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Update, April 16: The OOSA website now indicates this is a virtual event and plenary sessions and technical presentations will be webcast. An annotated agenda is posted. Update: As of March 22, the OOSA website indicates this will take place at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria. Original Entry: The Scientific and Technical … |
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SMi will hold a virtual Small Satellite Conference from April 26-27, 2021. More information is on the event's website, which says: Announcement: this event has now become online only and will be held on the SMi Virtual Conference Platform. With the Small Satellites market expected to grow into a $7.53 bn (£5.94 bn) industry by … Update, April 26: ESA will be live tweeting the exercise. @esaoperations Update: Due to the ongoing pandemic, this conference will take place virtually. Original Entry: The 7th International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Planetary Defense Conference is scheduled for April 26-30, 2021 in Vienna, Austria. More information is on the event's website, which notes the … Oak Ridge National Laboratory will hold the 2021 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2021) virtual conference from April 26-30, 2021. The theme is: Back to the Moon and beyond through advancing nuclear technologies and 1nnovation. There are four tracks plus lightning talks. The four tracks are: Track 1: Radioisotopes and Power Conversion Systems …
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold a policy webinar on April 26, 2021 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET on "Sustainability in Flight-The Government's Role in Achieving Decarbonization." Participants are: Moderator: Melissa Sabatine, President, Aero Club of Washington Speakers: Bob Pearce, Associate Administrator, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, NASA Kevin Welsh, …
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NASA will hold a press conference from the International Space Station (ISS) with the four members of Crew-1 who arrived aboard the ISS in November and will return home on April 28. The event is on April 26, 2021 at 12:30 pm ET and will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. … |
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NOAA's Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) will meet virtual April 27-28, 2021 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm ET each day. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. The agenda is posted here. SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (``ACCRES'') will meet for 2 … The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold its 13th Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation virtually (instead of in Berlin, Germany as originally planned) because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will take place April 27-29, 2021. More information, including the agenda, is on the event's website. The Committee on Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet virtually April 27-29, 2021. Some sessions may be closed. More information is on the event's website.
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The Space Transportation Association (STA) will hold a webinar on April 27, 2021 from 3:00-4:00 pm ET. The guest is Steve Jurczyk, Acting NASA Administrator. Register at this link. For any questions, contact STA President Rich Coleman: rich @spacetransportation.us |
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The 2021 Space Tourism Conference will take place April 28-29, 2021 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pacific Time (1:00-5:00 pm Eastern) each day. The event's website suggests this is an in-person conference at The Proud Bird in Los Angeles. Consult the event's website for further information. SMi will hold the 16th annual Military Space Situational Awareness conference from April 28-29, 2021. It will take place virtually. Note that all times on the agenda are British Summer Time (subtract 5 for Eastern Daylight Time). More information is on the event's website, which says: As the leading conference in Europe dedicated to space …
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Update, April 27: Doug Loverro has joined the panel so the current list of participants is: Tony DeTora Beyond Earth VP of Policy Coherence & Co-Founder - Moderator Gordon Roesler, Ph.D. President, Robots in Space, LLC Barbara Belvisi Founder & CEO, Interstellar Lab Dr. Greg Autry Clinical Professor of Space Leadership, Policy and Business, Arizona State University Douglas L. …
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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will meet in Executive Session on April 28, 2021 at 10:00 am ET. Among the many pieces of legislation and nominations it will consider is that of Bill Nelson to be NASA Administrator. The meeting will take place in 216 Hart Senate Office Building and will livestreamed on …
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Boeing will hold its 1st Quarter 2021 financial earnings conference call on April 28, 2021 at 9:30 am Central Time (10:30 am Eastern). The teleconference is audiocast on the company's website.
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The Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) will hold a webinar on April 28, 2021 from 12:00-1:00 pm ET. The guest is Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), chair of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. More information is on the event's website.
