Space Calendar

Firefly Aerospace Telecon for Q4 2025 Financial Results
2026-03-19 | Online
At 17:00 EDT | 21:00 UTC, livestreamed on company web page https://investors.fireflyspace.com/events-resources/events.

Webinar: Earth Observation at a Turning Point
2026-03-19 | Online
At 11:00 EDT | 15:00 UTC, subtitled “Who Benefits, Who Leads & What Comes Next?”, session will address cloud computing, AI and Earth imagery, along with regulatory issues, pricing, and more, with focus on commerce and markets.

Advancing the Frontline of Space Business from Wakayama
2026-03-19 | Spaceport Kii, ~33.5N, Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Kii Space HUB FY2025 Annual Report Meeting, includes a planned site visit to Spaceport Kii. Speaker is from the Kii Space HUB Office of Industry Partnerships.

Astronaut Tony Antonelli Welcomes Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Awardees
2026-03-19 | Auburn AL, USA
Dominic Anthony “Tony” Antonelli was Space Shuttle Pilot for Discovery and Atlantis. At Auburn University Brown-Kopel Center Grand Hall, 11:30 CDT.

Launch Spectrum / Onward and Upward
2026-03-19 | Andøya Spaceport, ~63°N, Norway
Launch window 17:00-18:00 GFT (10:00-11:00 HST) for 2nd test flight of Isar Spectrum launch vehicle, to carry 5 cubesats to SSO, and ESA “Boost!” experiment:
* CyBEEsat (TU Berlin)
* TriSat-S (University of Maribor)
* Platform 6 (EnduroSat)
* FramSat-1 (NTNU)
* SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team)
* Let It Go (Dcubed, non-separable experiment)
Isar Aerospace is based in Munich, Germany, and was founded in 2018.

Intuitive Machines Telecon for Financial Results: Q4 & FY 2025
2026-03-19 | Online
“Before the market opens” Following the news release, at 08:30 EDT, the Company will host a conference call to discuss the results as well as growth opportunities following the Lanteris Space Systems acquisition. To participate in the call, please dial (800) 715-9871 (USA & Canada) or (646) 307-1963 (International) and reference Conference ID 2767132.
A webcast replay will be available on the investors portion of the Intuitive Machines website at https://investors.intuitivemachines.com/.
Please visit the Investor Relations website at https://investors.intuitivemachines.com/ on Thursday, March 19, 2026, to view the earnings release before the conference call.

2nd Conference on Earth-Space Sustainability: Law, Stewardship, Equity
2026-03-18 - 2026-03-20 | Leiden, The Netherlands
Earth and outer space have become increasingly intertwined environmentally, politically and philosophically, as satellite constellations multiply, lunar activities expand, and aspirations for Mars and beyond gain momentum. At Leiden University Academy Building, Rapenburg 73.
This conference, hosted as part of the Earth-Space Sustainability (ESS) network, provides a critical forum for theoretical reflection, interdisciplinary exchange, and future collaborations to address Earth-Space sustainability challenges in the 21st century. We welcome contributions from across disciplines and knowledge traditions, and encourage submissions that address a diverse range of topics, methodologies and empirical contexts. Transdisciplinary knowledge perspectives and participation from non-academic practitioners are especially encouraged.
Organizing sponsors include Secure World Foundation, Netherlands Space Society, COSPAR

Lunar Exploration Analysis Group: LEAG Town Halls
2026-03-18 | Online / The Woodlands TX, USA
At 11:00 CDT in-person at The Woodlands TX, USA, and Online at 15:00 CDT / UTC-5, both including an update from the recent LEAG annual meeting, and an open discussion of plans for LEAG moving forward where we hope to hear from the community regarding your priorities and concerns.
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Abstracts Due for Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium Spring Meeting
2026-03-18 | Online
Due by 23:59 EDT for event April 28-30, 2026. Submit abstracts at https://lsic.jhuapl.edu/Events/Abstracts/index.php?i=63600020

