Events of Interest: Week of June 11-15, 2012

The following events may be of interest in the coming week.   The Senate is in session; the House is in recess.

Monday, June 11

• NASA media teleconference on the status of the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity mission, 12:00 pm ET, listen at http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
• NASA press conference on the upcoming launch of the NuSTAR astrophysics mission, UC Berkeley, 3:00 pm ET (12:00 pm PT), listen at http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio  

Tuesday, June 12

• Women in Aerospace breakfast featuring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Capitol Visitors Center, 8:00-9:30 am ET
• U.S. Commercial Space Law:  A Practitioner's "Tool Box," 8:00 am - 5:00 pm ET
• International Space University US Alumni DC chapter Space Cafe featuring Michael Gold, Bigelow Aerospace, the Science Club, Washington, DC, 7:00 pm ET

Tuesday-Thursday, June 12-14

• NASA Mars Program Planning Group, Houston, TX.  Some sessions will be webcase; check the Lunar and Planetary Institute website for details.

Wednesday, June 13

• Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee on DOD FY2013 budget request, 192 Dirksen, 10:30 am ET