02:49 AM EDT -- launch of SES O3b mPOWER mission to medium Earth orbit. O3b mPOWER is a communications satellite system owned and operated by the Luxembourgish company SES. The 87-minute launch window opens at 2:49 p.m. ET. If needed, a backup opportunity is available Monday, September 14 with the […]
The 14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. This will be the 3rd flight of Starship V3, Ship 41 (upper stage) paired with Booster 21 (Super Heavy first stage). Both Booster 21 and Ship 41 are brand-new, freshly manufactured hardware making their maiden flights Ship 41 is equipped […]
(Estimated date) Launch to ISS of Jessica Watkins (NASA) – Commander, Luke Delaney (NASA) – Pilot, Joshua Kutryk (Canadian Space Agency) – Mission Specialist, and Sergey Teteryatnikov (Roscosmos) – Mission Specialist to join Expedition 75. The four crew members of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission, who have been on ISS since […]
Under US$77.5M NASA CLPS contract, IM 3rd Nova-C Trinity lander, to Reiner Gamma ‘lunar swirl’ 7.5°N, 59.0°W with 4 NASA payloads: Lunar Vertex, CADRE, MoonLIGHT retroreflector, LUSEM; various private payloads.
Astrobotic Griffin to attempt Nobile Crater / Moon South Pole landing with Astrolab FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover; originally slated to carry with NASA Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER).
NET Q1 2027 — First commercial space station, built by Vast Space, planned for insertion into LEO.
SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 with APEX 1.0 Lunar Lander Mission 1. Lunar lander built by ispace, Draper (mission lead) and Karman Space & Defense under $73M NASA CLPS to land near Schrödinger Basin, Moon South Pole region with NASA payloads (two seismometers, a drill, a probe, a magnetic sounder, LuSEE-Light […]
Launch Falcon Heavy / Astrobotic Griffin Lander Mission 2: Astrobotic Griffin planned to carry satellites to cislunar space and take commercial payloads to landing near Moon South Pole.
NET Sep — NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor), to help advance planetary defense efforts to discover and characterize most of the potentially hazardous asteroids and comets that come within 30 million miles of Earth’s orbit, planned to be launched this month.
NET Oct — Under US$116.9M NASA CLPS award, Intuitive Machines 4th mission to deliver 6 NASA payloads totaling ~79 kg, including carry ESA Lunar ice drill ProSEED / PROSPECT sensor array, magnetometer, radiometer to investigate surface composition, instrument to measure how lander affects regolith, retroreflectors as location marker, a yeast experiment; payload capacity for commercial […]
SpaceX to launch Starship with Venturi Astrolab FLEX LTV from Starbase, Boca Chica TX. Under NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) Services contract, and carrying commercial payloads, Astrolab (working with Axiom Space and Odyssey Space Research) full-scale Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover, with payload capacity up to 1,500 kg, aiming […]
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.
Mars launch window is open December 2028 into early 2029. Rosalind Franklin Rover will launch to search for life on Mars, NASA announced on 4.16.26. The Rosalind Franklin is part of Europe's ExoMars exploration program, which was established about 15 years ago with NASA as a key partner. NASA-ESA partnership […]