Exoplanet research is experiencing exciting times. Space missions and cutting-edge ground-based instruments are continually uncovering new populations of planets and enabling their detailed characterization. Along with advancements in theoretical models, these discoveries are providing unprecedented insights into the processes of planet formation and evolution, while also revealing the interiors and […]
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3 events,At Swiss Tech Convention Centre. Sessions include: Exoplanets and the Galactic Environment, Planet Formation, How to Deal with Interference from Satellite Constellations.
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UN-Sanctioned annual, global asteroid awareness program supporting thousands of independently organized events, providing educational resources; held on June 30, the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908 when a meteor air burst levelled about 2,150 km² of forest in Siberia, Russia. Online event held every 5 years, keynote speakers include SRI president Bernard Foing, Michelle Hanlon, Madhu Thangavelu, Frank White, Rick Tumlinson, Giuseppe Reibaldi. SRI is now an official Observer for UN COPUOS. Legacy of Gerard K. O'Neill space settlement concepts is of great relevance to SRI, and they advocate for […] "The World Needs More Space" is theme for this 77th International Astronautical Congress, being hosted in for the first time in Türkiye. Save up to 500 Euros on early registration. Turkish Airlines is officially associated and is offering discounts: https://iac2026.org/official-carrier Use the code 004TKH26 for discount.
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14:30 ET, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Carlos García-Galán, Moon Base program manager will host a virtual conversation to share updates to NASA’s plans to build a Moon Base on the lunar surface. |
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Join Open Lunar Foundation, JAOPS/Dymon, and COSPAR for a milestone event marking the release of the first mission dataset on the Lunar Ledger platform. This webinar introduces the first lunar mission dataset to be made publicly accessible through Lunar Ledger, featuring data from the YAOKI rover mission flown aboard Intuitive Machines Mission 2. The release represents […] |
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After arriving at Kamo’oalewa on June 7, China asteroid sample return mission planned to collect at least 100 grams via anchoring-drilling, hover-sampling and touch-and-go techniques; scheduled to depart Apr 24, 2027 and return to Earth Nov 29, 2027. |
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JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission to flyby S-type asteroid 98943 Torifune within 1 to 10 km of the asteroid's surface at a relative velocity of approximately 5 km/s. The mission is planned to rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26 in 2031, after returning samples from (162173) Ryugu to Earth in 2020. SPC, publisher of Space Calendar and Lunar Enterprise Daily, observes 50 years since inception and looks towards the next 50 years of publishing-broadcasting from Earth, the surface of the Moon, and perhaps far beyond with its affiliated International Lunar Observatory Association and other enterprises. Those in fields of chemistry, biology, planetary science and astrophysics are invited to explore the origins of life and habitability on Earth and beyond. The program will feature the latest discoveries in prebiotic chemistry, the evolution of early life, and habitability across the Solar System and exoplanets, as well as […] 
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Commercial communication satellites to launch to LEO for Shanghai Spacesail Technologies from Commercial LC-1 pad. |
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7 events,Occurs 07:30 HST / 17:30 UTC; Earth aphelion is the point in its elliptical orbit where it is farthest from the Sun, occurring annually in early July; at aphelion , Earth is about 94.5 million miles from the Sun, or roughly 3% farther than its closest point, perihelion, in January. Key Speakers: Gloria Cannochi, Non-LTE effects on stars; René Doyon, High-res instrumentation; Luca Fossati, Non-LTE effects on exoplanets; Ulrike Heiter, Precise stellar abundances, and more. Bringing together experts in chemistry, biology, planetary science and astrophysics to explore the origins of life and planetary habitability on Earth and beyond. At Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle and Sorbonne Université.
€110 – €620
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Featured speakers this year include Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa, Aarti Holla-Maini of UNOOSA; expecting 2,000+ participants from 35+ countries, with focus areas commercial space and cislunar economy. SPACETIDE seeks to provide a platform for global leaders across diverse industries to tackle shared challenges and co-create a sustainable […] 
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The mission aims for the LINK spacecraft to rendezvous with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory craft and boost its orbit, under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract between NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies. Air launch-to-orbit is how the Pegasus XL operates. It can carry up to 443 kg […] 
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Dozens of microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers to launch to Sun-Synchronous Orbit. |
6 events,At the Centre des Congrès de la Villette; a forum to unite the French and European space community, promoting innovation, investment, and strategic dialogue. It supports France’s ambition to strengthen its position in the global space economy and helps align stakeholders around common goals for sustainable and competitive space development. 11:00 EDT featuring Vic Paulson, discussing her work on Designated Lunar Areas (DLAs) and Overlap, a digital simulation sandbox for testing DLA governance regimes at the lunar south pole. Although the lunar activity accelerates, the governance frameworks being written for surface coordination today have never been tested against the conditions they will face. […] |
7 events,Closest Earth approach, peak brightness for viewing, tracking and studies. 
