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The Navy League will hold its 2021 Sea-Air-Space Symposium from August 2-4, 2021 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, MD. Most of the conference is not space-related, but there is a session on "The Business of Space" on Tuesday afternoon. More information is on the event's website.
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NASA will hold a virtual briefing on August 2, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss some of the science experiments that will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) on Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft scheduled to launch to the ISS on August 10. This is the 16th Cygnus mission, NG-16. The briefing will … |
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Update, July 16: The agenda is now posted. Also, note that there are three days of associated technical sessions the following week (August 16-18). Information on those are at the same website. Original Entry: The 10th International Space Station Research & Development Conference (ISSRDC) sponsored by the ISS National Lab and NASA, and organized by … |
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Maxar Technologies will hold its 2Q2021 financial results telecon on August 4, 2021 at 3:00 pm Mountain Time (5:00 pm Eastern). The telecon will be audiocast on the company's website. |
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next Space Policy Show webinar on August 5, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Evolving the AF Academy for Space Force Needs." More information is on the event's website, which says: How is the US Air Force Academy making changes to its military training and academic curriculum …
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Virgin Galactic will holds its 2Q2021 financial results telecon on August 5, 2021 at 2:00 pm Pacific Time (5:00 pm Eastern). It will be audiocast on the company's website. |
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Gen. C.Q. Brown, Air Force Chief of Staff, will speak at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on August 6, 2021 at 2:00 pm ET. His topic is the Air Force mission in an ever-changing national security environment. The event will take place in person at the Press Club and also will be livestreamed. … |
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The 35th Small Satellite Conference, which usually takes place at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, is scheduled for August 7-12, 2021. The organizers decided in February 2021 that this will take place virtually again this year because of the ongoing COVID pandemic. More information is on the conference website. |
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Update, March 1: AIAA just announced this forum will be held virtually instead of in-person in Denver because of the ongoing COVID pandemic. The dates remain the same. Original Entry: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold its 2021 Propulsion & Energy Forum at the Sheraton Downtown Denver, Denver, CO, from August … Update: This event now will take place virtually because of the ongoing pandemic. The dates have been shortened to August 9-11 instead of August 7-12. More information is on the event's website. Original Entry: The American Astronautical Society (AAS) has scheduled its 2021 Astrodynamics Conference to take place in-person in Big Sky, Montana from August …
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NASA will hold a pre-launch briefing on August 9, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET for the Northrop Grumman-16 (NG-16) cargo mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled for launch from Wallops Island, VA on August 10. Participants are: Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program Kirt Costello, chief scientist, International Space Station Program … |
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The Foundation for the Future will hold a workshop from August 10-11, 2021 on "Workforce & Industrial Base." More information is on the event's website, which says: DATES Aug 10, 10:00 AM EDT – Aug 11, 4:00 PM EDT Online ABOUT THE EVENT How does an idea become a reality? It happens one bolt at …
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Government Executive will hold a webinar on August 10, 2021 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET on "Space Resilience: An Imperatiuve to Secure the Future." More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. Speakers are: |
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Gen. John Hyten, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, AL on August 11, 2021 at 9:40 am ET. More information is on the event's website, which indicates virtual attendane is an option.
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NASA will hold a media briefing on August 11, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss a new finding from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. Audio of the briefing will air on NASA Live. Participants are: Dante Lauretta, study co-author and OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona in Tucson Davide Farnocchia, study … |
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If Northrop Grumman's NG-16 Cygnus cargo mission launches on time on August 10, it will arrive at the International Space Station on August 12, 2021 with capture by Canadarm2 at approximately 6:10 am ET and installation onto a docking port at about 8:00 am ET. NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and capture begins at 4:30 …
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The Aerospace Corporation will hold its next Space Policy Show webinar on August 12, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. The topic is "Diversity and Inclusion Across the Nation's FFRDCs." Aerospace Corporation itself is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). More information is on the event's website, which says: How are the nation’s FFRDC’s …
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The Committee on Building a Foundation for Assessing the Health and Vitality of NASA Science Mission Directorate's Research Communities, of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will hold its fifth virtual meeting on August 12, 2021 from 2:00-5:00 pm ET. Some sessions may be open and some may be closed. More information and …
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold its 2021 Spotlight Awards Gala virtually because of the pandemic. It will take place on August 12, 2021, from 5:00-7:00 pm ET. More information is on the event's website. The 2020 Gala had to be cancelled because of the pandemic, so the awards for both … |
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Boeing and NASA will provide an update on the status of Boeing's Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) on August 13, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET. Audio will be livestreamed on NASA Live. Participants are: Kathryn Lueders, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program John Vollmer, vice … |
