Update, April 29:  The time for the briefing has been revised to 11:30 am ET.  Note that Ingenuity did not take off as planned today. Engineers are trying to determine why. Original Entry: NASA will hold a briefing to discuss next steps for the Ingenuity Mars helicopter on April 30, 2021 at 12:30 pm ET.  …

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The Space Force Association will hold its next virtual Space Warfighter Talk on April 30, 2021 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. The guest is Emily Bohner, Systems Engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, who is "responsible for radical modernization of space command/control IT systems and technology delivery pipeline leveraging DevSecOps and Lean Startup Principles." More …

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Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius will interview Gen. Jay Raymond, Chief of Space Operations and the head of the U.S. Space Force, on April 30, 2021 at 3:30 pm ET.  The event will be livestreamed. More information and a registration link are on the event's website.  

The NOAA Science Advisory Board will meet on April 30, 2012 from 4:00-5:00 pm ET.  More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below.   SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for two meetings of the Science Advisory Board (SAB). The members will discuss issues outlined in the …

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Update, April 30, 3:00 pm ET:  The new schedule is for the crew to undock tomorrow night (May 1) and splashdown at 2:57 am ET Sunday morning (May 2) in the Gulf of Mexico south of Panama City, FL.  This will be the first nighttime water landing since the Apollo 8 mission in 1968.  NASA …

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Update, April 30, 3:00 pm ET:  The new schedule is for the crew to undock tomorrow night and splashdown at 2:57 am ET Sunday morning.  This press conference then will take place at 5:00 am ET.  The participants are unchanged. Update, April 30: Weather (high winds) continues to be a problem. Undocking will not occur …

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The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) will hold the 16th International Conference on Space Operations -- Space Ops 2021 -- virtually from May 3-5, 2021. More information is on the event's website.  

Update, May 3:  The swearing-in will take place in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at 9:50 am ET today. Original Entry: A senior administration official said during a media call with reporters this morning (May 1) that Vice President Kamala Harris will swear in Bill Nelson as the next NASA Administrator on Monday morning. No …

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Maxar will holds its 1Q2021 financial results conference call and webcast on May 3, 2021 at 3:00 pm Mountain Time (5:00 pm Eastern).  It will be webcast on the company's website.

The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will hold its 2021 Goddard Memorial Symposium from May 4-6, 2021 virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. More information is on the event's website.

The Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress (CSPC) will release a new report with recommendations to the Biden Administration on national security space issues on May 4, 2021 at 10:00 am ET. A Save the Date notice was emailed on April 19.  More details will be provided later.

Update, May 3:  The NASA History Office will host a panel discussion as well as a Reddit AMA session. Original Entry: Alan Shepherd became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, making a 15 minute suborbital flight on a Mercury-Redstone rocket.  His flight came three weeks after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the …

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the Department of Commerce (DOC), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will hold the Inaugural Space Cybersecurity Symposium on May 5, 2021 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET.  It will take place virtually. More information, the agenda, and a registration link are on the …

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George Washington University's Space Policy Institute (SPI) and the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy (IISTP) will hold a webinar on May 5, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 pm ET. The topic is "What Technologies Can Secure GPS?"   Featuring an address by: Robert Hampshire, Acting Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation …

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The Strategic Forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Societal Impact Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) will hold a joint hearing on May 5, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET on "Creating a Framework for Rules Based Order in Space."  The hearing …

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The Wilson Center will hold a "Book at Wilson" event on May 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm ET with Nicholas Schmidle, author of "Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut." More information is on the event's website.

The Committee on Planetary Protection of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its fourth meeting on Mars Mission Bioburden Requirements on May 6, 2021. Some sessions are open and some are closed.  The current agenda shows open sessions from 12:00-2:45 pm ET. More information is on the event's website.

The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its series of Space Policy Show webinars on May 6, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. It features Andy Weir, author of the The Martian and other science fiction books, and Aerospace futurist Kara Cunzeman. More information is on the event's website, which says: Andy Weir – #1 …

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NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) will meet in public session on May 6, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory …

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