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The Global Spaceport Alliance (GSA) will hold the GSA International Spaceport Forum in conjunction with the 2025 International Astronautical Congress taking place in Sydney, Australia. The Forum will take place on Sunday, September 28, the day before the IAC begins, at the PARKROYAL Darling Harbour Sydney, 150 Day Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia, from 9:00 … |
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Update, September 26: A NASA press release lists NASA events that will be livestreamed or otherwise available on the International Astronautical Federation's YouTube channel or social media outlets like Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy's X account (@SecDuffyNASA) or NASA's X account (@NASA). The meeting is in Sydney, Australia, which is 14 hours ahead of Eastern … NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, NOIRLab, will hold the 2025 NOIRLab Science Conference at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ from September 29-October 2, 2025. More information is on the event's website, which says: We are happy to announce the 2025 NOIRLab Science Conference: The Solar System in Context. This is the third …
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The International Space University - USA Alumni Association’s Washington, DC Chapter (ISU-DC) will hold its next Space Café on Septemer 29, 2025 at 1020 N Highland St, Arlington, VA (Phoenix Club Room). The speaker is planetary geologist Kirby Runyon from the Planetary Science Institute. More information is on the event's website. |
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GROUNDBREAKERS 2025 will take place on September 30, 2025 beginning at 9:00 am PACIFIC Time (12:00 pm ET) and features a space panel that begins at 4:51 pm ET according to agenda on the event's website. Access to the in-person meeting is by invitation only, but it will be livestreamed.
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NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will hold a virtual meeting on September 30, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET to provide a briefing on the ROSES-25 A.10 INNOVATE proposal requirements and the review process. More information is on SMD's website, which says (as of August 30): ROSES-25 A.10 INNOVATE Preproposal Conference September 30, at 2 pm … |
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Update, October 1: The news conference has been canceled because of the government shutdown. Original Entry: NASA will hold a news conference from Johnson Space Center on October 1, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET "to highlight the upcoming mission of astronaut Chris Williams" to the ISS. NASA astronaut Chris Williams. It will stream live on … |
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World Space Week takes place every year from October 4-10 to mark the beginning of the Space Age on October 4, 1957 with the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union and the entry into force of the U.N. Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967. Events take place globally and World Space Week has …
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The 2025 International Observe the Moon Night will take place globally on October 4, 2025. More information is on NASA's Observe the Moon website. |
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The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its 2025 Fall Meeting at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA from October 6-7, 2025. Some sessions are open, some are closed. Open sessions will be livestreamed. More information and the agenda, which includes the livestream links, are … The Panel on Human and Biological Sciences of the Committee on Key Non-Polar Destinations Across the Moon to Address Decadal-Level Science Objectives with Human Explorers of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will meet at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA from October 6-8, 2025. Some sessions are open, some are closed. Open …
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Update, October 3: Due to the government shutdown, this event will be rescheduled. Original Entry: The Mitchell Institute will hold its next Schriever Spacepower Series webinar on October 6, 2025 from 10:00-11:00 am ET. The speaker is Shannon Pallone, Program Executive Officer for Battle Management, Command, Control & Communications at U.S. Space Force's Space Systems …
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Update, October 5: As part of the Day of Action tomorrow (October 6), The Planetary Society will have a press conference at the Capitol at 1:00 pm ET. It will take place on the East Front, House Triangle between Areas 10 and 11. The event will be livestreamed on the TPS website. Speakers include: Bill … |
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will hold the Space Sustainability Forum 2025 from October 7-8, 2025 at Geneva International Conference Center in Geneva, Switzerland. A virtual option is available. More information is on the event's website, which says: Following the success of the inaugural Space Sustainability Forum in September 2024, this two-day event will bring … The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) will host a conferfence on "Bennu and Ryugu: Samples from the Early Solar System" from October 7-9, 2025 at its offices in Houston, TX and online to discuss analysis of the samples returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx from the asteroid Bennu and by JAXA's Hayabusa2 from the asteroid Ryugu. More … The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold its Autumn 2025 meeting from October 7-9, 2025 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. Some sessions are open, some are closed. Open sessions will be livestreamed. More information, including the agenda, which includes the livestream links, … |
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Blue Origin will launch its 36th suborbital New Shepard flight, NS-36, on October 8, 2025 from its launch site in West Texas. The launch window opens at 8:00 am CENTRAL Time (9:00 am Eastern). The webcast on Blue Origin's website begins 30 minutes before liftoff. More information is on that website. NS-36 is carrying a …
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Update, October 5: An updated list of participants is now on Space News' website. Original Entry: Space News will hold a webinar on October 8, 2025 from 11:00-12:00 pm ET on "The Space Investment Horizon." More information is on the event's website. Participants are:
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The Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) will hold a webinar on October 8, 2025 at 3:00 pm ET to discuss International Partnerships in Space with Brigadier Christopher Gardiner, Space & Cyber Attaché at the Embassy of Australia in Washington, DC. More information and registration instructions are on the AFA website, which says: Australia is … |