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NASA's History Office will hold a virtual "brown bag" lunch discussion on April 28, 2021 at 12:00 pm ET with Stephen Walker, author of the new biography of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin: "Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space." The emailed announcement from the NASA History …
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CompTIA Space Enterprise Council will host the virtual Americas Space Summit on April 28, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. More information is on the event's website, which says: ... leaders in the public and private sectors of the space industry in Latin America will share highlights of their countries’ space activities, technological innovations, and current …
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Explore Mars will hold a webinar on April 28, 2021 at 1:30 pm ET where a pre-recorded interview with Michael Hecht will be followed by a live Q&A session. Hecht is the Principal Investigator of the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) experiment carried on NASA's Mars Perseverance rover. On April 20, 2021, for …
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President Joe Biden will address a joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021 at 9:00 pm ET. It will be broadcast on major news networks. It is similar to a State of the Union (SOTU) address, but SOTUs are not given in the first year of a new presidency. This speech will take place …
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Twitter user @Cosmic_Penguin, based in Hong Kong, tweeted on April 11 these rumored dates for the launch of the core module for China's new space station, Tianhe. He also tweeted dates for a logistics flight of the Tianzhou cargo ship and the first crew. He is an experienced observer of China's space program with good … |
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Northrop Grumman will hold its quarterly investors' telecon to discuss 1Q2021 financial results on April 29, 2021 at 9:00 am ET. More information is on the event's website. It will be audiocast. Participants are: Kathy Warden, chairman, chief executive officer and president, and Dave Keffer, chief financial officer
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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on April 29, 2021 at 10:00 am ET to consider the nomination of Eric Lander to be Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The hearing will be held in 253 Russell Senate Office Building with Senators allowed to …
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The 9th Lunar Surface Science Workshop will take place virtually on April 29, 2021 from 11:00 am - 5:10 pm ET. The topic is: Progress & Challenges: Updates from NASA HQ and Artemis More information is on the event's website. The agenda is now posted.
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The Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a virtual hearing on April 29, 2021 at 11:00 am ET. The topic is "What Do Scientists Hope to Learn with NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover?" Witnesses are: Dr. Michael A. Meyer, Lead Scientist, Mars Exploration Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration … |
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold a webinar on April 30, 2021 from 10:00-11:00 am ET on "The African Space Race." The keynote speaker is Dr. Monica Juma, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Republic of Kenya. Other participants are: Julie Klinger, Assistant Professor, Dept of Geography and Spatial Science, Univ of …
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Update, April 29: The time for the briefing has been revised to 11:30 am ET. Note that Ingenuity did not take off as planned today. Engineers are trying to determine why. Original Entry: NASA will hold a briefing to discuss next steps for the Ingenuity Mars helicopter on April 30, 2021 at 12:30 pm ET. …
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The Space Force Association will hold its next virtual Space Warfighter Talk on April 30, 2021 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. The guest is Emily Bohner, Systems Engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, who is "responsible for radical modernization of space command/control IT systems and technology delivery pipeline leveraging DevSecOps and Lean Startup Principles." More …
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Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius will interview Gen. Jay Raymond, Chief of Space Operations and the head of the U.S. Space Force, on April 30, 2021 at 3:30 pm ET. The event will be livestreamed. More information and a registration link are on the event's website.
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The NOAA Science Advisory Board will meet on April 30, 2012 from 4:00-5:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for two meetings of the Science Advisory Board (SAB). The members will discuss issues outlined in the … |
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Update, April 30, 3:00 pm ET: The new schedule is for the crew to undock tomorrow night (May 1) and splashdown at 2:57 am ET Sunday morning (May 2) in the Gulf of Mexico south of Panama City, FL. This will be the first nighttime water landing since the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. NASA … |
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Update, April 30, 3:00 pm ET: The new schedule is for the crew to undock tomorrow night and splashdown at 2:57 am ET Sunday morning. This press conference then will take place at 5:00 am ET. The participants are unchanged. Update, April 30: Weather (high winds) continues to be a problem. Undocking will not occur … |
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The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) will hold the 16th International Conference on Space Operations -- Space Ops 2021 -- virtually from May 3-5, 2021. More information is on the event's website.
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Update, May 3: The swearing-in will take place in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at 9:50 am ET today. Original Entry: A senior administration official said during a media call with reporters this morning (May 1) that Vice President Kamala Harris will swear in Bill Nelson as the next NASA Administrator on Monday morning. No …
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Maxar will holds its 1Q2021 financial results conference call and webcast on May 3, 2021 at 3:00 pm Mountain Time (5:00 pm Eastern). It will be webcast on the company's website. |
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The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will hold its 2021 Goddard Memorial Symposium from May 4-6, 2021 virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. More information is on the event's website.
