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The National Space Society planned to hold is annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC) from May 28, 31, 2020 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas-Frisco Hotel and Convention Center in Frisco, TX. The conference has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. The National Space Society, which organizes the conference, says it is looking …
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Update, May 29: This event is now scheduled for 6:45 am ET on May 31. Update, May 28: If launch takes place on May 30 at 3:22 pm ET, this event will be in the morning of May 31 at a time TBD. Update, May 27, 5:15 pm ET: The launch was scrubbed due to …
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Update, May 31: The new list of participants in the 3:15 news conference is: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer Kenneth Todd, deputy manager, International Space Station Program Steve Stich, deputy manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren Update, May 28: If launch takes place on May 30, these … |
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Update, May 31: The agenda is posted on the SBAG website, including instructions on how to participate virtually. The meeting begins at 11:00 am ET (8:00 am Pacific) each day. Update, May 3: The website now has a notation that the meeting will be virtual. Original Entry: NASA's Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will meet …
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Update, May 28: If launch takes place on May 30, this event will be on June 1 at 11:15 am ET. Update, May 27, 5:15 pm ET: The launch was scrubbed due to weather. They will try again on Saturday, May 30, at 3:22 pm ET. Whether this event will be postponed or cancelled is TBD. …
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Update, May 28: If launch takes place on May 30, this event will be on June 1 at 12:55 pm ET. Update, May 27, 5:15 pm ET: The launch was scrubbed due to weather. They will try again on Saturday, May 30, at 3:22 pm ET. Whether this event will be postponed or cancelled is …
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold a free webinar on June 1, 2020 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET with Steve Jurczyk, NASA Associate Administrator (the highest ranking civil servant at the agency, and the third highest position). The event is sponsored by Blue Origin. More information and a registration link are on …
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Update, May 31: This will not take place on June 1 at 2:00 on ET. It is now entitled: How Space Force Defends the High Ground (and rescues astronauts). Shaw, Schiess and Thompson are still the speakers. Update, May 27, 5:15 pm ET: The Demo-2 launch was scrubbed due to weather and Space News announced …
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The National Academies Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies Committee, under the aegis of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB), will hold its first public meeting on June 1, 2020. The meeting will take place virtually from 2:00-4:00 pm ET. More information is on the event's website. Pre-registration is REQUIRED. |
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UPDATE, May 29: The meeting has been postponed until further notice because the launch of Demo-2 was delayed and it is not clear when it will occur. NASA said postponing the NAC meeting will allow the agency's leadership to focus on the launch. The NASA Advisory Council (NAC) virtual public meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, … |
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The U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), the Secure World Foundation (SWF), and the Fondation pour la recherche strategique will hold the next in a series of webinars on June 3, 2020 from 1400-1500 CEST (8:00-9:00 am EDT). The topic is "Rockets, Missiles and Space: Lessons from the Hague Code of Conduct and Beyond." Participants … |
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World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) is beginning a webinar series. The first is on June 4, 2020 at 3:00 pm Central European Summer Time (CEST), which is 9:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The guest is SES CEO Steve Collar who will discuss "From Here to the Future." More information is on the event's website.
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Aviation Week will hold a webinar on June 4, 2020 at 10:00 am ET on "What's Ahead for the Space Development Agency?" Panelists are: Dr. Derek Tournear, Director, Space Development Agency Jen DiMascio, Executive Director, Defense & Space, Aviation Week Network (moderator) Steve Trimble, Defense Editor, Aviation Week Network Lee Hudson, Pentagon Editor, Aviation Week …
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Space News will hold a webinar on June 4, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET on "Nurturing Key National Security Space Technologies." Participants are: Col. Eric Felt, Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, New Mexico (the Air Force's Center of Excellence for space technology R&D) Paul Jaffe, PRAM Principal Investigator, Naval Research Laboratory (principal …
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show series of webinars on June 4, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Slash the Trash: Incentivizing Deorbit." Participants are with Rebecca Reesman & Mick Gleason from Aerospace corp plus special guest Dan Oltrogge from AGI. More information and a registration link … |
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The Secure World Foundation (SWF) and Moon Dialogs will hold its third virtual "salon" on June 5, 2020 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. The topic is "Safety Zones in Practice and Lessons from Earth." The discussants will be Yoav Landsman & Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty who will provide comments from the perspectives of operators of missions, and international law respectively. More information … |
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Update, March 22: This conference has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. This statement is posted on the event's website. IPPW 2020 17th International Planetary Probe Workshop Cancellation of IPPW 2020 due to Health Concerns It is with much regret that we announce that IPPW 2020 in Monterey will be cancelled and the next … The Space Studies Board (SSB) and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will meet singly and jointly from June 8-11, 2020. The meetings are virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic. The meetings will be livestreamed. The joint meeting is on June 9. ASEB meets by …
