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Starship | Flight 12
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May 22, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
Test Flight
12th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Maiden Flight of Starship V3. The flight test’s primary goal will be to demonstrate each of these new pieces in the flight environment for the first time, with each element of the Starship architecture featuring significant redesigns to enable full and rapid reuse that incorporate learnings from years of development and test. The Starship upper stage will target multiple in-space and reentry objectives, including a payload deployment of 20 Starlink simulators, similar in size to next-generation Starlink V3 satellites, and two specially modified Starlink satellites. The two modified satellites will test …
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Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 23
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Upcoming Events
Press Event
May 26, 2026
NASA Moon Base News Conference
NASA HQ, Washington DC, USANASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 26, to share Moon Base plans and highlight progress toward a sustained presence on the lunar surface. Participants include: - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman - Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate - Carlos García-Galán, program executive, Moon Base
Spacecraft Landing
May 29, 2026
Shenzhou 22 Landing
Near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, ChinaThe Shenzhou 22 Descent Capsule will land in the desert near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, bringing Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang back to Earth after spending six months in orbit as part of the tenth mission to the Chinese Space Station.
EVA
May 31, 2026
US EVA-95
International Space StationTwo astronauts will replace a high-definition camera on camera port 3, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft, called a planar reflector, on the Harmony module’s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper — a flexible hose assembly that connects parts of a fluid system — along …
Flyby
July 31, 2026
Hayabusa2 S-Type Asteroid (98943) Torifune Flyby
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Electron
Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandSynthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
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Starlink Group 10-31
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Starlink Group 17-42
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Vega-C
Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) - Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaJoint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield …
Long March 8
SpaceSail Polar Group #9
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…
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Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34
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Kinetica 1
5 satellites
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Zhuque-2E Block 2
Mass Simulator
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SpaceSail Polar Group #8
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…
Falcon 9
NROL-172
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