ABU DHABI SPACE DEBATE, Dec 5-6, 2022, Abu Dhabi
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, will host the Abu Dhabi Space Debate from December 5-6, 2022 at the Adnoc Business Centre in Abu Dhabi. More information is on the event's website. According to a report in the UAE's The National News expected participants include Indian Prime …
NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Dec 5-6, 2022, virtual
NASA's Planetary Science Advisory Committee will meet virtually from December 5-6, 2022. The meeting is 10:00 am - 5:00 pm ET both days. The agenda is posted. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National …
DECADAL SURVEY ON SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS COMMITTEE (Natl Acad), Dec 5-7, 2022, DC
The steering committee for the Decadal Survey on Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) will meet in Washington, DC from Decemeber 5-7, 2022. Some sessions are open and some are closed. For more information, visit the committee's website.
NASA TV COVERAGE OF ORION’S RETURN POWERED FLYBY, Dec 5, 2022, JSC, begins 9:00 am ET
(burn at 11:43 am ET, news conf at 5:00 pm ET)
ESA PRE-LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE FOR METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION IMAGER (MTG-I1), Dec 5, 2022, 15:30-16:15 CET (10:30-11:15 am EST)
The European Space Agency will hold a press conference in English on December 5, 2022 from 15:30-16:15 Central European Time (10:30-11:15 am Eastern Standard Time) to discuss the upcoming launch of the first Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I1) meteorological satellite. Press conferences in other languages (French, German and Italian) will follow the same day. The …
2022 SPACE NEWS FIRESIDE CHAT WITH LORI GARVER AND JIM BRIDENSTINE, Dec 5, 2022, DC
Space News is returning to an in-person format for its 2022 year-end luncheon. It will take place at Hogan Lovells, 555 13th Street, NW, Washington DC on December 5, 2022 from 11:00 am -1:30 pm ET. More information is on the Space News Awards website. Although the URL is "spacenewsawards.com" and in the past this …
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE MEETS TO WRITE RULE FOR FY2023 NDAA, Dec 5, 2022, DC, 3:00 pm ET
The House Rules Committee will meet on December 5, 2022 in H-313 Capitol at 3:00 pm ET to write the rule for consideration of the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (deciding what if any amendments are allow, how much time is permitted for debate, etc). Floor consideration is scheduled for Thursday, December 8. The meeting …
CLPS 2022: SURVIVE THE NIGHT TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP, Dec 6-8, 2022, Cleveland, OH/virtual
NASA's Science Mission Directorate and Space Technology Mission Directorate will hold the CLPS 2022 workshop from December 6-8, 2022 at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH and online. CLPS is NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The workshop is on technologies to allow payloads to "Survive the Night" on the lunar surface, which is …
TECH CRUNCH SESSIONS: SPACE 2022, Dec 6, 2022, Los Angeles, 10:00-4:00 pm PACIFIC Time
Tech Crunch will hold an in-person symposium on the space program on December 6, 2022 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm PACIFIC Time at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. Speakers include: Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space …
SECURING SPACE: PREPARING FOR FUTURE SPACE CONTINGENCIES (Atlantic Council), Dec 6, 2022, virtual, 2:00 pm ET
The Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security will hold a webinar on December 6, 2022 from 2:00-3:30 pm ET on "Securing Space: Preparing for Future Space Contingencies." More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. Participants include: Gen. James E. Cartwright (Ret.), Atlantic Council Board Director Travis Langster, Principal Director of …
EXPLORATION BEYOND JWST (Aerospace Corp), Dec 8, 2022, virtual, 1:00 pm ET
The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next Space Policy Show webinar on Decemer 8, 2022 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Exploration Beyond JWST." More information and registration instructions are on the event's website, which says: As humans probe ever deeper into space, there is potential to discover where we came from, what we …
YUSAKU MAEZAWA MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT ON ANNV OF HIS ISS MISSION, Dec 8, 2022, ~3:00 pm ET
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who goes by MZ, tweeted that he will make a "major announcement about space" on December 8, 2022 at about 12:00 pm Pacific Time (3:00 pm Eastern) on the one-year anniversary of his launch to the International Space Station. Online meeting with Elon @elonmusk is done. I can make a major …
NASA BFG TO PREVIEW ORION’S RETURN TO EARTH, Dec 8, 2022, JSC, 5:00 pm ET
NASA will hold a briefing on December 8, 2022 at 5:00 pm ET to preview the return of the Orion spacecraft to Earth. Splashdown is scheduled for December 11. Participants in the December 8 briefing are: Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters Judd Frieling, flight director, Johnson Howard Hu, manager, Orion Program, NASA Johnson …
LAUNCH OF JAPANESE/UAE LUNAR LANDER/ROVER & NASA’s LUNAR FLASHLIGHT, Dec 11, 2022, CCSFS, 2:38 am ET
Update, December 8: The UAE's MBR Space Center will provide live coverage of the launch beginning at 10:00 am UAE time (1:00 am Eastern). Watch the live coverage of the launch of Rashid Rover, the first Emirati Mission to the surface of the Moon, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday 11 December at …
ORION RETURNS TO EARTH, Dec 11, 2022, JSC, 12:39 pm ET, Pacific Ocean near Guadalupe Island
(NASA TV begins 11:00 am ET, news conf at ~3:30 pm ET)
FIRST SCIENCE RESULTS FROM JWST (STScI), Dec 12-15, 2022, Baltimore, MD
The Space Telescope Science Institite (STScI), which operates the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for NASA, will hold a conference from December 12-15, 2022 at its offices in Baltimore, MD to discuss the first science results from JWST. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. The agenda is …
AGU FALL MEETING, Dec 12-16, 2022, Chicago, IL/online
The annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) will take place December 12-16, 2022 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, IL and online. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. A list of NASA press events during the meeting is available. Press registration is required to listen to …
THE ARTEMIS ACCORDS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (SWF), Dec 12, 2022, DC, 11:30 am-2:00 pm ET
The Secure World Foundation (SWF) will hold a luncheon panel discussion on December 12, 2022 from 11:30 am-2:00 pm ET to discuss "The Artemis Accords: Past, Present, and Future." The luncheon begins at 11:30; the event runs 12:00-2:00 pm ET. The event will take place at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., …
DC-X/XA–THE GENESIS OF FULLY REUSABLE ACCESS TO SPACE (AIAA), Dec 12, 2022, Manhattan Beach CA/virtual, 6:00-10:15 pm ET
The AIAA Los Angeles-Las Vegas Section will hold a meeting on December 12, 2022 at the Manhattan Beach Library, Manhattan Beach, CA and online to discuss "DC-X/XA--the Genesis of Fully Reusable Access to Space." The meeting sessions are 3:00-7:15 pm Pacific Time (with registration opening at 2:00 pm PT), which is 6:00-10:15 pm Eastern. More …
WORLD SPACE FORUM (UN/AUSTRIA), Dec 13-15, 2022, virtual
The United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs and the government of Austria will hold the Virtual United Nations/Austria World Space Forum 2022 from December 13-15, 2022. More information is on the event's website.