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The National Academies Committee on Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies will hold its second public meeting on June 8, 2020 from 2:00-4:30 pm ET. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the committee is conducting its study through a series of weekly virtual meetings. More information is on the event's website. |
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The Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute will hold an "Aerospace Nation" webinar on June 9, 2020 at 10:00 am ET with Will Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. More information is on the Aerospace Nation website and videos of the webinars are posted there for on-demand viewing. |
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The U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), the Secure World Foundation (SWF), and the Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique will hold the fourth in a series of webinars on June 10, 2020 from 1400-1500 CEST (8:00-9:00 am EDT). The topic is: Rethinking PAROS and Looking Ahead at Multilateral Approaches. Participants are: Moderator: Natalia Archinard (Switzerland) …
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The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will hold a hearing on June 10, 2020 at 2:00 pm on "Department of Defense COVID-19 Response to Defense Industrial Base Challenges." The House is conducting its hearings in a hybrid manner during the pandemic where some members participate in person and others via videoconference. The hearing room is …
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The GPS Innovation Alliance will hold a webinar on June 10, 2020 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET on "GPS III: Unleashing the Next Generation of GPS." Participants are: Tonya Ladwig, Navigation Systems Mission Area Acting Vice President, Military Space, Lockheed Martin Space Dr. Sai Kalyanaraman, Technical Fellow, Collins Aerospace More information and registration instructions are on … |
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Update, March 29: This event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Original Entry: The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will hold its 16th annual CanSat student competition from June 11-14, 2020 at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA. More information is on the event's website.
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The American Nuclear Society (ANS) will hold its annual meeting virtually from June 8-11, 2020. On June 11 from 10:00-11:45 am ET, it will discuss a position statement on the use of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for space missions. More information about the overall meeting is on its website and in the program. This specific …
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Update, June 9: The briefing has been postponed to June 11 at 11:00 am ET. Original Entry: On June 10, 2020 at 2:30 pm ET, NASA will announce the winner of the Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) provider to deliver NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER ) lunar rover to the surface of the …
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next virtual Space Policy Show on June 11, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "High Volume Production of Space Systems). Participants are Dave Eccles, John McBride, and Jeff Juranek. More information is on the event's website.
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The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will hold its next Future in Space webinar on June 11, 2020 at 3:00 pm ET. The topic is "Human Landing Systems: Putting Boots on the Moon" and features representatives of the three companies that just won contracts from NASA for concept studies: Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX. Participants are: … |
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The Secure World Foundation (SWF) will hold a virtual event, in Spanish, on June 12, 2020 at 11:00 am ET. The topic is "New Actors in the Space Domain: Latin America and the Caribbean." Speakers are: Julio Cesar Castillo Urdapilleta, Space Security Director, Mexican Space Agency Luis Zea, Ph.D.,Co-Principal Investigator, Quetzal-1 CubeSat, Universidad del Valle … |
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Update, March 22: This event has been cancelled because of the conoravirus pandemic. This statement is posted on its website. Due to the continued spread of COVID-19, and the questions still surrounding it, we have made the decision to cancel Cyber Symposium 2020. Original Entry: The 2020 Cyber Symposium will take place at the Gaylord …
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The NSF-NASA-DOE Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) will meet via teleconference on June 15, 2020 from 12:00-4:-00 pm ET. The agenda is posted on the committee's website. It includes information on how to participate remotely. The Federal Register announcement is reproduced below. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting …
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UPDATE, June 5: This now will be a virtual event (webinar) and take place a day earlier on June 15 instead of 16. An email from MSBR says the following: ... in conjunction with NASA/GSFC and Senator Cardin's office, we are very happy to present a webinar featuring Senator Cardin on June 15 from 12:00 …
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The National Academies Committee on Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies will meet in closed session on June 15, 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the committee is conducting its study through a series of weekly virtual meetings. It met publicly on June 1 and 8 and has scheduled public meetings on June 22 and 29. More … |
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Update, March 14: The event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. This message is posted on its website. Thank you for your interest in re:MARS 2020. Our top priority is the well-being of our employees, customers, partners, and event attendees. We have been closely monitoring the situation with COVID-19, and after much consideration, … The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Committee on Space Weather Operations and Research Infrastructure will hold Part I of a Workshop on June 16-17, 2020. The workshop will take place virtually from 10:15 am - 6:30 pm ET (8:15 am - 4:30 pm Mountain Time) on June 16 and 10:00 am - 6:30 …
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold its annual Aviation Forum June 15-19, 2020. It will be held virtually instead of in-person because of the coronavirus pandemic. The full program is posted on the event's website. FAQs, including the time zone used in the program, are posted here. The topic is aviation, …
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The Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing at 10:00 am ET on June 16, 2020 in 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building on "Oversight of FCC Spectrum Auctions Program." The witness is FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Although this hearing is not directly about space activities, FCC spectrum …