Goddard: Launching the Next 100 Years: Industry, Innovation & the Future of Space
2026-03-18 | Worcester MA, USA
Commemorating 100th anniversary of Robert H. Goddard’s historic rocket launch, open to the public, a panel including AIAA* President Dan Hastings discusses the future of space travel; at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), 17:30-19:00 EDT; free but registration required. See other Goddard Centennial events here: https://firstlaunchcentennial.org/
Leaders from industry, research and finance will examine how public and private partnerships are expanding access to space, how emerging technologies and artificial intelligence are accelerating innovation, and how advances beyond Earth are shaping jobs, economies and everyday life here at home.
Students, alumni, faculty, and community members are invited to celebrate WPI’s legacy of innovation while engaging in a forward-looking conversation about new frontiers of exploration and the human impact of living and working beyond our planet.
*American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ISS / U.S. EVA #94
2026-03-18 | Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will conduct U.S. spacewalk 94, exiting the Quest airlock at about 08:00 EDT | 12:00 UTC | 02:00 HST (video coverage beginning 1.5 hours ahead) to prepare the 2A power channel for the future International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSA) installation. It will be Meir’s fourth spacewalk and Williams’s first and is expected to last about 6-1/2 hours.
Learn more about the International Space Station: https://nasa.gov/station
Read the latest mission updates from the station: https://nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/
For U.S. spacewalk 95, planned for April, 2 NASA Astronauts (yet to be named) will prepare the station’s 3B power channel for a future IROSA installation. NASA will provide more information on the date and time of the spacewalk, and other details, closer to the operation.
The spacewalks will be the 278th and 279th supporting space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades. They also are the first two ISS spacewalks of 2026 and the first for Expedition 74. Spacewalks 94 and 95 originally were scheduled for January, but the target dates were adjusted after the early departure of NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑11 mission.

Saint Patrick's Day Greeting from the International Space Station
2026-03-17 | Online
With NASA Astronaut Catherine “Cady” Coleman, who plays Irish tunes on two flutes while traversing above Ireland several times in LEO during her Expedition 27 trip in 2011.

Meet NASA Astronaut Steve Smith
2026-03-17 | Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex FL, USA
Astronaut Steven L. Smith flew as Mission Specialist on 3 Space Shuttles, Endeavor, Discovery and Atlantis, for 4 missions, STS-68, STS-82, STS-103 and STS-110. See him at the Astronaut Encounter, at the Chat With An Astronaut (additional ticket required) and for autograph signings at The Space Shop and Shuttle Express. See Daily Schedule on your arrival.

57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC)
2026-03-16 - 2026-03-20 | The Woodlands TX, USA
Expecting 2,000+ for the latest science, research, discoveries; at Waterway Marriott and online. Abstract peer review drives selection of presenters from global scientific community.
LPSC began in 1970 as Apollo 11 Lunar Science Conference.

March Storm: Meetings with US Congressional Staffers
2026-03-16 - 2026-03-18 | Washington DC, USA
Volunteers will advocate for space-related support and funding with members of United States Senate and US House of Representatives or their staff. Mandatory in-person training for advocates will be conducted Monday, March 16th, followed by meetings Tuesday and Wednesday in Senate and House offices on Capitol Hill. Details will be made available to registered participants. Registration is $50 and goes towards room reservations, preparation materials, and scholarships for students to attend.
This year’s March Storm advocacy topics include:

Ensure that the United States’ lunar base is commercially based

Encourage Congressional committees other than the House Science Committee and Senate Commerce Committee to engage in industry policies that will help grow the space economy

Make it law that the U.S. government will enable a series of large-scale space development activities, resulting in many people living and working off-planet

Create an office of Operational Energy in the Space Force

Spacewalk Preview News Conference
2026-03-16 | Online
Streaming live at 14:00 EDT | 08:00 HST | UTC-4 on NASA YouTube channel, news conference participants include: Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, and spacewalk flight directors Diana Trujillo and Ronak Dave, ahead of NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams spacewalking on March 18 to install a pair of roll-out solar arrays.
A 2nd spacewalk is planned for Wednesday, April 1, with crew members announced after the 1st spacewalk is complete.
These spacewalks will be the 278th and 279th in support of space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades.
Learn more about the International Space Station: https://nasa.gov/station
Read the latest mission updates from the station: https://nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/

Goddard: Celebrating 100 Years Since Launch of 1st Liquid-Fueled Rocket
2026-03-16 | Worldwide / Auburn MA, USA
“Tried rocket at 2:30,” Robert Hutchings Goddard recounted in his diary on that frosty afternoon in 1926 at “Aunt Effie’s farm” in Auburn, Massachusetts. “It rose 41 ft, and went 184 ft, in 2.5 sec, after the lower half of nozzle has burned off,” he wrote.

