The 11th European Lunar Symposium will take place in-person in Padua, Italy from June 27-29, 2023. More information is on the event's website.

The second Near-Earth Object Workshop to Assess Reconnaissance for Planetary defense, NEO WARP 2, will take place June 28-30, 2023 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. More information is on the event's website, which says: The Near-Earth Object Workshops to Assess Reconnaissance for Planetary defense (NEO WARP) series focuses on the …

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The American Instititue of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold a webinar, presented by Lockheed Martin, on June 28, 2023 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET on "Space 2050: Our Future Shaped by Today's Space Technology Advances." More information is on the event's website. Participants are:  

The National Security Space Association (NSSA) will hold the NSSA Space Capital Forum at Intelsat's offices in McLean, VA (7800 Tysons One Place) on June 28, 2023 from 2:00-8:00 pm ET. More information is on the event's registration website. The website lists the time as 3:00-8:00 pm ET, but the emailed announcement says 2:00-8:00 pm …

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The ESA Council will hold its 316th meeting in Stockholm, Sweden from June 28-29, 2023. On June 29 from 14:00-15:00 Central European Summer Time (8:00-9:00 am EDT), ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Anna Rathsman (Sweden) will hold a press conference at Hotel Hasselbacken (Hazelius Hall), Hazeliusbacken 20, 115 21 Stockholm, SW, …

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George Washington University's Space Policy Institite (SPI) and the Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) will hold a discussion on June 29, 2023 from 10:00 am-1:30 pm ET at SPI's offices at 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC and online via Zoom. The topic is "Public-Private Synergy in the Space Sector: Risks …

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Update, June 26:  Virgin Galactic announced this morning they are targeting June 29 for the this launch. Their livestream will begin at 9:00 am MOUNTAIN Time (11:00 am EDT).  The passengers are: Original Entry: Virgin Galactic plans to launch its first commercial flight of SpaceShipTwo during a four-day window, June 27-30, 2023, from Spaceport America …

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SpaceX's 28th cargo mission to the International Space Station, SpX-28, will undock at 12:05 pm ET on June 29, 2023. NASA TV coverage of undocking begins at 11:45 am ET.  NASA TV does not cover reentry or splashdown of these SpaceX missions. SpX-28 was launched on June 5, 2023.

The United Nations designated June 30 as International Asteroid Day in 2016 in order to “observe each year at the international level the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908, and to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard.” The decision was “was made based on a proposal by the Association …

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Update: The launch time has been refined by 1 minute. It is now 11:12 am ET. Original Entry: The European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid cosmology mission that will search for clues about dark energy and dark matter -- which together comprise 95% of the universe, but otherwise are unknown -- will launch on a SpaceX …

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SpaceTide 2023 will take place from July 4-6, 2023 in Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan and on YouTube. The theme is: "The Rise of the Space Economy." More information is on the event's website, which says: The President of JAXA is one of the speakers. Join us for @SpaceTide_Conf (July 4-6, Tokyo & online)! More than 80 …

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July 4, 2023 is a federal holiday, Independence Day, and federal government offices will be closed. Independence Day celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 that declared the independence of the 13 colonies from Great Britain, creating the United States of America (read the text).

The 2023 European Space Forum will take place July 5-6, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The theme is: "Strength, Security, Resilience -- Protecting Europe's Interests In and Through Space." More information is on the event's website.

Update, July 5: Arianespace is providing live coverage on YouTube. Update, July 4:  The launch has been postponed at least one day due to unfavorable upper level winds. They will try again tomorrow, July 5. The launch window is open 6:00-7:05 pm EDT (7:00-8:05 pm local time in Kourou). Update, June 23: The new launch …

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The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Services webinar on July 6, 2023 at 10:00 am ET.  The guest is Lt. Gen. John Shaw, Deputy Commander of U.S. Space Command. More information is on the event's website.

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold its 8th Interstellar Symposium from July 10-13, 2023, hosted by McGill University, in Montreal, Canada. More information is on the event's website.

The Space Telescope Science Institute will hold the "Science with the Habitable Worlds Observatory and Beyond" conference at its offices at 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, from July 10-14, 2023. More information is on the event's website, which says: The Astro2020 “Pathways to Discovery” report envisions an ambitious, multi-decadal fleet of cooperating New Great …

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The 2023 European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, EAS 2023, will take place in a hybrid format from July 10-14, 2023 at the ICE Krakow Conference Center, Krakow, Poland and online. More information is on the event's website.

NASA's Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will meet in Washington, DC at the University of Arizona Center for Outreach and Collaboration and virtually from July 11-13, 2023. More information is on the SBAG website. The agenda is posted.

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on the nomination of Gen. C. Q. Brown to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on July 11, 2023 at 9:30 am ET in G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building. If confirmed, Brown will succeed Gen. Mark Milley whose term is expiring. Brown currently …

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