The Paris Air Show will take place from June 19-25, 2023 at Le Bourget, FR. More information is on the event's website. The European Space Agency will have events on June 19, 20, 21, and 22 that will be livestreamed on ESA TV.
The Committee on NASA Critical Workforce, Infrastructure and Technology of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will meet at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi from June 26-28, 2023. Some sessions are open and some are closed. More information is on the committee's website. The agenda is posted with links to the sessions …
The 26th World Mining Congress will take place in Brisbane, Australia from June 26-29, 2023. The theme is New Mining Frontiers. More information is on the event's website and the website of the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium.
NASA will hold a media telecon on June 26, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET to answer questions about logistics for media planning to cover the return of samples from the asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The sample return canister will land near the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah on September 24, 2023. Audio of …
The Mitchell Institute will hold a virtual event on June 26, 2023 at 3:00 pm ET to release a new report: "Building U.S. Space Force Counterspace Capabilities: An Imperative for America's Defense," by Charles Galbreath, Senior Resident Fellow for Space Studies, Mitchell Institute. Join us for the rollout of our paper: Building U.S. Space Force …
The agenda is now posted. NASA's Astrophysics Advisory Committee will meet virtually from June 27-28, 2023. The meeting on June 27 is 9:00 am-5:00 pm ET and on June 28 is 9:00 am - 4:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: In accordance with the …
Update, June 28: Both workshops were invitation only and took place in June 2023 in London and in the Washington, DC area. Update, June 25: NASA originally said this first feedback workshop would take place in the Washington, DC area, with a subsequent workshop with international organizations in July. Yesterday, however, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam …
The second Near-Earth Object Workshop to Assess Reconnaissance for Planetary defense, NEO WARP 2, will take place June 28-30, 2023 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. More information is on the event's website, which says: The Near-Earth Object Workshops to Assess Reconnaissance for Planetary defense (NEO WARP) series focuses on the …
The American Instititue of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold a webinar, presented by Lockheed Martin, on June 28, 2023 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET on "Space 2050: Our Future Shaped by Today's Space Technology Advances." More information is on the event's website. Participants are:
The National Security Space Association (NSSA) will hold the NSSA Space Capital Forum at Intelsat's offices in McLean, VA (7800 Tysons One Place) on June 28, 2023 from 2:00-8:00 pm ET. More information is on the event's registration website. The website lists the time as 3:00-8:00 pm ET, but the emailed announcement says 2:00-8:00 pm …
The ESA Council will hold its 316th meeting in Stockholm, Sweden from June 28-29, 2023. On June 29 from 14:00-15:00 Central European Summer Time (8:00-9:00 am EDT), ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Anna Rathsman (Sweden) will hold a press conference at Hotel Hasselbacken (Hazelius Hall), Hazeliusbacken 20, 115 21 Stockholm, SW, …
George Washington University's Space Policy Institite (SPI) and the Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) will hold a discussion on June 29, 2023 from 10:00 am-1:30 pm ET at SPI's offices at 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC and online via Zoom. The topic is "Public-Private Synergy in the Space Sector: Risks …
Update, June 26: Virgin Galactic announced this morning they are targeting June 29 for the this launch. Their livestream will begin at 9:00 am MOUNTAIN Time (11:00 am EDT). The passengers are: Original Entry: Virgin Galactic plans to launch its first commercial flight of SpaceShipTwo during a four-day window, June 27-30, 2023, from Spaceport America …
SpaceX's 28th cargo mission to the International Space Station, SpX-28, will undock at 12:05 pm ET on June 29, 2023. NASA TV coverage of undocking begins at 11:45 am ET. NASA TV does not cover reentry or splashdown of these SpaceX missions. SpX-28 was launched on June 5, 2023.