Goddard’s March 16th experiment marked “the first flight with a rocket using liquid propellants,” as the physicist and inventor recorded matter-of-factly the following day.
On 16 March, at the appointed hour, 100 rockets will be sent aloft where Goddard made history – part of a series of commemorative events that AIAA is supporting that are designed to inspire a new generation of students to embrace STEM.
The launch area in Auburn is now on the 9th fairway of the Pakachoag Golf Course, a National Historic landmark where an engraved obelisk dedicated by AIAA in 2006 marks the dawn of the rocket age.
“We were honored to place the obelisk at the location of Dr. Goddard’s achievement,” said Merrie Scott, AIAA Senior Vice President of Membership Engagement. “He served as a director of the America Rocket Society, which is one of the predecessor organizations to AIAA. His legacy has become part of AIAA history.”
Other model rocket launches are expected by rocket clubs, school students, and space enthusiasts around the country on the anniversary.
“My premise has always been that as great as it is to celebrate something that happened 100 years ago, it’s really a celebration of the genius of humanity,” said Charles Slatkin, executive director of the Wonder Mission, a nonprofit that acquired and renovated Goddard’s birthplace in Worcester, Massachusetts, with the mission of inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, educators, innovators, and what he calls “visioneers.” In addition to the rocket launched, Slatkin is coordinating a series of centennial events in March, including a festival and rededication with the city of Auburn at Goddard Park and tours of Goddard’s home.
See other Goddard Centennial events here: https://firstlaunchcentennial.org/
On 18 March, AIAA President Dan Hastings will participate in a discussion at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on the legacy of Goddard (Class of 1908) and on 22 March he will participate in a 100th anniversary event at Worcester’s Hanover Theater.
The Goddard centennial is “a celebration of all of these innovators and dreamers and engineers and educators who work tirelessly and don’t get a lot of attention,” said Slatkin. “We have gone from Goddard to interstellar space in just 100 years. To me it is a wonderful way to celebrate and honor science and engineering.”

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-46
2026-03-15 | SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA
Launch window 07:11-11:11 EDT (01:11-05:11 HST) for 29 internet satellites; after this 11th re-use booster B1090 expected to land on ASDS barge ASOG in the Atlantic Ocean.

AIAA Los Angeles Section Town Hall: Movie Saturday with Michelle Evans
2026-03-14 | Lakewood CA, USA
Presenter / Speaker: Michelle Evans, AIAA Distinguished Speaker, at Iacoboni Library, 4990 Clark Avenue, 11:00 PDT. Evans is founder of Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com), and is a writer, photographer and communications specialist in aerospace, author of bestselling book “The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space”. She will show the science fiction movie X-15 (featuring Mary Tyler Moore in her first feature film role). It was directed by Richard Donner and released on November 21, 1961, in Washington, D.C. It also starred David McLean, Charles Bronson and James Gregory, with narration by James Stewart.
(The speaker will present in person.)
(X-15 movie viewing is for the In-Person attendees only, it’s not broadcast online.)

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-24
2026-03-14 | SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA
Launch window 19:37-23:37 PDT (16:37-20:37 HST) for 25 internet satellites; after this 14th re-use, booster B1088 expected to land on ASDS barge OCISLY in the Pacific Ocean.

Goddard Memorial Dinner
2026-03-13 | Washington DC, USA
69th annual event held in honor of Dr. Robert H. Goddard, convenes ~2,000 participants for presentation of the Goddard Trophy and for awards recognizing accomplishments in spaceflight, engineering, science, management and education. 18:30 EDT at Washington Hilton.