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The Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress (CSPC) will release a new report with recommendations to the Biden Administration on national security space issues on May 4, 2021 at 10:00 am ET. A Save the Date notice was emailed on April 19. More details will be provided later. |
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Update, May 3: The NASA History Office will host a panel discussion as well as a Reddit AMA session. Original Entry: Alan Shepherd became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, making a 15 minute suborbital flight on a Mercury-Redstone rocket. His flight came three weeks after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the …
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the Department of Commerce (DOC), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will hold the Inaugural Space Cybersecurity Symposium on May 5, 2021 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET. It will take place virtually. More information, the agenda, and a registration link are on the …
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George Washington University's Space Policy Institute (SPI) and the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy (IISTP) will hold a webinar on May 5, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 pm ET. The topic is "What Technologies Can Secure GPS?" Featuring an address by: Robert Hampshire, Acting Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation …
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The Strategic Forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Societal Impact Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) will hold a joint hearing on May 5, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET on "Creating a Framework for Rules Based Order in Space." The hearing … |
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The Wilson Center will hold a "Book at Wilson" event on May 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm ET with Nicholas Schmidle, author of "Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut." More information is on the event's website.
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The Committee on Planetary Protection of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its fourth meeting on Mars Mission Bioburden Requirements on May 6, 2021. Some sessions are open and some are closed. The current agenda shows open sessions from 12:00-2:45 pm ET. More information is on the event's website.
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ANDY WEIR, SCI-FI AUTHOR, AND THE THRILL OF SPACE (Aerospace Corp), May 6, 2021, virtual, 1:00 pm ET
ANDY WEIR, SCI-FI AUTHOR, AND THE THRILL OF SPACE (Aerospace Corp), May 6, 2021, virtual, 1:00 pm ET
The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its series of Space Policy Show webinars on May 6, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. It features Andy Weir, author of the The Martian and other science fiction books, and Aerospace futurist Kara Cunzeman. More information is on the event's website, which says: Andy Weir – #1 …
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NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) will meet in public session on May 6, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory …
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The Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on the FY2022 budget request for the Department of Commerce on May 6, 2021 at 2:00 pm ET. It will take place virtually and be webcast on the committee's website. The witness is Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce. It is not clear … |
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Astrobiology Graduates in Europe (AbGradE) will hold a webinar on May 7, 2021 on Space Law and Governance. The event's website describes it as "an early career meeting on the legal, political and ethical challenges of space science and exploration." The time was not posted as of May 2, 2021. More information is on the …
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Update, May 7: This morning, the notice on the Space Foundation's website says this meeting is from 12:00-2:00 pm ET, not 8:00-10:00 am ET. Original Entry: The Space Foundation in association with U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) will hold a webinar on May 7, 2021, "National Space Day." It will take place from 8:00-10:00 …
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The Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on the FY2022 budget request for the Air Force and the Space Force on May 7, 2021 at 12:00 pm ET. It will take place virtually and be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: The Honorable John P. Roth, Acting Secretary, Air …
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Update, May 3: An email from SFA today says this is at 1:00 pm EDT/11:00 am MDT. Original Entry: The Space Force Association will hold its next virtual Space Warfighter Talk (SWT) on May 7, 2021. The guest is Derek Tournear, Director of the Space Development Agency (SDA). The emailed announcement says this is … |
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The CyberSatDigital virtual conference will take place May 10-11, 2021 in an unclassified format. A classified meeting will follow on May 12. More information is on the event's website.
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NASA and Axiom Space will hold a media teleconference on May 10, 2021 at 11:00 am ET to discuss details of Axion's first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Ax-1, expected in January 2022. Participants are: Phil McAlister, director, commercial spaceflight development, NASA Headquarters Angela Hart, manager, commercial low-Earth orbit development, NASA’s Johnson …
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The Heritage Foundation will hold a webinar on May 10, 2021 from 2:00-2:45 pm ET. The topic is: Space Force: What's Next? Speakers are: Jim Bridenstine, former NASA Administrator Everett Dolman, Air Force Air Command and Staff College Col. M.V. "Coyote" Smith (Ret.), Air Force Air Command and Staff College John Venable, Heritage Foundation (moderator) …
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The Space Force Association will hold its next virtual Space Warfighter Talk on May 10, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET (1:00 pm Mountain Time). The guest is Col. John "P.Y." Thien, Commander, Space Delta 3. More information is on the event's website.
