The Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will hold a hearing on the FY2025 budget request for National Security Space Programs on May 1, 2024 at 3:30 pm ET in 2118 Rayburn House Office Building.  The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: John Plumb, Assistant Secretary …

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Update, April 27: The NASA TV schedule now shows this as May 2, same time. Update, April 26: The port relocation cannot take place until the SpX-30 cargo spacecraft departs and frees the zenith port for Crew-8. That has been delayed from April 26 to no earlier than April 28 due to poor weather in …

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The Mitchell Institute will hold its next webinar in the Schriever Spacepower Series on May 2, 2024 at 9:00 am ET. The speaker is Maj. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, U.S. Space Force. More information is on the event's website.

Update May 2, 2:00 pm ET:   We were unable to get into the meeting via the WebEx link provided.  NASA now tells us that the public meeting was cancelled a couple of weeks ago, but the agency did not update the Federal Register notice, for which they apologize. They said the meeting will be rescheduled …

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The Transportation-HUD subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on May 2, 2024 at 10:00 am ET in 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building on the FY2025 budget request for the Department of Transportation. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttegieg is the sole witness. DOT …

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The Brookings Institution will hold a webinar on May 2, 2024 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET on "Exploring Mars and the Moon" as part of the 15th A. Alfred Taubman Forum on Public Policy. More information and the webinar link are on the event's website.   Participants are:  

China plans to launch its next robotic lunar spacecraft, Chang'e-6, on May 3, 2024 to return samples from the farside of the Moon.  The launch on a Long March 5 rocket is expected to take place at 07:50 UTC (3:50 am EDT/3:50 pm local time in China) from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan …

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NASA will hold a news conference about 12:30 pm ET on May 3, 2024 following the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission scheduled for May 6. The time could change depending on the progress of the FRR. Participants are: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Steve Stich, manager, …

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold a fireside chat with Mallory Stewart, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Deterrence and Stability, from 2:00-2:45 pm ET on May 3, 2024 at CSIS's offices at 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC and online. The topic is "The Nuclear Option: Deciphering Russia's …

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NASA will hold a NASA social panel livestream event at Kennedy Space Center on May 3, 2024 at 3:30 pm ET in preparation for the launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission scheduled for May 6. The panel session will stream live at @NASAKennedy on YouTube, @NASAKennedy on X, and @NASAKennedy on Facebook. Participants are: Ian Kappes, deputy launch vehicle …

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The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation will hold the GEOINT 2024 conference at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, FL from May 5-8, 2024. More information is on the event's website.

The 2024 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) will take place May 5-10, 2024 in Providence, RI. More information is on the event's website.

The American Nuclear Society's 2024 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS) conference will take place at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center in Santa Fe, NM from May 6-10, 2024. The theme is: "Powering the Final Frontier." More information is on the event's website.

Explore Mars will hold the 2024 Humans to Mars Summit (H2M) from May 7-8, 2024 at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium in Washington, D.C. More information is on the event's website. The agenda is posted.

The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona will hold a workshop from May 7-9, 2024 on "Science with NEO Surveyor" at the Catamaran Resort in San Diego, CA. More information is on the event's website.

Virgin Galactic will hold its 1st quarter 2024 financial earnings telecon on May 7, 2024 at 2:00 pm PACIFIC Time (5:00 pm Eastern).  Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.

Update, May 5: The NAC website still does not show an agenda for this meeting, only a list of topics. Also note that as of today the list of committee members on the NAC website is from June 2022, almost two years ago. Original Entry: The NASA Advisory Council (NAC) will meet at NASA HQ in …

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Catapult Satellite Applications and the U.K. Space Agency will hold the In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing (IOSM) Conference from May 8-9, 2024 in the "purpose-built ESA conference facility in Harwell, Oxfordshire." As of April 27 the website is definitive that the event is SOLD OUT.

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold the 4th IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness from May 8-10, 2024 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, CA. More information is on the event's website.

The Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on May 8, 2024 at 10:00 am ET in 2359 Rayburn House Office Building on the FY2025 budget request for the Department of Commerce, which includes NOAA and its Office of Space Commerce. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Secretary …

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