Boeing will hold ts 1st Quarter 2020 financial results telecon on April 29, 2020 at 10:30 am ET.  The event will be webcast. Speakers are: David Calhoun, President Greg Smith, CFO and EVP of Enterprise Performance & Strategy A Boeing news release and presentation materials will be posted prior to the telecon at Boeing's investors' …

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Space News will hold its next webinar on April 29, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET.  The topic is "From Ligado 5G to Orbital Debris:  The FCC's Role in Space Policy." Participants are: Jennifer A. Manner Echostar/Hughes, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Moriba Jah Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics at The University of …

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The Space Foundation and CompTIA Space Enterprise Council will hold a webinar on April 29, 2020 at 2:00 pm ET on the topic "Ready to Fight: How the Space Industry is Leading the Charge to Combat COVID-19." Speakers will include leaders from these companies and organizations: Bruce Cathell, Vice President, Government Operations, Viasat David Logsdon, …

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The Aviation Week (AvWk) Network will host a webinar on April 30, 2020 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET on "Space and COVID-19: How are Space Start-Ups Surviving the Pandemic?" Participants are: Jefferson Morris, Editor-in-Chief, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report (moderator) Carissa Christensen, CEO, Bryce Technology Eric Stallmer, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation Josh Brost, …

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In light of the coronavirus pandemic, The Aerospace Corporation is holding a series of virtual meetings featuring its own experts discussing a variety of space policy topics from 1:00-2:00 pm ET.  As of March 21, it plans 12 such "episodes" between now and the end of April.  We show the full list below. The April …

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This entry has been updated as plans for the event evolved.  This is the most recent information we have, based on a NASA press release issued April 28 about 5:30 pm ET. On April 30, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will hold a media teleconference to announce the contract winners to …

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Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, will hold a "conversation" with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on May 4, 2020 at 11:00 am ET.  The event is virtual. More information and instructions on how to submit questions for O'Hanlon to ask are on the the event's website.

China space expert Andrew Jones, writing in Space News, anticipates that China will launch its Long March 5B rocket from Hainan Island on May 5, 2020 as a test flight of a spacecraft that could be used for crews on exploration missions in the future.  The test is also related to China's plans to launch …

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Leidos will hold its 1Q 2020 financial earnings telecon on May 5, 2020 at 8:00 am ET.  The telecon will be available on the Web. Leidos owns Dynetics, which just won one of the Human Landing Systems (HLS) awards to refine its concept for a lunar lander to put people back on the Moon by …

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Update, March 18:  This conference has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. Original Entry: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold its 2020 Defense and Security Forum at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD from May 5-7, 2020.  The conference is classified SECRET/NoFORN. More information is on …

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold "A Conversation with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine" on May 5, 2020 at 11:00 am ET.  The event will take place virtually as a webinar due to the coronavirus pandemic. The emailed announcement from CSIS's Todd Harrison with instructions on how to join via Zoom is …

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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next "Space Policy Show" on May 5, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET.  The virtual event will be prerecorded, but the audience may ask questions via chat. The topic is Japan's Gradual Shift Towards Space Security and features Aerospace's Sam Wilson and Frank Rose of the Brookings Institution (and former …

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Representatives of NASA and ESA's earth observation programs will hold a joint virtual Town Hall meeting as part of the European Geophysical Union's 2020 General Assembly (EGU2020) conference, which is now taking place virtually May 4-8, 2020. The Town Hall is on May 5, 2020 at 1900-2000 Central European Summer Time (CEST), which is 1:00-2:00 …

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Virgin Galactic will hold its 1Q 2020 financial earnings telecon on May 5, 2020 at 5:00 pm ET (2:00 pm Pacific).  The event will be webcast.

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The Space Foundation will host a webinar or May 6, 2020 at 11:00 am ET featuring Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond on "America's Space Force: Building the Future Today." The event is free, but registration is required. The emailed invitation is reproduced below. Space Foundation …

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Penguin Random House will hold a virtual conversation with former astronauts Scott Kelly and Mike Massimino, both of whom wrote books about their lives and their space experiences.  The conversation on May 6, 2020 from 7:00-8:00 pm ET will be moderated by John Rocco, author and illustrator of children's books. The organizers describe it as …

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