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The first meeting of the steering committee of the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space 2023-2032, of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will take place virtually from August 16-17, 2021. More information, including the agenda, is on the committee's website. Open sessions are 1:15-5:00 pm ET on August … The 10th International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) will take place August 3-5, 2021, followed by three days of technical sessions on August 16-18. The entire event is virtual due to the ongoing pandemic. Information on the technical sessions is on the ISSRDC website, which says: Join us virtually on August 16-18 for … |
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NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences Division of the Science Mission Directorate will hold a virtual workshop from August 18-19, 2021 on "Fundamental and Applied Lunar Surface Research in Physical Sciences." More information is on the event's website. |
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The Space Generation Fusion Forum will take place August 21-23, 2021 immediately prior to and in conjunction with the Space Foundation's Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO. More information is on the Space Symposium's website. |
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Update, April 28, 2021: The conference now will take place in a hybrid format from August 23-26, 2021. The in-person meeting will still be at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, but attendance will be limited. The meeting will also take place virtually. More information is on the event's website. A press release from the Space …
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NASA will hold a media telecon on August 23, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss the science experiments that will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) on SpaceX's 23rd cargo mission, SpX-23 (or SpaceX CRS-23) that is scheduled for launch on August 28. Audio will stream on NASA Live. Participants in the …
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Update, August 23: NASA just announced that the spacewalk has been postponed due to a "minor medical issue involving Vande Hei. This issue is not a medical emergency." NASA still deciding when it will take place, but will be after SpX-23 and the Russian spacewalks. Original Entry: NASA will hold a news conference on August … |
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Update, August 23, 3:00 pm ET: NASA just announced that the spacewalk has been postponed due to a "minor medical issue involving Vande Hei. This issue is not a medical emergency." NASA still deciding when it will take place, but will be after SpX-23 and the Russian spacewalks. Vande Hei later tweeted that the problem … |
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U.N. COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (COPUOS), Aug 25-Sep 3, 2021, Vienna, Austria/virtual
U.N. COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (COPUOS), Aug 25-Sep 3, 2021, Vienna, Austria/virtual
The United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) will meet in Vienna, Austria from August 25- September 3, 2021. The agenda is now posted with links to the webcasts for plenary sessions and technical presentations. The webpage lists three side-events: SIDE EVENT INFORMATION "Thematic discussion of astronauts and cosmonauts on the historical … |
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NASA and SpaceX will hold a pre-launch media briefing for the SpX-23, or SpaceX CRS-23, cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for launch on August 28. The briefing will take place at Kennedy Space Center, but due to the pandemic, media must dial-in rather than participate in person. It will air on …
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The Committee on Foundation for Assessing the Health and Vitality of NASA Science Mission Directorate's Research Communities of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet virtually on August 27, 2021 from 1:00-5:00 pm ET. Some sessions are open and some are closed. The agenda was not posted as of August 20. Check … |
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Update, August 28: The launch was scrubbed due to inclement weather. They will try again tomorrow (August 29) at 3:14 am ET. NASA TV coverage begins at 2:45 am ET. Original Entry: SpaceX will launch its 23rd cargo mission to the International Space Station, SpX-23 or SpaceX CRS-23, on August 28, 2021 from Kennedy Space … |
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NASA's Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) will meet virtually from August 30-September 1, 2021. More information is on the OPAG website.
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which operates the Landsat land remote sensing satellites, will hold a virtual National Imagery Summit from August 31-September 2, 2021 to discuss "Landsat and Society." The meeting will take place from 12:00-5:45 pm each day. More information is on the event's website, which lists these speakers: Plenary and Panel Speakers … NASA's Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) will meet virtually August 31-September 2, 2021. More information is on the LEAG website. The agenda is now posted. The meeting begins at 10:30 am ET on August 31 and 11:00 am ET on September 1-2.
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold a webinar on August 31, 2021 from 9:00-10:00 am ET. The webinar is part of CSIS's "Smart Women, Smart Power" initiative and features a conversation with Her Excellency Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, the United Arab Emirates UAE) Minister of State for Advanced Technology and …
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NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will hold a media briefing on August 31, 2021 at 10:00 am ET to discuss the upcoming launch of Landsat 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), CA. The briefing will air live on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Participants are: Karen St. Germain, director …
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The Secure World Foundation (SWF) and the British Embassy will co-host a webinar on August 31, 2021 from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET. The topic is "Space, Climate Change, and International Cooperation." More information is on the event's website, which says: The need for accurate and precise data on the current state of the … |
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The Committee on Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will hold its 8th meeting from September 1-2, 2021. Some sessions are open and some are closed. The agenda was not posted as of August 20. Check the committee's website for more …
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The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will mark up the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on September 1, 2021 at 10:00 am ET. The markup will take place in hybrid mode with some members participating in person (2118 Rayburn House Office Building) and others virtually. |
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COMSPOC and AGI will host a roundtable discussion on September 2, 2021 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET on "Protecting the Space Domain: Challenges and Opportunities." It is part of the lead-up to 2021 AMOS conference scheduled for September 14-17 in Maui, Hawaii. More information is on the event's website, which says: Space is indispensable to nearly … |
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