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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 … |
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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 … |
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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. 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.
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Virgin Galactic will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on August 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET. Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.
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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) … |
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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. … |
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NG-19 CARGO MISSION ARRIVES AT ISS, Aug 4, 2023, Earth orbit, 5:55 am ET (NASA TV begins 4:30 am ET)
NG-19 CARGO MISSION ARRIVES AT ISS, Aug 4, 2023, Earth orbit, 5:55 am ET (NASA TV begins 4:30 am ET)
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 … |
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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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NASA and Boeing will hold a media telecon to provide an update on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing's Starliner crew space transportation system on August 7, 2023 at 2:00 pm ET. The CFT mission has been repeatedly postponed because of technical challenges with the Starliner capsule. The launch most recently was scheduled for … |
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The 2023 Space and Missile Defense Symposium will take place August 8-10, 2023 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, AL. More information is on the event's website, which says: "The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by …
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The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) will hold a webinar on August 8, 2023 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET on "Space Resiliency: Leveraging Commercial Innovation to Advance the Mission." More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. Participants are: Frank Avila, Acting Director, NGA Commercial Operations, NGA (added) Jeremy Leader, Acting Deputy Director for Space …
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NASA will hold a news conference on August 8, 2023 at 2:00 pm ET at Kennedy Space Center, FL to provide an update on the Artemis II mission scheduled for launch next year to take four people -- three Americans and one Canadian -- on a trip around the Moon. The news conference will be …
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Rocket Lab will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on August 8, 2023 at 4:30 pm ET. It will be livestreamed on the company's website. |
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The Lunar and Planetary Institute will hold the Endurance Science Workshop in a hybrid format from August 9-11, 2023. The in-person event will be at the Cahill Center on the California Institute of Technology campus, 1216 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website, which says: Purpose and …
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Two Russian cosmonauts will make a spacewalk at the International Space Station on August 9, 2023 beginning at 10:45 am ET. NASA TV coverage begins 10:15 am ET. The spacewalk is expected to last about 6.5 hours.
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The Secure World Foundation is organizing a side event at the 2023 Small Satellite (SmallSat) conference in Logan, Utah. "Space Debris and ASAT Testing: Protecting the Operational Environment for SmallSats" will take place on August 9, 2023 from 9:45-10:45 am MOUNTAIN Time at the Utah State University Eccles Science Learning Center (ESLC) Room 46. All …
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Spire will hold its second quarter 2023 financial results telecon on August 9, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET. Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.
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The D.C. chapter of the International Space University-USA Alumni Association will hold its next Space Café on August 9, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 pm ET at Assembly @ 1700 N Moore St Arlington, VA. The guest speaker is Jaisha Wray, Associate Administrator for International Affairs at the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). … |
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Update, August 6: The flight is still scheduled for August 10 and company's website says the livestream will begin at 11:00 am ET. Check that website for up to date information. Original Entry: Virgin Galactic is targeting August 10, 2023 for its first private astronaut flight, Galactic-02. The company achieved its first commercial flight on …
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Update, August 7: Russia has now confirmed the launch date and time as August 10, 23:10:57 UTC, which is 7:10:57 pm EDT. Finally Roscosmos announced the launch time of #Luna25 officially (which we knew for almost a month). Rollout - August 8 Launch - August 10, 23:10:57 UTC. Soyuz 2.1b is assembled with the head … |
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NASA will hold a news conference on August 14, 2023 at 11:00 am ET to discuss the latest climate data and "underscore the breadth of its research, technology, and development aimed at measuring and mitigating climate change." NOAA will also participate in the news conference. Participants are: Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator Kate Calvin, chief scientist …
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Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), chaiman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, will offer opening and closing remarks during an event on August 14, 2023 at 12:10 pm ET where NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Frank Rubio aboard the International Space Station will answer pre-recorded questions from students in Lucas's district that will "connect …
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Intuitive Machines, one of the companies participating in NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) project, will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on August 14, 2023 at 4:30 pm ET. Audio of the telecon will livestream on the company's website.
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Astra will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on August 14, 2023 at 4:30 pm ET. Audio of the call will be livestreamed on the company's website. |
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Terran Orbital will hold its 2Q2023 financial results telecon on August 15, 2023 at 11:00 am ET. Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website. |
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Update, August 1: The MSBR website has been corrected to show the time as 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET as usual. Original Entry: The Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) will hold a luncheon on August 16, 2023 at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD. The speaker is Nicola (Nicky) Fox, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission … |
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The Committee on NASA Critical Workforce, Infrastructure and Technology of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will have an open session on August 17, 2023 from 1:00-3:45 pm ET. It will take place virtually. The committee will meet in closed session at other times. The agenda for the open session is posted on … |
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The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation will hold a luncheon and panel discussion on August 18, 2023 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET as part of its Innovators Week & Gala at the Hilton Orlando, Orlando, FL. The luncheon and panel celebrate the 40th anniversary of American women in space. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space … |
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The four person crew of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-7 mission will arrive at Kennedy Space Center on August 20, 2023 at approximately 12:15 pm ET in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station on August 25 at 3:49 am ET (see our other Calendar entries for related events including launch coverage). The crew members … |
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The committee on NASA Critical Workforce, Infrastructure and Technology of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will visit NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD and NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA during the week of August 21-25, 2023. Portions of the meetings on August 21-24 will be livestreamed. The meeting …
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Update, August 20: Roscosmos reported that Luna-25 crashed into the Moon because of whatever happened yesterday. An investigation is underway. Update, August 19: Roscosmos reported an anomaly with Luna-25 today and it is not clear if they still expect to land on August 21. It seems unlikely. We will post any updates we get here. …
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Celestis will host a Facebook Live discussion on August 21, 2023 at 4:00 pm ET with Tory Bruno, President and CEO of the United Launch Alliance (ULA), about the status of the first launch of the new Vulcan rocket. It is the first of two "certification" missions for the rocket to be certified to launch …
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Update, August 21: NASA says this now will take place at 5:00 pm ET. Original Entry: NASA will hold a media teleconference on August 21, 2023 at approximately 5:30 pm ET following the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the launch of Crew-7 to the International Space Station, scheduled for August 25 at 3:49 am ET. … |
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The Space Weather Roundtable of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold a telecon on August 22, 2023 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET that is open to the public. More information is on the Roundtable's website.
