Update, March 1:  the AAAC website now says the meeting begins at 1:00 pm ET, not 9:30 am ET.  Advance registration for this Teams meeting is required. The link is on that website.   Original Entry: The NSF-NASA-DOE Astronomy and Astrophysics Committee (AAAC) will meet virtually on March 6, 2026 from 9:30 am-5:00 pm ET …

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IEEE will hold the 2026 IEEE Aerospace Conference from March 7-14, 2026 at the Yellowstone Conference Center in Big Sky, Montana. More information is on the event's website, which says: The international IEEE Aerospace Conference, with AIAA and PHM Society as technical cosponsors, is organized to promote interdisciplinary understanding of aerospace systems, their underlying science …

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Daylight Saving Time begins in the United States on March 8, 2026. 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 1, 2026.

NOAA's Science Advisory Board will meet March 10-11, 2026 at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction's Conference Center, 5830 University Blvd, College Park, MD. A public webinar link will be available.  (This meeting originally was to take place November 5-6, 2025, but postponed due to the government shutdown.) More information is in the …

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Watch on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/live/Qj2AuyK-Q9U   Florida International University (FIU) will hold a hybrid fireside chat on March 10, 2026 at its Washington, DC office and online from 12:30-2:00 pm ET. The speaker is Laura Delgado López, Senior Fellow at the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, who will discuss her recent report on …

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The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will hold the 2026 Goddard Space Science Symposium from March 12-13, 2026 at the National Housing Center, 1201 15th St., NW, Washington, DC. The theme is: Advancing an Integrated Space Enterprise More information is on the event's website, which says:  

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus-23 cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station on March 12, 2026. The Canadarm2 robotic arm will detach Cygnus from the Unity module's Earth-facing port and maneuver it into position for release at 7:00 am ET.  NASA coverage begins at 6:45 am ET on  NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Cygnus-23 will …

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The 2026 South by South West (SxSW) Conference and Festivals will take place March 12-18, 2026 in Austin, TX. NASA typically participates in SXSW, but as of February 7, 2026 has not announced its plans. We will update this entry if/when we get more information.

ESA will hold briefings in several languages on March 12, 2026 to discuss the upcoming launch of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration constellation. The launch will be from New Zealand on Rocket Lab's Electron rocket no earlier than March 24. The briefings will take place on March 12 from ESA's offices in Paris, which will …

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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will meet in Executive Session on March 12, 2026 at approximately 11:30 am ET in S-216 Capitol to vote on several nominations including Matt Anderson to be NASA Deputy Administrator. Anderson's confirmation hearing was held on March 5. Because the meeting is scheduled to take place in the …

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NASA will hold a news conference at Kennedy Space Center on March 12, 2026 at 3:00 pm ET following a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the Artemis II mission that will send four astronauts around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era. The event will air on NASA's YouTube channel. Participants are: …

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The 100th anniversary of Robert H. Goddard's first launch of a liquid fueled rocket will be celebrated in and near Auburn, Massachusetts, where the launch took place, from March 13-22, 2026.  Goddard is often heralded as the "Father of the Space Age."  NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is named in his honor. The rocket, named …

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The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Series webinar on March 13, 2026 from 10:30-11:30 am ET. The speaker is Lt. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, Commander, U.S. Space Forces-Space & U.S. Space Command's Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website, which says: Lt. Gen. Dennis …

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The National Space Club and Foundation's annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner will take place on March 13, 2026 at the Hilton Washington, 1919  Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC.  The reception begins at 6:30 pm ET, dinner at 7:30 pm ET. More information is on the event's website.

The 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) will take place March 16-20, 2026 at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in The Woodlands, TX and online. More information is on the event's website. NASA will hold two Town Hall meetings that will be livestreamed on YouTube.  The first is March 16 at …

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NASA will hold two Town Hall meetings at the 2026 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) at The Woodlands, TX (near Houston).  They will be livestreamed on YouTube. The first, a NASA HQ briefing with Louise Prockter, Planetary Science Division Director, and Brad Bailey, Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration, is on March 16 at …

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NASA will hold a news conference at Johnson Space Center on March 16, 2026 at 2:00 pm ET to discuss two upcoming spacewalks, 94 and 95, at the International Space Station. Spacewalk 94 is planned for March 18 with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams. The date and crew for spacewalk 95 haven't been …

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NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) will hold a telephone briefing on March 16, 2026 from 2:00-3:30 pm ET to discuss their first quarter 2026 meeting. More information and instructions on how to listen over the telephone are in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: In accordance with …

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AIAA will hold the 2026 Defense Forum at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD from March 17-20, 2026. The event is at the Secret/NOFORN security level. More information is on the event's website, which says: AIAA DEFENSE Forum is a Secret/NOFORN event covering the strategic, programmatic, and technical topics and policy issues …

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The Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on March 17, 2026 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. The topic is: "U.S. Leadership at the World Radio Communications Conference 2027: Strategy and …

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