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The Mars Society will hold the 2025 International Mars Society Convention from October 9-11, 2025 at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, CA. A virtual option is available. More information is on the event's website. |
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The Interstellar Research Group (IRG) and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) will hold the 9th Interstellar Symposium from October 12-15, 2025 at the University of Texas at Austin. More information is on the event's website. |
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October 13, 2025 is a U.S. Federal holiday. The Office of Personnel Management refers to this as Columbus Day, honoring Christopher Columbus who is often cited as discovering the New World of the Americas in 1492. Beginning in 2021, others began referring to this as Indigenous Peoples’ Day honoring the indigenous peoples — Native Americans …
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Update, October 7: As of today, the launch is still scheduled for October 13 and SpaceX has posted details about the countdown, trajectory, and timeline. Original Entry: SpaceX will conduct the 11th test of the Starship system as soon as October 13, 2025 from Starbase, TX. The one-hour launch window opens at 6:15 pm CENTRAL … |
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The Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) will hold a luncheon at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD, on October 15, 2025, from 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET. The speaker is Dr. Scott Pace, Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University and former Executive Secretary of the White House National Space Council in the first … |
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Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky will conduct a spacewalk at the International Space Station on October 16, 2025. NASA will provide live coverage on its YouTube channel despite the government shutdown. ISS operations are excepted activities that continue nonetheless. Coverage begins at 12:15 pm ET. NASA provided this summary of what they'll be … |
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An international conference, Opening a New Era of the Dynamic Universe, will be held in Kyoto, Japan from October 20-24, 2025 JST to discuss the scientific achievements from the first two years of observations from the JAXA/NASA X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, XRISM. More information is on the event's website, which says: The X-Ray Imaging …
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The Planetary Society will hold a two-part virtual panel discussion on September 24 and October 20, 2025 to discuss "Navigating Uncertainty in Astrobiology." Part 1 on September 24 at 2:00 pm ET addresses Careers in Academia. See our separate entry. Part 2 on October 20 at 2:00 pm ET addresses Careers in Industry. More information … |
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Northrop Grumman will hold its third quarter 2025 financial results telecon on October 21, 2025 at 9:30 am ET. Audio will be webcast on the company's investor relations website. More information is on the event's website.
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Lockheed Martin will hold its third quarter 2025 financial results telecon on October 21, 2025 at 11:00 am ET. Audio will be webcast on the company's investors' website. More information is on their website.
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Update, October 20: Although there is no virtual option, we're told C-SPAN will cover the event although it's not clear if it will be live or for later playback. Original Entry: The Center for New Liberalism will hold its 4th annual gathering in Washington, DC from October 20-21, 2025 at Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 …
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will hold an event on October 21, 2025 from 4:00-5:00 pm ET at their offices at 1616 Rhode Island Ave, NW, Washington, DC. It will be livestreamed on the CSIS website. The topic is: "The U.S. Enduring Human Presence in Orbit: Reflecting on the Future and Past … |
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The Secure World Foundation in cooperation with the French government and the French space agency CNES will hold the 7th Summit for Space Sustainability from October 22-23, 2025 at the Centre de Conférences Pierre Mendès France, Paris. More information is on the event's website, which says: The 7th Summit for Space Sustainability, co-hosted by the Secure …
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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a nomination hearing on October 22, 2025 in 253 Russell Senate Office building at 10:30 am ET on four nominees, one of which is Timothy Petty to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy Administrator of NOAA. The others are for the …
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The Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) will hold its next luncheon on October 22, 2025 from 11:30 am-1:30 pm ET at SheppardMullin, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The two-part program begins with remarks from Washington Post reporter Christian Davenport about his new book "Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, … |
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The 3rd Texas Area Planetary Science (TAPS) meeting will take place October 23-24, 2025 at the University of Texas San Antonio. More information is on the event's website. Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, will hold the Planetary Science Conference from October 23-25, 2025. More information and a registration link are on the event's website, which says: The Planetary Science Conference 2025 will take place October 23-25 in Krakow as a hybrid event. Scientists and researchers from institutions in Poland and abroad are invited to participate. …
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ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun will brief the media on October 23, 2025 at 16:00 Central European Summer Time (10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time) at ESA's headquarters in Paris, France on the results of the 337th ESA Council meeting that will take place October 22-23. It will be livestreamed …
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The Beyond Earth Institute (BEI) and the Commercial Space Federation (CSF) will hold a webinar on October 23, 2025 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET. The topic is "Redshift: China and the Threat to U.S. Leadership in Space." More information is on the event's website. Participants are: Lauren Andrade (Moderator) - Director of Marketing & Communications, Beyond … |