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Russia will launch the Progress MS-24 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station at 9:08 pm August 22, 2023 EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (where it will be August 23). NASA refers to this as Progress 85 because it is the 85th Progress spacecraft to resupply the ISS (dozens resupplied Soviet/Russian space stations … |
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Update, August 22: The mission is still on track for landing tomorrow. ISRO's website says a livestream will begin at 17:20 IST (7:50 am EDT). It also will air on Doordarshan (DD), India's public broadcasting channel and on ISRO's YouTube channel. Update, August 20: India confirms the landing will be on August 23 at 18:04 …
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NASA will televise pre-flight interviews with astronaut Loral O'Hara who is getting ready to launch to the International Space Station with two Russian cosmonauts on September 15. She is finishing training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia (outside Moscow) before leaving for the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodome in …
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NASA will hold an event on August 23, 2023 at 9:30 am ET at Kennedy Space Center with a panel who will answer questions from the public via the YouTube, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) livestreams using the hashtag #AskNASA. Participants are: Tom Engler, Center Planning and Development Director, NASA Kennedy Samantha Testa, recovery director, …
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On August 23, 2023 at 2:40 pm ET, NASA will air pre-departure interviews with the four-person Crew-6 currently aboard the International Space Station. They are scheduled to return to Earth a few days after the launch and arrival of Crew-7. The Crew-7 launch is currently planned for August 25. Crew-6 is composed of: Steve Bowen … |
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Arizona State University's Interplanetary Initiative will hold a Space Futures Live event on August 24, 2023 at the Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health at university's Tempe, AZ campus from 1:30-5:00 pm PACIFIC Time. Although the title is Space Futures Live, the website does not indicate that a livestream will be avalable. It …
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Russia's Progress MS-24 cargo ship will dock at the ISS on August 24, 2023 at 11:50 pm ET, following launch on August 22. NASA TV will cover the rendezvous and docking of Progress MS-24 beginning at 11:00 pm ET on the MEDIA CHANNEL, not the Public Channel, which NASA will be using to cover the …
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Crew-7 will launch to the International Space Station at 3:49 am ET on August 25. NASA will provide continuous coverage of launch through docking, but only some of it will be on NASA TV. Launch coverage on NASA TV begins 11:45 am ET August 24 and continues through launch, orbital insertion and nose cone deploy … |
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Update, August 25: The launch has been postponed until Saturday, August 26 at 3:27 am ET. Update, August 24: NASA has refined the launch time to 3:50 am ET. Weather is 90% favorable for launch. Update, August 17: The launch is still on for August 25 at 3:49 am ET. NASA TV coverage begins at …
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Update, August 25: The launch has slipped a day and therefore so has this news conference. The NASA TV schedule shows it taking place at 5:00 am ET. Original Entry: NASA will hold a post-launch news conference on August 25, 2023 at approximately 5:30 am ET following the launch of Crew-7 to the International Space … |
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Update, August 27, 7:50 am ET: NASA TV is underway right now covering the docking. It started half an hour later than originally announced and the commentators are saying docking now is at 9:05 am ET. The NASA TV schedule now says 9:11 am ET, with hatch opening at 11:02 am ET and welcome remarks … |
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The fourth and final session of the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Reducing Space Threats will take place at the Palais de Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from August 28-September 1, 2023. More information is on the working group's website. The session will be livestreamed on UN Web TV. Note that times on the … |
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Update, August 29, 8:10 am ET: The agenda still is not posted on the NAC Science committee website, but NASA kindly emailed us a copy of the updated version. Update, August 25: NASA has provided SpacePolicyOnline.com with a copy of the draft agenda for the meeting, which indicates the committee is meeting in person in … |
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The Committee on NASA Mission Critical Workforce, Infrastructure & Technology of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will meet August 30-31, 2023 at Kennedy Space Center. Some sessions are closed. Some open sessions will be livestreamed. More information and the agenda are on the committee's website. Update, August 29, 11:00 am ET. No further information has yet been posted about this meeting, which starts tomorrow. The committee's website still says only this. When the open sessions will take place and the topic(s) remains a mystery. Original Entry: The Steering Committee for the Decadal Survey on Solar and Space Physics of …
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NASA will hold a news conference no earlier than 3:00 pm MOUNTAIN time (5:00 pm Eastern) on August 30, 2023, from DOD's Utah Test and Training Range in northwestern Utah to discuss preparations for the return of samples from the asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx (O-REx) spacecraft. The sample canister will separate from the spacecraft … |
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According to NASA's posted TV schedule on August 25, Crew-6 will undock from the International Space Station on September 1, 2023 at 9:05 am ET and splashdown near Florida no earlier than September 2 at 9:38 am ET. The schedule as posted is as follows, but the crew's return is weather dependent and could change. … |
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