Update, January 26, 2025:  The website now says the event is virtual only because of time zone challenges and is two days (January 28-29) instead of three. Original Entry: The Lunar and Planetary Institute will hold a workshop on "Itokawa and the Dawn of Asteroidal Sample Return" from January 28-30, 2025. More information is on …

Read More Read More

Boeing will hold a telecon on January 28, 2025 at 10:00 am ET to discuss its fourth quarter 2024 financial results.  Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website. Participants are: President and Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brian West

Lockheed Martin will hold its fourth quarter 2024 and full year 2024 financial results telecon on January 28, 2025 at 11:00 am ET.  Audio will be livestreamed on the company's 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 Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on January 29, 2025 at 10:00 am ET  in 253 Russell Senate Office Building on the nominaton of Howard Lutnick to be Secretary of Commerce. The hearing will be preceded by an Executive Session where the committee will adopt its rules for the 119th …

Read More Read More

NASA will hold a media telecon on January 29, 2025 at 11:00 am ET to discuss science results from the samples returned to Earth from asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx mission.  Audio will be livestreamed on NASA Live. Participants are: Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington Danny Glavin, senior scientist for …

Read More Read More

Space in Africa will hold a webinar on January 30, 2025 at 12:00 pm GMT (7:00 am EST) on the topic: "Creating Effective Counter-Measures Against Space Debris in African Countries." Participants are: More information is on the event's website, which says (in part): As Africa’s engagement in space activities expands, the issue of space debris …

Read More Read More

The NSF-NASA-DOE Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) will meet at NSF's headquarters in Alexandria, VA from January 30-31, 2025. The meeting is in-person and virtual. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below.   NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting In accordance with the Federal …

Read More Read More

Update, January 21: NASA has postponed the spacewalk (Williams, Wilmore) that was planned for Thursday, January 23, for one week to January 30 at 8:00 am ET "to complete the routine refurbishment of ammonia in one of two cooling loops on the station's thermal control system."  NASA coverage begins at 6:30 am ET. Update, January …

Read More Read More

Northrop Grumman will hold its fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results telecon on January 30, 2025 at 9:00 am ET.  Audio will be webcast on the company's website.  

NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) will hold a public briefing via telephone on January 30, 2025 from 3:00-4:30 pm ET to summarize their first quarter 2025 meetings with NASA. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below.   Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel; Meeting AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). …

Read More Read More

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, CA will hold a news conference on January 31, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET to discuss the upcoming launch of the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer -- SPHEREx -- mission. Watch live on NASA+, as well as JPL’s X and YouTube channels. Participants are: Laurie …

Read More Read More

The 62nd session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) will take place at the Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria from February 3-14, 2025.  Portions will be webcast. More information is on the COPUOUS website.  A number of side events are also posted there.

Update, February 1: The meeting has been canceled in accordance with direction from NASA to all Planetary Science Advisory/Assessment Groups to pause all meetings and activities while NASA determines their compliance with White House policy. Because of the below request by NASA, next week’s MExAG meeting has been canceled. ???? — Ed Rivera-Valentín (@planettreky.bsky.social) January …

Read More Read More

The 10th Smallsat Symposium will take place February 4-6, 2025 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. More information is on the event's website, which says: "Globally recognized event that fosters innovation and collaboration within the SmallSat industry, The SmallSat Symposium is returning to the Computer History Museum for 2025. For the past …

Read More Read More

Update, February 4:  The launch took place today at 10:00 am CENTRAL Time (11:00 am Eastern). Key stats from today’s New Shepard NS-29 mission: The Crew Capsule reached an apogee of 341,944 ft AGL / 345,591 ft MSL (104 km AGL / 105 km MSL). The booster reached an apogee of 341,700 ft AGL / …

Read More Read More

Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) will hold a luncheon on February 4, 2025 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET at Hogan Lovells, 555 13th St, NW, Washington, DC. The topic is "New Year, New Look at Space Cyber Security Issues." More information is on the event's website. Participants are: Erin Miller, Executive Director, Space Information Sharing and …

Read More Read More

NASA will hold a media telecon on February 4, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET to discuss the upcoming launch of the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere -- PUNCH -- mission.  Audio will stream on NASA Live. Participants are: ·      Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA program scientist, NASA Headquarters ·      Nicholeen Viall, PUNCH mission scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space …

Read More Read More

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold the first 2025 hybrid meeting of the Space Weather Roundtable from February 5-6, 2025. The in-person meeting is at the Keck Center, 500 5th St, NW, Washington, DC. More information and the agenda are on the event's website.  Some sessions are open and some are …

Read More Read More

The Secure World Foundation (SWF) will hold a webinar on February 5, 2025 at 10:00 am ET to discuss "Evolution of Treaties: From Conception to Birth, How Are Arms Control Treaties Made?" The webinar features Charlie JP Bennett, SWF's 2024 Space Sustainability Research Fellow, who interviewed 22 current and former negotiators, diplomats, and other experts …

Read More Read More

The Beyond Earth Institute (BEI) will hold a webinar on February 6, 2025 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET is discuss "Exploring the Potential of Mining Helium-3 on the Moon. More information is on the event's website, which says: "This panel discussion brings together leading experts in space technology, resource extraction, and energy policy to delve into …

Read More Read More