Upcoming Space Events:
Boeing Starliner OFT-2 Pre-Launch News Conference #2
NASA and Boeing will conduct a pre-launch news conference for the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) of Boeing’s Starliner commercial crew spacecraft.
Event Location: Kennedy Space Center
UTC Event Time: May 17, 2022, 4 p.m.
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
Boeing Starliner OFT-2 Pre-Launch News Conference #2
NASA and Boeing will conduct a pre-launch news conference for the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) of Boeing’s Starliner commercial crew spacecraft.
Event Location: Kennedy Space Center
UTC Event Time: May 17, 2022, 4 p.m.
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
SpaceX Crew-3 Crew Dragon Splashdown
The Crew-3 Crew Dragon will splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron as well as ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer back to Earth after spending six months on the International Space Station.
Event Location: Gulf of Mexico, southwest of Pensacola, FL, USA
UTC Event Time: May 6, 2022, 4:43 a.m.
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRKo_rl0Vv8
ESO Event Horizon Telescope Press Conference
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project will hold a press conference to present new Milky Way results from the EHT.
Event Location: ESO Headquarters, Garching bei München, Germany
UTC Event Time: May 12, 2022, 1 p.m.
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIQLA6lo6R0
Russian EVA-54
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and another crewmate will exit the International Space Station through the Poisk airlock to test the European Robotic Arm.
Event Location: International Space Station
UTC Event Time: May 19, 2022, 2 p.m.
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
Boeing Starliner OFT-2 Docking
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will dock with the International Space Station as part of its second uncrewed test flight.
Event Location: International Space Station
UTC Event Time: May 20, 2022, 11:07 a.m.
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
Boeing Starliner OFT-2 Undocking
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its second uncrewed 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.
Event Location: International Space Station
UTC Event Time: May 24, 2022, midnight
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
Boeing Starliner OFT-2 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: May 24, 2022, 3 a.m.
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
NG-17 Cygnus Release & Reentry
The Northrop Grumman NG-17 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.
Event Location: International Space Station
UTC Event Time: May 31, 2022, midnight
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
Artemis-1 SLS Wet Dress Rehearsal
NASA will perform a wet dress rehearsal of the SLS launch vehicle ahead of the Artemis-1 mission.
Event Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
UTC Event Time: May 31, 2022, midnight
Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg