NET 2028 — Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 3 to launch (on vehicle TBD), under $179.6M NASA CLPS award, to take 6 payloads to Gruithuisen Domes, 36.3° N,...
— Roscosmos State Corporation,
Vostochny Cosmodrome, ~52°N, Russia
NET 2028 — Tentative date for China's first crewed lunar flyby using super-heavy lift Long March 10 rocket and crew spacecraft Mengzhou, while continuing to develop the...
— ISS Partners (NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA and CSA-ASC),
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
NET 2028 — Standard funding of International Space Station may end this year from partner Russia; mission extension to at least 2030 from other partners is expected; future goals...
SpaceX to launch Starship with Venturi Astrolab FLEX LTV from Starbase, Boca Chica TX. Under NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) Services contract, and carrying commercial payloads, Astrolab...
Monday
— American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
Hyatt Regency Orlando
Orlando, FL, United States
Increasing space awareness and education, remembrances and events honor three Apollo 1 crew members lost in 1967 during a launch pad test: Command Pilot Virgil “Gus” Grissom,...
Friday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Nationwide USA
Educational and ceremonial events held worldwide to advance space technology / education and honor 7 crew members killed in Shuttle accident 28 January 1986: Commander Francis R....
Monday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Nationwide USA
American Artemis Return to the Moon For Good is underway, Mars attention and planning advancing, Outer Solar System search for life ongoing, and Interstellar craft on outgoing...
Tuesday
— China National Space Administration (CNSA),
Mars Orbit
China Tianwen-1 orbiter reaches 7 full years / begins 8th year of operations in Mars orbit; Lander & Rover touched down ~3 months after this date at...
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Nationwide USA
Annual international conferences and events take place to further space exploration efforts in remembrance of Columbia 7 loss in 2003: Commander Richard D. Husband, Mission Specialist Laurel...
Tuesday
— Intuitive Machines (IM),
Near Malapert A Crater, 80.13°S 1.44°E, Moon Surface
Fourth annual observation of 1st successful commercial lunar landing on Moon by Intuitive Machines and its IM-1 Nova-C Lander "Odysseus". This mission also marks the USA first...
Wednesday
— Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India
India planning to launch its first mission, Shukrayaan-1, to Venus to study the surface and atmosphere of Venus; planned to enter Venusian orbit 19 July 2028.
NET Apr — European Space Agency / JAXA Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (BepiColombo) nominal mission ends this month, 5.82 Mercury years after orbit insertion; potential extended mission and...
Recognized proclamation to celebrate the first-ever imaged black hole M87* by Event Horizon Telescope collaboration involving Mauna Kea Observatories, given the Hawaiian name Pōwehi; imaged in April 2017 and...
Launching parties around the world every year on or around April 12th, in commemoration of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to venture into space on April...
NASA's Lucy mission, to encounter 11 asteroids including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans, planned to come within 1,000 km of 34-km diameter 11351 Leucus asteroid...
Monday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
First Friday in May, events and presentations to promote STEM education and inspire people to continue the work of Space explorers; originally began as ‘National Space Day’...
NASA Artemis program to land 1st Woman and Person of Color on Moon is well underway as today is recognized for Kennedy declaring to congress “I believe that...
Thursday
— Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),
Earth Trajectory
☆ NET Jun — JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission to perform second flyby Earth today on way to rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26 in 2031, after returning samples...
Monday
— American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
San Diego CA, USA
The only aviation event that covers the entire integrated spectrum of aviation business, research, development and technology. At Manchester Grand Hyatt.
— China National Space Administration (CNSA),
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Today marks 6th full year / starts 7th year of continuous Human occupation of TSS; Shenzhou 14 three-member crew launched on this day in 2022, beginning occupation.
Sunday
— American Astronomical Society (AAS),
Madison WI, USA
UN-Sanctioned annual, global asteroid awareness program supporting thousands of independently organized events, providing educational resources; held on June 30, the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908...
Saturday
— China National Space Administration (CNSA),
Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China
NET Q3 2028 — Chang'E-8 planned to land at Moon South Pole with 10 international projects to conduct in-situ resource utilization experiments; mission includes lander, Pakistan SUPARCO...
Monday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Earth-Moon L1 Lagrange point
Celebrating the 1st people walking on the Moon / another celestial body – International Moon Day has been a recognized / endorsed declaration by the United Nations...
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Nationwide USA
First USA spacecraft to successfully land on another planet commemorated today for its accomplishment 52 years ago; originally scheduled for July 4, landing was delayed until this...
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Global / Inter-Global
First Human mission to land on Moon in 1969; 1st steps by humans on another World taken by Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin;...