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The Earthlight Foundation will hold the New Worlds 2025 conference and Space Cowboy Ball at the AT&T Conference Center, Austin, TX from October 24-25, 2025. A "pre-event" is on October 23. More information is on the event's website, which says: New Worlds is where the boldest minds in space come to share wild ideas, spark …
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IFRI (L'intelligence des relations internationales) will hold an invitation-only event on October 24, 2025 at its offices at 27 Rue de la Procession, 75015 Paris, FR, from 14:30-17:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). No mention is made of a virtual option. The topic is: "The Future of Space Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities in the Trump …
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AIR & SPACE WARFIGHTERS IN ACTION: AIR MARSHAL PAUL GODFREY (AFA), Oct 24, 2025, virtual, 2:00 pm ET
AIR & SPACE WARFIGHTERS IN ACTION: AIR MARSHAL PAUL GODFREY (AFA), Oct 24, 2025, virtual, 2:00 pm ET
The Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) will hold a webinar on Ocotober 24, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET with Air Marshal Paul Godfrey, Assistant Chief of Space Operations for Future Concepts and Partnerships, U.S. Space Force. More information and registration instructions are on the event's website, which says: America’s international allies and partners are … |
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Update, October 25: The launch is scheduled for tonight at 8:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (which will be Sunday, October 26, 9:00 am in Japan). NASA will provide live coverage, but with minimal technical commentary due to the government shutdown, on their YouTube channel starting at 7:45 pm ET. JAXA will provide live coverage at … |
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Update, October 10: The AAS says the symposium will take place regardless of the government shutdown situation, but government speakers will only be there if the shutdown is over. Update, October 8: The program is posted and registration is open. Original Entry: The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will hold the 2025 Von Braun Space … The British Interplanetary Society (BIS) will hold the 22nd Reinventing Space conference from October 27-29, 2025 at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, U.K. More information is on the event's website. |
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Update, July 29: Updated information from ESPI includes a new weblink for registering and a new graphic. Original Entry: The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) will hold the 19th ESPI Autumn Conference from October 28-29, 2025 at Vienna Rathaus, Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria. The theme this year is "Europe as a Space Power … Defence in Space (DiSC) 2025 will take place from October 28-29, 2025 in London, UK. More information is on the event's website. The annual Silicon Valley Space Week will take place October 28-30, 2025 at the Computer Science Museum, 1401 Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA. The "week" involves two events: • Satellite Innovation – October 28-29 Explore breakthroughs in satellite tech and market dynamics. • MilSat Symposium – October 29–30 Gain insight into space defense strategies and …
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"Space for European Resilience" will take place at the Mix Brussels Hotel in Brussels, Belgium on October 28, 2025 under the auspices of the Danish Presidency of the European Union. More information is on the event's website, which says:
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Update, October 27: NASA coverage of the approximately 6 hour spacewalk begins tomorrow (Oct 28) at 9:45 am ET on YouTube. Original Entry: NASA says Russian cosmonauts will conduct a spacewalk at the ISS on October 28, but details on participants and timing have not been released yet. We will update this entry when we …
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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing on October 28, 2025 at 9:30 am ET in SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Buiding on four nominations, one of which is Marc Berkowitz to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy. The hearing will be webcast on the committee's website.
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Update, October 26: The FCC's website notes that because of the government shutdown, not all information may be up to date. The FCC receives some of its money from sources other than government appropriations, so this meeting may still take place, but then again it may not. Check the link below at the time of … |
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The annual Silicon Valley Space Week will take place October 28-30, 2025 at the Computer Science Museum, 1401 Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA. The "week" involves two events: • Satellite Innovation – October 28-29 Explore breakthroughs in satellite tech and market dynamics. • MilSat Symposium – October 29–30 Gain insight into space defense strategies and …
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If JAXA's HTV-X1 launches on time on October 26 Japan Standard Time (October 25 EDT), it will arrive at the ISS on October 29 for capture by Canadarm2 at 11:50 am ET. NASA coverage will begin at 9:05 am ET, with limited technical commentary due to the government shutdown. ISS operations are "excepted" under the …
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Boeing will hold its third quarter 2025 financial results telecon on October 29, 2025 at 10:30 am ET. Audio will be webcast on the company's investors' website. More information is on their website. |
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ESA, Thales Alenia Space, and Arianespace will hold briefings in several languages on October 29 and October 30, 2025 in advance of the launch of Sentinel-1D. The English-language briefing is on October 30 from 8:30-9:30 am Central European Time (CET, which is 3:30-4:30 am Eastern DAYLIGHT Time). The full list is on ESA's website. ESA … |
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Update, October 30: Xinhua confirms that the launch is tomorrow, October 31, at 11:44 pm Beijing Time (11:44 am EDT, 15:44 UTC) and revealed the crew: Original Entry: China's next space station crew, Shenzhou-21, is expected to launch at about 11:40 am EDT (15:40 UTC, 11:40 pm Beijing Time) on October 31, 2025 from the … |
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