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Spacecraft Release
Mar 28, 2025
NG-21 Cygnus Release
International Space StationThe Northrop Grumman NG-21 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.
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Press Event
Mar 31, 2025
SpaceX Crew-9 Post-Flight News Conference
Johnson Space Center, HoustonAfter completing a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts will discuss their science mission during a postflight news conference at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore will answer questions about their time in space. The three NASA crew members and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov returned to Earth on March 18. Gorbunov will not participate in the news conference because of his travel schedule.
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Docking
Apr 08, 2025
Soyuz MS-27 Docking
International Space StationThe Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft will autonomously dock to the International Space Station.
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Flyby
Apr 20, 2025
Lucy Main Belt Asteroid (52246) Donaldjohansen Flyby
(52246) DonaldjohansenFlyby of the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohansen asteroid by NASA's Lucy mission.
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Moon Landing
Jun 05, 2025
Hakuto-R M2 Lunar Landing
Mare Frigoris, MoonJapanese company ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander will attempt a lunar landing in Mare Frigoris.
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Flyby
Aug 31, 2025
Juice Venus Flyby
VenusSecond flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.
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Spacecraft Berthing
Dec 31, 2025
SNC-1 Dream Chaser Berthing
International Space StationNASA TV will livestream the rendezvous and capture of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser cargo craft to the International Space Station.
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EVA
Dec 31, 2025
US EVA-93
International Space StationNASA astronauts will remove and replace a rate gyro assembly, which provides data on the orientation of the space station. Astronauts will then attach a support bracket, called a modification kit, in preparation for future installation of the orbiting laboratory’s next International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array on the 2A power channel on the port truss.
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Spacecraft Landing
Dec 31, 2025
Boeing Starliner-1 Landing
White Sands Missile RangeFollowing its deorbit burn, the Boeing CST-100 Starliner will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the White Sands Missile Range using its parachutes.
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Docking
Dec 31, 2025
Boeing Starliner-1 Docking
International Space StationThe Starliner-1 spacecraft will dock autonomously to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.
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Spacecraft Undocking
Dec 31, 2025
Boeing Starliner-1 Undocking
International Space StationThe Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its first operational mission. Following the deorbit burn the capsule will renter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the 'White Sands Missile Range' using its parachutes.
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Spacecraft Berthing
Dec 31, 2025
HTV-X1 Rendezvous and Capture
International Space StationNASA TV will live stream the rendezvous and capture of JAXA's HTV-X1 cargo craft to the International Space Station.
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Spacecraft Release
Dec 31, 2025
SNC-1 Dream Chaser Release & Reentry
International Space StationThe Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC-1 Dream Chaser will be unberthed from the ISS before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere and landing at Kennedy Space Center.
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Spacecraft Release
Dec 31, 2025
HTV-X1 Release & Reentry
International Space StationThe JAXA HTV-X1 will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.
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Spacecraft Landing
Dec 31, 2025
SNC-1 Dream Chaser Landing
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAThe Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC-1 Dream Chaser will land autonomously at the Launch and Landing Facility of Kennedy Space Center.
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Flyby
Sep 30, 2026
Juice Earth Flyby
EarthThird flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.
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Orbital Insertion
Nov 30, 2026
BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion
MercuryOrbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.
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Flyby
Dec 24, 2026
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
VenusSolar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on December 24, 2026. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.
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Flyby
Dec 31, 2026
Europa Clipper Earth Flyby
EarthNASA’s Europa Clipper will fly by Earth for a second and final gravity assist on its way to Jupiter.
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Flyby
Aug 12, 2027
Lucy Trojan Asteroid (3548) Eurybates & Queta Flyby
(3548) EurybatesFlyby of the Trojan asteroid (3548) Eurybates and its satellite Queta by NASA's Lucy mission.
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Flyby
Sep 15, 2027
Lucy Trojan Asteroid (15094) Polymele Flyby
(15094) PolymeleFlyby of the Trojan asteroid (15094) Polymele by NASA's Lucy mission.
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Flyby
Mar 17, 2028
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
VenusSolar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on March 17, 2028. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.
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Flyby
Apr 18, 2028
Lucy Trojan Asteroid (11351) Leucus Flyby
(11351) LeucusFlyby of the Trojan asteroid (11351) Leucus by NASA's Lucy mission.
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Flyby
Nov 11, 2028
Lucy Trojan Asteroid (21900) Orus Flyby
(21900) OrusFlyby of the Trojan asteroid (21900) Orus by NASA's Lucy mission.
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Flyby
Jan 31, 2029
Juice Earth Flyby
EarthFourth flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.
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Flyby
Jun 10, 2029
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
VenusSolar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on June 10, 2029. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.
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Flyby
Sep 02, 2030
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
VenusSolar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on September 2, 2030. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.
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Flyby
Dec 25, 2030
Lucy Earth Flyby
EarthThird and final Earth flyby of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.
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Flyby
Mar 03, 2033
Lucy Trojan Asteroids (617) Patroclus & Menoetius Flyby
(617) Patroclus & MenoetiusFlyby of the Trojan binary asteroid pair (617) Patroclus and Menoetius by NASA's Lucy mission.
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