Tuesday
— Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),
Earth Trajectory
NET Aug — Japan Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, now with Phobos sample, to begin its return to Earth this month, and planned to arrive at Earth...
Saturday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Heliocentric Orbit
Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander and Pragyan rover celebrated today after successfully landing on Moon in 2023; marking India as the 4th country to land on Moon, and 1st...
Wednesday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2012; adding to the understanding of Earth radiation belt environment and its variability.
Friday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), SpaceX,
SLC-39B, ~29°N, Kennedy Space Center FL, USA
NET Sep — NASA Artemis 4th flight (3rd crewed mission) lasting 30 days, planned to send 4 Astronauts to the Lunar Gateway to install the I-Hab module,...
— International Astronautical Federation (IAF), Uzbekspace Agency,
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Japan's X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), studying galactic plasma, surpasses another full year in space today at ~550-km LEO, having launched 2023.
Thursday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Mars Orbit
NASA Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft surpasses another full year of operations in Mars orbit after insertion on this day 2014; continuing to study upper...
Tuesday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Worldwide
Observed today is 1st planetary defense / asteroid deflection test success: NASA DART crashed into minor-planet moon Dimorphos of asteroid Didymos on this day in 2022, shortening...
Thursday
— Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2015.
Sunday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Nationwide USA
Nationwide celebrations and educational events occur to observe NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) first business day as newly-formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on this...
Celebrating international contributions of space science for betterment of the human condition; Oct 4 is 68th observation of 1st Space mission Sputnik One launched by Soviet Union...
Tuesday
— European Space Agency (ESA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Roscosmos State Corporation,
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Detecting some of the most energetic radiation in space, ESA, NASA, Roscosmos spacecraft surpasses another year of operations in space, despite loss of its thrusters; launched 2002,...
Thursday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
High Earth Orbit (HEO)
European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos spacecraft surpasses another full year at Mars, launched 2016; craft continues collecting data on atmosphere, deployed Schiaparelli demonstration lander 19 Oct...
European Space Agency / JAXA Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (dubbed Mio ‘waterway or fairway’) surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2018;...
Tuesday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Mars Orbit
NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth; launched...
Thursday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Heliocentric Orbit
NASA Lucy mission, to encounter 11 asteroids including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans, to come within 1,000 km of 51-km diameter 21900 Orus asteroid (which...
Monday
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit / Cislunar Space
Observing gamma-ray bursts & their afterglows in gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, optical wavelengths from LEO, multiwavelength craft surpasses another year of operations in space today, launched in 2004.
☆ Nov 24 — 242nd Galactic Tick Day, Milky Way Galaxy: Highlighting Galaxy awareness by celebrating the Solar System traveling around Milky Way Galaxy Center every ~225 million Earth...
Friday
— Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India
NET Dec — Planned launch of Chandrayaan-5 joint ISRO and JAXA mission to explore permanently shadowed regions near Moon South Pole, landing on elevated ridge of Shackleton Crater...
— China National Space Administration (CNSA),
Statio Tianchuan, 43° N 51.9° W, Moon Surface
China National Space Administration (CNSA) Chang'E-5 lander at Statio Tianchuan "ship sailing in the Milky Way", Mons Rümker, Oceanus Procellarum, Moon (43° N, 51.9° W), surpasses another full...
Saturday
— European Space Agency (ESA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
European Space Agency (ESA) / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) craft studying sun, surpasses another full year of operations in space today, launched 1995; discovered more...
Sunday
— Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),
Asteroid 98943 Torifune Trajectory
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa surpasses another full year in space today; launched Dec 3, 2014, returned samples to Earth in 2020, and now in extended...
Sunday
— European Space Agency (ESA),
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
European Space Agency (ESA) craft in Very Eccentric Elliptical LEO studying X-ray emissions, star-forming regions, galaxy clusters, environment of supermassive black holes, mapping dark matter, surpasses next full...
Monday
— American Geophysical Union (AGU),
San Diego CA, USA
China National Space Administration (CNSA) spacecraft at Guang Han Gong "Moon Palace", Sinus Iridum / Mare Imbrium, 44.12°N 19.51°W, surpasses another full year on Moon surface, landed...
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft (redubbed Near-Earth Object WISE – NEOWISE) surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2009, went into hibernation February 17, 2011...
Tuesday
— European Space Agency (ESA),
Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point
NASA (STSci) / ESA / CSA-ASC infrared astronomy telescope surpasses next full year in space since launching on this day via Ariane 5 ECA rocket in 2021.
ESA spacecraft surpasses next full year in Mars orbit today; will continue to study Mars atmosphere & climate, planet structure, mineralogy, geology, and to search for traces...