Space Calendar

Launch Falcon 9 / Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34
2026-05-12 | SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA
Launch time set for 19:16 EDT | 13:16 HST | 23:16 UTC for 34th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station under the Second contract between SpaceX and NASA. First stage booster is expected to return to launch site, Landing Zone 40, after a sonic boom.
Courtesy of Space Launch Schedule: “In addition to food, supplies, and equipment for the crew onboard the station, Dragon will deliver several new experiments, including a project to determine how well microgravity simulators mimic microgravity conditions, a bone scaffold made from wood that could produce new treatments for fragile bone conditions like osteoporosis, and equipment to help researchers evaluate how red blood cells and the spleen change in space. The Dragon spacecraft also will carry a new instrument to monitor charged particles around the Earth that impact power grids and satellites, and an investigation that could provide a fundamental understanding of how planets form.”

Launch Long March 6A / Unknown Payload
2026-05-12 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), ~39°N, Shanxi, China
Launch window 19:55-20:09 China Time | 01:55-02:09 HST for the 24th launch from Launch Complex 9A, and 154th launch from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The Long March 6A has solid rocket boosters.
