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  • NASA Briefings on SpaceX Crew-13

    Online

    Occurring at 12pm ET with NASA, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and SpaceX, followed by and 2PM ET briefings with the crew itself: 12 p.m.: Mission Overview News Conference Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA Johnson Mathieu […]

  • 8 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe

    Heliocentric Orbit

    NASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.

  • 14 Years in Space: Van Allen Probes

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2012; adding to the understanding of Earth radiation belt environment and its variability.

  • NASA Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) Fall Meeting

    Featured
    West Lafayette, Indiana

    Planning for 2.5 days of hybrid oral sessions and an in-person poster session. There will be no registration fee. Some travel support will be available to students and early careers, albeit more limited than recent years.

  • 2026 International Observe the Moon Night

    Featured
    Worldwide

    Join observers around the world in learning about lunar science and exploration (and sharing your own Moon work!), making celestial observations, and honoring cultural and personal connections to the Moon. 1.3M+ people in 127+ countries and all 7 continents participate. You can participate in International Observe the Moon Night from […]

  • 5 Years in Space: Lucy Spacecraft

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA craft reaches 5 full years in space during planned 12-year mission to encounter 11 different asteroids.

  • 10 Years at Mars: ExoMars 2016 Orbiter

    Mars Orbit

    European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos spacecraft surpasses another full year at Mars, launched 2016; craft continues collecting data on atmosphere, deployed Schiaparelli demonstration lander 19 Oct 2016 (unsuccessful).

  • 25 Years at Mars: Mars Odyssey

    Mars Orbit

    NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth; launched 2001.

  • 22 Years in Space: Swift Spacecraft

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    Observing gamma-ray bursts & their afterglows in gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, optical wavelengths from LEO, multiwavelength craft surpasses another year of operations in space today, launched in 2004.

  • 17 Years in Space: WISE / NEOWISE

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft (redubbed Near-Earth Object WISE – NEOWISE) surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2009, went into hibernation February 17, 2011 and reactivated August 21, 2013.

  • 5 Years in Space: James Webb Space Telescope

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    NASA (STSci) / ESA / CSA-ASC infrared astronomy telescope surpasses next full year in space since launching on this day via Ariane 5 ECA rocket in 2021.

  • 23 Years in Mars Orbit: ESA’s Mars Express

    Mars Orbit

    ESA spacecraft surpasses next full year in Mars orbit today; will continue to study Mars atmosphere & climate, planet structure, mineralogy, geology, and to search for traces of water; launched June 2, 2003 and arrived at Mars in Dec 2003.

  • 60th Anniversary of Apollo 1 Loss

    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.

  • 41st Anniversary: Loss of Challenger STS-51L

    Nationwide USA

    Educational and ceremonial events held worldwide to advance space technology / education and honor 7 crew members killed in Shuttle accident 28 January 1986: Commander Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Astronaut Christa McAuliffe (the 1st ‘Teacher in Space’), Mission Specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnick and […]

  • 69th Anniversary: First Satellite Sent to Space (Explorer 1)

    Nationwide USA

    American Artemis Return to the Moon For Good is underway, Mars attention and planning advancing, Outer Solar System search for life ongoing, and Interstellar craft on outgoing trajectories while first USA satellite launch on this day in 1958 ‘Explorer 1’ is celebrated and remembered.

  • 24th Anniversary: Loss of Columbia STS-107

    Nationwide USA

    Annual international conferences and events take place to further space exploration efforts in remembrance of Columbia 7 loss in 2003: Commander Richard D. Husband, Mission Specialist Laurel Clark, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon (the ‘1st Israeli astronaut’) and Astronauts: William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown and Kalpana Chawla […]

  • 6th Year on Mars: Mars Perseverance Rover

    Mars Surface

    Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover reaches 5 full years on Mars surface having landed in Jezero Crater on this day in 2021; it carried Ingenuity helicopter – the first craft to successfully complete powered flights off-Earth.

  • Launch SLS / Orion for Artemis III

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

    Crew of 4 men to Low Earth Orbit to test docking of Orion craft with separately launched prototype lunar landing systems from SpaceX and / or Blue Origin. Astronauts will then transfer over to the lander(s) to check life-support systems. Possible testing also of Axiom lunar spacesuits including EVA.

  • 9 Years in Space: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

    High Earth Orbit (HEO)

    Space telescope for NASA Explorers program, reaches 9th full year in space today, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by Kepler / K2 mission; launched April 18, 2018.

  • 37 Years in Space: Hubble Space Telescope

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA spacecraft with 2.4-meter diameter main telescope begins 38th year in space today, launched Apr 24, 1990; could continue operations until 2040s.

  • 51st Anniversary: First-Ever Landing on Mars (Viking 1)

    Nationwide USA

    First USA spacecraft to successfully land on another planet commemorated today for its accomplishment 51 years ago; originally scheduled for July 4, landing was delayed until this day in 1976 due to rough landing site.

  • 28 Years in Space: Chandra X-ray Observatory

    High Earth Orbit (HEO)

    NASA spacecraft in extended mission phase reaches 28th full year of operations; instruments able to detect X-ray sources 100 times fainter than any previous X-ray telescope; launched 1999.

  • Lucy Spacecraft 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.

  • 9 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe

    Heliocentric Orbit

    NASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.

  • 15 Years in Space: Van Allen Probes

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2012; adding to the understanding of Earth radiation belt environment and its variability.

  • Lucy Spacecraft 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.

  • 6 Years in Space: Lucy Spacecraft

    Jupiter Greek camp at Lagrangian point L4

    NASA craft reaches 6 full years in Space, about mid-way through planned 12-year mission to encounter 11 different asteroids.

  • 26 Years in Mars Orbit: Mars Odyssey

    Mars Orbit

    NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth; launched 2001.