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First launch of the Long March 10B rocket and an attempted booster recovery from sea. Long March 10B is a partially reusable cargo-optimized variant of China's next-generation Long March 10 rocket family. Launching from Commercial LC-2 pad. |
4 events,This conference aims to gather leading scholars, industry experts, and technological pioneers from around the world to discuss the latest research achievements and technological trends in the fields of communication, navigation, and aerospace, providing an integrated platform for the exchange of innovative ideas and industrial practices. |
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1 event,A workshop highlighting the science of debris disks in Cambridge, after the successes of Victoria 2018, Budapest 2019, EAS 2021, Jena 2022 and Tucson 2024. Debris disks are the disks of dust, gas, asteroids and comets found around nearby stars. Their dust and gas components are readily detectable, providing a […] |
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Launch set 19:43 Baikonur Time UTC+5 | 14:43 UTC | 04:43 HST for crewed mission to International Space Station: Roscosmos Cosmonauts Commander Pyotr Dubrov and Flight Engineer Anna Kikina, and NASA Astronaut Flight Engineer Anil Menon. The trio will spend ~8 months at the station. 13:00 EDT -- From closed-loop life support to deep space health risks to the policy gaps nobody's talking about, this is a conversation that’s sure to be out of this world. Donna Roberts, Chief Scientist and Senior Partner for American DeepTech (moderator) Kelly Weinersmith, Author of City on Mars Dr. Jay […] |
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3 events,Provides a forum that brings together experts in aeronautics and astronautics to share new ideas and findings. Launching multiple satellites made by Lockheed Martin, it is one of 6 launches for USSF SDA for worldwide connectivity, which will be via Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) that have significantly better performance than radio frequency crosslinks. |
6 events,NASA ARTEMIS P2 craft surpasses another full year in lunar orbit since 2011; 1 of 5 satellites launched 2007 to study Earth magnetosphere Mexican-American engineer and NASA Astronaut José Hernández has a life story of perseverance. 18:00-19:00 EDT | 22:00-23:00 UTC | 12:00-13:00 HST. Born in 1962 to migrant farmworker parents, he spent his early years working in the fields and learned English at age 12. He went on to earn a Bachelor […] 
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Planned demonstration of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal by Eta Space and funded by NASA Tipping Point. Expected to be in orbit for 9 months. 
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First test flight of private company Skyroot Aerospace of India, launching its Vikram-1 vehicle with cubesats. |
1 event,10:00-16:00 EDT, in celebration of the first USA spacecraft to successfully land on another planet, the Viking probe on Mars, July 20, 1976, at Virginia Air and Space Science Center, 600 Settlers Landing Road at NASA Langley, "Vikings", space industry professionals, and students will present public talks, poster sessions, and […] |
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5 events,First USA spacecraft to successfully land on another planet commemorated today for its accomplishment 50 years ago; originally scheduled for July 4, landing was delayed until this day in 1976 due to rough landing site. 
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First people to land on Moon, 1969 -- Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin; Command Module piloted by Michael Collins. 
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Celebrating the 1st people walking on the Moon / another celestial body – International Moon Day has been a recognized / endorsed declaration by the United Nations since 2022. Purdue University will bestow its newest honor – the Neil Armstrong Space Prize – upon those whose contributions to space in the preceding decade are deemed the most consequential for humanity. Prize recipients to be announced on or before July 20, 2026. 
