Update, June 15:  The agenda is posted. Original Entry: NASA's Planetary Science Advisory Committee will meet at NASA HQ in Washington, DC from June 21-23, 2023. The meeting is 10:00 am -6:00 pm on June 21 and June 22, and 10:00 am - 1:45 pm ET on June 23. The meeting will take place in-person …

Read More Read More

Rohde & Schwarz and MITRE will hold a training seminar at MITRE's offices in Bedford, MA on June 21, 2023 from 8:00 am -12:00 pm ET on "Resilient Space For Strategic Operations." The event is for U.S. citizens only. More information is on the event's website.

NASA will hold a ribbon-cutting event opening its Earth Information Center (EIC) at NASA HQ in Washington, DC on June 21, 2023 at 9:00 am ET. The event will air on NASA TV, the NASA App, and NASA Live. Participants are: Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator Kate Calvin, NASA chief scientist and senior climate advisor Karen …

Read More Read More

Update, June 5: The markup was postponed until after Congress passed the Fiscal Responsbility Act, which limits government spending for FY2024 and FY2025. Defense spending is exempted from cuts, but cannot exceed President Biden's $886 billlon request pursuant to that law. The markup now has been rescheduled for June 21, 2023 in 2118 Rayburn House …

Read More Read More

The Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold an oversight hearing of the Federal Communications Commission on June 21, 2023 at 10:30 am ET in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.  It will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are the four FCC commissioners: The Honorable Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman, Federal …

Read More Read More

SSPI/New York Space Business Roundtable will hold a webinar on June 21, 2023 from 12:00-1:15 pm ET as part of its series on "Goldilocks Regulations for Space (Or, “Nobody Told Me It Was Gonna be a Bear!)". This is Episode 3: Legal: Is Space the Wild West, East, North & South? Participants are: Guest Moderator: …

Read More Read More

Update, June 21: The launch has been postponed "due to an issue with a ground systems pneumatic valve."  They will try again tomorrow, June 22, at 3:25 am ET. The launch of a ULA #DeltaIVHeavy carrying the #NROL68 mission for the @NatReconOfc is delayed due to an issue with a ground systems pneumatic valve. The …

Read More Read More

NOAA will hold the 2023 Space Weather Enterprise Forum on June 22, 2023 from 8:30 am-5:00 pm in SR 325 Russell Senate Office Building. It will be webcast. Participants include: Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), Chairman, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, …

Read More Read More

Two Russian cosmonauts will make a spacewalk at the International Space Station on June 22, 2023. The approximately 7-hour spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 10:20 am ET. NASA TV coverage begins 9:45 am ET.

The House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2024 Defense Appropriations bill on June 22, 2023 in 2359 Rayburn House Office Building. They will also mark up the Energy-Water bill. The markup begins at 10:00 am ET and will be webcast on the committee's website. Subcommittee markup was on June 15.

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on June 22, 2023 in 253 Russell Senate Office Building at 10:00 am ET to consider the nominations of three individuals to be Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission, and another for FCC Inspector General. Witnesses are: Fara Damelin to be Inspector General of …

Read More Read More

The Senate Appropriations Committee will meet on June 22, 2023 at 10:30 am ET in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark up subcommittee allocations and two appropriatons bills (Milcon-Va and Agriculture). Setting subcommittee allocations -- deciding how much money each of the 12 subcommittees can spend for a given fiscal year -- is usually …

Read More Read More

The European Space Agency will hold a virtual pre-launch briefing for the Euclid cosmology mission on June 23, 2023 in English at 14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST, 8:00 am EDT).  Briefings in other languages are also available. Euclid will observe the universe searching for clues about dark energy and dark matter. Launch is scheduled …

Read More Read More

The AIAA Los Angeles/Las Vegas Section will hold a hybrid mini-conference on "Planetary Defense and Asteroid/Comet Exploration" on June 24, 2023 from 10:30 am - 5:00 pm PACIFIC Time (1:30-8:00 pm Eastern). The in-person event is at the Lawndale Library, 14615 Burin Avenue, Lawndale, CA. The event includes a celebration of the 30th anniversary of …

Read More Read More

The Committee on NASA Critical Workforce, Infrastructure and Technology of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will meet at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi from June 26-28, 2023. Some sessions are open and some are closed. More information is on the committee's website. The agenda is posted with links to the sessions …

Read More Read More

The 26th World Mining Congress will take place in Brisbane, Australia from June 26-29, 2023. The theme is New Mining Frontiers. More information is on the event's website and the website of the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium.

NASA will hold a media telecon on June 26, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET to answer questions about logistics for media planning to cover the return of samples from the asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The sample return canister will land near the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah on September 24, 2023. Audio of …

Read More Read More

The Mitchell Institute will hold a virtual event on June 26, 2023 at 3:00 pm ET to release a new report: "Building U.S. Space Force Counterspace Capabilities: An Imperative for America's Defense," by Charles Galbreath, Senior Resident Fellow for Space Studies, Mitchell Institute. Join us for the rollout of our paper: Building U.S. Space Force …

Read More Read More

Update, June 28:  Both workshops were invitation only and took place in June 2023 in London and in the Washington, DC area. Update, June 25: NASA originally said this first feedback workshop would take place in the Washington, DC area, with a subsequent workshop with international organizations in July. Yesterday, however, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam …

Read More Read More

The agenda is now posted.   NASA's Astrophysics Advisory Committee will meet virtually from June 27-28, 2023. The meeting on June 27 is 9:00 am-5:00 pm ET and on June 28 is 9:00 am - 4:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: In accordance with the …

Read More Read More