Japan's Cabinet Office Space Development Strategy Promotion Secretariat will hold the 10th National Space Policy Symposium on Ensuring the Safe and Sustainable Use of Outer Space on February 25, 2025 from 9:30-13:00 local time in Japan (February 24, 7:30-11:00 pm Eastern Standard Time). It will take place in-person at the Akasaka Intercity Conference Center 301 …

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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on February 25, 2025 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building on the nomination of Michael Kratsios to be the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).  The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. …

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Blue Origin will launch New Shepard on its 30th suborbital flight, NS-30, on February 25, 2025. The launch window opens at 9:30 am CENTRAL Time (10:30 am Eastern). Blue Origin's webcast will begin 35 minutes in advance. NS-30 will carry six passengers, one of whom is "undisclosed."  The others are:      

NASA will hold two media telecons in advance of the launch of the second Intuitive Machines lunar lander mission, IM-2, scheduled for No Earlier Than (NET) February 26, 2025 (see our separate entry for launch information).  IM-2 is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Audio of both media telecons will be livestreamed …

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Update, February 24:  That website now says the meeting is postponed.  No new date. Update, February 23:  Although the Federal Register notice says this begins at 10:00 am ET, the event's website today says the approximate time is 12:00-4:00 pm ET. The agenda isn't posted. Check that website for up to date information. Original Entry: …

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NASA will launch the SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) infrared space telescope and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) solar wind mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA on February 27, 2025 at 10:09 pm ET.  NASA+ coverage begins …

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Singapore Space & Technology Ltd will hold the Global Space Technology Convention & Exhibition (GSTCE) at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from February 26-27, 2025. More information is on the event's website, which says: For 16 editions, the GSTC has been the go-to platform for the world’s space and satellite …

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AIAA will hold the ASCENDxTEXAS conference from February 26-27, 2025 at the South Shore Harbor and Resort in Houston, TX from February 26-27, 2025. The theme is: Strategic Transitions: Aligning  Stakeholders for Giant Leaps. More information is on the event's website.

The space subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on February 26, 2025 at 10:00 am ET in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. The topic is: "Step by  Step: The Artemis Program and NASA's Path to Human Exploration of the Moon, Mars, and Beyond." Witnesses are: Dr. Scott Pace, …

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Update, February 26:  NASA changed the time to 3:00 pm ET.   Original Entry: NASA will hold two media telecons in advance of the launch of the second Intuitive Machines lunar lander mission, IM-2, scheduled for No Earlier Than (NET) February 26, 2025 (see our separate entry for launch information).  IM-2 is part of NASA’s Commercial …

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Virigin  Galactic will hold its fourth quarter 2024 and full year 2024 financial results telecon on February 26, 2025 at 2:00 pm PACIFIC Time (5:00 pm Eastern). Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.  

Update, February 25:  During a media telecon today, IM's representative said they will "hopefully" launch tomorrow and everything is on track, but did not officially announce the date or time.  The Wet Dress Rehearsal is this afternoon. Details may be provided after that. In the meantime, the KSC Visitor Center -- which sells tickets to …

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Russia will launch the Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on February 27, 2025 at 4:24 pm ET.  NASA+ coverage begins at 4:00 pm ET. If launch goes as planned, docking will be on March 1 at 6:03 pm ET. NASA+ coverage will begin at 5:15 pm ET. NASA refers to this …

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Rocket Lab will hold its fourth quarter 2024 financial results telecon on February 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm PACIFIC Time (5:00 pm ET).   Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.

IEEE will hold its 2025 Aerospace Conference from March 1-8, 2025 at the Yellowstone Conference Center in Big Sy, Montana. More information is on the event's website.

If launch takes place on February 27 as planned, Russia's Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft will dock with the International Space Station on March 1, 2025 at 6:03 pm ET.  NASA+ coverage begins at 5:15 pm ET. NASA calls Progress MS-30 "Progress 91" because it is the 91st Progress to resupply the ISS.  Dozens of other …

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Update, March 1: The landing time has moved forward to 3:34 am ET and NASA+ coverage will begin 10 minutes earlier at 2:20 am ET. Original Entry: Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 will land on the Moon on March 2, 2025 at 2:45 am CENTRAL Time (3:45 am Eastern). NASA and Firefly will livestream the …

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The Air and Space Forces Association (AFA) will hold their annual AFA Warfare Symposium from March 3-5, 2025 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, CO. More information is on the event's website.

Japan's ispace will provide an update on its SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon mission on March 4, 2025 at 9:15 am Japan Standard Time , which is March 3, 7:15 pm Eastern Standard Time, at the HAKUTO-R Mission Control Center, Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower 7F, 2-1-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and over Zoom.  The presentation …

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The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the University of Texas at Austin will hold the 11th Space Traffic Management Conference from March 4-5, 2025 in Austin, TX. More information is on the IAA website.