Upcoming Events

RS-25 Engine Test

2023-06-08T18:08:00+0000

NASA will conduct an RS-25 engine test on the Fred Haise Test Stand at the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

US EVA-87

2023-06-09T13:15:00+0000

NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg will exit the station’s Quest airlock to install an upgraded IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) on the 1A power channel on the starboard truss of the station.

US EVA-88

2023-06-15T13:20:00+0000

NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg will exit the station’s Quest airlock to install an upgraded IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) on the 1B power channel on the starboard truss of the station.

BepiColombo Mercury Flyby

2023-06-20T00:00:00+0000

Third of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.

Russian EVA-59

2023-06-22T14:20:00+0000

ROSCOSMOS cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitriy Petelin will perform an EVA outside the International Space Station to remove experiment hardware and install new data transmission hardware.

CRS-28 Dragon Undocking

2023-06-30T00:00:00+0000

The SpaceX CRS-28 Dragon spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of its reentry, splashdown and recovery.

Starship S25 Static Fire #1

2023-06-30T00:00:00+0000

Starship S25 will conduct a static fire test of all 6 Raptor 2 engines on Suborbital Pad B at SpaceX's Starbase facility.

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Berthing

2023-07-31T00:00:00+0000

NASA TV will livestream the rendezvous and capture of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser cargo craft to the International Space Station.

Crew-6 Crew Dragon Relocation #2

2023-07-31T00:00:00+0000

Crew-6 astronauts will relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft from the forward port of the Harmony module to its zenith port.

NG-19 Cygnus Berthing

2023-07-31T00:00:00+0000

NASA TV will livestream the rendezvous and capture of Northrop Grumman's NG-19 Cygnus cargo craft to the International Space Station.

Russian EVA-60

2023-07-31T00:00:00+0000

ROSCOSMOS cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitriy Petelin will perform an EVA outside the International Space Station.

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Release & Reentry

2023-07-31T01:00:00+0000

The Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC-1 Dream Chaser will be unberthed from the ISS before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere and landing at Kennedy Space Center.

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Landing

2023-07-31T02:00:00+0000

The Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC-1 Dream Chaser will land autonomously at the Launch and Landing Facility of Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX Crew-7 Crew Dragon Docking

2023-08-18T00:00:00+0000

The Crew-7 Crew Dragon will dock autonomously to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.

Progress MS-22 Undocking

2023-08-21T00:00:00+0000

The Progress MS-22 spacecraft will undock from the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. It will then de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.

Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Landing

2023-08-23T00:00:00+0000

The Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover will attempt to land on the lunar surface.

Progress MS-24 Docking

2023-08-25T00:00:00+0000

The Progress MS-24 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Zvezda module of the ISS.

SpaceX Crew-6 Crew Dragon Undocking

2023-08-27T00:00:00+0000

The Crew-6 Crew Dragon will undock from the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts. It will then reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX Crew-6 Crew Dragon Splashdown

2023-08-27T03:00:00+0000

The Crew-6 Crew Dragon will splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, bringing four astronauts back to Earth after spending six months on the International Space Station.

Soyuz MS-24 Docking

2023-09-15T00:00:00+0000

The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft will autonomously dock to the International Space Station.

OSIRIS-Rex Sample Return

2023-09-24T14:54:00+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

Soyuz MS-23 Undocking

2023-09-27T00:00:00+0000

The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of reentry and landing in Kazakhstan.

Soyuz MS-23 Landing

2023-09-27T03:00:00+0000

The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft will land back on Earth near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

NG-19 Cygnus Release & Reentry

2023-09-30T00:00:00+0000

The Northrop Grumman NG-19 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.

Boeing Starliner-1 Relocation

2023-09-30T00:00:00+0000

The four Starliner-1 astronauts will relocate the Boeing Starliner spacecraft to IDA-3 located at the zenith port of the Harmony module.

Boeing Starliner-1 Docking

2023-09-30T01:00:00+0000

The Starliner-1 spacecraft will dock autonomously to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.

Boeing Starliner CFT Landing

2023-12-31T00:00:00+0000

Following its deorbit burn, the Boeing CST-100 Starliner will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the White Sands Missile Range using its parachutes.

Boeing Starliner CFT Undocking

2023-12-31T00:00:00+0000

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its crewed test flight. Following the deorbit burn the capsule will renter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the 'White Sands Missile Range' using its parachutes.

Boeing Starliner CFT Docking

2023-12-31T00:00:00+0000

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will dock with the International Space Station as part of its crewed test flight.

HTV-X1 Rendezvous and Capture

2024-01-31T00:00:00+0000

NASA TV will live stream the rendezvous and capture of JAXA's HTV-X1 cargo craft to the International Space Station.

HTV-X1 Release & Reentry

2024-01-31T01:00:00+0000

The JAXA HTV-X1 will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.

Boeing Starliner-1 Undocking

2024-03-31T00:00:00+0000

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its first operational mission. Following the deorbit burn the capsule will renter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the 'White Sands Missile Range' using its parachutes.

Boeing Starliner-1 Landing

2024-03-31T01:00:00+0000

Following its deorbit burn, the Boeing CST-100 Starliner will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the White Sands Missile Range using its parachutes.

BepiColombo Mercury Flyby

2024-09-05T00:00:00+0000

Fourth of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.

BepiColombo Mercury Flyby

2024-12-02T00:00:00+0000

Fifth of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.

Lucy Earth Flyby

2024-12-12T00:00:00+0000

Second of three Earth flybys of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.

BepiColombo Mercury Flyby

2025-01-09T00:00:00+0000

Last of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

2025-02-18T00:00:00+0000

Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on February 18, 2025. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.

Lucy Main Belt Asteroid (52246) Donaldjohansen Flyby

2025-04-20T00:00:00+0000

Flyby of the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohansen asteroid by NASA's Lucy mission.

BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion

2025-12-05T00:00:00+0000

Orbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

2026-12-24T00:00:00+0000

Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on December 24, 2026. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (3548) Eurybates & Queta Flyby

2027-08-12T00:00:00+0000

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (3548) Eurybates and its satellite Queta by NASA's Lucy mission.

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (15094) Polymele Flyby

2027-09-15T00:00:00+0000

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (15094) Polymele by NASA's Lucy mission.

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

2028-03-17T00:00:00+0000

Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on March 17, 2028. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (11351) Leucus Flyby

2028-04-18T00:00:00+0000

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (11351) Leucus by NASA's Lucy mission.

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (21900) Orus Flyby

2028-11-11T00:00:00+0000

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (21900) Orus by NASA's Lucy mission.

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

2029-06-10T00:00:00+0000

Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on June 10, 2029. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

2030-09-02T00:00:00+0000

Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on September 2, 2030. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.

Lucy Earth Flyby

2030-12-25T00:00:00+0000

Third and final Earth flyby of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.

Lucy Trojan Asteroids (617) Patroclus & Menoetius Flyby

2033-03-03T00:00:00+0000

Flyby of the Trojan binary asteroid pair (617) Patroclus and Menoetius by NASA's Lucy mission.

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