Space Calendar https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html July 6-12, 2026 | Vol 45, Week 27 Tianwen-2 to Begin Collecting Samples of Asteroid Kamo’oalewa (2016 HO3) Hayabusa 2, Asteroid 98943 Torifune Flyby Launch Pegasus XL / Swift Rescue Mission Launch Soyuz 2.1a / Progress MS-35 (96P) Launch Vega-C / Sentinel-3C & Fluorescence Explorer Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to perform flyby of Earth this month “Late 2026” — Launch Falcon 9 / Intuitive Machines IM-3 Nova-C Lander “Trinity” Launch Falcon Heavy / Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch Long March 5 / Chang’e-7 Launch Electron / Aspera Launch Soyuz MS-29 / Crew Launch Electron / LOXSAT 1 “Late 2026” — Launch Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2 & Elytra Dark orbital transfer vehicle NET Nov — Launch Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) NET Nov — Launch Falcon Heavy / Astrobotic Griffin Lander / Astrolab FLIP Rover NET 2026 — Launch Atlas V / Starliner-1 NET June — Launch Starship / Venturi Astrolab FLEX C 46th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR 2026) Soyuz MS-27 Undocking, Expedition 74 Mission Begins Cargo Dragon Undocking ISS / U.S. EVA #94 Progress MS-34 (95P) Docks With ISS Psyche Spacecraft Uses Mars for Gravity Assist Tianwen-2 Enters Orbit of Asteroid Kamo’oalewa NET Nov — Chang’E-7 to land on Moon Tianwen-2 Departs Kamo’oalewa (2016 HO3) Lucy Mission Flyby of 3548 Eurybates / Queta Lucy Mission Flyby of 15094 Polymele Tianwen-2 Returns to Earth with Samples from Kamo’oalewa (2016 HO3) NET Dec — Hayabusa 2, First Earth Flyby NET 2028 — International Space Station Funding from Partner Russia May Cease NET Apr — End of Nominal Mission for BepiColombo Lucy Spacecraft to Fly By Asteroid 11351 Leucus NET Jun — Hayabusa 2, Second Earth Flyby Lucy Spacecraft to Fly by Asteroid 21900 Orus NET Jan — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) Performs 3rd Flyby of Earth NET 2029 — Psyche Spacecraft to Insert Into Asteroid 16 Psyche Orbit NET 2029 — End of Euclid Nominal Mission NET Feb — INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) to Reenter Earth Atomsphere OSIRIS-APEX to Rendezvous with Asteroid 99942 Apophis NET July — Chang’E-2 to come within 7M km of Earth NET Oct — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Fly by Asteroid 223 Rosa NET 2030 — Europe “Moon Village” Planned to be Built by this Date Europa Clipper to Insert into Jupiter Orbit NET Jul — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Flyby Europa Lucy to Flyby Asteroids 617 Patroclus and Menoetius Lucy Spacecraft End of Primary Mission, Continues Orbit Around Sun NET Dec — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Enter Ganymede Orbit