The United Nations designated June 30 as International Asteroid Day in 2016 in order to “observe each year at the international level the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908, and to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard.” The decision was “was made based on a proposal by the Association …
Update: The launch time has been refined by 1 minute. It is now 11:12 am ET. Original Entry: The European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid cosmology mission that will search for clues about dark energy and dark matter -- which together comprise 95% of the universe, but otherwise are unknown -- will launch on a SpaceX …
SpaceTide 2023 will take place from July 4-6, 2023 in Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan and on YouTube. The theme is: "The Rise of the Space Economy." More information is on the event's website, which says: The President of JAXA is one of the speakers. Join us for @SpaceTide_Conf (July 4-6, Tokyo & online)! More than 80 …
July 4, 2023 is a federal holiday, Independence Day, and federal government offices will be closed. Independence Day celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 that declared the independence of the 13 colonies from Great Britain, creating the United States of America (read the text).
The 2023 European Space Forum will take place July 5-6, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The theme is: "Strength, Security, Resilience -- Protecting Europe's Interests In and Through Space." More information is on the event's website.
Update, July 5: Arianespace is providing live coverage on YouTube. Update, July 4: The launch has been postponed at least one day due to unfavorable upper level winds. They will try again tomorrow, July 5. The launch window is open 6:00-7:05 pm EDT (7:00-8:05 pm local time in Kourou). Update, June 23: The new launch …
The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Services webinar on July 6, 2023 at 10:00 am ET. The guest is Lt. Gen. John Shaw, Deputy Commander of U.S. Space Command. More information is on the event's website.
The Space Telescope Science Institute will hold the "Science with the Habitable Worlds Observatory and Beyond" conference at its offices at 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, from July 10-14, 2023. More information is on the event's website, which says: The Astro2020 “Pathways to Discovery” report envisions an ambitious, multi-decadal fleet of cooperating New Great …
The 2023 European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, EAS 2023, will take place in a hybrid format from July 10-14, 2023 at the ICE Krakow Conference Center, Krakow, Poland and online. More information is on the event's website.
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold its 8th Interstellar Symposium from July 10-13, 2023, hosted by McGill University, in Montreal, Canada. More information is on the event's website.
NASA's Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will meet in Washington, DC at the University of Arizona Center for Outreach and Collaboration and virtually from July 11-13, 2023. More information is on the SBAG website. The agenda is posted.
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on the nomination of Gen. C. Q. Brown to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on July 11, 2023 at 9:30 am ET in G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building. If confirmed, Brown will succeed Gen. Mark Milley whose term is expiring. Brown currently …
America's Future Series will hold the virtual 2023 Space Innovation Summit on July 11, 2023 from 9:30 am-4:30 pm ET, followed by an invitation-only in-person reception in Washington, DC where the Gen. John E. Hyten Space Innovation & Leadership Award will be presented to Gen. Jay Raymond (Ret.), the first Chief of Space Operations of …
The House Rules Committee will meet on July 11, 2023 at 12:00 pm ET in H-313 Capitol to write the rule for floor consideraton of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), H.R. 2670. As of the 4:00 pm ET July 7 deadline, 1,438 amendments had been submitted. The committee will decide which will be …
The FAA's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) will meet virtually on July 11, 2023 from 1:00-3:00 pm ET. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below. SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee. DATES: The meeting will take place on July 11, 2023 from …
The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) will hold a hybrid workshop at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab's Kossiakoff Center and on Zoom from July 12-13, 2023 to discuss the need for Earth-based "Lunar Proving Grounds" in preparation for a human return to the Moon. More information is on the event's website, which says: …
NASA will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on July 12 online and July 14 in Baltimore, MD. On July 12, a new Webb image will be released online at 6:00 am ET and at 4:00 pm ET two JWST experts will be interviewed on …
The House plans to take up the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) during the week of July 10, 2023 once the Rules Committee has approved the rule for its consideration. The Rules Committee meets on Tuesday, July 11, so the bill could come up at any time thereafter.
