BepiColombo Mercury Arrival

BepiColombo Mercury Arrival

Spacecraft Event

Arrival at Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission, starting with the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) separation.

Progress MS-33 Undocking

Progress MS-33 Undocking

Spacecraft Undocking

The Progress MS-33 spacecraft will undock from the Poisk module of the International Space Station. It will then de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.

Progress MS-35 Docking

Progress MS-35 Docking

Docking

The Progress MS-35 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Poisk module of the ISS.

Juice Earth Flyby

Juice Earth Flyby

Flyby

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

BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion

BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion

Orbital Insertion

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

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

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.

Europa Clipper Earth Flyby

Europa Clipper Earth Flyby

Flyby

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

Boeing Starliner-1 Docking

Boeing Starliner-1 Docking

Docking

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

Boeing Starliner-1 Landing

Boeing Starliner-1 Landing

Spacecraft 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.

Boeing Starliner-1 Undocking

Boeing Starliner-1 Undocking

Spacecraft 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.