Update, March 12:  The event organizers inform us that in-person registration is full and only online participation is now available. Register at this link. This is the updated program.   Original Entry: COSPAR is initiating a biennial International Planetary Protection Week with the first taking place in London at the Royal Society from April 22-25, …

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April 22 has been celebrated as Earth Day every year since 1970. Events take place globally. The theme for 2024 is "Planet vs. Plastics." EarthDay.org is a good place to start to find events near you. NASA often holds events over several days to highlight the contributions of satellite data to understanding the Earth system. …

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The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) will holds its 2024 spring meeting from April 23-25, 2024 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD and online. More information is on the event's website.

The Aerospace Corporation will hold the 2024 Space Power Workshop from April 23-25, 2024 at the Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach in Torrance, CA. More information is on the event's website, which says: The 41st annual Space Power Workshop will be held April 23 – 25, 2024, at the Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach Hotel. The workshop …

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The China Society of Astronautics and the China Space Foundation will hold the China Space Conference April 23-26, 2024 in Wuhan in commemoration of China's National Day of Spaceflight commemorating the launch of China's first satellite, Dongfanghong-1 on April 24, 1970. More information is in Space Age Publishing's Space Calendar and on the event's website. …

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The FAA's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) will meet on April 23, 2024 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm ET in Washington, DC. The meeting will be livestreamed. The agenda and livestream links will be posted on COMSTAC's website in due course.

Lockheed Martin will hold its 1st quarter 2024 financial results telecon on April 23, 2024 at 11:00 am ET. Audio will be available on the company's investor relations website. Participants are: James Taiclet, chairman, president and chief executive officer; Jay Malave, chief financial officer; and Maria Ricciardone, vice president, Treasurer and Investor Relations,

The Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security will hold a fireside chat with Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, U.S. Space Force Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements, on April 23, 2024 from 4:00-5:00 pm at the Council's offices, 1030 15th St., NW, Washington, DC.  It will be webcast. Clementine Starling, …

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The National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board will meet at The Antler Hotel, 4 South Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO from April 24-25, 2024. The meeting is 9:00 am-6:00 pm MOUNTAIN TIME (11:00 am-8:00 pm Eastern) on April 24 and 9:00 am-12:30 pm MOUNTAIN TIME (11:00 am-2:30 pm Eastern) on April 25. …

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ESA will hold a meeting of the science community associated with the Hera mission to visit the Dimorphos/Didymos double asteroid that was the target of NASA's DART impact mission in 2022.  The Hera meeting immediately follows the Apophis T-5 Workshop in the same location: ESA's ESTEC center in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

NASA's Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) will meet at the University of Arizona's DC Center for Outreach and Colloraboration in Washington, DC from April 24-26, 2024.  It is a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting More information is on the MEPAG website, which says registration for in-person attendance is available until April 19 or until the limit …

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The 2024 Space for Island Conference (SINC) will take place in the Maldives from April 24-26, 2024. More information is on the event's website, which says: Join us at the Space for Island Nations Conference (SINC), where we embark on a transformative journey exploring the intersection of space technology, sustainability, and the unique challenges faced …

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The Air and Space Force's Association will hold an Air & Space Warfighters in Action webinar on April 24, 2024 from 10:00-11:00 am ET featuring Col. Nicole Petrucci, Commander, U.S. Space Force Space Delta 3.  She will discuss how the Space Force is "applying and executing Electromagnetic Warfare in, from, and to space." More information …

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Boeing will hold its first quarter 2024 financial results telecon on Aril 24, 2024 at 10:30 am ET.  Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website. Participants are: President and Chief Executive Officer David Calhoun and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brian West Calhoun has announced that he will leave the company at the end of …

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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) will hold a webinar on April 24, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET to discuss the FY2024 and FY2025 budgets for DOD and the U.S. Space Force. Click the link in the "tweet" below for more information and registration. Participants are: AIA's Steve Jordan Tomaszewski, Aerospace Corporation's Sam Wilson, and American …

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NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee will meet April 25-26, 2024. The meeting on April 25 is 10:00 am-6:00 pm ET and on April 26 is 10:00 am-3:00 pm ET. Public participation s virtual only. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below.   SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal …

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Update, April 24: The agenda for Thursday will focus on SOMD, and for Friday on ESDMD. Original Entry: The NASA Advisory Council's Human Exploration and Operations Committee, NAC-HEO, will meet April 25-26, 2024. The meeting both days is 9:30 am - 3:30 pm ET The Federal Register notice does not disclose where the committee is …

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The Committee on "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars" of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its first open meeting from April 25-26, 2024 at the Academies' Keck Center, 500 5th St., NW, Washington, D.C.  Some sessions are open and some are closed.  It will be livestreamed. The …

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Update, April 24:  China confirmed today that the launch is tomorrow, April 25, at 8:59 pm Beijing Time (12:59 UTC/8:59 am EDT).  It also announced the crew: Ye Guangfu, commander (2nd flight), Li Cong (1st flight), Li Gaungsu (1st flight).  China's CGTN network usually provides live launch coverage. Shenzhou-18 crew, L-R: Li Guangsu, Ye Guangfu …

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Northrop Grumman will hold its 1st Quarter 2024 financial results telecon on April 25, 2024 at 9:00 am ET. Audio will be available on the company's website. Participants are: Kathy Warden, chair, chief executive officer and president, and Dave Keffer, chief financial officer