiration4 mission on a SpaceX Crew Dragon later this year, on March 3, 2021 at 12:50 pm Mountain Time (2:50 pm Eastern). More information, including a registration link, is on the event's website. The event will be livestreamed.

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On March 4, 2021 at 5:00 pm ET, President Biden will speak virtually with the Mars Perseverance team at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, CA to congratulate them on the successful landing on Mars. No announcement of coverage has been made, but hopefully it will be carried on C-SPAN and other national outlets. …

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA Ames Research Center, and X-Nihonbashi will hold a webinar on March 4, 2021 from 7:00 -9:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (March 5, 2021, 9:00-11:00 am in Japan) to discuss "Future of U.S. Japan Collaboration in the Space Business Industry." The event will be in English with Japanese simultaneous …

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NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi will conduct the second of a pair of spacewalks at the International Space Station on March 5, 2021 beginning at 7:00 am ET.  The first is on February 28. Rubins will have conducted three prior spacewalks  by then (including the one on February 28 when she …

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Update, March 1, 2021:  The organizers have clarified the time for the event.  It is indeed 3:00-4:00 pm Central European Time (CET).  The website also now shows 14:00-15:00 WET, an abbreviation for Western European Time, one of the three time zones used by the European Union (WET, CET, and Eastern European Time) and corresponds to …

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The Space Court Foundation will hold a webinar on March 5, 2021 at 11:00 am ET entitled "Tear Down the Wall."  Its theme is breaking the silos that divide the global space community. Participants are: • Moderator: Theresa Hitchens | Breaking Defense • Experts Andre Rypl | Brazilian Mission to the UN Organizations in Vienna Dr. Rajeswari …

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NASA will hold a media teleconference on March 5, 2021 at 3:30 pm ET from the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA to discuss the "firsts" achieved so far with the Mars Perseverance rover. The teleconference will air on JPL's YouTube channel. Participants are: Robert Hogg, Perseverance deputy mission manager, JPL Anais Zarifian, Perseverance mobility …

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UKSEDS, United Kingdom Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, will hold its 2021 Student Space Conference virtually from March 6-7, 2021. More information is on the event's website.   The meeting is 10:00-15:45 on March 6 and 10:00-15:00 on March 7.  The time zone is not specified, but presumably is GMT.  Subtract 5 for …

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The 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference will take place virtually from March 6-13, 2021. More information is on the event's website.

The LRA Institute will hold a virtual conference from March 9-10, 2021 on "Space Disposal and Debris Mitigation" from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm CENTRAL time (10:00 am - 5:00 pm Eastern). The agenda and other information are on the event's website.  Note that times on the agenda are in Central time.  Add 1 for …

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The Institution of Engineering and Technology will hold the Milsatcoms conference virtually from March 9-12, 2021 from 1:45-5:00 pm GMT (subtract 5 for Eastern Standard Time).  The theme is "Technology Innovations to exceed Milsatcoms Requirements." More information is on the event's website.

The National Academies' Committee on Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions will meet on March 9, 2021 from 4:00-6:00 pm ET.  Some sessions are open and some are closed. More information is on the committee's website.