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The "Resilience" Crew Dragon will undock from the International Space Station, carrying JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronauts Victor J. Glover, Shannon Walker and Michael S. Hopkins. It will then reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
International Space Station
The "Resilience" Crew Dragon will splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronauts Victor J. Glover, Shannon Walker and Michael S. Hopkins back to Earth after spending almost six months on the International Space Station.
Gulf of Mexico, southwest of Pensacola, FL, USA
Ingenuity took off at Wright Brothers Field – the same spot where the helicopter took off and touched back down on all the other flights – but it landed elsewhere, which is another first for the rotorcraft. Ingenuity climbed to 16 feet (5 meters), then retraced its course from flight four, heading south 423 feet (129 meters). But instead of turning around and heading back, it actually climbed to a new height record of 33 feet (10 meters), where it took some color (as well as black-and-white) images of the area. After a total flight time of about 110 seconds, Ingenuity landed, completing its first one-way trip.
Wright Brothers Field, Jezero crater, Mars
The departure of the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft from asteroid Bennu will be livestreamed on NASA TV.
Asteroid Bennu
The Tianwen-1 rover will attempt to land on Mars using a parachute to slow down and a propulsive landing for the final 1.5km of the descent.
Utopia Planitia, Mars
On the 91st Martian day, or sol, of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter performed its sixth flight. The flight was designed to expand the flight envelope and demonstrate aerial-imaging capabilities by taking stereo images of a region of interest to the west. Ingenuity was commanded to climb to an altitude of 33 feet (10 meters) before translating 492 feet (150 meters) to the southwest at a ground speed of 9 mph (4 meters per second). At that point, it was to translate 49 feet (15 meters) to the south while taking images toward the west, then fly another 164 feet (50 meters) northeast and land. Telemetry from Flight Six shows that the first 150-meter leg of the flight went off without a hitch. But toward the end of that leg, something happened: Ingenuity began adjusting its velocity and tilting back and forth in an oscillating pattern. This behavior persisted throughout the rest of the flight. Prior to landing safely, onboard sensors indicated the rotorcraft encountered roll and pitch excursions of more than 20 degrees, large control inputs, and spikes in power consumption. Despite encountering this anomaly, Ingenuity was able to maintain flight and land safely on the surface within approximately 16 feet (5 meters) of the intended landing location.
Airfield B, Jezero crater, Mars
The Tianzhou-2 resupply cargo ship successfully docked to the new Chinese Space Station, bringing supplies necessary for the arrival of the first crew onboard Shenzhou-12.
Chinese Space Station
Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov will exit the International Space Station through the Poisk airlock to perform a maintenance spacewalk.
Following its launch atop a Falcon 9, the CRS-22 Dragon will autonomously dock to the ISS, bringing crew supplies as well as experiments.
International Space Station
The seventh flight of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took it to a new base of operations about 106 meters south of its current location. This marked the second time the helicopter landed at an airfield that it did not survey from the air during a previous flight. Instead, the Ingenuity team relied on imagery collected by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that suggests this new base of operations is relatively flat and has few surface obstructions.
Airfield C, Jezero crater, Mars
On July 20th, New Shepard will fly its first astronaut crew to space. Blue Origin is offering one seat on this first flight to the winning bidder of an online auction. The winning bid amount will be donated to Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future, to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM and help invent the future of life in space.
Two cubesats will be released into low Earth orbit from the Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer: RamSat, a 2U from Robertsville Middle School, and SOAR, a 3U from the University of Manchester.
International Space Station
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will venture outside the orbiting outpost to perform maintenance tasks and start installation of the new iROSA solar arrays.
International Space Station
The Shenzhou 12 spacecraft will dock autonomously to the forward port of the Tianhe module of the new Chinese Space Station. It will bring the first crew consisting of commander Nie Haisheng and operators Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo.
Chinese Space Station
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will venture outside the orbiting outpost to continue installation of the new iROSA solar arrays.
International Space Station
The 8th flight of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took it to a new base of operations about 160 meters south of its previous location.
Airfield D, Jezero crater, Mars
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will venture outside the orbiting outpost to continue installation of the new iROSA solar arrays.
International Space Station
The Northrop Grumman NG-15 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.
International Space Station
The Progress MS-17 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Poisk module of the ISS.
International Space Station
Interstellar Technologies will hold a press conference to announce to outcome and achievements of the MOMO Flight 7 launch.
Taiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan