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  • Juno, Perijove 75 / 74th Science Flyby

    Jupiter Orbit

    NASA craft to perform Jupiter flyby during Perijove 75, its 75th close flyby of Jupiter and 74th science flyby with instruments turned on.

  • Juno Perijove 76 / 75th Science Flyby

    Jupiter Orbit

    NASA craft to perform Jupiter flyby during Perijove 76, its 76th close flyby of Jupiter and 75th science flyby with instruments turned on – to be last flyby of planet before controlled impact into Jupiter clouds.

  • Cargo Dragon Undocking

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    After a final reboost of the ISS, CRS-33, SpaceX Cargo Dragon, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station for return to Earth, with research samples and cargo, via spashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The reboost capability of Dragon is from the "kit" attached to the outside of the […]

  • ISS / U.S. EVA #94

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will conduct U.S. spacewalk 94, exiting the Quest airlock at about 08:00 EDT | 12:00 UTC | 02:00 HST (video coverage beginning 1.5 hours ahead) to prepare the 2A power channel for the future International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSA) installation. It will be […]

  • Artemis II Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Near San Diego CA, USA

    Pacific Ocean

    Expected for 17:07 PDT | 14:07 HST | 20:07 EDT | 00:07 UTC, after ~10-day journey around the Moon and 4-day return to Earth from Moon. A joint team of NASA specialists and U.S. Navy divers will secure the capsule, check for hazards, and recover the crew. Five large airbags […]

  • Psyche Spacecraft Uses Mars for Gravity Assist

    Mars Orbit

    On its way to the asteroid Psyche, the Psyche spacecraft will pass within 4,500 km of Mars and will harness the planet’s gravitational pull to speed up and adjust its trajectory toward the metal-rich asteroid. The spacecraft was launched October 13, 2023, and by August 2029, the spacecraft will begin […]

  • Tianwen-2 Enters Orbit of Asteroid Kamo’oalewa

    Near-Earth Object (NEO)

    Sample-return spacecraft Tianwen-2 will perform an orbit-insertion burn at asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa on Sunday, June 7, 13 months after its launch in May 2025. It is expected to begin collecting samples early next month. https://www.techtimes.com/articles/317613/20260602/tianwen-2-asteroid-orbit-insertion-set-june-7-amateurs-decode-telemetry.htm Kamoʻoalewa, formally designated 2016 HO3, was discovered in April 2016 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope […]

  • Hayabusa 2, Asteroid 98943 Torifune Flyby

    Asteroid 98943 Torifune Trajectory

    JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission to flyby S-type asteroid 98943 Torifune within 1 to 10 km of the asteroid's surface at a relative velocity of approximately 5 km/s. The mission is planned to rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26 in 2031, after returning samples from (162173) Ryugu to Earth in 2020.

  • Soyuz MS-28 / Crew Return to Earth

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    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikayev and Christopher Williams set to undock from ISS in Soyuz MS-28, triggering the start to Expedition 75 with Commander Jessica Meir.

  • NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Post-ISS Mission Debrief

    Online

    2:45 pm EDT from Johnson Space Center, NASA astronaut Chris Williams will recap his recent eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Williams returned to Earth on July 26, after logging 241 days as an Expedition 73/74 flight engineer during his first spaceflight. He returned along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and […]

  • U.S. ISS Spacewalk 96

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    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon will exit the Quest airlock to install hardware that will modify the station’s 3B power channel and prepare it for the future installation of an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA). The solar array, scheduled for delivery later this year, will be […]

  • U.S. ISS Spacewalk 97

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    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    During U.S. spacewalk 97, two astronauts will replace a Space-to-Ground antenna on the orbital complex. The antenna is a critical communication system NASA uses to transmit data and high‑speed communication between the Mission Control Center in Houston and the space station. This will be the 282nd spacewalk conducted in support […]

  • U.S. ISS Spacewalk 98

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    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    The U.S. spacewalk 98 crew members will connect power channel cables and data relay systems as part of ongoing maintenance, including preparations for the space station’s future deorbit. The astronauts also will replace a navigational aid used for spacecraft docking on the Harmony module’s forward port. NASA will share additional […]

  • Launch Falcon Heavy / Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

    SLC-39A, ~29°N, Kennedy Space Center FL, USA

    Launch set for 07:26 EDT | Roman spacecraft is 12.7 meters long and 4.4 meters wide when fully deployed. Its primary mirror is 2.4 meters in diameter, which is the same size as the Hubble Space Telescope's primary mirror. It will have sensitivity and resolution comparable to Hubble, but a […]

  • ISS U.S. Spacewalk 99

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    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    Starting 08:30 EDT, NASA's Jessica Meir and ESA's Sophie Adenot to work outside the ISS for ~6.5 hours to replace a retroreflector on the forward port of the space station’s Harmony module to support spacecraft navigation during rendezvous and docking operations. After installing the reflector, the crew will work to […]

  • UKIRT to Cease Science Operations

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    Mauna Kea, Hawai'i

    In preparation for its decommissioning, United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) atop Mauna Kea will stop science operations today, with removal to be completed by 2030.

  • Progress MS-35 (96P) Docks to ISS

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    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    Russia's resupply craft is set to dock to ISS at 09:46 EDT on the Poisk module space-facing port; live coverage on NASA TV with  arrival coverage beginning at 09:00.

  • Launch Falcon 9 / SpaceX Crew-13

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    SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    11:10 EDT - Launch to ISS of Jessica Watkins (NASA) – Commander, Luke Delaney (NASA) – Pilot, Joshua Kutryk (Canadian Space Agency) – Mission Specialist, and Sergey Teteryatnikov (Roscosmos) – Mission Specialist to join Expedition 75. The four crew members of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission, who have been on ISS […]