Update, April 27: NASA confirms that SpX CRS-30 will undock on Sunday, April 28, at 1:05 pm ET with NASA TV coverage beginning at 12:45 pm ET. It still has the caveat "weather permitting," however. Update, April 25: Undocking was postponed to Saturday and then to Sunday because of bad weather in the splashdown zone. …
The Inter-Planetary Small Satellite Conference will take place at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, from April 30-May 2, 2024. More information is on the event's website.
The Shenzhou-17 crew of China's Tiangong-3 space station will return to Earth on April 30, 2024 after 6 months in space, landing at the Dongfeng landing site in Inner Mongolia. Their replacements on Shenzhou-18 arrived yesterday. China has not made an official announcement of the exact time, but Bob Christy of @OrbitalFocus calculates it likely …
Update, April 28: The agenda is posted and shows the meeting ending at 4:00 pm ET. It will take place at the Academies' Keck Center, 500 5th St., NW, Washington, DC. No mention is made of a livestream. Original Entry: The Space Technology Industry, University, Government Roundtable (STIGUR) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, …
The Transportation-HUD subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on the FY2025 budget request for the Department of Transportation on April 30, 2024 at 10:00 am ET in 2358A Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttegieg is the sole witness. DOT …
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on NASA's FY2025 budget request on April 30, 2024 at 10:00 am ET in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. It will be webcast on the committee's website. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is the sole witness.
The agenda is posted. The Meridian International Center will hold the Meridian Space Diplomacy Forum 2024 on April 30, 2024 from 11:00 am-5:30 pm ET at Meridian House, 1630 Crescent Place, NW, Washington, DC. A virtual option is available for those who register. More information and a registration link are on the event's website, …
The National Security Space Association (NSSA) will hold a webinar on April 30, 2024 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm ET to discuss the FY2025 space budget request for DOD and national security space. Speakers are: Michael Tierney, NSSA Chief of Legislative Affairs Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute More information and a registration link are …
The Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on April 30, 2024 in H-140 Capitol at 2:00 pm ET on the FY2025 budget request for the Department of the Air Force, which includes the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force. It will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses …
The Space Policy Institute and Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University will hold a book launch event on May 1, 2024 at the Elliott School, 1957 E St., NW, Washington, DC from 11:00 am -1:00 pm ET. The book is "Oxford Handbook of Space Security" edited by Saadia M. Pekkanen and P.J. …
NASA will hold a virtual news conference with the crew of the Starliner Crew Flight Test, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, on May 1, 2024 at 1:30 pm ET. The news conference will air on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Wilmore and Williams are scheduled for launch on the CFT mission on May …
The Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will hold a hearing on the FY2025 budget request for National Security Space Programs on May 1, 2024 at 3:30 pm ET in 2118 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: John Plumb, Assistant Secretary …
Update, April 27: The NASA TV schedule now shows this as May 2, same time. Update, April 26: The port relocation cannot take place until the SpX-30 cargo spacecraft departs and frees the zenith port for Crew-8. That has been delayed from April 26 to no earlier than April 28 due to poor weather in …
The Mitchell Institute will hold its next webinar in the Schriever Spacepower Series on May 2, 2024 at 9:00 am ET. The speaker is Maj. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, U.S. Space Force. More information is on the event's website.
The Transportation-HUD subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on May 2, 2024 at 10:00 am ET in 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building on the FY2025 budget request for the Department of Transportation. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttegieg is the sole witness. DOT …
Update May 2, 2:00 pm ET: We were unable to get into the meeting via the WebEx link provided. NASA now tells us that the public meeting was cancelled a couple of weeks ago, but the agency did not update the Federal Register notice, for which they apologize. They said the meeting will be rescheduled …
The Brookings Institution will hold a webinar on May 2, 2024 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET on "Exploring Mars and the Moon" as part of the 15th A. Alfred Taubman Forum on Public Policy. More information and the webinar link are on the event's website. Participants are:
China plans to launch its next robotic lunar spacecraft, Chang'e-6, on May 3, 2024 to return samples from the farside of the Moon. The launch on a Long March 5 rocket is expected to take place at 07:50 UTC (3:50 am EDT/3:50 pm local time in China) from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan …
NASA will hold a news conference about 12:30 pm ET on May 3, 2024 following the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission scheduled for May 6. The time could change depending on the progress of the FRR. Participants are: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Steve Stich, manager, …
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold a fireside chat with Mallory Stewart, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Deterrence and Stability, from 2:00-2:45 pm ET on May 3, 2024 at CSIS's offices at 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC and online. The topic is "The Nuclear Option: Deciphering Russia's …
NASA will hold a NASA social panel livestream event at Kennedy Space Center on May 3, 2024 at 3:30 pm ET in preparation for the launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission scheduled for May 6. The panel session will stream live at @NASAKennedy on YouTube, @NASAKennedy on X, and @NASAKennedy on Facebook. Participants are: Ian Kappes, deputy launch vehicle …
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation will hold the GEOINT 2024 conference at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, FL from May 5-8, 2024. More information is on the event's website.