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Planet will host a webinar on June 16, 2020 from 4:00-5:00 pm ET to discuss "5 Years of Commercial Satellite Imagery in the Intelligence Community." The event describes itself this way: "In 2015, then NGA Director, Robert Cardillo embraced the commercial imagery revolution, offering more transparency around the work of the agency. Now, 5 years … |
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The U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) was scheduled to meet in Vienna, Austria from June 17-26, 2020. However, the meeting has been indefinitely postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The committee is considering whether it will be possible to meet in the second half of August instead. The Secretariat is also …
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The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies will hold a webinar on June 17, 2020 at 11:00 am ET. The guest is Lt. Gen. J.T. Thompson, Commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA. The Mitchell Institute broadcasts these webinars live on its website and posts the videos soon thereafter. …
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NASA will hold a media briefing on June 17, 2020 at 2:00 pm ET to discuss the upcoming launch of the Mars Perseverance rover. The launch is currently scheduled for July 20. The briefing will be broadcast on NASA TV and on NASA Live as well as Facebook, Ustream, YouTube, and Twitter, Participants are: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Lori …
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Stephen Kitay, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, will answer reporters questions about DOD's space strategy on June 17, 2020 at 2:00 pm ET. The event will be broadcast on DVIDS. |
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next Space Policy Show on June 18, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET. The guest is Robert Cardillo, former Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). He will discuss "A New Era of Commercial Remote Sensing" with Jamie Morin, Director of the Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy. …
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UPDATE, June 16: This now will take place 2:00 pm ET on June 18 instead. Original Entry: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will introduce Kathy Lueders to the NASA workforce and the media on June 19, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET during a media teleconference. Lueders was just appointed to be Associate Administrator of the Human …
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The Mid-Atlantic chapter of SSPI (SSPI-MA) will hold a webinar on June 18, 2020 from 5:00-6:00 pm ET on "What Could be the Impact of COVID-19 on the Space Industry?" Panelists are: David Liddle, President of Liddle International Group and President and CEO of The Deondo Company. Brad Grady, NSR’s Principal Analyst for Mobility Markets. Jing Li, Senior … |
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The subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will markup the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on June 22-23. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, these are "hybrid" meetings were some members will be in Washington, DC (2118 Rayburn House Office Building) and others will participate from home via WebEx. The meetings are open …
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Update, June 20: The COMSTAC meeting will be livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook and one can follow along on Twitter as well. The agenda is posted on the COMSTAC website. https://www.facebook.com/FAA https://www.youtube.com/FAAnews https://twitter.com/FAANews Update, May 27: The meeting has been rescheduled for June 22, 2020 from 8:45 am - 12:00 pm ET. Still virtual. The …
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The National Academies Committee on Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies will hold its third public meeting on June 22, 2020 from 2:00-4:30 pm ET. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the committee is conducting its study through a series of weekly virtual meetings. It met publicly on June 1 and 8, and in a closed session on … |
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UPDATE, June 19: The agenda shows that the meeting begins at 9:30 am ET on June 23 instead of 10:00 am ET. The other two days it begins at 10:00 am ET as shown in the Federal Register. NOTE THAT YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO GET THE LINK TO SIGN ON TO THE MEETING … UPDATE, June 19: The agenda is posted on the committee's website. Original Entry: NASA's Astrophysics Advisory Committee will meet virtually June 23-24, 2020. The meeting on June 23 is 12:00-5:00 pm ET and on June 24 is 11:00 am - 5:00 pm ET. More information, including how to listen to the meeting, is in the …
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will host a webinar followed by interactive workshops on June 23, 2020 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET on "Staking Your Claim to the Trillion-Dollar Space Economy." The event begins with a panel discussion from 1:00-1:45 pm ET with Washington Post reporter Chris Davenport, author of The Space Barons: … |
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NASA will hold a media briefing on June 24, 2020 at 2:00 pm ET to discuss two spacewalks scheduled for June 26 and July 1 by NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken on the International Space Station. The briefing will also provide an update on Crew Dragon's mission to ISS. Behnken is part of …
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Space News will hold a webinar on June 24, 2020 at 3:30 pm ET on "Mars Exploration: Blueprint for the Red Planet." Participants are: Jim Watzin, Director–Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters Ken Farley, Project Scientist, Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Richard (Rick) Davis, Jr., Assistant Director for Science and Exploration, NASA Headquarters Leonard … |
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NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will hold a joint teleconference on June 25, 2020 at 9:00 am ET to release a dashboard of satellite data showing impacts on the environment and socioeconomic activity caused by the global response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Participants are: Thomas Zurbuchen, …
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show series on June 25, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET. The Aerospace Corporation's Jim Vedda and George Pollock will discuss "Cislunar Stewardship: Planning for Sustainability and Cooperation." More information, a registration link, and instructions on how to ask question are on the event's website.
