Upcoming Space Events:
Crew-12 Pre-Departure On-Orbit News Conference
The Crew-12 astronauts will give a news conference from the International Space Station before their return to Earth.
Event Location: International Space Station
UTC Event Time: Sept. 16, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aujP8wuMTMI
Progress MS-35 Docking
The Progress MS-35 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Poisk module of the ISS.
Event Location: International Space Station
UTC Event Time: Sept. 19, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/progress-96-cargo-ship-docking/
Juice Earth Flyby
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://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/progress-96-cargo-ship-docking/
BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion
Orbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.
Event Location: Mercury
UTC Event Time: Nov. 30, 2026, midnight
Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/u-s-spacewalk-99/
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
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=DRDx2xDR8NA
Europa Clipper Earth Flyby
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=DRDx2xDR8NA
Boeing Starliner-1 Docking
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=DRDx2xDR8NA
Boeing Starliner-1 Landing
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.
Event Location: White Sands Missile Range
UTC Event Time: Dec. 31, 2026, midnight
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRDx2xDR8NA
Boeing Starliner-1 Undocking
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.
Event Location: International Space Station
UTC Event Time: Dec. 31, 2026, midnight
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0dd8X4g3Eg
SNC-1 Dream Chaser Berthing
NASA TV will livestream the rendezvous and capture of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser cargo craft 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