The American Nuclear Society's 2024 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS) conference will take place at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center in Santa Fe, NM from May 6-10, 2024. The theme is: "Powering the Final Frontier." More information is on the event's website.
Explore Mars will hold the 2024 Humans to Mars Summit (H2M) from May 7-8, 2024 at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium in Washington, D.C. More information is on the event's website. The agenda is posted.
The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona will hold a workshop from May 7-9, 2024 on "Science with NEO Surveyor" at the Catamaran Resort in San Diego, CA. More information is on the event's website.
Virgin Galactic will hold its 1st quarter 2024 financial earnings telecon on May 7, 2024 at 2:00 pm PACIFIC Time (5:00 pm Eastern). Audio will be livestreamed on the company's website.
Catapult Satellite Applications and the U.K. Space Agency will hold the In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing (IOSM) Conference from May 8-9, 2024 in the "purpose-built ESA conference facility in Harwell, Oxfordshire." As of April 27 the website is definitive that the event is SOLD OUT.
Update, May 5: The NAC website still does not show an agenda for this meeting, only a list of topics. Also note that as of today the list of committee members on the NAC website is from June 2022, almost two years ago. Original Entry: The NASA Advisory Council (NAC) will meet at NASA HQ in …
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold the 4th IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness from May 8-10, 2024 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, CA. More information is on the event's website.
The Defense Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on May 8, 2024 at 10:00 am ET in 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building on the FY2025 budget request for the Department of Defense. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III Chairman of …
The Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on May 8, 2024 at 10:00 am ET in 2359 Rayburn House Office Building on the FY2025 budget request for the Department of Commerce, which includes NOAA and its Office of Space Commerce. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Secretary …
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will convene a meeting on May 9, 2024 from 10:30 am-12:00 pm ET at its headquarters at 45 L Street, NE, Washington, DC to discuss "Don't Get Grounded: Understanding the Interagency Review of Satellites Prior to Launch." More information is on the event's website, where it will be webcast.
The Maryland Space Business Roundtable will hold its 27th Annual Gala including a Silent Auction and 50/50 Raffle to benefit MSBR's STEM Outreach Program on May 10, 2024 from 5:30 - 11:00 pm ET at Bowie State University in Bowie, MD. The event features Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD). More information is on the event's website.
Arizona State University's Interplanetary Initiative in partnership with New America's Future Tense will hold the Space Intersections Symposium from May 13-14, 2024. New America will only livestream the event, but an in-person event will take place at ASU's Barbara Barrett & O'Connor Washington Center, 8th Floor, 1800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC. The topic is: …
NASA's Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group, ExMAG, will meet from May 13-15, 2024 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, TX and virtually. More information is on the ExMAG website.
The Council on Foreign Relations will hold an event on May 13, 2024 with the U.S. military service chiefs, including U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, as part of the Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadership. They will discuss "U.S. defense priorities around the world and …
The U.N. Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Portuguese Space Agency will hold a two day conference on May 14-15, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. The topic is "On the Road to the Management and Sustainability of Outer Space Acitivities." More information is on the website of the Portuguese Space Agency. In preparation for …
Terran Orbital will hold its first quarter 2024 financial results telecon on May 14, 2024 at 11:00 am ET. Audio will be livestreamed. Participants are: Marc Bell Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Mathieu RiffelActing Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller
COSMIC Convergence will take place May 15-16, 2024 at the Riverwoods Conference Center in Logan, UT. It is an in-person workshop. COSMIC is the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities, a nationwide coalition for domestic in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capability. More information on COSMIC and the COSMIC Convergence workshop are on the …
The Space Transportation Association will hold a luncheon on Capitol Hill on May 15, 2024 featuring the new Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Joseph Pelfrey. STA events are by invitation only.
