Events of Interest: Week of July 16-22, 2012

The following events may of interest in the week ahead.  The House and Senate both are in session this week.

Monday-Sunday, July 16-22

• Continuation of the biennial COSPAR conference, Mysore, India

Monday, July 16

• NASA news conference previewing the August landing of the Mars Curiosity rover, NASA HQ,  Washington, DC (watch on NASA TV), 1:00 pm ET

Tuesday, July 17

• FAA COMSTAC Operations Working Group, telecon, 1:00 pm ET
• Secure World Foundation/Project Ploughshares Release of 2012 Space Security Index, Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC, 3:00-5:00 pm ET

Tuesday-Thursday, July 17-19

• NASA Lunar Science Forum, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Thursday, July 19

• Future Space 2012, 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, 7:30 am - 2:30 pm ET

Friday, July 20

• NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm ET