March 9-15, 2026 / Hawai`i Island, USA

Vol 45, Week 10: Lunar Broadcast Precursor — Terrestrial Edition

Goddard Symposium Mar 12-13 and 100-Year Celebration Mar 16+

 

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IEEE Aerospace, Mary Jackson legacy, Satellite Building next-gen and Space Vehicle design, Indonesia update

 

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Humans in Space

⭐ International Space Station, ~415-km LEO: Expedition 74 crew …..

⭐ Tiangong Space Station, ~390-km LEO: Shenzhou-21 crew …..

🌔 Lunar Enterprise News: ……..

☄ Near-Earth Objects Close Approaches – Mon Mar 9: Apollo Asteroid 2026 DH11 (0.008 AU); Wed Mar 11: Aten Asteroid 2026 CC3 (0.010 AU); Wed Mar 11: Apollo Asteroid 2023 ET2 (0.020 AU); Sun Mar 15: Aten Asteroid 2007 EG (0.011 AU)

First Woman FLIES to the Moon …

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First Woman LANDS on the Moon …

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Ongoing Events:  

Mar 7-14 — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Big Sky MT, USA: 47th IEEE Aerospace Conference (2026)

Mar 8-12 — WM Symposia, Phoenix AZ, USA: WM2026: Efficient and Innovative Nuclear Materials and Technology Solutions

Events

Today

    • Saturday

     — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
    Big Sky MT, USA

    47th IEEE Aerospace Conference (2026)

    The international IEEE Aerospace Conference, with AIAA and PHM Society as technical cosponsors, is organized to promote interdisciplinary understanding of aerospace systems, their underlying science and technology,...

    Sunday

    Monday

     — SpaceX,
    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    Launch Falcon 9 / EchoStar 25

    Launch window EDT 23:14 Mar 9 - 00:43 Mar 10 (17:14-19:43 Mar 9 HT); going to GTO, EchoStar 25 is a direct broadcast satellite for the DISH...
    — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Royal Aeronautical Society,
    Online

    Mary Jackson Lecture: Fluid Mechanics with Ivett Leyva

    A Wondering Fluid Mechanics Scientific Career is Ivett Leyva's title for description of her remarkable career, including preventing rocket explosions, testing propulsion and enhancing scientific understanding of...
    — Space Resources Roundtable (SRR),
    Online

    Abstracts Due for Space Resources Roundtable XXVI

    To be held June 2-5, 2026, at Colorado School of Mines, to bring together participants around the world from space agencies, research organizations, academia, the space private sector,...
    — Space Faculty,
    Singapore

    Satellite Building Workshop

    For undergraduates in STEM-related courses. At Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), established in 2012 in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    Tuesday

     — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
    College Park MD, USA

    Meeting of the NOAA Science Advisory Board

    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...

    Wednesday

     — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
    Online

    Inaugural Online AIAA Book Talk

    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...
    — SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute, Astronomical Society of the Pacific,
    Los Altos Hills CA, USA

    Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series: Pictures of Distant Worlds

    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;...
    — Launchspace Services,
    Huntsville AL, USA

    Space Vehicle Design Courses

    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/...

    Thursday

     — American Astronautical Society (AAS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
    Washington DC, USA

    63rd AAS Goddard Space Science Symposium

    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,...
    $20 – $875

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