Space News will hold a webinar on May 15, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 pm ET. The topic is "Space Loves AI: How AI Promises to Transform Space Operations." More information is on the event's website. Participants are (updated May 12):
The Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on the FY2025 budget request for the Department of Commerce on May 15, 2024 at 2:30 pm ET in 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is the sole witness. The …
NASA will hold a media telecon on May 15, 2024 at 3:00 pm ET to discuss the upcoming launch of two PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) cubesats to study heat loss from Earth’s polar regions. The first is scheduled for launch by Rocket Lab on May 22. The launch date for the …
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold its annual awards gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on May 15, 2024 from 5:30-9:00 pm ET. More information is on the event's website.
The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) will hold an event on May 16, 2024 in Chantilly, VA, from 7:45-10:00 am on "Space- Based ISR: Confronting the China Challenge." The event is classified at the TS/SI/TK level. More information is on the event's website, which says: Join 200 intelligence and national security colleagues on Thursday, May …
Update, May 7: The new date is May 16 and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr will also testify. It will be in 2359 Rayburn. Update, May 7: the hearing has been postponed. Original Entry: The Subcommittee on Financial Services-General Government (FSGG) of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on the FY2025 budget request for …
The Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) will hold a luncheon on May 17, 2024 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET at Hogan Lovells, 555 13th St., NW, Washington, DC. The speaker is Col. Richard Kniseley, Senior Materiel Leader of U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command's Commercial Space Office. More information and a registration link are on the …
Springer Nature and Scientific American will hold the 2024 "Science on the Hill" event on May 17, 2024 from 12:00-1:00 pm ET in 2045 Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. The topic is "Safeguarding the Sky: The Science and Policy of Space Junk." More information and registration instructions are on the event's website. Participants …
Blue Origin will launch its New Shepard rocket on May 19, 2024 from its suborbital launch site in West Texas on the NS-25 mission. This is the first launch of a New Shepard with passengers since August 2022. A failure in September 2022 on a mission, NS-23, that did not carry people, only experiments, grounded …
Update, May 19: The agenda is posted and the open session ends at 12:00 pm ET instead of 12:30. Original Entry: The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences (CAPS) of the Space Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet on May 20, 2024 from 10:00 am-12:30 pm ET as …
The Strategic Forces subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on May 21, 2024 at 9:30 am ET in 222 Russell Senate Office Building on DOD space activities as part of their consideration of the FY2025 budget request. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website Witnesses are: John Hill, …
The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Series webinar on May 21, 2024 at 10:30 am ET. The speaker is Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, Commander, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command. He will discuss "SSC’s reinvigorated culture and focus on delivering war-winning space capabilities" and "the implementation of the new DOD and USSF …
The Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) will hold a luncheon on May 21, 2024 from 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD. The speaker is Steve Volz, NOAA's Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services. More information is on the event's website.
NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold a virtual Town Hall meeting on May 21, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss planetary science research programs. More information is on the SMD website and reproduced below. Upcoming Meetings May 21, 2024 Town Hall for Planetary Science Research Programs On May 21, 2024, at 1 PM Eastern, …
The Space Tourism Conference will take place May 22, 2024 at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles, 6101 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. It is co-located with the National Space Society's International Space Development Conference. The theme is: Building the Space Experience Economy. More information is on the event's website.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will hold an event on May 22, 2024 from 9:00 am-4:30 pm ET at its offices on 600 Dulaney Street, Alexandria, VA, on "Intellectual Property and Space Commercialization." More information and the agenda are posted on the event's website. As of May 21 it says registration for in-person …
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will mark up the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 on May 22, 2024 in 2118 Rayburn House Office Building beginning at 10:00 am ET. These markups typically last all day and often into the early hours of the next day. The draft …
The Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center will hold an event on May 22, 2024 at 10:00 am ET at their studios in Washington, DC. It also will be livestreamed. The guest is Gen. C.Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who will speak on how U.S. forces are readying for new global threats. More …
NASA will hold an employee Town Hall on May 22, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss the agency's use and development of Artifical Intelligence (AI) tools to advance missions and research. NASA appointed its first Chief AI Officer last week, David Salvagnini, who is also the Chief Data Officer. The event will stream live …
The VIIth Space Resources Conference will take place May 23-24, 2024 at AGH University of Krakow Campus in Krakow, Poland. More information is on the event's website where the agenda is posted.
The National Space Society will hold its 42nd International Space Development Conference at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel from May 23-26, 2024. More information is on the event's website.