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NASA TV will provide live coverage of the departure of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission from asteroid Bennu on May 10, 2021 beginning at 4:00 pm ET. O-REx collected samples of Bennu last year, but has been waiting to begin its trip back home until Bennu and Earth were correctly aligned again. It is …
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Virgin Galactic will announce its 1Q2021 financial results via telecon on May 10, 2021 at 5:00 pm ET. It will be webcast. |
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The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium will hold its spring meeting virtually from May 11-12, 2021 from 10:30 am - 5:00 pm ET each day. More information is on the event's website.
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NASA and Northrop Grumman, the prime contractor for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), will hold a virtual briefing on May 11, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET for a last look at JWST's "iconic golden mirror" before the telescope is packed for shipping to its launch site in French Guinea. Launch is scheduled for October … |
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The Transportation-HUD (THUD) subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on May 12, 2021 at 10:00 am ET on FAA Safety Oversight. No room is listed so this presumably is an all-virtual hearing. Watch on the committee's website. The witness is Steve Dickson, FAA Administrator. The hearing likely will focus on airplane …
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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FY2022 DEFENSE BUDGET (CSIS), May 12, 2021, virtual, 10:00 am ET
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FY2022 DEFENSE BUDGET (CSIS), May 12, 2021, virtual, 10:00 am ET
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold a webinar on May 12, 2021 at 10:00 am ET on "Challenges and Opportunities in the FY2022 Defense Budget." Panelists are: Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) Eric Fanning, President and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association and former Secretary of the Army Mackenzie Eaglen, Research Fellow, AEI Todd …
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The Hill will host a webinar on "The Future of Mobility" on May 12, 2021 at 12:30 pm ET. Among the speakers is Karina Drees, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. More information is on the event's website, which says: The intersection of technology and transportation is transforming life as we know it. Autonomous vehicle …
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Cocoa Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Space Coast Economic Development Commission and the Space Channel will host a policy discussion on May 12, 2021 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET focused on the first flight of Artemis from KSC "including a virtual tour of the famed complex." Participants are: Christian … |
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The Space Court Foundation will hold a webinar on May 13, 2021 at 11:00 am ET. The topic is "Competing for Space Superiority? Arms Racing, Rivalries and Hype in Space." Participants are: Moderator: Dr Bleddyn Bowen, University of Leicester Panellists: • Associate Professor Alice Gorman, Flinders University • Dr Cameron Hunter, University of Leicester • Lauren …
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The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) will hold a webinar on May 13, 2021 from 11:00-11:45 am ET on "Commercial Remote Sensing Satellites Enable Climate Action." Participants are: Jennifer D. Hindin, Partner, Space and Satellite Group Chair, Wiley (moderator) Conor Brown, Director of Sales Engineering, Spire U.S. Federal Karen M. Jones, Senior Project Leader, Center for …
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The Space Foundation will hold a Space Symposium 365 webinar on May 13, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is: New Generation Space Leaders Panel: Life in the Extreme - The Fundamentals of Surviving and Thriving. More information is on the event's website.
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinars on May 13, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Inside Digital Engineering and the U.S. Air Force." More information is on the event's website, which says: What is digital engineering and how could it change the Air Force and Space …
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The University of Washington's (UW's) Space Policy and Research Center (SPARC) will hold a webinar on May 13, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET (12:00 pm Pacific) featuring BlackSky CEO Brian O'Toole speaking about geospatial intelligence. More information is on the event's website. |
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Update, May 14: The China National Space Administration now acknowledges that it will try today. CNSA has today acknowledged that it will attempt to land the Zhurong rover on Mars between May 15-19 Beijing time. Thanks to amateur radio enthusiasts we know the first attempt window will be ~23:10 UTC/7:10 pm ET today. https://t.co/HFklaX3bui (English: … |
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UN DIALOGUE ON RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR IN OUTER SPACE (DAY 1), May 17, 2021, virtual, 9:00-11:00 am ET
UN DIALOGUE ON RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR IN OUTER SPACE (DAY 1), May 17, 2021, virtual, 9:00-11:00 am ET
The United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs will hold three days of webinars to discuss "Facilitating Multilateral Dialogues on the Development of Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviour in Outer Space." They will take place from 9:00-11:00 ET each day on May 17, May 19, …
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The Committee on Planetary Protection of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its 5th meeting to discuss Mars Mission Bioburden Requirements on May 17, 2021 from 1:30-5:30 pm ET. The meeting will take place virtually. Some sessions may be closed. More information is on the event's website.
