Space Calendar

Launch Long March 2D / Unknown Payload
2025-12-09 | Jiuquan Space Launch Center, ~41°N, Gansu, China
Scheduled for 11:40-11:56 UTC+8 from ~41°N via 2-stage orbital carrier rocket used mainly for LEO and SSO insertion, this will be launch 97 and will be either success 96, or 2nd failure for Long March 2D.

Launch Long March 3B/E / Unknown Payload
2025-12-09 | Xichang Satellite Launch Center, ~28°N, Sichuan, China
Scheduled for 23:10-23:57 UTC+8, this is 3rd of 3 launches today in China, each from a different launch center. The 3B/E transports heavy communications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit.

Launch Falcon 9 / NROL-77
2025-12-09 | SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA
Scheduled for 14:16 UTC-5. First stage B1096 will attempt to land back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) after its 4th flight.

Soyuz MS-27 Undocking, Expedition 74 Mission Begins
2025-12-09 | Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
ISS Expedition 73 members Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky and Jonny Kim planned to return to Earth today in Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 craft, landing in Kazakhstan.

33rd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
2025-12-08 - 2025-12-12 | Tempe AZ, USA
22 plenary speakers are confirmed, and 200+ contributed abstracts are accepted. At Arizona State University.
The symposium will cover all major topics on high-energy and particle astrophysics, cosmology, and relativity. It will include morning plenary sessions and afternoon parallel sessions, which will function as mini-symposia in each sub-field. The plenary sessions will consist of ~45-minute review talks. The afternoon sessions will feature oral talks (about 15-30 minutes) and poster contributions.

Space Travel Summit 2025: From Space Dreams to Accessible Reality!
2025-12-08 - 2025-12-09 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Meet, engage, network with industry representatives, and discover the latest advancements from global space exploration pioneers. Industry, governments, regulators, investors, international space agencies and academics share knowledge and understanding, collaborate and close deals. At Expo City Dubai, Al Wasl Avenue.

Second Vote on NASA Admin Isaacman Nomination
2025-12-08 | Washington DC, USA
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is scheduled to vote at 17:30 EST.

Launch H3-22 / Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)
2025-12-07 | Tanegashima Space Center, ~30°N, Japan
Navigation system satellite intended to assist in urban canyons and mountainous areas because of inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbit. “22” designation on H3 rocket indicates 2 engines on main stage and 2 boosters.

Meet Astronaut Tom Jones
2025-12-06 | Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex FL, USA
Thomas “Tom” D. Jones flew on 4 space shuttle missions (STS-59, STS-68, STS-80, and STS-98), spending 53 total days in space and leading 3 spacewalks to install the American Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station.
His has received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, four NASA Space Flight Medals, and the Distinguished Eagle Scout award. Asteroid 1082 TomJones is named in his honor, and he was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2018.
An has authored 7 books; his memoir, Sky Walking, was named one of the Wall Street Journal’s “Five Best” space books. Dr. Jones (PhD in Planetary Sciences) continues to influence space exploration through consulting, public speaking, and serving on advisory boards.
Meet Tom Jones, Astronaut of the Day, at any of the following opportunities:

Astronaut Encounter – During these presentations, hear about his unique experience living and working in space. Have your questions ready after the presentation. Astronaut Encounter is included with admission.
Chat With An Astronaut – Enjoy a sampling of food and beverages while having a small-group conversation with Astronaut Jones about what it is really like to live and work in space. Chat With An Astronaut is $50 in addition to admission.
Autograph signings – get his autograph at The Space Shop and Shuttle Express at various times during the day.

SPACETIDE Career Connect 2025 Winter
2025-12-06 | Tokyo, Japan
Career event specializing in the space industry; 25 companies actively recruiting will exhibit, including large corporations, startups and government agencies, for positions including engineering and business professionals. Speakers will present on trends in the industry, career possibilities. 13:00-16:00 Japan Time at Vision Center Tokyo Toranomon.

AIAA Los Angeles Section Town Hall Meeting
2025-12-06 | Lennox CA, USA
3I/ATLAS and Interstellar Objects, with Avi Loeb. 11:00-12:00 PT, at Lennox Library and Online. Author / Harvard Professor Loeb presents online.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 6-90
2025-12-05 08:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | SLC-40 (~28°N), Cape Canaveral SFS FL, USA
Scheduled for 13:59-17:59 to send 29 satellites to LEO for Internet system.