Update, May 18: The agenda is posted. The time is 11:00 am-5:10 pm ET. Original Entry: The Lunar and Planetary Institute will hold the 23rd Lunar Surface Science Workshop (LSSW 23) webinar on May 23, 2024. The topic is "From Planning to Execution: Artemis 2024." More information is on the event's website. The time is …
The European Space Agency (ESA) will hold an inter-ministerial summit in collaboration with the European Union (EU) on May 23, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has a website for it, but we couldn't find one on ESA's website. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher discussed the upcoming summit during his January 11, 2024 annual press …
The Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on the FY2025 budget requests for NASA and the National Science Foundation on May 23, 2024 at 9:30 am ET in 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website. Witnesses are: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and …
The Transportation-HUD subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on the FY2025 budget request for the FAA on May 23, 2024 in 2358A Rayburn House Office Building at 10:00 am ET. The FAA includes the Office of Commercial Space Transportation. FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker is the sole witness. The hearing will be …
NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will hold a virtual Town Hall meeting on May 23, 2024 at 4:00 pm ET. The topic is: "Earth Surface and Interior Dual Anonymous Peer Review." More information is on the SMD virtual Town Hall website, which says:
NASA will hold a media telecon on May 24, 2024 at 11:00 am ET to provide an update on plans to launch the Starliner Crew Flight Test, which was scrubbed on May 6. Audio will air on NASA Live. Participants are: NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate …
On May 25, 1961, three weeks after Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space on a suborbital mission, President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress and called on the nation to commit itself to the goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth “before this decade is …
The French space agency CNES and the European Space Agency will hold the annual 4S Symposium -- Small Satellites Systems and Services -- from May 27-31, 2024 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The theme this year is "Space Transformation." More information is on the event's website, which says: Over the years, we heard several times …
May 27, 2024 is a U.S. Federal holiday in observance of Memorial Day. Government offices will be closed. Memorial Day honors those who died in battle or from injuries suffered during battle, as compared with Veterans Day on November 11, which honors all who served in the military, whether they served in peace or wartime …
NOAA and NASA will hold virtual media briefing on May 29, 2024 at 11:00 am ET to preview the launch of the fourth and final Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) in the "GOES-R" series. This one is GOES-U. It is the first to carry a coronagraph that will help detect space weather events emanating from …
The Space Transportation Association (STA) will hold a luncheon on Capitol Hill on May 29, 2024 featuring NASA's Kurt "Spuds" Vogel. Vogel is the new Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate. STA events are by invitation only.
The University of Washington School of Law will hold a webinar on May 29, 2024 from 12:30-2:00 pm. The meeting notice does not specify the time zone, but we assume it is local time in the state of Washington, which is PACIFIC Time. Add 3 for Eastern. The topic is: "Present and Future of Space …
The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) will hold a symposium on "Space: Enabling Multi-Domain Operations" from May 30-31, 2024, at the Long Beach Hilton, Long Beach, CA. More information is on the event's website, which says: A Professional Development Forum The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of the …
Russia will launch the Progress MS-27 cargo resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 30, 2024 at 5:43 am ET. NASA coverage begins 5:15 am ET on NASA+. Docking is on June 1 at 7:47 am ET. NASA coverage begins 7:00 am ET on NASA+. NASA refers …
The International Space University-USA Alumni Association’s DC Chapter will hold its next Space Café on May 30, 2024 from 6:00-8:00 pm ET at The Phoenix, Club House Room, 1020 N. Highland St., Arlington, VA. The speaker is Aaron Oesterle, Space Frontier Foundation Policy Director. More information is on the event's website.
Update, May 30: Participants in the May 31 news conference are: NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program NASA astronaut Mike Fincke Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA …
Russia will launch its next Progress cargo resupply flight, Progress MS-27, to the International Space Station on May 30, 2024 and it will dock with the ISS on June 1 at 7:47 am ET. NASA will provide coverage of rendezvous and docking on NASA+ beginning at 7::00 am ET.
Update, June 1: The launch scrubbed 3 minutes and 50 seconds before liftoff when the automated ground launch sequencer triggered a hold. A post-scrub news conference will take place at 3:00 pm ET. Update, May 30: Participants in the post-launch news conference on June 1 are: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s …
China's Chang'e-6 lunar sample return mission, launched May 3, 2024, will land on the farside of the Moon on June 1, 2024 at about 8:00 pm EDT according to the European Space Agency, which has a payload on the spacecraft (as reported by Space News May 29). That will be June 2 midnight UTC, and …
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