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Mar 31, 2025

SpaceX Crew-9 Post-Flight News Conference

Johnson Space Center, Houston

After 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.

Docking

Apr 08, 2025

Soyuz MS-27 Docking

International Space Station

The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft will autonomously dock to the International Space Station.

Flyby

Apr 20, 2025

Lucy Main Belt Asteroid (52246) Donaldjohansen Flyby

(52246) Donaldjohansen

Flyby of the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohansen asteroid by NASA's Lucy mission.

Moon Landing

Jun 05, 2025

Hakuto-R M2 Lunar Landing

Mare Frigoris, Moon

Japanese company ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander will attempt a lunar landing in Mare Frigoris.

Flyby

Aug 31, 2025

Juice Venus Flyby

Venus

Second flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.

Spacecraft Berthing

Dec 31, 2025

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Berthing

International Space Station

NASA TV will livestream the rendezvous and capture of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser cargo craft to the International Space Station.

Spacecraft Landing

Dec 31, 2025

Boeing Starliner-1 Landing

White Sands Missile Range

Following 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.

Spacecraft Berthing

Dec 31, 2025

HTV-X1 Rendezvous and Capture

International Space Station

NASA TV will live stream the rendezvous and capture of JAXA's HTV-X1 cargo craft to the International Space Station.

EVA

Dec 31, 2025

US EVA-93

International Space Station

NASA 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.

Docking

Dec 31, 2025

Boeing Starliner-1 Docking

International Space Station

The Starliner-1 spacecraft will dock autonomously to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.

Spacecraft Undocking

Dec 31, 2025

Boeing Starliner-1 Undocking

International Space Station

The 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.

Spacecraft Release

Dec 31, 2025

HTV-X1 Release & Reentry

International Space Station

The JAXA HTV-X1 will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.

Spacecraft Release

Dec 31, 2025

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Release & Reentry

International Space Station

The 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.

Spacecraft Landing

Dec 31, 2025

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Landing

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC-1 Dream Chaser will land autonomously at the Launch and Landing Facility of Kennedy Space Center.

Flyby

Sep 30, 2026

Juice Earth Flyby

Earth

Third flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.

Orbital Insertion

Nov 30, 2026

BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion

Mercury

Orbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.

Flyby

Dec 24, 2026

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

Venus

Solar 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.

Flyby

Dec 31, 2026

Europa Clipper Earth Flyby

Earth

NASA’s Europa Clipper will fly by Earth for a second and final gravity assist on its way to Jupiter.

Flyby

Aug 12, 2027

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (3548) Eurybates & Queta Flyby

(3548) Eurybates

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (3548) Eurybates and its satellite Queta by NASA's Lucy mission.

Flyby

Sep 15, 2027

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (15094) Polymele Flyby

(15094) Polymele

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (15094) Polymele by NASA's Lucy mission.

Flyby

Mar 17, 2028

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

Venus

Solar 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.

Flyby

Apr 18, 2028

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (11351) Leucus Flyby

(11351) Leucus

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (11351) Leucus by NASA's Lucy mission.

Flyby

Nov 11, 2028

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (21900) Orus Flyby

(21900) Orus

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (21900) Orus by NASA's Lucy mission.

Flyby

Jan 31, 2029

Juice Earth Flyby

Earth

Fourth flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.

Flyby

Jun 10, 2029

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

Venus

Solar 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.

Flyby

Sep 02, 2030

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

Venus

Solar 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.

Flyby

Dec 25, 2030

Lucy Earth Flyby

Earth

Third and final Earth flyby of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.

Flyby

Mar 03, 2033

Lucy Trojan Asteroids (617) Patroclus & Menoetius Flyby

(617) Patroclus & Menoetius

Flyby of the Trojan binary asteroid pair (617) Patroclus and Menoetius by NASA's Lucy mission.

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