Update 2, March 7:  SWF clarifies that this is the 8th National Space Policy Secretariat Symposium on Ensuring the the Safe and Sustainable Use of Outer Space.  The Secretariat is part of the Cabinet Office. The time and date are correct -- March 8, 8:00 am-12:00 pm JST (March 7, 6:00-10:00 pm EST). Registration information …

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The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will hold its 60th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium from March 8-10, 2023 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD. More information is on the event's website.

The 10th Paris Space Week will take place March 8-10, 2023 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles Hall 2.2, Paris, FR. More information is on the event's website.

The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will markup several bills on March 8, 2023 at 10:00 am ET in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The meeting will be webcast. Several of the bills are space-related.  The complete list is as follows: H.R. 1338, the "Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining …

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Crew-5 is getting ready to return to Earth after six months on the International Space Station. As of today, March 5, NASA had not officially announced the undocking and splashdown details, but they are expected to return around March 9. Their Crew-6 replacements arrived last week.  It's typically a 5-day handover period, but the return …

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The Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will hold a hearing on March 8, 2023 at 3:00 pm ET in 2118 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. The topic is "FY24 Strategic Forces Posture." Witnesses are: The Honorable John Plumb Assistant Secretary of Defense …

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The D.C. Chapter of the International Space University-USA Alumni Association will hold its next Space Café on March 8, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 pm ET at TEC Solutions @ 901 North Stuart Street, Arlington VA. The guest is Mary Guenther, Vice President of Space Policy at the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, who will speak on Commercial Space …

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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Security Space Association (NSSA) will hold the third Intelligence Community (IC) Commercial Space Partners Forum on March 9, 2023 from 7:45 am - 12:30 pm ET at Raytheon Technologies, Building 10, Dulles Campus, 22210 Pacific Blvd, Sterling, VA. The meeting is unclassified, but off the record and …

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President Biden is expected to release his FY2024 budget request and submit it to Congress on March 9, 2023. Details have not been announced and rumors are that it will be a "skinny" budget with top-line numbers, but not the full details. Check back here for updates as they become available.

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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will broadcast the annual State of NASA address on March 9, 2023 at 3:00 pm ET in conjunction with the Biden Administration's release of the top-level numbers for the FY2024 budget request earlier in the day. His remarks will air on NASA TV, the NASA app, and NASA Live. The full …

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SSPI's Mid-Atlantic Chapter, SSPI-MA, will hold a webinar on March 9, 2023 from 5:00-7:00 pm ET. The topic is "Space Law: Planetary Property and Flight Paths." The speaker is Prof. Frans von der Dunk of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Law School. More information is on the event's website.

The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, festival and exhibition will take place March 10-19, 2023 in Austin, TX. More information is on the event's website.

The National Space Club and Foundation will hold the 66th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner on March 10, 2023 at the Hilton Washington in Washington, D.C., beginning at 6:30 pm ET. More information is on the event's website.    

Update, March 10: NASA now says they will splashdown at 9:02 pm ET instead of 9:19 pm ET. Several other times changes also were made. The new schedule is: Saturday, March 11 12 a.m. – NASA TV hatch closure coverage begins for ingress and 12:15 a.m. hatch closing 1:45 a.m. – NASA TV coverage resumes for …

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Update, March 10:  NASA has revised the schedule for reentry, splashdown and this media teleconference.  The telecon now will be at 10:30 pm ET instead of 11:00 pm ET.  Here is the complete new schedule: Saturday, March 11 12 a.m. – NASA TV hatch closure coverage begins for ingress and 12:15 a.m. hatch closing 1:45 …

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Daylight Saving Time begins in the United States on March 12, 2023. Arizona and Hawaii do not observe Daylight Saving Time. For all the other states, clocks will "spring forward" one hour at 2:00 am. Daylight Saving Time ends on November 5.

The Space Generation Advisory Council, in partnership with Satellite2023 and Future Space Leaders, will hold its SGx2023 conference in conjunction with the Satellite2023 conference taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. More information and the agenda are on the event's website, which says: SGx is a fast-paced, content-rich conference modeled on the TEDx “lightning …

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The Satellite 2023 conference and exhibition -- often simply called SATELLITE -- will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC from March 13-16, 2023. More information is on the event's website.

The 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) will take place at The Woodlands, TX and online from March 13-17, 2023. More information is on the event's website. The program now is posted (February 6, 2023).