Upcoming Space Events:

The SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of its reentry, splashdown and recovery.

Event Location: International Space Station

UTC Event Time: June 16, 2026, 4:04 p.m.

Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-spacex-34th-commercial-resupply-services-undocking/

NASA will host an audio-only media teleconference to preview the Katalyst Space mission to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft, called LINK, will attempt to rendezvous with Swift and raise its altitude, extending its science mission lifespan and advancing a key capability for the future of space exploration. The LINK spacecraft will launch on Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket later this month from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Participants in the media teleconference include: - Shawn Domagal-Goldman, division director, Astrophysics, NASA Headquarters in Washington - Brad Cenko, principal investigator, Swift, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland - Kieran Wilson, principal investigator, LINK, Katalyst Space - Robert Lamontagne, vice president, strategic partnerships, Katalyst Space - Wes Collier, vice president, launch systems, Northrop Grumman The Swift mission, which launched in 2004, leads NASA’s fleet of telescopes in studying changes in the high-energy universe, like gamma-ray bursts, which are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos. When a rapid, sudden event takes place in the sky, Swift serves as a “dispatcher,” providing critical information that allows other “first responder” missions to follow up to learn more about how the universe works. After 21 years, Swift’s low Earth orbit has begun to rapidly decay because of increased solar activity. Rather than allowing the observatory to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, as many missions do at the end of their lifetimes, NASA is using this opportunity to advance U.S. spacecraft servicing technology. In September 2025, NASA awarded a contract to Katalyst to mount a robotic servicing mission for Swift in less than a year. The mission will use LINK to rendezvous with Swift and boost it to a higher altitude, demonstrating a key capability for the future of space exploration.

Event Location: Online

UTC Event Time: June 17, 2026, 3 p.m.

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0dd8X4g3Eg

Two astronauts will replace a high-definition camera on camera port 3, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft, called a planar reflector, on the Harmony module’s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper — a flexible hose assembly that connects parts of a fluid system — along with other jumpers on the station’s S6 and S4 truss.

Event Location: International Space Station

UTC Event Time: June 30, 2026, midnight

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0dd8X4g3Eg

As part of its mission extension, JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will observe S-type asteroid (98943) Torifune during a high-speed fly-by.

Event Location: (98943) Torifune

UTC Event Time: July 5, 2026, 9:30 a.m.

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRDx2xDR8NA

On 12 August 2026, a solar eclipse will be visible across parts of Europe and the north Atlantic. The path of totality will cross Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a small area of northeastern Portugal. Other parts of Europe will see a partial solar eclipse.

Event Location: Europe & Northern Atlantic

UTC Event Time: Aug. 12, 2026, 3:35 p.m.

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRDx2xDR8NA

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

Event Location: Earth

UTC Event Time: Sept. 30, 2026, midnight

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRDx2xDR8NA

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

Event Location: Mercury

UTC Event Time: Nov. 30, 2026, midnight

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRDx2xDR8NA

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.

Event Location: Venus

UTC Event Time: Dec. 24, 2026, midnight

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0dd8X4g3Eg

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

Event Location: Earth

UTC Event Time: Dec. 31, 2026, midnight

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0dd8X4g3Eg

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

Event Location: International Space Station

UTC Event Time: Dec. 31, 2026, midnight

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0dd8X4g3Eg