Space Event / Encounter

Expected 2 days after launch from Kazakhstan, arriving ~22:21 UTC with ~7,280 kg of cargo.

17:24 UTC (07:24 HST).

Strongest viewed from southern tropics; north of the equator, expect medium rates of 10-30 per hour just before dawn, with this year's waning gibbous Moon reducing viewing to less than 10. Originating from Halley's Comet, seen in constellation Aquarius from April 19 to May 28, 2026.

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 […]

22:46 HST on May 30 | 08:46 UTC on May 31.