Space Calendar

European Astrofest
2026-02-07 | London, United Kingdom
Attend to hear fascinating talks from experts in the fields of astronomy and space science. With conference hosts; Dr Stuart Clark and Dr Lucie Green. BIS stand at this event – come along and try our ISS Docking Simulator!

Career and Workforce Development Conference
2026-02-07 | Lomita CA, USA
From Resilience to Reinvention: Crafting What’s Next in Your Career with speakers Dennis Leung, Andy Tien, Rick Baumgartner; 11:00-14:40 PST, at Lomita Library, 24200 Narbonne Avenue.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-104
2026-02-07 | SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA
Launch window 04:41-08:41 EST (23:41 Feb 6 – 03:41 Feb 7 HT) for 29 satellites; first stage Booster B1077 is expected to make 26th landing on JRTI ASDS barge in the Atlantic Ocean.

International Conference on Aerospace, Intelligent Perception and Control (AIPC 2026)
2026-02-06 - 2026-02-08 | Kunming, China
Focus on intelligent manufacturing and automatic control for space applications, and promoting aerospace endeavors in universities and industry.

IPAC Exoplanet Conference: Spirit of Lyot 6
2026-02-06 | Pasadena CA, USA
Driven by great progress in exoplanet research over the past two decades, the field of high contrast imaging is assuming a larger and larger role in the future of astrophysics. Since 2007, the Spirit of Lyot Conference series has brought together the instrumentalists whose innovations push the field forward with the scientists who utilize those capabilities to better understand exoplanets, circumstellar disks, stellar outflows, and AGN. With the new capabilities offered by JWST, ongoing upgrades to coronagraphs on large ground telescopes, the upcoming launch of the Roman Space Telescope and its coronagraph instrument, the looming onset of extremely large telescopes on the ground, and an invigorated technology development program in support of NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, it is time to meet again to consider these developments and future directions for the field.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-33
2026-02-06 | SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA
Launch window open 09:05-13:05 PST (07:05-11:05 HT) for 25 satellites; first stage Booster B1088 is expected to land for 13th time on OCISLY ASDS barge in Pacific Ocean.

Kanagawa Space Summit 2026
2026-02-05 | Yokohama, Japan
At Minato Mirai – Yokohama. The first space summit organized by a prefectural government in Japan.

AAKF / Interstellar University Display at Kansas Capitol
2026-02-04 | Topeka KS, USA
At the State Capitol, first floor Rotunda from 09:00-15:00; engaging with Kansas ‘Ad Astra State’ Officials and interested public on the proposal of an Interstellar University in KS, as well as interstellar and Galaxy awareness and education.

Meet Astronaut Bill McArthur
2026-02-04 | Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex FL, USA
Astronaut on Space Shuttle flights 58, 74 and 92, and Expedition 12 for 6 months aboard the International Space Station.

2026 Singapore Airshow (10th Edition)
2026-02-03 - 2026-02-08 | Changi Exhibition Centre, 9 Aviation Park Rd, Singapore, 498760, Singapore
Singapore Airshow is one of the world’s most influential international aerospace exhibitions, providing a platform for stakeholders to forge strategic alliances and collaborate to shape the future of the global aviation industry. The event offers a unique platform for industry thought leadership through its strategic forums and co-located exhibition and events. Leading industry players, government and military chiefs gather here bi-annually to contribute to dialogues, exchange ideas and seek solutions and strategies to advance the interests of the global aerospace and defense sector.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-103
2026-02-03 | SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA
Launch window 17:12-21:12 EST (12:12-16:12 HT) for 29 satellites; this 10 flight of Booster B1090 expects a landing on the ASOG ASDS barge in the Atlantic Ocean.

11th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology
2026-02-02 - 2026-02-06 | Christchurch, New Zealand
Includes track on planetary geomorphology for all Solar System bodies and exoplanets.

Journey Through the Universe
2026-02-02 - 2026-02-06 | Statewide Hawai’i, USA
Annual event in its 22nd year, inviting STEAM professionals and Maunakea Observatories staff to participate in 200+ Hawai’i classroom visits, career panels, and community events.

Singapore Space Summit 2026
2026-02-02 - 2026-02-03 | Marina Bay Sands / Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore
Conference with exhibition, highlighting trends, challenges and opportunities in the global space industry. Space agency reps from NASA, ESA, JAXA, UAE, Philippines, Germany, Brazil, Malaysia and Thailand are expected.
As the only space show in Singapore endorsed by the Economic Development Board (EDB), the Office for Space Technology & Industry (OSTIn), supported by Singapore’s Defence Sciences and Technology Agency (DSTA) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the event is designed to bring together stakeholders, from startups, innovators, policy makers to investors. The two-day event aims to foster meaningful dialogue, strategic partnerships, and forward-looking collaboration driving the future of space.

