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A U.S. State Department fact sheet dated 2023-11-09 reiterated the goal of a joint mission to the ISS in 2024 and training of Indian astronauts at Johnson Space Center.
The Odom report reviewed a 1950 allegation that Webb, as deputy under secretary of state, approved firings of LGBTQ+ State Department employees during the Lavender Scare and found the historical record showed Webb was primarily concerned with limiting access to State Department personnel records from congressional investigations.
The State Space Agency of Ukraine and the U.S. State Department established a working group to identify issues that could be implemented by contractual relations with new partners to help Ukraine compensate for the loss of Russian markets.
Vincent Boles is co-chair of the local organizing committee for the 2019 IAC and his committee started working with the U.S. State Department 18 months before the conference to ensure visas would be ready for attendees.