The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) at the Department of Commerce and AIAA will hold a webinar on July 12, 2023 for satellite owners and operators ONLY to discuss the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). More information is on the OSC website, which says: "On July 12, the Office of Space Commerce will host …
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will mark up a number of nominations on July 12, 2023 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building. The meeting will be webcast on the committee's website. Among the nominations are three Commissioners and the Inspector General for the Federal Communications Commission: Anna Gomez to …
The Future Space Leaders Foundation will hold its Future Space 2023 event in two parts on July 12, 2023. The first part takes place in the Hart Senate Office Building from 11:00 am-4:45 pm ET with a series of speakers on civil, commercial and national security space topics. The second part is a "networking and …
The Transportation-HUD Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committtee will markup its FY2024 bill on July 12, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET in 2358-C Rayburn House Office Building. It will be webcast. The bill includes funding for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
The Intelligence and National Security Alliance will hold the 2023 Intelligence and National Security Summit from July 13-14, 2023 at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, MD (just outside Washington, DC). The theme is: "Navigating Security Threats In An Uncertain World." More information is on the event's website.
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on July 13, 2023 at 10:00 am ET in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building on "Continuing U.S. Leadership in Commercial Space At Home and Abroad." The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses as of July 6 are: Ms. Karina Drees, President, …
Update, July 6: The markup now is posted on the committee's website. It will start at 11:00 am ET in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building and will be webcast. The Legislative Branch appropriations bill is listed first, followed by CJS, and then Financial Services-General Government (which includes the FCC). Original entry: Senate Appropriations Committee Chair …
The FAA's Office of Commercial Space TransporTation has a number of job openings and will hold a webinar, "Find Your Place in Space," on July 14, 2023 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET for anyone who might be interested in applying. More information is on the event's website, which says: "Do you want to find your place in …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will hold a workshop on July 13, 2023 from 1:30-6:00 pm ET at 25 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC on "How Data From Space Is Changing Life on Earth." More information is on the event's website, which says: "Please join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to learn how industries - …
Update: ISRO says the launch will be livestreamed on its website, Facebook and Youtube. Original Entry: The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander on July 14, 2023 from its launch site at Sriharikota, India. Announcing the launch of Chandrayaan-3: ?LVM3-M4/Chandrayaan-3 ?️Mission: The launch is now scheduled for ?July 14, 2023, at …
The Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2024 CJS appropriations bill on July 14, 2023 at 9:00 am ET in H-140 Capitol. The bill includes funding for NASA and NOAA. The markup will be webcast on the committee's website.
The Space Transportation Association (STA) will host a luncheon on Capitol Hill on July 14, 2023. The speaker is Vanessa Wyche, Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
NASA will celebrate the one year anniversary of the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on July 12 online and July 14 in Baltimore, MD. On July 12, a new Webb image will be released online at 6:00 am ET and at 4:00 pm ET two JWST experts will be interviewed …
The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will hold the 2023 John Glenn Memorial Symposium at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH from July 17-19, 2023. The theme this year is "Powering Innovation from Earth to Mars." More information is on the event's website.
The 2023 NASA Exploration Science Forum will take place at The Hotel in College Park, MD from July 18-21, 2023. More information is on the event's website.
NASA will hold a media telecon on July 18, 2023 at 10:00 am ET to discuss the science investigations that will be delivered to the International Space Station on the next Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo mission, NG-19. The launch is scheduled for August 1, 2023 at 8:30 pm ET from Wallops Flight Facility, VA. Audio …
The full House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2024 Transportation-HUD bill on July 18, 2023 at 10:30 am ET in 2359 Rayburn House Office Building. The markup will be webcast on the committee's website. The THUD bill funds the FAA and its Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
Lockheed Martin will hold its 2Q2022 financial results telecon on July 18, 2023 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 Lee, vice president of investor relations
The Maryland Space Business Roundtable will hold a luncheon on July 18, 2023 at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD from 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET. The speaker is Greg Heckler, Acting Director of the Commercial Services Office in NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program. More information is on the MSBR website.