Astronaut Chris Ferguson Greets Astronaut Scholarship Recipients
2026-02-02 | Philadelphia PA, USA
Plus seminar on importance of STEM. Open to public, 4:15 PM EST, Nesbitt Hall Room 111, Drexel University. Chris Ferguson helped install ISS segment, spent more than 40 days in Space.

23rd Anniversary: Loss of Columbia STS-107
2026-02-01 | Nationwide USA
Annual international conferences and events take place to further space exploration efforts in remembrance of Columbia 7 loss: Commander Richard D. Husband, Mission Specialist Laurel Clark, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon (the ‘1st Israeli astronaut’) and Astronauts: William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown and Kalpana Chawla (the ‘1st Indian American astronaut’ and ‘1st Indian woman in space’).

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-103
2026-02-01 | SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA
Launch window open 18:04-22:04 EST (13:04-17:04 HT)

5th Anniversary of Tianwen-1 Orbiter Entering Mars Orbit
2026-02-01 | Mars Orbit
China Tianwen-1 orbiter reaches 5 full years of operations in Mars orbit; Lander & Rover touched down ~3 months after this date at Utopia Planitia 25.1°N, 109.9°E; launched July 2020, reached orbit 2021.

Celebrating 100 Years of Robert Goddard; Entries Due for The Goddard 100 Contest
2026-01-31 23:59 UTC | Online
Entries Due by 11:59 UTC: Contest for youth ages 9-19 in three divisions, Junior, Intermediate and Senior, for storytelling via comic strip or infographic and essay, describing the future of space travel, space propulsion or interplanetary travel. Robert Goddard is called the father of modern rocketry, accomplishing the first flight of a liquid-fuel rocket on March 16, 1926.

Registration Due: Space Systems Technician (SST) Certified Training
2026-01-31 | Toronto ON, Canada
Foundation for working in satellite systems, clean room assembly or advanced manufacturing, course is certified by Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace (CCAA); includes online Module 01 (CA$2,000) and in-person / hands-on (CA$2995). https://nasi.world/contact/

AIAA Los Angeles Section Town Hall Meeting
2026-01-31 | Lawndale CA, USA
40th Anniversary Event for the Space Shuttle Challenger Tragedy. Michelle Evans will speak, lead discussion and present 2 of her documentary films: On the Way to the Stars, A Tribute to the Space Shuttle Challenger and the Crew of STS-51L and America’s Return to Space. At Lawndale Library, 10:00-15:30 PT.

68th Anniversary: First Satellite Sent to Space (Explorer 1)
2026-01-31 | Nationwide USA
American Artemis Return to the Moon For Good is underway, Mars attention and planning advancing, Outer Solar System search for life ongoing, and Interstellar craft on outgoing trajectories while first USA satellite launch on this day in 1958 ‘Explorer 1’ is celebrated and remembered.

48th Annual AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference
2026-01-30 - 2026-02-01 | Breckenridge CO, USA
Continues until Feb 4; Organized by Rocky Mountain Section of AAS; at Beaver Run Resort; US$225-780.

Act in Space 2026
2026-01-30 - 2026-01-31 | Online
International innovation contest — hackathon — joined in 100+ cities in 5 continents, aimed at imagining the products and solutions of tomorrow using space data and technology.

ILO-C Science Workshop #2
2026-01-30 | Chiang Mai, Thailand
Invitation-only 2nd international workshop to discuss ILO-C instrument being integrated on Chang’E-7 lunar lander for launch August 2026 / landing November 2026; participants from USA, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Hawai’i, India, others will attend.

Stability at the Space-Nuclear Nexus
2026-01-29 | Washington DC, USA
Invited experts from nuclear policy, space security, and commercial space to examine the growing risks at the intersection of these domains.

Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) Surface Power Monthly Telecon
2026-01-29 | Online
Subject is Thermal Management for Surface Power Systems with presentation by Sotirios Zormpas of Lunar Outpost on their innovative thermal energy storage system. Via Zoom at https://jhuapl.zoomgov.com/s/1611407987?pwd=[REDACTED]

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-101
2026-01-29 | SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA
Launch window open 23:00 Jan 29 – 03:00 Jan 30 EST (18:00-22:00 Jan 29 HT)

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-19
2026-01-29 | SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA
Launch window open 07:17-11:17 PST (05:17-09:17 HT)

5th International Space Industry Exhibition (ISIEX) 2026
2026-01-28 - 2026-01-30 | Tokyo, Japan
Including collaborative project “Lunar Development Forum -Nikkanogoyo Moon Press“, this exhibition attracts global companies, academic institutions, government agencies, and startups eager to showcase cutting-edge space technologies and foster international cooperation. As a result, ISIEX 2026 becomes the key event for advancing space market development, technology exchange, and commercial partnerships globally. With approximately 300 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors expected, this venue will host a diverse range of space industry sectors, including communications, robotics, satellite development, and space environment conservation.
