House Speaker Mike Johnson will preside over a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on September 18, 2024 at 3:00 pm ET. Among the honorees are four black women who were instrumental in the early day of the space program as computers (people who made mathematical computations before the era …

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The Appalachian Space Technology & Research Advancement Conference (ASTRA-Con) will take place September 19-21, 2024 at Morehead State University's Space Science Center, Morehead, Kentucky. More information is on the event's website, which says: "The Appalachian Space Technology & Research Advancement (ASTRA) Conference features academic presentations from Academic and Industry Leaders, undergraduate and graduate students, panels, …

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is conducting a study for NASA on "Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars." On September 19, 2024 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET, the study committee will hold a virtual town hall meeting over Zoom where members of the community can learn about the study and speak …

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JPL will give a presentation in advance of the launch of the Europa Clipper mission on "Europa and Beyond: A Deep Dive into Oceans Worlds in Our Solar System."  It will take place on September 19, 2024 at 8:00 pm ET.  The post on X doesn't make clear whether it is in-person, virtual, or both. …

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The Foresight Institute will hold the 2024 Foresight  Space Futures & Governance Conference at the Chabot Space Center in Oakland, CA from September 20-21, 2024. The meeting is 9:30 am-5:00 pm PACIFIC Time each day. More information is on the event's website, which says: "Recently accelerating progress on space science and technologies has opened up …

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NASA's Planetary Science Advisory Committee will meet virtually on September 20, 2024 from 12:00-3:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice which is reproduced below. ASA Planetary Science Advisory Committee; Meeting AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as …

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The crew of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-9 mission, Nick Hague (NASA) and Aleksandr Gorbunov (Roscosmos), will arrive at Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2024 at 1:30 pm ET in preparation for their launch to the ISS on September 26. The event will air on NASA+. Only two crew members are on this liftoff because the …

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko will turn over command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut  Suni Williams in a change-of-command ceremony at 10:15 am ET on September 22, 2024.   At that time Expedition 71 will end and Expedition 72 will begin. The event will air on NASA+. Kononenko is returning to Earth on Monday …

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Update, September 23: The landing time has been refined to 7:59 am ET instead of 8:00 am ET. Original Entry: Soyuz MS-25 will return from the International Space Station on September 23, 2024, landing on the steppes of Kazakshtan at 8:00 am ET. Aboard the spacecraft will be Roscosmos cosmonauts Olen Kononenko and Nikolai Chub …

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Space Canada will hold its 3rd annual SpaceBound Conference 2024 from September 23-25, 2024 at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario. More information is on the event's website, which says: "The three-day event will be held in Ottawa from September 23-25, 2024. "Space Canada’s Parliamentary Reception will open the event on September 23rd …

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UK Space Command will hold the UK Defence Space Conference from Septembeer 24-25, 2024 at IET London and online.  The final day includes a UK Space Command Industry Forum from 1600-1700 local time. More information is on the event's website, which says:    

The Committee on Solar and Space Physics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its fall meeting from September 24-26, 2024 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. The committee's website has had a message for quite some time that more information will be posted closer to the meeting date, but …

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Payload will hold the Space Capitol Forum 2024 on September 24, 2024 from 10:00 am-7:00 pm ET at the Embassy of Australia, 1601 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC. More information is on the event's website, which says (as of September 8): "In some ways, the space industry is only limited by the funding and regulations …

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The Adriatic Aerospace Association will hold the Brijuni Conference on Space Safety from September 25-28, 2024 at Hotel Istra on Brijuni Island, Croatia. More information is on the event's website, which says: "Space must not be the escape route for humans from inhabitable Earth but an upgrade to its civilization "The Brijuni Conferences bring an …

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The Beyond Earth Institute (BEI) will hold a webinar on September 25, 2024 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET on "China and India's Beyond Earth Human Spaceflight Prorrams: A Space Race by Any Other Name?" More information is on the event's website. Participants are: Courtney Stadd (Moderator), Executive Vice President, Beyond Earth Institute Peter Garretson, Senior Fellow, American Foreign …

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The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Chandra X-ray Observatory at the John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History on September 25, 2024.  The event will be from 8:00-9:00 pm ET at the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA and online via YouTube. Participants are: …

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SAE Media Group will hold the Space Logistics Conference from September 26-27, 2024, at the Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA. More information is on the event's website, which says: The Space Logistics Industry is on track to generate $21 Billion by 2040, 20% of the total revenue of the space economy. SAE Media …

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The University of Nebraska will hold its annual space law conference on September 27, 2024 from 8:00 am-12:30 pm ET at the Army & Navy Club, 901 17th St. NW, Washington, DC. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website.

American University International Law Review (AUILR) will hold a symposium on September 27, 2024 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm ET at the American University Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The topic is "Cosmic Governance: Charting the Future of International Space Law." More information is on the event's website.

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the Moon Village Association (MVA) will hold a webinar on September 27, 2024 from 15:00-15:45 Central European Summer Time (9:00-9:15 am Eastern Daylight Time) on "Sustainable Lunar Environment: The  Next Challenge."  It is part of IAF's Global Networking Forum series as part of the 2024 International Astronautical Conference that …

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