ISS Expedition 69-70 Change of Command Ceremony
ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, Expedition 69 commander, will hand over the International Space Station command to ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen who will become commander of Expedition 70.
Space Events
2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Media Teleconference
NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss the upcoming annular solar eclipse. The annular eclipse will cross the U.S. from Oregon to Texas on Saturday, Oct. 14, with a partial solar eclipse visible throughout the contiguous U.S.
Soyuz MS-23 Undocking
The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of reentry and landing in Kazakhstan.
Soyuz MS-23 Landing
The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft will land back on Earth near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
NG-19 Cygnus Release & Reentry
The Northrop Grumman NG-19 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere taking waste along with it.
Ariane 6 Full-Duration Static Fire
The Ariane 6 combined tests article will perform a full 8-minutes duration static fire of its core stage as part of the launcher’s qualification campaign.
OSIRIS-REx Sample Reveal Press Conference
The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
News conference participants include:
– NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
– Francis McCubbin, deputy curation lead
– Daniel Glavin, sample analysis lead
– Dante Lauretta, principal investigator
2023 Annular Solar Eclipse
Camera views of the partial / “ring of fire” solar eclipse visible from multiple states in the US will be broadcasted on NASA TV.
Boeing Starliner CFT 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 CFT Docking
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will dock with the International Space Station as part of its crewed test flight.
Boeing Starliner CFT Undocking
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its crewed 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.
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.
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.
SLIM Lunar Landing
JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) will attempt to land on the surface of the Moon.
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.
