Space Calendar

Launch Electron / Bridging The Swarm (NeonSat-1A)
2026-01-27 | Launch Complex 1, ~39°S, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch window 11:45-15:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (12:45-16:00 January 26 Hawai’i Time); high-resolution optical camera for South Korea.
The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed by the government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula, lead by the Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea’s leading university dedicated to science and technology. Designed to capture near-real time natural disaster monitoring for the Korean peninsula, KAIST’s NEONSAT constellation is a collaboration across multiple Korean academic, industry, and research institutions, including SaTReC, which is leading the program’s system design and engineering.
The NEONSAT program is funded by the Korean government’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT).

59th Anniversary of Apollo 1
2026-01-27 | Nationwide USA
Increasing space awareness and education, remembrances and events honor three Apollo 1 crew members lost in 1967 during a launch pad test: Command Pilot Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee.

Middle East Space Conference 2026: Driving Space Collaboration and Innovation Across the Middle East
2026-01-26 - 2026-01-28 | Muscat, Oman
MESC 2026 at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre dives into essential themes defining the next decade of the regional space landscape in partnership with the Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technology of Oman, bringing together global leaders, policymakers, industry executive, innovators and academics to accelerate collaboration and capability-building across the Middle East, exploring strategic priorities, satellite applications and critical enablers driving sustainable growth.

Welcome Event with Astronaut Karen Nyberg for Astronaut Scholarship Recipients
2026-01-26 | Grand Forks ND, USA
Scholarship Awards (merit-based) and educational seminar are presented on the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and its impact on our world. Open to public, at University of North Dakota Atmospherium, 4:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Submissions Due to Ask Jeremy Hansen a Question During Artemis II Mission
2026-01-26 | Online
Canadians may submit a question to be answered during a live video call from space. Question must be submitted by 16:00 EST (UTC-5) at https://forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cmkpka0i400cax901vuu4wti5
Selected winners must then make a video recording of their question and send it to CSA-ASC.

Launch Long March 7A / Unknown Payload
2026-01-26 | Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China
Launch window opens 23:55 Beijing Time.

Winter school at Les Houches: The exploration of Jupiter and its moons by ESA’s JUICE mission
2026-01-25 | Les Houches, France
Occurring until Jan 30; covers main topics of the ESA JUICE Jupiter mission.

106th Annual Meeting of American Meteorological Society
2026-01-25 | Houston TX, USA
Occurring until Jan 29; Theme: Fast and Slow Thinking: The Human Factor in a Rapidly Changing World.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-20
2026-01-25 | SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA
Launch window 07:17-11:17 PST (05:17-09:17 HT) for 24 internet satellites.

Celebrate STS-1 & STS-135 with Bob Crippen and Chris Ferguson
2026-01-24 | West Palm Beach FL, USA
NASA Astronauts Bob Crippen and Chris Ferguson will share personal highlights, stories and special moments of these historic flights, 45 years after STS-1 and 15 years after STS-135, at gala to raise funds for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. At Marriott West Palm Beach. Only 38 individual tickets are available, and sponsorships are limited.
Sponsored by Jim Long, Larry & Patti McGlynn, Steve & Jill Wirth.

21st Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day
2026-01-24 | Hilo HI, USA
Meet NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, experience STEM exhibits / workshops / robotics tournament, in celebration of 1st Hawai’i Astronaut El Onizuka. At University of Hawai’i, 07:45-14:30 HT. Register ahead for workshops.
Partners include Onizuka Family, Onizuka Memorial Committee, Hawai’i Science and Technology Museum, Canada-France-Hawai’i Telescope. Sponsors are American Savings Bank and KTA Superstores.

ICSE 2026: 3rd Beijing Commercial Space Industry Quality Development Conference / 2026 Beijing Commercial Space Expo
2026-01-23 - 2026-01-25 | Beijing, China
Theme is Pooling Global Resources to Promote Commercial Space Together. Expecting 20,000 visitors for 300 exhibitors in 20,000 square meters of exhibition space, to provide a comprehensive showcase of the space ecosystem, spanning from R&D and manufacturing to the application end, and illustrate the development landscape of China’s commercial space industry. At Beiren Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center, at E-Town (Yizhuang).
A cordial invitation is issued to pioneers, innovators, investors, government departments, industry associations, research institutes, enterprises, medias and enthusiasts from the global commercial space industry to join in creating a new chapter in the space economy.

Abstracts Due for Use of International Space Station to Advance Science Presentation at 2026 ASCEND
2026-01-23 | Online
ISS R&D Technical Sessions at 2026 ASCEND are sponsored by ISS National Lab, managed by CASIS under NASA Cooperative Agreement. Due by 11:59 EST (UTC-5).
In-person presentations only, May 19-21, Washington DC, USA; open to all nationalities. Preference given to reporting data / results from completed R&D, or funded R&D in preparation for launch to ISS.
Sample topics include:

Biology & Medicine
Commercial Use & Innovative Solutions
Physical & Materials Science
Technology Demonstrations
Workforce Development

Introduction to ArcGIS Pro for Planetary Science
2026-01-23 | Online
Facilitated by Cornell Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility (SPIF). Introduces features and tasks most-relevant to planetary science, setting up a project, images, sketches and data use.

Applications Due for Akamai Internship
2026-01-23 | Online
10-week summer program June 1 – August 7, 2026, for STEM undergraduates to gain work experience at observatory, company or science/ / technical facility. STEM majors include engineering, computer science, astronomy, physics and others. Stipend of $4,600 given, along with housing, inter-island airfare and ground transportation.

China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China 2026)
2026-01-22 08:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
International aerospace trade show approved by central government of China with support from aerospace industries; at Zhuhai Jinwan Airport.

Welcome Event with Astronaut Charlie Duke for Astronaut Scholarship Recipients
2026-01-22 | Stephenville TX, USA
Scholarship Awards (merit-based) and educational seminar are presented on the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and its impact on our world. Open to public, at Tarleton State University (Texas A&M), Clyde H Wells Auditorium FA101, 10:00 AM Central Standard Time.

NASA Annual Day of Remembrance
2026-01-22 | Nationwide USA
To honor fallen Astronauts, held annually on the fourth Thursday of January.
Commemorations are held at Arlington National Cemetery, several NASA centers, and in partnership with the Astronauts Memorial Foundation at the Space Mirror at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex.
Among those honored on Remembrance Day are the crews of Apollo 1 who died when a fire broke out in their spacecraft during a pre-launch test on January 27, 1967, Challenger who died when their space shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after launch on January 28, 1986, and Columbia who died when their space shuttle disintegrated during reentry after a 16-day mission on February 1, 2003.
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation will hold a special screening of a new documentary on Apollo 1 on Remembrance Day.

4th Agile Mission Assurance Workshop (2026)
2026-01-21 - 2026-01-22 | El Segundo CA, USA
Soliciting short presentations from government, industry, and academia on the following topics:

Adaptive mission assurance taxonomies, frameworks, and philosophies
Approaches, tools, and techniques that promote agility in mission assurance
Managing risk and failure
Prioritizing mission assurance activities within constrained resources
Missions applying new assurance techniques
Failure stories – tell us how you are learning from failure (we’ll bring cake!)
Policy and cultural obstacles to adapting mission assurance, accepting risk, and moving fast

Space Force 2040 and The Future Fight
2026-01-21 | Washington DC, USA
Discovery Series event at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center Theater, featuring Gen. Shawn N. Bratton — Vice Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force; John Plumb — Head of Strategy, K2 Space; Susanne Hake — General Manager, U.S. Government, Vantor; Dennis Woodfork — Mission Area Executive, National Security Space, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