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UPDATE; June 25, 3:35 pm ET: 30 minutes after the event was supposed to start, CNAS tweeted that it was postponed due to technical difficulties. Original Entry: The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will hold a virtual "fireside chat" with Gen. Jay Raymond on June 25, 2020 at 3:00 pm ET. Raymond is …
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UPDATE, August 14, 2020: The dinner has been rescheduled for 10 months from now, June 4, 2021. Update, June 24: The September 25, 2020 date also has been cancelled. The dinner is postponed to next year. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 virus, we regret to inform you that the Goddard MemoriaMove to Trashl Dinner, … |
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Update, June 23: The Office of Space Commerce says the meeting has been postponed and further information will be posted on its website in due course. Update, May 10: No new information has been posted about this meeting. All space-related meetings of which we are aware for months ahead have been cancelled, postponed, or converted …
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold a webinar on June 29, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm ET where Jim Reuter, NASA's Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), will discuss STMD efforts to enable future NASA and commercial missions. More information and a registration link are on …
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The National Academies Committee on Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies will hold its next public meeting on June 29, 2020 from 2:00-3:50 pm ET (revised from 4:30 pm ET). Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the committee is conducting its study through a series of weekly virtual meetings. More information is on the event’s website. Presentations will be …
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The Space Transportation Association (STA) will hold a telecon with JPL Director Mike Watkins on June 29, 2020 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. For registration and dial-in info, contact STA's Rich Coleman or Ali Hale at rich@spacetransportation.us |
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NASA's Heliophysics Advisory Committee will meet virtually on June 30-July 1, 2020. The meeting on June 30 is 11:00 am - 5:00 pm ET and on July 1 is 11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET. The agenda is posted on the committee's website. The meeting is open to the public. Instructions are in the Federal …
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The United Nations declared June 30 of every year as Asteroid Day. It is the anniversary of the 1908 "Tunguska event" when an asteroid is thought to have exploded above the ground near Tunguska, Russia and leveled millions of trees across 2200 square kilometers of Siberia. The European Space Agency (ESA) is very involved in …
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George Mason University's National Security Institute and The Aerospace Corporation will hold a webinar on June 30, 2020 at 12:30 pm ET on "The Space Enterprise: Why National Security and Commercial Space Efforts Need a Unified Theory of Everything." Speakers are: Joshua Huminski, NSI Visiting Fellow and Director, Mike Rogers Center for Intelligence & Global … |
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The full House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will markup the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on July 1, 2020 beginning at 10:00 am ET. Because of the coronavirus, this is a "hybrid" meeting where some members will be in Washington, DC (1100 Longworth House Office Building) and others will participate virtually from home via …
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The National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board will meet virtually on July 1, 2020 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, and the President's 2004 U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and …
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The Brookings Institution will host a conversation with Gen. David Goldfein, outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff, on "Assessing the State of the Air Force" on July 1, 2020 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET. He will be interviewed by Frank Rose and Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellows at Brookings. The event will be held …
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The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) of the Space Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold a telecon with Mary Voytek, Director of NASA's Astrobiology Program on July 1, 2020 from 3:00-4:00 pm ET. The website for this meeting says "some sessions are open and some sessions …
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NASA will hold a news conference on July 1, 2020 at 4:00 pm ET with an International Space Station (ISS) crew scheduled to launch on October 14, 2020 on Soyuz MS-17. It will air on NASA TV and NASA Live. The crew members are: Kate Rubins, NASA Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Roscosmos |
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The Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey will hold an early career event on July 2, 2020 from 12:30-3:00 pm ET to get Perspectives and Lessons Learned from previous Decadal Surveys in Space Science. More information and a registration link are on the event's website, which explains: "Current and past Chairs will come together to …
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show series on July 2, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET. Jamie Morin, Director of the Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy, will discuss the "Future of Commercial Spaceflight" with former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden. More information, a registration link, and instructions on … |
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July 3, 2020 is a federal holiday, the day before the official July 4 celebration of Independence Day. Government offices and many businesses will be closed. |
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