Category Archives: Conferences

Friday / 26 September 2025

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Lunar Exploration Company ispace Furthers Mission: Expand Our Planet, Expand Our Future with MoU and IAC Events

Lander / rover company ispace, inc (TOKYO:9348; market cap ¥57B) signs MoU 25 Sep with transportation-focused ElevationSpace of Japan (¥3.7B raised since founding) for lunar sample return with re-entry capsule in development by ElevationSpace; ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada (R) and ElevationSpace CEO Ryohei Kobayashi (L) also pledge to create related business opportunities for companies / governments worldwide; International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 28 Sep – 3 Oct in Sydney, Australia features 6 ispace Technical Sessions, ispace-U.S. CEO Elizabeth Kryst at the ispace booth 30 Sep 11:00, and reception 1 Oct 16:00 with sake and light refreshments; ispace divisions are in Japan, Luxembourg, USA

Image Credits: ispace, ElevationSpace

Friday / 29 August 2025

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LEAG and LSIC Continue Shaping Lunar Exploration with Strategic Expertise

2025 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group is scheduled for 28–30 October at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU APL); LEAG is led by Benjamin Greenhagen and guides NASA lunar exploration by analyzing scientific, technical and commercial priorities for Artemis missions; LEAG (est. 2004) unites academia, industry, and government to define mission objectives and foster sustainable lunar presence; Within Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC), led by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, LEAG Commercial Advisory Board chair, Stephen Indyk drives synergy aligning LSIC 3,500+ collaborators to advance technologies like ISRU and surface power

Image Credits: LEAG, NASA, LSIC

Friday / 6 June 2025

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2026 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Will Be Hosted by USRA / LPI; ISS 2026 Conference Is in Discussion, 2025 “Canceled”

Universities Space Research Association / Lunar & Planetary Institute (USRA / LPI) will mount LSPC 2026, its 57th year, after NASA bow-out; USRA / LPI has been in the forefront of ISS human health research; International Space Station Research & Development Conference long scheduled for 28-31 Jul in Seattle WA suddenly has website notice current regulatory and budget reform does not support holding it; 850+ participants expected, hotel would not reveal whether refunds will be given; next year may be rolled into AIAA ASCEND

Credits: USRA / LPI, ISSRDC, AIAA

Friday / 30 May 2025

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Explore Mars 2025 Humans To the Moon & Mars Summit “H2M2” Acknowledges Moon Priority

Explore Mars organization now aligned with NASA Moon-To-Mars strategy emphasizing Moon first; full recording of 2025 H2M2 is available for both Day 1 and Day 2, views of 100,000+ expected, 11,500 livestream watchers; Dave Limp, Blue Origin CEO emphasizes lunar permanence, using Moon as stepping stone to Solar System; Mike Gold of Redwire discusses importance of Artemis Accords and international collaboration; The Artemis Generation workforce for sustained space exploration can address extreme environment technology gaps described by Jake Bleacher of NASA such as communications

Credits: Explore Mars

Friday / 13 December 2024

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ILOA-CSA Galaxy Forum China 2024 in Wenchang Impacts Global, Inter-Global Cooperation for Moon / Solar System

Experts from 13 countries at Galaxy Forum exchange visionary ideas on astronomy from the Moon, international human Moon landings, first women on the Moon, NewSpace commercial, lunar property rights, and planned international lunar base projects / payloads; Lunar talks included Wang Wei (CNSA, DSEL), Xuelei Chen (NAOC), Bernard Foing (ILEWG), Margarita Safonova (M. P. Birla, India), Jatan Mehta (Moon Monday), Boonrucksar Soonthornthum (NARIT), Mei Yang (CAST), Steve Durst (ILOA Hawai’i), many others; Galaxy Forum 2024 in Wenchang, near to Wenchang Space Launch Center and Wenchang Aerospace City, hopes to influence and advance robust, international, peaceful, scientific exploration of the Moon and complete Solar System in the 21st Century, with Aloha   

Credits: International Lunar Observatory Association, Chinese Society of Astronautics  

Tuesday / 26 November 2024

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Multiple Events in Luxembourg, Include Moon Focus

Luxembourg, home of ISRU legal framework, hosts Moon Village Association (MVA) 8th Global Moon Village Workshop & Symposium 2-3 Dec co-hosted by Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), MVA major annual forum for new ideas / progress reports about Moon exploration / utilization, lunar governance / industrialization / infrastructure / technologies; LSA also sponsors Luxembourg Space Week 2-5 Dec with NewSpace Europe 3 Dec for networking among start-ups / agencies / investors, IRG First European Interstellar Symposium 2-5 Dec featuring Pete Worden, ESA Space for Inspiration 4-5 Dec with Day 2 main session on Moon economy / logistics / communication / navigation

Credits: European Convention Center, Moon Village Association, Luxembourg Space Agency, Interstellar Research Group, European Space Agency

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 14-17 April 2023

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JAXA Now Targeting SLIM Moon Lander Launch NET August Amid H3 Upper Stage Failure Investigation

While Japan eagerly awaits first commercial Moon landing with ispace (T-12 days),  SLIM timeline pushed back to at least August pending results of inquiry into unsuccessful inaugural launch of JAXA / Mitsubishi H3 during which the hydrogen-fueled upper stage, similar to H-2A second stage which is to carry SLIM to TLI and XRISM space observatory to GEO, failed to ignite; SLIM is to demonstrate precision landing within ~100 m of Marius Hills Hole and is first in a series of planned landings in support of Artemis, per statements given by JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Deputy Director Masaki Fujimoto

Credits: JAXA

Tuesday / 14 March 2023

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LEAG Holding Town Hall Periphery Event at 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Interdisciplinary Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG), tasked with advising NASA HEOMD, SMD and NAC, to host hybrid Town Hall 16 March from 12:00-13:00 CDT at Houston-area convention center / online with Microsoft Teams; Presentations include Continuous Lunar Orbital Capabilities Specific Action Team Final Report from Paul Lucey (Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology), Lunar Exploration and Science Orbiter from Michael Amato (NASA Exploration Science Strategy Integration Office), Joining The Moon And Mars Communities To A Common Goal by Clive Neal (University of Notre Dame) with Q&A to follow

Pictured (L-R):Amy Fagan, Erica Jawin, Paul Lucey, Michael Amato, Joel Kearns, Clive Neal; Credits: NASA, LinkedIn, Twitter / @NMNH, SSERVI, LPSC, LEAG, ND

Tuesday / 18 Oct 2022

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Moon Village Association and Beyond Earth Institute Advance Lunar Sustainability and Habitation

MVA Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA) meeting for 21st time on 19 October to formulate recommendations on sustainable governmental and independent Moon exploration best practices to be presented to United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space; Meeting will conclude ‘Consensus Phase’, with ‘Harmonization Phase’ to follow for next 2 meetings (16 Nov, 21 Dec); Beyond Earth Institute also promotes guidelines for political, economic and environomental sustainability in paper Toward A Cislunar Ecosystem With Human Presence: The Underpinning For Permanent Lunar Communities

Credits: MVA, BEI

Friday / 26 Aug 2022

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Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) NewSpace 2022 Awards Ceremony is Opportunity to Advance Lunar Initiatives

Cofounder Rick Tumlinson with Chair Kim Macharia to preside over SFF-organized NewSpace awards ceremony 26 August in Seattle, home to Boeing engineering team behind SLS, launching Artemis 1 to Moon NET 29 Aug; Next generation of space entrepreneurs will set sights to Moon as destination and platform for deep space, asteroid, Mars and Beyond ventures with Artemis-era synergy

Credits: SFF, NASA, Twitter, SPC / ILOA