Upcoming Events
US EVA-69
2021-01-27T12:05:00+0000
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover will exit the orbital lab on January 27 to perform upgrades on the Columbus module.
Emirates Mars Mission 'Hope' Mars Orbit Insertion
2021-02-01T00:00:00+0000
The Emirates Mars Mission 'Hope' will enter an orbit around Mars after its six months interplanetary journey.
US EVA-70
2021-02-01T12:05:00+0000
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover will exit the orbital lab on February 1 to continue upgrades on the space station.
US EVA-71
2021-02-08T12:05:00+0000
NASA astronauts Kathleen Rubins and Victor Glover will exit the orbital lab to prepare the installation of iROSAs (ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays).
Tianwen-1 Mars Orbit Insertion
2021-02-11T00:00:00+0000
The Tianwen-1 orbiter and rover will perform a 14 minutes long burn to enter an elliptical orbit around Mars.
US EVA-72
2021-02-15T12:05:00+0000
NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi will exit the orbital lab to continue upgrades on the space station.
Progress MS-16 Docking
2021-02-17T06:19:00+0000
The Progress MS-16 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Russian Orbital Segment of the ISS.
NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing
2021-02-18T00:00:00+0000
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will land in the Jezero crater using a MSL-inspired sky-crane. It will investigate an astrobiologically relevant ancient environment on Mars and investigate its surface geological processes and history, including the assessment of its past habitability, the possibility of past life on Mars, and the potential for preservation of biosignatures within accessible geological materials. It will cache sample containers along its route for a potential future Mars sample-return mission. It will also carry a helicopter drone.
NG-15 Cygnus Berthing
2021-02-22T09:30:00+0000
NASA TV will livestream the rendezvous and capture of Northrop Grumman's NG-15 Cygnus cargo craft to the International Space Station.
Tianwen-1 Rover Landing
2021-04-01T00:00:00+0000
The Tianwen-1 rover will attempt to land on Mars using a parachute to slow down and a propulsive landing for the final 1.5km of the descent.
OSIRIS-Rex Sample Return
2023-09-01T04:00:00+0000
In September 2023 the OSIRIS-REx return capsule will re-enter Earth's atmosphere and land under a parachute at the Air Force's Utah Test and Training Range
