SpaceX Crew-8 Crew Dragon Undocking
The Crew-8 Crew Dragon will undock from the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts. It will then reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico.
Space Events
BepiColombo Mercury Flyby
Fifth of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.
Lucy Earth Flyby
Second of three Earth flybys of NASA’s Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.
US EVA-91
NASA astronauts will exit the station’s Quest airlock to complete the removal of a faulty electronics box, called a radio frequency group, from a communications antenna on the starboard truss of the space station. The pair also will collect samples for analysis to understand the ability of microorganisms to survive and reproduce on the exterior of the orbiting laboratory.
US EVA-92
NASA astronauts will remove and replace the external high-definition camera located at camera port nine on the orbiting laboratory. This camera is one of several to provide external views of the space station. Additionally, crew members will complete a cable connection fit check for the alpha magnetic spectrometer, a particle physics experiment on the station’s exterior.
US EVA-93
NASA astronauts will remove and replace a rate gyro assembly, which provides data on the orientation of the space station. Astronauts will then attach a support bracket, called a modification kit, in preparation for future installation of the orbiting laboratory’s next International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array on the 2A power channel on the port truss.
HTV-X1 Rendezvous and Capture
NASA TV will live stream the rendezvous and capture of JAXA’s HTV-X1 cargo craft to the International Space Station.
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.
HTV-X1 Release & Reentry
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.
SNC-1 Dream Chaser Release & Reentry
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
The Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC-1 Dream Chaser will land autonomously at the Launch and Landing Facility of Kennedy Space Center.
BepiColombo Mercury Flyby
Last of six Mercury flybys of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission before entering orbit around its destination planet in 2025.
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
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
Flyby of the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohansen asteroid by NASA’s Lucy mission.
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.