The Senate is scheduled to begin consideration of its version of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. A vote on a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed is expected after 5:30 pm ET. Watch on C-SPAN. The House passed its FY2024 NDAA on July 14 along …
The House is scheduled to take up the FAA Reauthorization bill -- the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935) -- on July 19 and July 20, 2023 subject to a rule. The Rules Committee meets on July 17 at 4:00 pm ET in H-313 Capitol to write the rule for …
The annual Aspen Security Forum will take place July 18-21, 2023 in Aspen, Colorado. On July 19, two space sessions will take place. At 9:10 am MOUNTAIN Time (11:10 am Eastern), Gen. James Dickinson, Commander of U.S. Space Command, will participate in a "fireside chat" with the Washington Post's David Ignatius. At 2:10 pm MOUNTAIN time …
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a "Members' Day" hearing on July 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm ET in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. It will be webcast on the committee's website. At Members' Day hearings, Members of Congress tell committees about their interests and priorities on matters under the committee's jurisdiction. …
The Space Transportation Association (STA) will hold a "coffee and donuts" event on Capitol Hill on July 19, 2023 with Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle, Principal Investigator for NASA's Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan. Turtle is a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins Univeristy Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD.
On December 9, 2021, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed July 20 as International Moon Day to commemorate the first human landing on the Moon by U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The theme in 2023 is "Beginning the New Lunar Journey for Humanity." Events are organized around the world. …
The Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on NOAA's budget on July 20, 2023 at 9:30 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building. It will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary …
The NASA Advisory Council's STEM Engagement Committee will meet virtually on July 20, 2023 from 11:00 am - 4:00 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, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the …
NASA officials will discuss NASA's climate research and observations at NASA HQ in Washington, DC on July 20, 2023 at 4:00 pm ET. The discussion will "shed light on recent extreme weather events, and discuss how NASA research and data is enabling climate solutions." The meeting will take place at NASA HQ in Washington, D.C. …
The Institute for Electric and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) will hold its 2023 Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects (NETS) conference from July 24-28, 2023 at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, Kansas City, MO. More information is on the event's website.
The House is scheduled to take up several bills on July 25, 2023 on the suspension calendar including two related to satellite telecommunications: H.R. 682, Launch Communications Act, pertaining to spectrum for commercial launches and reentries and H.R. 1338, the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act (SAT Streamliming) to streamline the FCC's satellite licensing process. Bills …
NASA will hold two news conferences on July 25, 2023 at Johnson Space Center in preparation for the launch of the next crew to the International Space Station, Crew-7. Launch is targeted for August 15, 2023. Crew-7 is comprised of Jasmine Moghbeli (NASA), Andreas Mogensen (ESA/Denmark), Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA) and Konstantin Borisov (Roscosmos). In addition, …
The NOAA Science Advisory Board will meet July 26-27, 2023 at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, 3535 Harbor Road, Costa Mesa, CA. The meeting on July 26 is 8:00 am-5:00 pm PACIFIC Time and on July 27 is 8:00 am-12:00 pm PACIFIC Time. More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is …
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on July 26, 2023 at 9:00 am ET in 216 Hart Senate Office Building on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Force, to be promoted to General and serve as Commander of U.S. Space Command (to succeed Gen. James Dickinson). The committee …
The Brookings Institution will hold an in-person event at its offices at 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC on July 26, 2023 from 10:00-11:15 am ET to discuss "U.S.-China Proximate Operations in the Maritime, Air and Space Domains." It will be livestreamed. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. Participants are: Josiah …
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will hold a hearing on July 26, 2023 at 10:00 am ET in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building on "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications for National Security, Public Safety and Government Transparency." The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: Ryan Grush, Executive Director, Americans for …
Boeing will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on July 26, 2023 at 10:30 am ET. The audio will be broadcast on the company's website. Participants are: President and Chief Executive Officer David Calhoun, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brian West
The Beyond Earth Institute will hold a webinar on July 26, 2023 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET on "Making Tomorrow's Moon: Artemis, ILRS, and the Future of Cislunar Development." ILRS is the International Lunar Research Station being planned by China and partners including Russia. Participants are: Cody Knipfer, Policy and Program Associate, BEI Dallas Bienhoff, Space …
The Hudson Institute will hold a seminar on July 26, 2023 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET at its offices at 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The event will be livestreamed. The topic is "Space and National Security" and the speakers are: Even Rogers, CEO, True Anomaly Dean C. Bellamy, Executive Vice President of National Security …
Update, July 15: The webpage now says Meeting 6 will take place at Marshall Space Flight Center from July 27-28. The agenda was not posted, but it says some sessions will be open and some will be closed and livestream links for the open sessions will be posted later. Update: On July 6, the webpage …
Northrop Grumman will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on July 27, 2023 at 9:00 am ET. It will air on the company's investor's website. Participants are: Kathy Warden, chair, chief executive officer and president, and Dave Keffer, chief financial officer
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will mark up a number of bills on July 27, 2023 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building. The meeting will be webcast on the committee's website. Among the bills is the Orbital Sustainability or ORBITS Act sponsored by Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) addressing the …
The Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up four bills on July 27, 2023 in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building starting at 10:30 am ET. The meeting will be webcast on the committee's website. The four bills are: Defense Labor-HHS-Education Interior-Environment Homeland Security These are the last four of the 12 appropriations bills to reach full …
NASA Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Nicky Fox will hold a virtual "town hall" meeting on July 27, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET. The event will take place via WebEx and livestreamed on YouTube. More information is in the emailed announcement, which is reproduced below: Date: July 27, 2023 Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm …
NASA will hold a media telecon on July 30, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET following the Launch Readiness Review for Northrop Grumman's NG-19 cargo mission to the International Space Station. The time could change if the LRR runs long. The NG-19 launch is scheduled for August 1 (see separate calendar entry). Participants in the July …
Update, July 31: NASA announced today that it will livestream some of the sessions. The list is in this press release. Note that the times in the press release are EDT while the times on the agenda are PDT. Separately, organizers told SpacePolicyOnline.com today that plenary and keynote sessions will be livestreamed on the conference's …
The European Astrobiology Institute, University of Tartu, and Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre will co-host a workshop on Microsatellites and Their Use in Planetary and Astrobiology Research at the Hotel Dorpat, Tartu, Estonia from August 1-8, 2023. More information is on the event's website.
Update, April 9: The meeting has been postponed to August 1-3, 2023 according to the ExMAG website. Original Entry: NASA's Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (ExMAG) will meet virtually April 25-27, 2023. More information is on the ExMAG website.
Update, July 21: The launch time has been refined to 8:31 pm ET on August 1. If launch is on schedule, NG-19 will arrive at the ISS on August 4. Original Entry: NASA and Northrop Grumman will launch the next Cygnus cargo mission, NG-19, to the International Space Station from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) …
NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel will hold a telecon on August 3, 2023 from 1:30-3:00 pm CENTRAL Time (2:30-4:00 pm Eastern) following its 3rd quarter 2023 meeting. More information is in the Federal Register announcement, which is reproduced below. It does not indicate where ASAP is meeting, only that it's in the Central Time Zone. …
Northrop Grumman's NG-19 Cygnus cargo mission to the International Space Station is scheduled for launch on August 1, 2023 at 8:31 pm ET. If the launch takes place on time, it will arrive at the ISS on August 4. Capture is scheduled for 5:55 am ET and installation onto a docking port at 7:30 am …
The 37th Small Satellite Conference will take place at Utah State University in Logan, UT from August 5-10, 2023. More information is on the event's website. Some sessions are livestreamed.
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