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Jun 14 — ISS, ~405-km LEO: Expedition 65 seven-member crew to facilitate 2 EVAs this week for solar array installations, monitoring 12 plant growth chambers, transferring cargo from 4 resupply ships; Russia Pirs (Pier) module is prepared for July 15 de-orbit to make room for Nauka (Science) laboratory launch.
Jun 14 — NewSpace: 
Jun 14 — USA: NASA funding bill under House consideration includes
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Weekly Planet Watch – Evening Planets: Venus (WNW), Mars (WNW), Jupiter (SE), Saturn (SE), Neptune (E); Morning: Uranus (E).
Shenzhou 12 Crew Launching as 3 Nations Celebrate First Women in Space Observations
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 Jun 14 — National Science Foundation, Online / Alexandria VA: Arecibo Observatory Options Workshop ‘Stewardship’.
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Jun 7-18 — NASA, University of Alabama at Huntsville, University of Auburn, et al, Online: ASTROCAMP 2021; free summer boot camp on multibody astrodynamics developed through a NASA Artemis Student Challenge Grant.
Jun 7 – Aug 13 — Lunar and Planetary Institute, Online and Houston TX: LPI Summer Internship for 2021.
TUESDAY
Jun 15 — Northrop Grumman, Launch Minotaur 1 / NROL-111, Pad 0B, Wallops Island VA: USAF and NG Minotaur 1 rocket to launch classified spy satellite cargo for the US NRO.
Jun 15 — Cosmos Club Science and Technology Committee, Online / Washington DC: Secure World Foundation speakers talk on space sustainability; featuring Brian Weeden and Victoria Samson.
Jun 15 — International Astronautical Federation, Space University Administrative Committee, Chinese Society of Astronautics, Dalian University of Technology, Online: Applications Due: IAF-CSA Space Universities CubeSat Challenge.
Jun 15-17— MACH Center, NExSS, NASA Heliophysics DRIVE program, Online: Workshop: Influence of a Global Magnetic Field on Ion and Atmospheric Loss and Planetary Habitability.
Jun 15-30 — AIAA, National Association of Rocketry, The Plains VA: The American Rocketry Challenge; high school students compete in the nation’s largest student rocket competition.
Jun 15 — Moon: 4.7° NNE of Regulus, 18:00.
Jun 15 — Asteroid 450263 (2003 WD158): Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Jun 15 — Asteroid 2003 YP3: Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Jun 15 — Asteroid 2013 BO27: Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
WEDNESDAY
Jun 16 — ISS, U.S. EVA #74, ~405-km LEO: Expedition 65 Astronauts Pesquet and Kimbrough to begin ~6.5-hour spacewalk beginning 06:30 EDT for installation of 1st IROSA Solar Array on the P6 truss for the 2B Channel Power System, live coverage available.
Jun 16 — 58th Observation of the 1st Woman in Space, Global: Public events and commemorations occur to celebrate the first female to fly in Space, Valentina Tereshkova of the former Soviet Union; in 1963 she orbited Earth 49 times in Vostok 6.
Jun 16 — 9th Observation of the 1st Woman from China in Space, Zhongguo / Global: First Woman from China, Liu Yang, celebrated today for reaching Space in 2012 aboard Shenzhou 9, while nation plans for China Space Station crewed mission and future crews to the Moon.
Jun 16 — National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Online / Washington DC: Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032: Panel on Venus Meeting #19 and Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions Meeting #6.
Jun 16 — National Science Foundation, Online / Alexandria VA: Arecibo Observatory Options Workshop ‘Team Formation’.
Jun 16-18 — USGS Astrogeology Science Center, LPI, USRA, Online / Flagstaff AZ: Workshop on Terrestrial Analogs for Planetary Exploration.
THURSDAY
Jun 17 — CNSA, Launch Long March 2F / Shenzhou 12, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China: China to launch Long March 2F and Shenzhou 12 spacecraft with 3-member crew: Nie Haisheng, Deng Qingming and Ye Guangfu to China Space Station; 7th crewed space mission overall for China, and 1st to Tianhe.
Jun 17 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / GPS 3 SV05, SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS FL: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch USSF 5th third-generation navigation satellite for Global Positioning System.
Jun 17 — Long Beach Economic Partnership, Online / Long Beach CA: Forum: Accelerate Long Beach / Space and Technology; 10:00-12:00 PDT.
Jun 17 — Caltech Astronomy Department, Online / Pasadena CA: Theodore von Kármán Lecture: Oh, Jupiter! We Thought We Knew You; by Cynthia Phillips, Europa Project Staff Scientist and Steve Levin, Juno Project Scientist; 19:00 PDT.
Jun 17 — W. M. Keck Observatory, Rob and Terry Ryan Foundation, Online / Kamuela HI: Astronomy Talks: Decoding the Contents of Distant Galaxies; by Alice Shapley, Professor and Vice Chair for Astronomy and Astrophysics at UCLA; 17:00 HST.
Jun 17 — AIAA Los Angeles / Las Vegas Section, Online: e-Happy Hour in AIAA LA-LV Virtual Mars Base, Jezero Crater, Mars; 18:30 PDT.
Jun 17 — Moon: At first quarter, 17:54.
FRIDAY
NET Jun 18 — CNSA, Launch Long March 2C / Yaogan-30 09, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China: China to launch Long March 2C rocket with Yaogan-30 09 reconnaissance satellites.
Jun 18 — 38th Observation of the 1st American Woman in Space, Nationwide USA / Global: Celebrating the first American woman to fly in Space, Sally Ride on Space Shuttle Challenger STS-7 mission in 1983, while USA plans First Woman to the Moon South Pole 2024 via developing Artemis program.
Jun 18 — National Science Foundation, Online / Alexandria VA: Arecibo Observatory Options Workshop ‘Collecting Feedback’.
Jun 18 — National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Online / Washington DC: Foundation for Assessing the Health and Vitality of the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Research Communities Meeting #2.
Jun 18-25 — Spaceport America, Online / Las Cruces NM: 2021 Virtual Spaceport America Cup.
SATURDAY
Jun 19 — AIAA Los Angeles / Las Vegas Section, Online: The Tuskegee Airmen, Juneteenth Celebration, and African American Aerospace Professionals Panel Discussion.
Jun 19 — Moon: 5.9° NNE of Spica, 18:00.
Jun 19 — Venus: 8.7° S of Castor, 03:00.
SUNDAY
Jun 20 — ISS, U.S. EVA #75, ~405-km LEO: Expedition 65 Astronauts Pesquet and Kimbrough to begin ~6.5-hour spacewalk beginning 06:30 EDT for installation of 2nd IROSA Solar Array on the P6 truss for the 4B Channel Power System, live coverage available.
Jun 20-27— French Aerospace Industries Association (GIFAS), Paris Le Bourget, France: International Paris Air Show 2021.
Jun 20 — June Solstice: Longest day of the year (opposite in Southern Hemisphere) as Sun reaches a point farthest north of celestial equator, 17:32 HST.
Jun 20 — Asteroid 2021 HQ3: Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)