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The Space Force Association will hold its next virtual Space Warfighter Talk (SWT) on May 17, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET. The guest is Brig. Gen. Mike Adamson, Director General and Component Commander/Space, Royal Canadian Air Force. More information and a registration link are on the event's website. |
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The Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on May 18, 2021 at 11:00 am ET on "NASA's Earth Science and Climate Change Activities: Current Roles and Opportunities." It will take place virtually and will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: Dr. Karen M. St. Germain, Division … |
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The UK Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) will hold a virtual conference from May 19-20, 2021 to discuss "UK in the 2020s--An Emerging Space Power." More information is on the event's website. The agenda is posted showing it begins at 9:00 am each day. The time zone is not specified, but presumably is British Summer Time. …
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The Foundation for the Future will hold a webinar on May 19, 2021 from 8:30-10:00 am ET. The topic is: "Unraveling the Complexity: Federal Appropriations the Future of Space Development." An emailed notice says May 19 is a change in the date, but not what the original date was. Speakers are: Kevin O'Connell, Former Director, …
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UN DIALOGUE ON RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR IN OUTER SPACE (Day 2), May 19, 2021, virtual, 9:00-11:00 am ET
UN DIALOGUE ON RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR IN OUTER SPACE (Day 2), May 19, 2021, virtual, 9:00-11:00 am ET
The United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs will hold three days of webinars to discuss "Facilitating Multilateral Dialogues on the Development of Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviour in Outer Space." They will take place from 9:00-11:00 ET each day on May 17, May 19, …
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The Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) will hold a webinar on May 19, 2021 at 12:00 pm ET featuring Col. Rob Bongiovi, Director, Launch Enterprise, U.S. Space Force. More information is on the event's website.
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The Space Law Interest Group and Latin America Interest Group of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) will hold a webinar on May 19, 2021 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET as part of their World Speaks Space series. This edition will focus on Latin America. Speakers are: Carlos Bello, Partner, Bello, Gallardo, Bonequie Y Garcia …
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NASA's Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute will hold a webinar on May 19, 2021 from 10:00-11:00 am Pacific Time (1:00-2:00 pm ET) as part of a series on "Mission Accomplished" small satellite missions. Thomas Woods of the University of Colorado Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) will discuss the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer …
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The Space Foundation will hold the next in its Space Symposium 365 webinar series on May 19, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is: The Space Beat: Today's Space Reporters Speak. Participants are: More information is on the event's website.
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The Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on NASA's FY2022 budget request on May 19, 2021 at 2:00 pm ET. The hearing will take place virtually. Watch on the committee's website. The witness is NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. President Biden has not yet sent his complete budget request to … |
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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a nomination hearing on May 20, 2021 in 216 Hart Senate Office Building at 10:15 am ET. Among the nominees to be considered are: Pam Melroy to be Deputy Administrator of NASA Rick Spinrad to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator …
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinar series on May 20, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Challenges of the U.S. Space Industrial Base." More information is on the event's website, which says: Securing the supply chains for space is critical to the space enterprise. The space …
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The Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) will hold a webinar on May 20, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET on the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD) program managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The event will be livestreamed on Goddard's Ustream channel. More information is on the event's website.