Goddard Space Science Symposium (63rd AAS GSSS)
2026-03-12 - 2026-03-13 | Washington DC, USA
Bringing the space community together to discuss the latest in the industry, including Moon communications and 2026 space policy. At National Housing Center, 1201 15th St NW, Washington DC and online. Speakers include Nicky Fox, Steve Isakowitz.
Centennial of Robert Goddard’s launch of the 1st liquid-fueled rocket is March 16, 2026, being celebrated worldwide and in his hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts USA. See Goddard Centennial events here: https://firstlaunchcentennial.org/

NET March 12 Launch Long March 8A / Unknown Payload
2026-03-12 | Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

Astronaut Kathryn Thornton Welcomes Awardees of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
2026-03-12 | Lawrence KS, USA
Kathryn C. Thornton has spent 975+ hours in space, including 21 hours of EVA, some of which was to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. At Burge Union, Forum C / D, 15:30 CDT, registration required.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 10-48
2026-03-12 | SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA
Launch window 06:00-10:00 EDT (00:00-04:00 HST) for 29 internet satellites; after this 6th re-use, booster B1095 expected to land on ASDS barge JRTI.

Space Vehicle Design Courses
2026-03-11 - 2026-03-12 | Huntsville AL, USA
In the 2 days prior to 48th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium, Launchspace offers:
Course 1: Fundamentals of Space Vehicle Mechanisms, https://www.launchspace.com/svm2026reg/
or
Course 2: Compliant Mechanism Design, https://www.launchspace.com/cmdreg2026/
Either course is $995.

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series: Pictures of Distant Worlds
2026-03-11 | Los Altos Hills CA, USA
At Smithwick Theater of Foothill College, 19:00 PDT, Bruce Macintosh (Director of the University of California Observatories) will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture. No admission charge; the college is a 12345 El Monte Road.
In the past three decades, more than 6000 planets have been discovered orbiting other stars beyond our own solar system. However, we still don’t know if our solar system is rare or unique—the powerful techniques that detect extrasolar planets have discovered systems very different from our own. In recent years, advances in technology have allowed a handful of giant planets around other stars to be imaged directly. Find out about the first-ever images of other solar systems—and the technology that has allowed us to discover them, such as the Gemini Planet Imager—as well as the future planet-hunting space telescopes. The ultimate goal is detection of a second ‘pale blue dot’—an Earth twin where we could even see the biosignatures of extrasolar life.
Bruce Macintosh is the Director of the University of California Observatories in California and Hawaii. His research focuses on the study of extrasolar planets, in particular the study of such planets through direct imaging. Direct imaging of extrasolar planets involves blocking, suppressing, and subtracting the light of the bright parent star so that a planet hundreds of thousands of times fainter can be seen and studied in detail. Dr. Macintosh co-led the team that imaged the first extrasolar planets, and was the principal investigator of the Gemini Planet Imager, an advanced adaptive optics planet-finder for the Gemini South telescope.

Inaugural Online AIAA Book Talk
2026-03-11 | Online
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Book Talks highlight books and authors published by AIAA. The Anatomy of Autonomy concerns autonomous aerospace flight, is by Michael S Francis, Ella Atkins and CE “Noah” Flood, who all will discuss it at 11:00-12:00 EDT(UTC-4), (05:00-06:00 HST).
The series provides a forum to introduce newly released titles, new editions, discuss key themes and contributions, and explore how these works support ongoing research, teaching and scholarship in aerospace science and engineering. Designed for researchers, practitioners, and students, AIAA Book Talks offers a concise way to engage with content and authors of new books from AIAA.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-31
2026-03-11 | SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA
Launch window 03:58-07:58 PDT (00:58-04:58 HST) for 25 internet satellites; after this 32nd re-use, booster B1071 expected to land on ASDS barge OCISLY in the Pacific Ocean.

Meeting of the NOAA Science Advisory Board
2026-03-10 - 2026-03-11 | College Park MD, USA
Includes Space Weather subject on agenda as well as Data Assimilation / Machine Learning / A.I.; online option available, and in-person at NCWCP Conference Center, 5830 University Research Court. 09:00-17:00 EDT each day.
