Space Policy Events for the Week of April 21-26, 2013
The following events may of be interest in the week ahead, starting today with the rescheduled launch of Antares hopefully around 5:00 pm ET. The House and Senate both are in session this week.
During the Week
Orbital Sciences Corp. will try again today (Sunday) to launch its new Antares rocket for the first time. Two previous attempts were scrubbed, the first because of a technical glitch and yesterday because of weather. The launch window again opens at 5:00 pm ET. Follow @OrbitalSciences and @NASA_Wallops on Twitter to keep up to date.
That’s just the start of a very busy week, with many congressional hearings on NASA, NOAA, FAA and DOD space activities (see our separate list of just those hearings, though one more has arisen since — the House Appropriations hearing on the FAA budget request on Wednesday, which includes the Office of Commercial Space Transportation). Among the other highlights are a meeting of the National Research Council’s Committee on Human Spaceflight tomorrow and Tuesday and a meeting of the full NASA Advisory Council (NAC) on Wednesday and Thursday (many of the NAC committees met last week and one more will meet on Monday).
CORRECTION: The SASC hearing on military space programs and DOD use of the spectrum is on April 24, not April 23 as originally shown in this list. Our apologies for the error. It is corrected in the revised list below.
Sunday, April 21
- Rescheduled launch of Antares from Wallops Island, VA, launch window opens at 5:00 pm ET
Monday, April 22
- NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Committee on Audit, Finance and Analysis, NASA HQ, Washington, DC, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm ET
Monday-Tuesday, April 22-23
- National Research Council Committee on Human Spaceflight, National Academy of Sciences Bldg, 2100 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC (The meeting is actually three days, April 22-24, but the afternoon of the 23rd and all of the 24th is closed)
Monday-Thursday, April 22-25
- European Conference on Space Debris, Darmstadt, Germany
Tuesday, April 23
- Senate Commerce Sbcmte Hearing on NOAA (and Coast Guard) FY2014 Budget Request, 253 Russell, 10:00 am ET
- WSBR Luncheon Featuring Lance Bush, Challenger Center, University Club, 1135 15th St., NW, Washington, DC, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm ET
- Senate Commerce Sbcmte Hearing on Challenges and Opportunities in Human Space Exploration, 253 Russell, 2:30 pm ET
Wednesday, April 24
- House Appropriations Sbcmte Hearing on FAA’s FY2014 Budget Request, 2358-A Rayburn, 10:00 am ET
- House Science, Space and Technology Committee Hearing on NASA’s FY2014 Budget Request, 2318 Rayburn, 2:00 pm ET
- Senate Armed Services Sbcmte Hearing on Military Space Programs and DOD Use of Spectrum, 222 Russell, 2:30 pm ET
Wednesday-Thursday, April 24-25
- NASA Advisory Council, NASA HQ, Washington, DC
Thursday, April 25
- Senate Appropriations Sbcmte Hearing on NASA’s FY2014 Budget Request, 192 Dirksen, 10:00 am ET
- AIAA-NCS/NDIA Luncheon Featuring DOD’s Richard McKinney, Lockheed Martin Global Vision Center, Arlington, VA (Crystal City), 11:30 am – 1:30 pm ET
- House Armed Services Scbmte Hearing on National Security Space Programs, 2212 Rayburn, 3:30 pm ET
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