NASA and the Lunar and Planetary Institute will hold a virtual workshop on November 19, 2020 to get input on "Foundational Data Products" for lunar surface science. More information is on the event's website.

UPDATE:  This event has been rescheduled for November 19 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET Original Entry: Explore Mars will hold a webinar on November 12, 2020 from 2:00-3:30 pm ET to discuss "Ingenuity: Taking Flight on Mars." Ingenuity is the name of the Mars Helicopter that is enroute to Mars right now as part of the …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next Space Policy Show webinar on November 19, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Early NASA Recruitment for Women and African Americans." The speaker is Alan Ladwig, author of "See You in Orbit? Our Dream of Spaceflight."  Aerospace's Angie Bukley is the moderator. More information and a …

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Update, November 17: The launch has slipped one day due to weather.  Time is the same.  There is an almost 3-hour launch window. Launch update: Due to weather we are now targeting no earlier than November 20th UTC for the #ReturnToSender mission. 🚀🛰️🪂 Target lift-off: 🚀UTC: 20 Nov (01:44 - 04:34) 🚀NZT: 20 Nov (14:44 …

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The Air Force Association's Schriever Chapter will host the 6th annual Schriever Space Forum on November 20, 2020 from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET.  It will be held virtually this year because of the pandemic. According to the event's website, it features "appearances by Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett, Vice Chairman of the …

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NASA will hold a media telecon on November 20, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss payloads that will be delivered to the International Space Station on the next SpaceX cargo resupply mission, CRS-21, or SpX-21.  It is scheduled for launch on December 2. Among many other things, it will deliver a new, commercially developed …

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NASA will hold a science briefing about the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean altimetry satellite, which is scheduled for launch on November 21.  The briefing will take on November 20, 2020 at 3;30 pm ET.  (It is one of several briefings.  See separate calendar entries.) ·      Karen St. Germain, director, NASA Earth Science Division ·      Craig Donlon, project …

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NASA will hold a pre-launch news conference on November 20, 2020 at 5:00 pm ET for the launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, which is scheduled for launch the next day.  Other briefings also are scheduled (see separate calendar entries). Participants are: ·      Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters ·      Johann-Dietrich Wörner, director-general, ESA …

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Update, November 13:  The launch from VAFB is scheduled for 12:17 pm ET (9:17 am Pacific Time, local at the launch site).  NASA TV coverage begins at 11:45 am ET. Update, November 3:  Lueders tweeted that November 21 is the new launch date.  The launch time was not specified. Update: We now are targeting Saturday, …

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The German Institute of Navigation has organized the European Navigation Conference 2020 (ENC 2020) for November 23-24, 2020.  It will take place virtually.  Note that times on the agenda are in Central European Time (CET).  Subtract 6 hours for Eastern Standard Time.  The meeting begins at 13:00 CET both days, which is 7:00 am EST. …

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The Department of Commerce's Office of Space Commerce (OSC) will hold an "Industry Day" to obtain input regarding the Open Architecture Data Repository (OSDR) it is creating for Space Situational Awareness/Space Traffic Management (SSA/STM) in response to President Trump's Space Policy Directive-3. Meetings will be held on two days, November 23 -- the "West Coast …

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McGill University's Institute of Air and Space Law, in partnership with Spectrum Space Security, will hold a four-day Strategic Space Law Course from November 23-26, 2020.  It will take place virtually. More information is on the event's website.  

Update, November 23, 8:10 am ET:  The European Space Agency, which is providing tracking support, says the launch is at 21:35 CET tonight, which is 3:35 pm EST.  China has not indicated if it will livestream the launch.   Original Entry: China says only that it plans to launch its long-awaited Chang'e-5 lunar sample return …

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who arrived at the International Space Station  aboard Crew-1 a week ago, will hold a press conference with Japanese reporters on November 24, 2020 at 6:10 am ET.  The event will be broadcast on NASA TV with English interpretation.

The South Australian Space Industry Centre (SASIC) will hold the 10th Australian Space Forum on November 25, 2020.  The event was planned to take place at the Adelaide Convention Center and online, but the COVID situation in Australia has forced the entire event to be virtual. More information is on the event's website. The agenda …

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The Canadian Space Society will hold its annual summit virtually from November 24-27, 2020.  The theme this year is "To Lunar and Beyond." More information is on the event's website.  The agenda was not posted as of November 22, however (at least we couldn't spot one).

Space4Impact will hold a kick-off event on November 25-26, 2020.  November 25 is open to the public.  November 26 is by invitation only.  It will take place virtually. Note that times on the agenda are in Central European Time (CET).  Subtract 6 hours for Eastern Standard Time. More information is on the event's website.

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF), as part of its Global Networking Forum (GNF) Space Conversation series, will hold  a webinar on November 25, 2020 from 14:00-15:00 Central European Time (8:00-9:00 am EST) on "Bridging the Space Divide for Developing Countries and Emerging Communities." More information is on the event's website.

November 26, 2020 is a federal holiday, Thanksgiving.  Government offices and many businesses will be closed.