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The Space Transportation Association will hold a webinar with Vanessa Wyche, Acting Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, on May 20, 2021 from 3:00-4:00 pm ET. The emailed announcement with a link to register is reproduced below. Dear STA Colleagues: Please join us for a STA virtual meeting with Vanessa E. Wyche, Acting Director, Johnson … |
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UN DIALOGUE ON RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR IN OUTER SPACE (Day 3), May 21, 2021, virtual, 9:00-11:00 am ET
UN DIALOGUE ON RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR IN OUTER SPACE (Day 3), May 21, 2021, virtual, 9:00-11:00 am ET
The United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs will hold three days of webinars to discuss "Facilitating Multilateral Dialogues on the Development of Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviour in Outer Space." They will take place from 9:00-11:00 ET each day on May 17, May 19, … |
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The Space Studies Board (SSB) and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet individually and jointly May 24-27, 2021. The meetings are virtual. ASEB meets May 24. May 25 is a joint meeting of both boards. SSB meets May 26-27. More information is on …
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The Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will hold a virtual hearing on May 24, 2021 at 11:00 am ET on "FY22 Priorities for National Security Space Programs." Witnesses are: Mr. John Hill, Performing the Duties of (PTDO) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, DOD Gen David Thompson, Vice Chief of …
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The Space Force Association will hold its next virtual Space Warfighter Talk (SWT) on May 24, 2021 from 1:00-1:45 pm ET. The speaker is Col. Jennifer Krolikowski, Program Director for Kobayashi Maru, the Space Command and Control (C2) program. More information is on the event's website. |
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Explore Mars will hold the Mars Innovation Forum for May 25-27, 2021. It will take place virtually. More information is on the event's website, which says: Explore Mars, Inc. is pleased to announce the first Mars Innovation Forum (Mars-IF), which is scheduled for May 25-27, 2021. This virtual conference will examine the many innovations that …
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The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) will hold a two-day virtual conference on May 25-26, 2021 on "Nuclear Risk: Across Technologies and Domains." The meeting is 14:00-16:20 Central European Summer Time each day (8:00-10:40 am EDT). The second session on May 25 is a panel discussion on "Space and Nuclear Weapons Systems." No …
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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on May 25, 2021 in G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 9:30 am ET to consider the nominations of three individuals for positions at DOD, including of Frank Kendall III to be Secretary of the Air Force. The nominees are the witnesses: Susanna Blume to …
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The Space Foundation will hold the next its in Space Symposium 365 webinar series on May 25, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Into the Future: Climate Services, NOAA Satellites and the Commercial Sector," featuring Steve Volz, NOAA Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services (NESDIS). More information is on the event's website.
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The US China Series will hold a webinar on May 25, 2021 at 2:00 pm Mountain Time (4:00 pm ET) on "Space and the 14th Five-Year Plan." Speakers are: Ian Christensen, Secure World Foundation Rob Ronci, Caelus Foundation More information is on the event's website, which says: The 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic … |
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The 14th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Decadal Survey on Planetary Science and Astrobiology of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will take place virtually from May 26-27, 2021. Some sessions are open and some are closed. The agenda as of May 21 shows open sessions only on May 27 from …
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The Space Force Association will hold a webinar on May 26, 2021 at 7:30 am Mountain Daylight Time (9:30 am Eastern) with a discussion with representatives of the Atlantic Council, which recently published the report "The Future of Security in Space: A Thirty-Year U.S. Strategy." Participants are: Gen. James E. Cartwright (Ret.) Lt. Col. Chris …
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Update, May 7: WSBR announced a change in speakers today. Alicia Brown, NASA Associate Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, will be the speaker instead of Steve Jurczyk. Her topic is: How NASA's New Leadership Team is Ensuring America's Leadership in Space in Partnership with Commercial Space Industry. A brief bio is posted on the …
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NASA will hold a media teleconference on May 26, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss the science experiments that will be delivered to the International Space Station on the Space-X CRS-22 cargo mission scheduled for launch on June 3, 2021. Audio will be streamed on NASA Live. Participants are: Jennifer Buchli, deputy chief scientist …
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The International Space Station National Lab (ISSNL) will hold a virtual outreach event on May 26, 2021 from 2:00-5:00 pm ET to connect with "companies, researchers, and educators to discuss how the ISS ... can advance science and technology development as well as educational outreach." Retired NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold, who made two spaceflights including …
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The Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on May 26, 2021 at 4:30 pm ET in SR-232A Russell Senate Office Building on "Space Force, Military Space Operations, Policy and Programs." Witnesses are: General David Thompson Vice Chief Of Space Operations, United States Space Force Mr. John Hill Performing The … |