13th Moon Village Association GEGSLA Operational Meeting
2026-01-21 | Online / Vienna, Austria
2 hours (15:00 to 17:00 CET).
15:00 – 15:05 Introduction
15:05 – 15:25 Working Group Reports  WG1 – report “Application of the World Heritage Convention to furthering sustainable natural and cultural heritage management on the Moon”, WG1 status and ways forward  WG2 status and ways forward  WG3 – report “A Practical Framework for Effective Cooperation”, WG3 status and ways forward
15:25 – 15:50 Invited presentations  Friends of SSSI Status/Plan. Next Meeting of Jan 23, 2026  MVA input to ATLAC status/plan
15:50 – 16:05 Discussions
16:05 – 16:30 UN OOSA Activities
UN COPUOS STSC, ATLAC, WG SR, ICG on GNSS PNT workshop
16:30 – 16:40 Upcoming milestones  MVA at STSC 2026 (2-13 Febr 2026)  IMD Global events call 2026 (16 Jan 2026)  LSC (13-24 April 2026) and UN COPUOS plenary (10-19 June 2026)

Lunar ISRU Monthly Telecon: Water Ice Prospecting
2026-01-21 | Online
Zoom meeting for discussion, updates; 11:00-11:50 EST.

Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-30
2026-01-21 | SLC-4E (~35°N), Vandenberg SFB CA, USA
Launch window 18:43-22:43 PST (16:43-20:43 HT) for 24 internet satellites.

Launch New Shepard / NS-38
2026-01-21 | West Texas Suborbital Launch Site / Corn Ranch, Van Horn TX, USA, Launch Site One (LSO), Van Horn, TX, United States
Launch window 07:30-15:30 CST (03:30-11:30 HT).

8th Winter Satellite Workshop
2026-01-20 - 2026-01-23 | Espoo, Dipoli, Finland
FinCOSPAR, EXPO, Remote Sensing Days.

LOGIC Semi-Annual Meeting: Lunar Operating Guidelines for Infrastructure Consortium
2026-01-20 | Online
10:00-11:30 EST (UTC-5). Leading the effort to establish lunar infrastructure interoperability, ensuring that systems work seamlessly together by uniting commercial, governmental, and international stakeholders, LOGIC unites 1,000+ members, is sponsored by DARPA and managed by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

Welcome Event with Astronaut Charlie Duke for Astronaut Scholarship Recipients
2026-01-20 | Houston TX, USA
Scholarship Awards (merit-based) and educational seminar are presented on the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and its impact on our world. Open to public, at Rice University Ralph S. O’Connor Building, 4:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Astronaut / Moonworker Buzz Aldrin Starts 97th Year
2026-01-20 | Nationwide USA
As USA prepares to send people to the Moon this year, today Buzz Aldrin is celebrated for being part on the 1st human mission on the Moon, arriving as the Lunar Module “Eagle” pilot that also brought Neil Armstrong there on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. He is credited with developing key rendezvous and docking techniques for spacecraft, and for pioneering underwater training methods to simulate spacewalking.
He is the author of books Return to Earth (an autobiography) and Men from Earth (about the Apollo Program).
Asteroid 6470 Aldrin and Aldrin Crater on the Moon are named in his honor.

Rocky Worlds 4
2026-01-19 - 2026-01-23 | Groningen, Netherlands
In-person registrations for the conference are full // Registration for virtual participation is open.
The planets that are best understood are the four terrestrial planets of our own solar system. Applying the detailed understanding gleaned from these bodies is crucial in our interpretation of exoplanetary systems. With the ongoing programs to search for planets around nearby stars, as well as upcoming ground- and space-based surveys, we can anticipate huge growth in the number and information on detected rocky exoplanets in the coming decades. As the characterisation of these new planetary systems proceeds it will in turn improve understanding of our own solar system, and in particular of how potentially habitable Earth-like planets may form, evolve, and are distributed throughout the galaxy.
The Rocky Worlds Meeting Series aims to bring together planetary scientists, astronomers, and earth scientists to foster discussion and build the collaborations that will pave the way for the next decade of rocky exoplanet discovery and characterisation.

Launch Long March 12 / Unknown Payload
2026-01-19 | Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China
15:00 – 19:00 CST launch window [21:00 Jan 18 – 01:00 Jan 19 HST]
