NASA's Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) will meet from October 28-30, 2024 at the Gilruth Center near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX and virtually. More information is on the LEAG website.  

The steering committee for the Committee on A Science Strategy for Human Exploration of Mars of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will meet in Washington, DC from October 28-30, 2024.  Some sessions are open and some are closed. More information will be posted on the commitee's website closer to the meeting date. …

Read More Read More

TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 will take place in San Fransciso from October 28-30 2024. The Space Stage at the event is "powered by" the Aerospace Corporation. More information, including the agenda, is on the event's website.

NASA's Earth Science Advisory Committee will meet on October 28, 2024 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET. Public attendance is virtual only. 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 (NASA) announces a meeting of the Earth …

Read More Read More

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is conducting a study for NASA on “Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars.” On October 28, 2024 from 12:30-1:45 pm ET, the study committee will hold a second virtual town hall meeting over Zoom where members of the community can learn about the study and speak for …

Read More Read More

The Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) will hold its next luncheon on October 29, 2024 from 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET at Rocket Lab USA, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Rooftop Conference Room (7th floor), Washington, DC. The speaker is Jason Rathje, Director of DOD's Office of Strategic Capital. More information is on the event's website.   …

Read More Read More

Space News will hold a webinar on October 29, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET with Steve Altemus, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Intuitive Machines.  IM became the first commercial company to successfully land a robotic spacecraft on the Moon in February 2024. More such flights are planned. More information about the webinar is on the …

Read More Read More

Update, October 29:  China has finally confirmed that the launch is indeed on October 30 at 4:27 am Beijing Time, which is today, October 29, 4:27 pm EDT, as Andrew Jones reported yesterday. Update, October 28:  China still hasn't made an official announcement, but reporter Andrew Jones, who closely follows China's space program from Finland, …

Read More Read More

NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold two virtual workshops to discuss "the priority science goals and Planetary Protection knowledge gaps" in connection with future human exploration of Mars. The first is July 31-August 1, 2024. The second is October 30-November 1. More information is on the event's website, which says: PLANETARY PROTECTION IN ADVANCE OF …

Read More Read More

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold a webinar on October 30, 2024 at 10:00 am ET with John Klein, author of "Space Warfare: Strategy, Principles and Policy." More information and the YouTube link are on the event's website.

NOAA's Office of Space Commerce and NIST, both part of the Department of Commerce, will hold a webinar on October 30, 2024 from 3:00-4:00 pm ET on "Harnessing Microgravity for the Necessary Leap in Semiconductor Technology" featuring Jessica Frick, CEO and co-founder of Astral Materials Inc. More information is on the event's website.

The Space Transportation Association (STA) will hold a luncheon on Capitol Hill on October 31, 2024 featuring Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut KANAI Norishige who will speak about "How a JAXA astronaut sees the U.S.-Japan Cooperation in Space." STA events are by invitation only.

NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) will hold a public telecon to report on its 4th quarter 2024 meeting on October 31, 2024 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET. More information including dial-in information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the National …

Read More Read More

The Earthlight Foundation will hold New Worlds 2024 & The Space Cowboy Ball at Space Center Houston in Houston, TX from November 1-2, 2024. More information is on the event's website, which says: "New Worlds is uniting hundreds of spacers, visionary entrepreneurs, influential billionaires, pioneering tech developers, forward-thinking policymakers, agencies, private sector organizations, domain thought …

Read More Read More

The Planetary Science Institute (PSI) will sponsor an event from November 1-3, 2024 on "Making Space: A Workshop on Space, SciArt, & Society" at the Livery Studio in Pasadena, CA. Registration is capped at 30 participants. More information is on the event's website.

Daylight Saving Time will end in the United States on November 3, 2024. Arizona and Hawaii do not observe Daylight Saving Time. For all other states, the clocks will “fall back” one hour at 2:00 am.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom will be relocated from one port on the Harmony module to another on November 3, 2024. The four crew members who will be using Freedom for their return home in February will board the spacecraft as it is moved from Harmony's forward port to its space-facing port to make room for …

Read More Read More

Update, November 3, 8:00 am EST:  Xinhua reports that Shenzhou-18 undocked at 16:12, which we presume is Beijing Time, which would be 3:12 am EST.  They did not provide a projected landing time. China's Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship separated from the space station combination at 16:12 on Sunday, and the three astronauts aboard are returning to …

Read More Read More

The Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space (CESAS) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its fall meeting at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA from Novdember 4-5, 2024, Some sessions are open and some are closed. Open sessions will be livestreamed. More information and the agenda are on …

Read More Read More

Update, October 30:  NASA's media coverage is as follows: Monday, Nov. 4: 3:30 p.m. – Prelaunch media teleconference (no earlier than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review) with the following participants: Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program Meghan Everett, deputy chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program …

Read More Read More