  • 23 Years in Space: Swift Spacecraft

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    Observing gamma-ray bursts & their afterglows in gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, optical wavelengths from LEO, multiwavelength craft surpasses another year of operations in space today, launched in 2004.

  • 32 Years in Space: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    European Space Agency (ESA) / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) craft studying sun, surpasses another full year of operations in space today, launched 1995; discovered more than 3,000 comets.

  • 18 Years in Space: WISE / NEOWISE

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft (redubbed Near-Earth Object WISE – NEOWISE) surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2009, went into hibernation February 17, 2011 and reactivated August 21, 2013.

  • 61st Anniversary of Apollo 1 Loss

    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.

  • 42nd Anniversary: Loss of Challenger STS-51L

    Nationwide USA

    Educational and ceremonial events held worldwide to advance space technology / education and honor 7 crew members killed in Shuttle accident 28 January 1986: Commander Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Astronaut Christa McAuliffe (the 1st ‘Teacher in Space’), Mission Specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnick and […]

  • 70th Anniversary: First Satellite Sent to Space (Explorer 1)

    Nationwide USA

    American Artemis Return to the Moon For Good is underway, Mars attention and planning advancing, Outer Solar System search for life ongoing, and Interstellar craft on outgoing trajectories while first USA satellite launch on this day in 1958 ‘Explorer 1’ is celebrated and remembered.

  • 25th Anniversary: Loss of Columbia STS-107

    Nationwide USA

    Annual international conferences and events take place to further space exploration efforts in remembrance of Columbia 7 loss in 2003: Commander Richard D. Husband, Mission Specialist Laurel Clark, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon (the ‘1st Israeli astronaut’) and Astronauts: William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown and Kalpana Chawla […]

  • Launch Artemis IV

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

    Artemis IV is planned as the first crewed Moon landing since Apollo 17. Two astronauts will use a Human Landing System (HLS), either SpaceX's Starship HLS or Blue Origin's Blue Moo, to descend to the lunar surface while the other two remain in orbit.

  • Lucy Spacecraft Flyby of 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.

  • 52nd Anniversary: First-Ever Landing on Mars (Viking 1)

    Nationwide USA

    First USA spacecraft to successfully land on another planet commemorated today for its accomplishment 52 years ago; originally scheduled for July 4, landing was delayed until this day in 1976 due to rough landing site.

  • 10 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe

    Heliocentric Orbit

    NASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.

  • 16 Years in Space: Van Allen Probes

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2012; adding to the understanding of Earth radiation belt environment and its variability.

  • 26 Years in Space: INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL)

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    Detecting some of the most energetic radiation in space, ESA, NASA, Roscosmos spacecraft surpasses another year of operations in space, despite loss of its thrusters; launched 2002, instruments were officially powered down in February 2025, and planned reentry into Earth's atmosphere expected Feb 2029.

  • 27 Years in Mars Orbit: Mars Odyssey

    Mars Orbit

    NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth; launched 2001.

  • Lucy Spacecraft Flyby of 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.

  • 24 Years in Space: Swift Spacecraft

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    Observing gamma-ray bursts & their afterglows in gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, optical wavelengths from LEO, multiwavelength craft surpasses another year of operations in space today, launched in 2004.

  • 33 Years in Space: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    European Space Agency (ESA) / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) craft studying sun, surpasses another full year of operations in space today, launched 1995; discovered more than 3,000 comets.

  • 19 Years in Space: WISE / NEOWISE

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft (redubbed Near-Earth Object WISE – NEOWISE) surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2009, went into hibernation February 17, 2011 and reactivated August 21, 2013.

  • 7 Years in Space: James Webb Space Telescope

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    NASA (STSci) / ESA / CSA-ASC infrared astronomy telescope surpasses next full year in space since launching on this day via Ariane 5 ECA rocket in 2021.

  • 62nd Anniversary of Apollo 1 Loss

    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.

  • 43rd Anniversary: Loss of Challenger STS-51L

    Nationwide USA

    Educational and ceremonial events held worldwide to advance space technology / education and honor 7 crew members killed in Shuttle accident 28 January 1986: Commander Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Astronaut Christa McAuliffe (the 1st ‘Teacher in Space’), Mission Specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnick and […]

  • 26th Anniversary: Loss of Columbia STS-107

    Nationwide USA

    Annual international conferences and events take place to further space exploration efforts in remembrance of Columbia 7 loss in 2003: Commander Richard D. Husband, Mission Specialist Laurel Clark, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon (the ‘1st Israeli astronaut’) and Astronauts: William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown and Kalpana Chawla […]

  • 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.

  • 53rd Anniversary: First-Ever Landing on Mars (Viking 1)

    Nationwide USA

    First USA spacecraft to successfully land on another planet commemorated today for its accomplishment 53 years ago; originally scheduled for July 4, landing was delayed until this day in 1976 due to rough landing site.

  • 11 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe

    Heliocentric Orbit

    NASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.

  • 17 Years in Space: Van Allen Probes

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2012; adding to the understanding of Earth radiation belt environment and its variability.

  • 28 Years in Mars Orbit: Mars Odyssey

    Mars Orbit

    NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth; launched 2001.

  • 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.

  • 54th Anniversary: First-Ever Landing on Mars (Viking 1)

    Nationwide USA

    First USA spacecraft to successfully land on another planet commemorated today for its accomplishment 54 years ago; originally scheduled for July 4, landing was delayed until this day in 1976 due to rough landing site.

  • 12 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe

    Heliocentric Orbit

    NASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.

  • 18 Years in Space: Van Allen Probes

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2012; adding to the understanding of Earth radiation belt environment and its variability.

  • 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.    

  • 13 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe

    Heliocentric Orbit

    NASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.

  • Lucy Spacecraft Flyby of 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.