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The Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a virtual hearing on the FY2022 budget request for the Department of Defense (DOD) on May 27, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. Witnesses are: The Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary, Department of Defense General Mark A. Milley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff The hearing …
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinar series on May 27, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is: New START Treaty Extension: What's Next? More information is on the event's website, which says: What does the recent extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (or New START) with Russia mean, now … |
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The Moon Dialogs will hold their next webinar on May 28, 2021 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm ET. The topic is: "Mobilizing Youth for Lunar Governance: Strategies from SGAC's E.A.G.L.E. Team and Lessons Learned from the Climate Movement." Panelists Mehak Sarang, Lunar Exploration Projects Lead, MIT Space Exploration Initiative Antonino Salmeri, Lead of SGAC’s E.A.G.L.E. Team …
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President Biden's FY2022 complete budget request will be submitted to Congress on May 28, 2021. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Acting CFO Steve Shinn will hold a virtual briefing on May 28 at 3:00 pm ET to discuss NASA's portion of the request. It will be livestreamed on NASA Live. Top-line numbers for the discretionary … |
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Update: The meeting will take place virtually. The agenda and a link to the webcast are on the UNOOSA website. Original Entry: The Legal Subcommittee of the U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) will meet May 31-June 11, 2021. The U.N. Office of Outer Space Affairs website does not indicate where the …
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May 31, 2021 is Memorial Day in the United States and a Federal holiday. Government offices and many businesses will be closed. |
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The MilSat Symposium will take place virtually from June 1-3, 2021. More information, including the agenda, is on the event's website, which says: The MilSat Symposium serves as a bridge between National Defense Space and Industry. As low cost space technology proliferates worldwide, DoD has more choices in the rapid development and deployment of next-generation space defense …
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The European Space Agency (ESA) will hold a virtual media briefing on June 1, 2021 at 15:00 Central European Summer Time (9:00 am Eastern Daylight Time) to discuss Europe's role in the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) along with NASA and the Canadian Space Agency. ESA is contributing two of the four science instruments on …
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The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) will hold a webinar on June 1, 2021 at 11:00 am ET on "President Joe Biden's First Defense Budget Request." More information is on the event's website. Participants are: Mackenzie Eaglen, Resident Fellow, AEI Elaine McCusker, Resident Fellow, AEI John G. Ferrari, Visiting Fellow, AEI Todd Harrison, Director, Defense Budget … |
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NASA will hold a briefing at Kennedy Space Center and virtually on June 2, 2021 at 11:00 am ET to discuss "What's on Board" the SpaceX-22 cargo mission to the International Space Station that will deliver a number of science experiments. The briefing will air on NASA TV and NASA social media outlets. A list …
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The NSF-NASA-DOE Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) will meet virtually on June 2, 2021 from 12:00-4:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463, as amended), the …
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NASA and SpaceX will hold a pre-launch press conference for the launch of SpaceX's 22nd cargo mission to the International Space Station, SpX-22, on June 2, 2021 at 1:30 pm ET. Launch is scheduled for June 3 at 1:29 pm ET. The press conference will include participants from NASA, SpaceX, and the U.S. Space Force …
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will make his first address to the NASA workforce on June 2, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET from the James Webb auditorium at NASA HQ in Washington, DC. In a "State of NASA" address, Nelson and other top NASA officials will talk about the agency’s plans for future climate science missions, … |
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold the next in its Space Policy Show webinar series on June 3, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is: Space Priorities and the U.S. House, with Don Beyer. More information is on the event's website, which says: Decisions need to be made on the direction and priorities of the …
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The Committee on Planetary Protection of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will hold its sixth meeting to discuss Mars Mission Bioburden Requirements on June 3, 2021 from 1:00-5:00 pm ET. The meeting will take place virtually. Some sessions are open and some are closed. The agenda was not posted on the committee's …
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NASA will hold a "Science Live" event on June 3, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET to discuss the two new missions to Venus that were just selected and announced on June 2: DAVINCI+ and VERITAS. "NASA Science Live: We’re Going to Venus – NASA Selects Two New Missions" will air on NASA TV. |
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SpaceX's 22nd cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS), SpX-22, is scheduled to dock with the ISS on June 5, 2021 at 5:00 am ET if launch takes place as planned on June 3 at 1:29 pm ET. NASA TV coverage of docking begins at 3:30 am ET. |