Kennedy Space Center Elite VIP Tour
2025-12-05 | Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex FL, USA
Includes: Private bus tour behind NASA’s gates, making stops at iconic Kennedy Space Center landmarks. Pending spaceflight operations stops may include outside the Vehicle Assembly Building and panoramic views of Launch Complex 39’s Pads A and B. Plus, the tour will drive by the astronaut crew quarters. Explore the all-new The Gantry at LC-39 and the awe-inspiring Apollo/Saturn V Center, only accessible via the bus tour. Lunch buffet, snacks and water. Bonus admission and parking on a future return visit on or before January 31, 2026.

Spaceport Norway 2025: NEW
2025-12-04 | Oslo, Norway
“New Space Race, New Business, New Resilience” event with focus on Norway, the Nordics and Europe and how they can increase autonomy, business and capabilities in space. Leaders from national space agencies, commercial launch providers, academia, etc are invited for roundtables, debates, networking. Includes lunch and dinner, at MESH Youngstorget. Evening includes Lunar Resonance — an audiovisual performance by So Takahashi and Ole Dokka, created especially for this event.

OSMED 2025 Innovation Summit: Organization for Space Medicine, Engineering and Design
2025-12-03 - 2025-12-06 | Orange County CA, USA
OSMED 2nd annual conference.
Shawna Pandya MD is Chair for OSMED International and Community Engagement Committee.

Space-Comm Expo 2025: Accelerating the Commercial Future of Space
2025-12-03 - 2025-12-04 | Glasgow, Scotland
2,300+ expected to attend for 100+ speakers. Show features: investors forum, space law symposium. Focus on industry-government meetings. At Scottish Event Campus.

9th Global Moon Village Workshop and Symposium
2025-12-03 - 2025-12-04 | Torino, Italy
Moon Village Association (MVA) is a non-governmental organization that promotes international collaboration for the development of lunar exploration and utilization. The 9th Global Moon Village Workshop & Symposium will be hosted by the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA), alongside the 28th AIDAA International Congress and the 10th Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS) Aerospace Europe Conference, which will take place from December 1-4, 2025.
The annual MVA Workshop & Symposium is devoted to discussions of different aspects of lunar exploration and utilization. Each year it brings together Space Agencies, government, industry, policymakers and international experts to share progress, new ideas and relevant information to enable humanity’s permanent, peaceful and sustainable presence on the Moon.
The previous annual Workshops have been held around the world with the 2024 edition held in Luxembourg hosted by the Luxembourg Space Agency. In 2023 it was held in Japan and in 2022 in the United States

Planetary Sample Science Seminar
2025-12-03 | Online
11:00-12:00 MST; Presentation by William Bottke of Southwest Research Institute – Boulder: New Views on Terrestrial Planet Formation and Early Lunar Bombardment. Join here: https://sservi.nasa.gov/casa-moon-seminar-series
Hosted by CASA Moon, SSERVI, Institute of Meteoritics at UNM, University of New Mexico Grand Challenge, Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) and RASSLE (Research Activities Supporting Science and Lunar Exploration, led by Dana Hurley at the Johns Hopkins University).
CASA Moon (Center for Advanced Sample Analysis of Astromaterials from the Moon and Beyond) is a research node of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) established in 2023 to study the Moon’s geological evolution and resources. See https://sservi.nasa.gov/casa-moon-seminar-series/

Senate Hearing on Confirmation of Jared Isaacman to Head NASA
2025-12-03 | Washington DC, USA
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, including Senators Maria Cantwell and Ted Cruz, to quiz Jared Isaacman on his plans and philosophy were he to be confirmed as the next NASA Administrator. 10:00 AM EST in Committee Hearing Room, Russell 253.
The hearing will stream live on the Committee web site and YouTube. Reporters wanting to attend the committee should contact their respective media gallery to RSVP.

Hayabusa 2 Begins Next Year in Space
2025-12-03 | Asteroid 98943 Torifune Trajectory
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa surpasses 11 full years in space today; launched Dec 3, 2014, returned samples to Earth in 2020, and now in extended mission to flyby asteroid 98943 Torifune in 2026 and rendezvous with 1998 KY26 in 2031.

