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  • 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.

  • Launch Pegasus XL / Swift Rescue Mission

    Omelek Island (~9 ° N), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands

    The mission aims for the LINK spacecraft to rendezvous with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory craft and boost its orbit, under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract between NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies. Air launch-to-orbit is how the Pegasus XL operates. It can carry up to 443 kg […]

  • Launch Soyuz MS-29 / Crew

    Baikonur Cosmodrome, ~46°N, Kazakhstan

    Launch set 19:43 Baikonur Time UTC+5 | 14:43 UTC | 04:43 HST for crewed mission to International Space Station: Roscosmos Cosmonauts Commander Pyotr Dubrov and Flight Engineer Anna Kikina, and NASA Astronaut Flight Engineer Anil Menon. The trio will spend ~8 months at the station.

  • Launch Electron / LOXSAT 1

    Launch Complex 1, ~39°S, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

    Planned demonstration of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal by Eta Space and funded by NASA Tipping Point. Expected to be in orbit for 9 months.

  • Launch Electron / Aspera

    Launch Complex 1, ~39°S, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

    NASA astrophysics 9-month mission to gather ultraviolet light information for understanding origins of stars / planets / life.

  • Launch Long March 5 / Chang’e-7

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    CNSA to launch Chang'e-7 mission which is planned to land at Moon South Pole to survey environment and resources with Relay Satellite, Orbiter, Lander (Rashid-2 from UAE), Rover, Mini-Flying Probe; lander has national science payloads as well as 6 international instruments integrated from Egypt, Bahrain, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand and […]

  • Launch Falcon Heavy / Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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

    Roman will be >12.7 meters long – about the length of a semi-truck trailer – 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 […]

  • Launch Vega-C / Sentinel-3C & Fluorescence Explorer

    Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, ~5°N, French Guiana

    Launch to SSO for 3rd satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation for optical, radar and altimetry data and for Fluorescence Explorer ("FLEX") of ESA Earth Explorer program to map vegetation fluorescence as a way to quantify photosynthetic activity.

  • NET Nov — Launch Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)

    Tanegashima Space Center, ~30°N, Japan

    Mars launch window runs Late Oct through Dec 2026 for first Mars mission of JAXA, consisting of sample return probe; to conduct observations of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, collect Phobos sample, return to Earth. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/5230/1

  • NET Nov — Chang’E-7 to land on Moon

    Shackleton Crater Ridge, Moon Surface

    NET Nov — CNSA CE-7 mission planned to land at Shackleton Crater Ridge near Moon South Pole region to survey environment and resources with Relay Satellite, Orbiter, Lander (Rashid-2 from UAE), Rover, Mini-Flying Probe; lander has national science payloads as well as 6 international instruments integrated: from Egypt, Bahrain, Italy, […]

  • NET 2026 — Launch Atlas V / Starliner-1

    SLC-41 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA

    "Indefinitely delayed" mission unlikely to launch this year. First launch of the Starliner crew vehicle to the International Space Station carrying only cargo for the orbital laboratory; will allow in-flight validation of the system upgrades implemented following the Crew Flight Test mission of 2024.

  • Tianwen-2 Departs Kamo’oalewa (2016 HO3)

    Earth Trajectory

    China Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission planned to depart Kamo’oalewa (2016 HO3) today and return to Earth with least 100 grams of sample, to enter Earth atmosphere on Nov 29, 2027.

  • Lucy Mission Flyby of 3548 Eurybates / Queta

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA mission to encounter 11 asteroids including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans to come within 1,000 km of 64-km diameter 3548 Eurybates asteroid and its 1-km diameter satellite Queta.

  • Lucy Mission Flyby of 15094 Polymele

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA mission to encounter 11 asteroids including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans to come within 415 km of 21-km diameter 15094 Polymele asteroid which may be a collisional fragment and rich in organic tholin compounds.

  • NET Dec — Hayabusa 2, First Earth Flyby

    Earth Trajectory

    ☆ NET Dec — JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission to perform first flyby Earth today on way to rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26 in 2031, after returning samples from (162173) Ryugu to Earth in 2020 and flying by asteroid 98943 Torifune in 2026.

  • NET Apr — End of Nominal Mission for BepiColombo

    Mercury Orbit

    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 plans TBD.

  • Lucy Spacecraft to Fly By Asteroid 11351 Leucus

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    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 today.

  • NET Jun — Hayabusa 2, Second Earth Flyby

    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 from (162173) Ryugu to Earth in 2020 and flying by asteroid 98943 Torifune in 2026.

  • NET June — Launch Starship / Venturi Astrolab FLEX C

    Starbase, 25.9°N, Boca Chica TX, USA

    SpaceX to launch Starship with Venturi Astrolab FLEX C rover from Starbase, Boca Chica TX. Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX-C) rover to launch to Moon South Pole Region, with commercial payloads including the International Lunar Observatory Association's ILO-1 flagship instrument.

  • Lucy Spacecraft to Fly by Asteroid 21900 Orus

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    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 may be a possible binary) today.

  • NET 2029 — End of Euclid Nominal Mission

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    NET 2029 — Scheduled end of European Space Agency Euclid mission which is measuring accelerated expansion of Universe, aiding in understanding of dark energy / dark matter; future plans / extensions to be determined.

  • OSIRIS-APEX to Rendezvous with Asteroid 99942 Apophis

    Asteroid 99942 Apophis Orbit

    OSIRIS-APophis EXplorer (OSIRIS-APEX) is planned rendezvous with and orbit asteroid Apophis starting today for 9 months following the asteroid’s close Earth approach which occurred April 13, 2029; craft previously known as Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) which returned samples from asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sep 24, 2023.

  • Europa Clipper to Insert into Jupiter Orbit

    Jupiter Orbit

    Europa Clipper mission to insert into Jupiter orbit on this day to study Galileo moon Europa through a series of 44 close flybys (25 to 2,700 km); launched 10 October 2024.

  • Lucy Spacecraft 3rd Earth Flyby (660 km)

    Jupiter Trajectory

    NASA mission to encounter 11 asteroids, including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans, to perform Earth flyby / gravity assist today coming within 660 km after reaching Jupiter orbit and returning to the vicinity of the Earth.    

  • NET July — JUICE Spacecraft to Insert into Jupiter Orbit

    Jupiter Orbit

    NET July — ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to reach Jupiter this month if launched April 2023; will perform a flyby of Ganymede 7.5-hours before Jupiter insertion; will spend at least 3.5 years studying Jupiter atmosphere and magnetosphere, moons Ganymede, Europa, Callisto and Io with 10 state-of-the-art instruments […]

  • Lucy to Flyby Asteroids 617 Patroclus and Menoetius

    Jupiter Trojan camp at L5

    NASA Lucy mission to come within 1,000 km of 113-km diameter 617 Patroclus and 104-km diameter Menoetius, p-type binary asteroids; Lucy will be in a stable, 6-year orbit between the L4 and L5 -- mission extension may be granted.

  • Lucy Spacecraft End of Primary Mission, Continues Orbit Around Sun

    Heliocentric Orbit

    End of primary mission for NASA Lucy mission, future science and mission plan extension TBD; mission is a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids, and craft will continue to orbit the Sun in a stable orbit between the L4 and L5 Trojan swarms around Jupiter. 

  • Tianwen-2 to Rendezvous with Comet 311/P PanSTARRS

    Comet 311/P PanSTARRS Orbit

    China asteroid sample return mission, having returned at least 100 grams from Kamo’oalewa (2016 HO3), to rendezvous with and begin orbiting Comet 311/P PanSTARRS for 1 year.