Advance NASA Science for Brilliant Human Manifestation, Give Equal Funding with DoD
Day of Action to Save NASA Science is being called this year by founder The Planetary Society and 10 additional organizations, including from the American Space Movement: American Astronautical Society, American Geophysical Union, AIAA and National Space Society. With expectation for a Continuing Resolution, preparation on Oct 5 leads to meetings Oct 6 in Washington DC congressional offices to lobby for NASA appropriations. US$25B for NASA is a high-return investment, generating 300,000+ jobs, ~US$75B in economic impact and ~US$9B in taxes, while costing only ~0.4% of USA total budget. Incredible space telescopes and crafts like Perseverance, Juno, Cassini and Voyager advance understanding of our Solar System, interstellar space, galaxies and more. Satellites enable GPS and assist disaster response and farmers. 2,000+ NASA science spinoffs include memory foam, water purification technology and LEDs. NASA-backed Blue Origin project provides cleaner solar-cell manufacturing, with hopes to do it on Moon to cut landing costs ~60%. ISS 25-year multinational hub fosters microgravity research for medical advances and enables a path toward Moon exploration. Buzz Aldrin praises the inspiration of NASA spaceflight. If the DoD and NASA each received US$0.5T, the exponential gains could take humans half-way through Solar System if not the Galaxy. (Image Credits: NASA)
HUMANS IN SPACE
International Space Station, ~415-km LEO: Expedition 73 seven-member crew is set to continue through December 2025 under command of Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos); crew is focusing on science research, maintenance, tech demos including eye exams, upgrading computer networking gear and unpacking ~5,000 kg of cargo from Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo mission (CRS-23).
Tiangong Space Station, ~390-km LEO: Shenzhou 20 three-member crew performing exercises related to bodily conditioning for return to Earth (planned at end of Oct), working with experiments involving artificial brain models, high-temperature superconducting materials, and live outreach sessions with students; checking results of recent space debris installations after 6-hour EVA last week.
Lunar News: Weekly lunar advisories [coming soon]
Near-Earth Objects Close Approaches – Tues Sep 30: Apollo Asteroid 2025 SA3 (0.017 AU); Wed Oct 1: Apollo Asteroid 2025 QL23 (0.018 AU); Sun Oct 5: Apollo Asteroid 2018 SP1 (0.033 AU).
During this prototype R&D period, the Forum aims to verify the scientific objectives of the payload and ground testing operations for the Chang'E-8 lunar mission and to facilitate the exchange between the payload researchers and scientists. Co-organized by Institute of Optoelectronics and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and its National […]
The Solar System in Context Toward an interconnected perspective on the formation and evolution of the Solar System, exoplanetary systems, and their stars. Main Topics Disks, Stellar Evolution, Planet-Star Connections, (Exo)Planets, Planetary Demographics, Habitability, Planet Formation, Migration, & Evolution, Rocky Small Bodies, (Exo)Moons, Active Asteroids & (Exo)Comets, Interstellar Objects, Instrumentation & […]
Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program for USA government payload. Estimated launch cost: US$6,000,000.
ROSES-25 A.10 INNOVATE Preproposal Conference September 30, at 2 pm Eastern Time. ROSES-2025 A.10 INNOVATE solicits proposals to rapidly advance the use of satellite observations of Earth to efficiently support the U.S. economy, national security, and other applications relevant to NASA's Earth Science to Action Strategy. This opportunity is open to […]
Evening Town Hall meeting of the Los Angeles Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; with Jonathan Arenberg, Northrop Grumman Fellow and Chief Mission Architect for Science and Robotic Exploration, Fellow of the International Optics and Photonics Society, SPIE, and an Associate Fellow of AIAA; Moderator is Jeff […]
All ages welcome! Come and join your colleagues and friends in the aerospace profession in a relaxed atmosphere. Network over a pitcher of beer and schnitzel. AIAA-SF will provide the first round of drinks and appetizers. Let's exchange ideas, and talk about what everybody is doing, and what's happening in Aerospace. […]
For observation, appreciation, understanding of the Moon / its connection to planetary science / exploration; 1st quarter Moon is best time due to shallow angle of sunlight that illuminates details.
