UPDATE 2: Events of Interest: Week of September 5-9, 2011
UPDATES: Two NASA media events on Friday were added, but one has now been cancelled, so hence another update.
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. For more information, see our calendar on the right menu or click the links below. The House and Senate both return from their August break this week (President Obama is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress on Thursday, September 8, at 7:00 pm EDT). Times and dates for congressional activities are always subject to change; check the relevant committee’s website for up to date information.
Tuesday, September 6
- NASA press conference on GRAIL lunar mission, whose launch is scheduled for September 8, Kennedy Space Center FL (watch on NASA TV), 1:00 pm EDT
- Senate Appropriations Energy-Water subcommittee, markup of FY2012 Energy-Water appropriations bill (includes Department of Energy funding to restart production of Pu-238 for NASA missions), 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, 2:00 pm EDT
Thursday, September 8
- HASC hearing on The Future of National Defense and the U.S. Military Ten Years After 9/11, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, 10:00 am EDT
- Joint Deficit Reduction Committee (the congressional “supercommittee” created by the debt limit/deficit reduction deal), organizational meeting, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, 10:30 am EDT
- House SS&T Committee hearing on LightSquared, 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, 2:00 pm EDT
Thursday-Friday, September 8-9
- National Research Council workshop on Solar Variability and Climate, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO
Friday, September 9
- CANCELLED: NASA news conference on International Space Station National Lab Award, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 9:30 am EDT, watch on NASA TV
- NASA media teleconference on UARS Reentry, 11:00 am EDT, listen at http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
- Planetary Society lunch seminar on achievements and future of planetary science, 2325 Raybutn House Office Building, 12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT, RSP required to tpscma@planetary.org
- Joint meeting of NASA International Space Station Advisory Committee and NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Committee, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 1:00-3:00 pm EDT
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