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At Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre; received 100,358 visitors from 114 countries in 2024. |
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Gathering top experts in Moon and Mars architectures, systems, science, human health, innovation, policy. July 21: Workshops and Tours. July 22-23: Plenary Sessions. At Rice University. Confirmed participants include Vanessa Wyche, Director of NASA Johnson Space Center; Shawna Pandya, Physician and Astronaut Candidate; Mike Gold, President of Civil & International […]
US$161 – US$583
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Hosted by SSERVI Central Team at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA, USA; online option available. The Forum will feature in-depth analyses of research targeting human and robotic exploration of the Moon and other planetary bodies. Attendees will hear updates and results from leading mission scientists and engineers, and […] 
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Private company Orienspace to launch Gravity-1 rocket from the offshore Haiyang launch site. At Amazon HQ2, unclassified Space Investors Forum. Space is no longer the “final frontier”—it is a strategic and economic imperative. Bipartisan Government support for investment in national security space is at an all-time high, driven by escalating threats from China, Russia, and others. Ensuring U.S. leadership in space has never been […]
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The Northrop Grumman SpaceLogistics MRV-1 mission features the first commercial robotic servicer Next Spaceflight. Equipped with robotic arms developed with DARPA and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory SpaceNews, the MRV will transport and install up to thirty 400 kg Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) on satellites in GEO Supercluster. For this […] |
5 events,"Defining India's Place in the Global Space Economy". The 3rd India Space Policy Conference, comes at a pivotal moment as India’s satellite communications sector transitions from policy vision to large-scale commercial deployment. Building on the momentum of the Indian Space Policy 2025 and recent regulatory and market developments, the conference […] Lāhainā Noon is a phenomenon where the sun passes directly overhead, causing vertical objects to cast zero shadow. It occurs twice a year in the tropics. On the Big Island Lāhainā Noon will occur: Waimea: Hilo: Kailua-Kona: July 24 at 12:30 p.m. HST |
9 events,Kinetica is a solid-propellant 4-stage light launch vehicle, 30m tall with fairing diameter 3.35m, able to send 4,000kg to LEO or 3,000kg to SSO. 08:30 ET, Lockheed Martin will hold its 2nd quarter 2026 financial results telecom. NASA spacecraft in extended mission phase reaches 27th full year of operations in space; instruments able to detect X-ray sources 100 times fainter than any previous X-ray telescope; launched 1999. Next launch for China's medium-range Long March 3B / E variant with higher payload fairing, larger boosters and fuel tanks. |
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5:45pm CT for second test flight of the updated Starship Block 3 (V3) vehicle, utilizing Booster 20 and Ship 40; planned to splashdown in Pacific Ocean.
Another batch of 24 satellites to LEO for SpaceX's Starlink space-based Internet communication mega-constellation. |
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NASA astronaut Jessica Meir takes command of ISS during changeover, followed by three Expedition 74 crew members returning to Earth. |
2 events,AAS hosts, and AIAA co-hosts, specifically AAS Space Flight Mechanics Committee and AIAA Astrodynamics Technical Committee. At Hilton Whistler Resort & Spa. 
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Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikayev and Christopher Williams set to undock from ISS in Soyuz MS-28, triggering the start to Expedition 75 with Commander Jessica Meir. |
3 events,In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Astrophysics Group at the University of Exeter, we are pleased to announce the international conference “Discs on the Exe”. The conference will cover observations and theory of circumstellar discs, ranging from the formation of discs during star formation, to the […]
Another batch of 24 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink space-based Internet service. |
3 events,10:30 ET, Boeing to announce its 2nd quarter 2026 financial results. |
4 events,Set to launch August 30, this 2pm EDT briefing will feature NASA personnel Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Jackie Townsend, Julie McEnery, and Jeremy Perkins. |
4 events,Emanating from ~6km-wide comet with 5.3-year Solar orbit, visible in constellation Aquarius near star Delta Aquarii, fast, faint meteors peak on this night, best seen from the Southern Hemisphere; the bright Moon in 2026 may make the best viewing several days earlier. The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it […] Launch window opens 03:09am EDT for classified payload to launch for the US National Reconnaissance Office. |
3 events,to be held December 2-4, 2026 in Venice, Italy. Interstellar space is not the domain of any one discipline. It demands insight from across the full spectrum of human knowledge, creativity, and professional practice. While this includes science, engineering, philosophy, communications, media, policy, and the arts, these are only examples. We […] |
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Includes ~150 meetings covering the fields of COSPAR Scientific Commissions / Panels / Task Groups, such as SC B: The Earth-Moon System, Planets, and Small Bodies of the Solar System. At Fortezza da Basso.
€240 – €990
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From 02 to 07 August 2026, a few thousand geoscientists across diverse disciplines will gather at the 23rd annual meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society at the Fukuoka International Congress Centre, Japan. |