48-hour hackathon in French and English for space enthusiasts, programmers, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs and students; 2800+ local events and online
Celebrating international contributions of space science for betterment of the human condition; Oct 4 is 68th observation of 1st Space mission Sputnik One launched by Soviet Union 1957; Oct 10 is 58th observation of Outer Space Treaty going into effect 1967.
2nd annual ROBOPALOOZA.space festival will take place at the Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct (AARP), feature Student and Business Innovation Pitch Battles, IEEE Telepresence Competition with US$5,000 prize that was won last year by team from Perth. Theme: SPACE + ROBOTS + ROCK N' ROLL
To facilitate meetings between individuals and their elected officials to push back against proposed cuts to NASA science funding in FY 2026; at United States Capitol Building. Preparation on Oct 5; meetings on Oct 6.
Purpose and Scope This hybrid workshop will feature invited and contributed presentations aimed at studies of returned samples from Bennu (OSIRIS-REx mission) and Ryugu (Hayabusa2 mission), and perspectives on future asteroidal sample return. In the past five years, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx and JAXA’s Hayabusa2 missions have made history by returning the […]
At the University of Southern California, the world's largest gathering dedicated to human Mars exploration. For nearly three decades, the International Mars Society Convention...
NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other...
At the Spokane Convention Center. The meeting will have a broad scope, with a wide-ranging program of science and workforce topics, and celebrating planetary...
Convene, connect, and collaborate at the 19th annual von Braun Space Exploration Symposium! This year’s event will spotlight how bold ideas, emerging technologies, and...
Themes include: Space & the Arctic; Space & AI; Space & International Collaboration. There is a Student Session, a Technical Session, a Frontier Session,...
Oslo Spaceport Norway offers monthly a knowledgeable speaker and opportunity for networking, 17:00-20:00 local time; free entry but registration required. Ground Control is for...
45 satellites to launch for Amazon Leo, formerly named Project Kuiper. This LEO mega constellation will offer broadband internet access with 3,276 satellites.
Occurring 31 October from 09:00-11:00 local time (16:00-18:00 HST, 19:00-21:00 PDT, 22:00-24:00 EDT on 30 October), this Galaxy Forum will be in hybrid format...
Originally planned around this date for Wenchang, China -- TBC (to be confirmed); As the only professional association for astronauts, ASE supports the advancement of...
Coordinating Division Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage The IAU Symposium on Innovative Research and Techniques in Astronomy Communication will take place from November...
Change clocks back 1 hour from Daylight Saving to Standard Time; does not include Hawai’i, Arizona (except the Navajo Nation), American Samoa, Guam, Northern...
ESWW is the main annual event in the European Space Weather and Space Climate calendar. It is an international meeting organised annually within the...
IAU Symposium: IAUS409 - A Journey Towards Effective Astronomy Communication; online and at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-2 Osawa Mitaka, Tokyo. Topics include:...
Launch Complex 1, ~39°S, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
iQPS Launch 9, an Earth observation satellite with Synthetic aperture radar for Japan-based imaging company iQPS, to launch on "The Sea God Surveys" mission...
International Space Station, ~415-km LEO: Expedition 73 seven-member crew is set to continue through December 2025 under command of Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos); crew is focusing on science research, maintenance, tech demos including eye exams, upgrading computer networking gear and unpacking ~5,000 kg of cargo from Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo mission (CRS-23).
Lunar News: Weekly lunar advisories [coming soon]
Near-Earth Objects Close Approaches – Tues Sep 30: Apollo Asteroid 2025 SA3 (0.017 AU); Wed Oct 1: Apollo Asteroid 2025 QL23 (0.018 AU); Sun Oct 5: Apollo Asteroid 2018 SP1 (0.033 AU).
