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CRS-30 Dragon Undocking

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The SpaceX CRS-30 Dragon spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of its reentry, splashdown and recovery.

Shenzhou 17 Landing

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The Shenzhou 17 Descent Capsule will land in the desert near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, bringing Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin back to Earth after spending six months in orbit as part of the sixth mission to the Chinese Space Station.

Crew-8 Crew Dragon Relocation

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Crew-8 astronauts will relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft from the forward port of the Harmony module to its zenith port.

US EVA-90

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Astronauts will exit the station’s Quest airlock to collect microorganism samples and install a new high definition camera on the ISS truss.

Boeing Starliner CFT Docking

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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will dock with the International Space Station as part of its crewed test flight.

Boeing Starliner CFT Undocking

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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its crewed test flight. Following the deorbit burn the capsule will renter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the 'White Sands Missile Range' using its parachutes.

Boeing Starliner CFT Landing

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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.

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Berthing

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

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Release & Reentry

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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.

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Landing

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

Boeing Starliner-1 Docking

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

BepiColombo Mercury Flyby

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Fourth of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.

BepiColombo Mercury Flyby

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Fifth of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.

Lucy Earth Flyby

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Second of three Earth flybys of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.

HTV-X1 Rendezvous and Capture

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

HTV-X1 Release & Reentry

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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.

BepiColombo Mercury Flyby

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Last of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

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Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on February 18, 2025. 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.

Lucy Main Belt Asteroid (52246) Donaldjohansen Flyby

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

Boeing Starliner-1 Landing

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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.

Boeing Starliner-1 Undocking

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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.

BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion

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

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

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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.

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (3548) Eurybates & Queta Flyby

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

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (15094) Polymele Flyby

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

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

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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.

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (11351) Leucus Flyby

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

Lucy Trojan Asteroid (21900) Orus Flyby

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

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

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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.

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

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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.

Lucy Earth Flyby

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

Lucy Trojan Asteroids (617) Patroclus & Menoetius Flyby

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

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