![]() TBD No earlier than November 2023: Axiom Space was awarded the right to fly Axiom-3. TBD (Delayed from July 21): Boeing CST-100 Starliner atop United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on an eight-day mission to the International Space Station. Both Gillis and Menon are SpaceX employees. Also flying are Scott Poteet, given the title of mission pilot, specialist Sarah Gillis, and specialist and medical officer Anna Menon. ![]() It’s the first of up to three planned Polaris missions, and will feature a tethered spacewalk. The private orbital mission will bring billionaire Jared Isaacman to space for a second time after 2021′s Inspiration4 mission. TBD, 4th quarter of 2023: Polaris Dawn mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 topped with the Crew Dragon Resilience from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A. Psyche is a nickel-iron core asteroid that orbits the sun beyond Mars anywhere from 235 million to 309 million miles away. The probe was delayed from 2022, and headed for the asteroid Psyche, using a Mars-gravity assist and not arriving until August 2029. ![]() 10: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy to send NASA’s Psyche probe into space launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39-A. Flying are NASA astronaut and mission commander Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut and pilot Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and one more mission specialist yet to be announced.Īs early as Oct. It’s the seventh SpaceX operational mission under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Mid-August: SpaceX Crew-7 mission on a Falcon 9 launching a Crew Dragon from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39-A. Also flying will be another human remains payload for Celestis Inc., this time brining the ashes of more than 150 people to space including “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and actor James Doohan who played “Scotty” on the TV series. TBD no earlier than July (Delayed from May 4): First-ever launch of United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur on Certification-1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41: Slated to carry commercial company Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander to the moon, and the first two test satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet constellation. Delayed from April 20 when during routine pre-launch processing the team discovered a flight valve that exhibited off-nominal behavior. This is the second-to-last Delta IV Heavy launch with the final one expected in 2024. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37B between 3-7:45 a.m. June 21 (delayed from April 20): United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy on NROL-68 for the U.S. Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron gives the mission a 60% chance of good weather at the beginning of the window that improves to 75% by the end of the window with similar conditions expected in the event of a 24-hour delay. ![]() ![]() The launch window runs from 6:04-9:02 p.m. This satellite will provide broadband internet and communications capability for public use facilities in Indonesia’s rural regions. June 18: SpaceX Falcon 9 on the PSN MSF mission to launch the Satria communications satellite for the Indonesian government and PSN, an Indonesian satellite operator. ![]()
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