6th Annual Cislunar Security Conference (2025)
2025-12-02 - 2025-12-04 | Laurel MD, USA

Lunar Economy Summit
2025-12-02 - 2025-12-04 | Torino, Italy
High-level industry forum exploring the potential opportunities of an advanced, long-term Lunar ecosystem. Join leading experts as they uncover the critical topics influencing the development of the Lunar Economy, as well as the challenges and opportunities of establishing a sustainable human presence on the Moon. At Oval Lingotto, Torino, in association with Aerospace & Defense Meetings Torino.

AIAA Day of Giving
2025-12-02 | Online
AIAA Day of Giving to help raise US$100,000 for programs that inspire and prepare the next generation of aerospace leaders.
Your support powers:

Hands-on STEM programs like Design/Build/Fly
Classroom grants for educators
Scholarships and competitions that connect students to aerospace careers

Every gift makes an impact.

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Begins Next Year in Space
2025-12-02 | Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Surpassing 30 full years of operations in space today, European Space Agency (ESA) / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) craft continues studying the Sun, has also discovered more than 3,000 comets.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 11-25
2025-12-02 | SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA
Satellites for space-based Internet. Launch window 10:56-14:56 Pacific Time (UTC-8).

2025 International Conference on Space Robotics
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-04 | Sendai, Japan
The International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo) is a new conference aiming to provide a framework for scientists and industry experts to engage in fruitful discussions and share their insights on the emerging topic of Space Robotics. In the last decade, the advances in in-orbit servicing and satellite operations, the renewed interest in the Moon, recent discoveries in the exploration of Mars and Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs), together with the emergence of new ventures aimed at the prospection, extraction, and utilization of space resources have sparked a new wave of research and commercial opportunities. Traditional and new space companies are pushing the limits of in-space activities with robotics as the disruptive technology and enabler of the next advances in this new space era.

iSpaRo seeks to fill the gap between established robotics conferences and non-per-reviewed aerospace conferences by allowing the research community and industry professionals to engage in rigorous discussions and share their latest findings in the field. The conference aims to push the boundaries of the field of Space Robotics by exploring new research and development opportunities. The conference will feature speakers from both industry and academia, providing attendees with valuable insights and perspectives on the latest advancements in the field. The iSpaRo conference also aims to create a network of researchers and industry professionals on this topic, including the new generations, fostering future collaborations and innovations.

AIAA 2025 Region VII Student Conference
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-02 | Sydney, Australia
Conference intended for AIAA Region VII Students from around the world except Canada and Mexico, which have been incorporated into AIAA North America Regions. Online component to accommodate students not able to travel to Australia to present their paper in-person at University of Sydney.
AIAA Region VII Student Conference is a technical and oral paper competition for high schoolers, undergraduate and graduate students of all majors! Students may submit any paper that covers the technical disciplines** of AIAA and will have the chance to compete for cash prizes in a fun-filled, two-day event.
Connect with professionals in the Aerospace industry and also meet other like-minded students who share similar interests and receive feedback on your work.

** Technical disciplines: Aerospace design and structures, Aerospace sciences, Space, Propulsion, Information systems, Aircraft technology

Space Renaissance Webinar "Cake O’Peace"
2025-12-01 | Online
Guy Pignolet & Julien Leveneur to discuss the global Cake-O’Peace project to help advancement of our common objectives of space settlements.
– October 4th, 2025 – – Announcement of the “Cake O’Peace” project at the beginning of the World Space Week
– November 18th, 2025 – – Deadline for sending recipe and pictures
– December 1st, 2025 – – – Space Renaissance Webinar “Cake O’Peace” with Guy Pignolet and Julien Leveneur
– December 20th, 2025 – – Online publication of “Cake O’Peace” book
– June 30th – July 5th, 2026 – – Presentation of Cake O’Peace at the Space Renaissance World Congress
– October 5th – October 9th, 2026 – – Presentation of Cake O’Peace at IAC2026 World Congress in Antalya, Turkey

NET Dec — Launch LVM-3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3) / Gaganyaan G1
2025-12-01 | Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India
Uncrewed 1st test flight for Gaganyaan orbital mission scheduled to occur before end of year, will carry fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster); Re-entering capsule will slow to 8m / sec before landing.

Chang’E-5 Begins Next Year on Moon
2025-12-01 | Statio Tianchuan, 43° N 51.9° W, Moon Surface
Surpassing 5 full years on lunar 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), landed on this day in 2020, with sample return launching from the Moon 2 days later.
