Events

SpaDeX Docking Test

India's first attempt at docking in low earth orbit.

US EVA-91

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams will replace a rate gyro assembly that helps provide orientation control for the station, install patches to cover damaged areas of light filters for an X-ray telescope called NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), and replace a reflector device used for navigational data on one of the international docking adapters. Additionally, the pair will check access areas and connector tools that will be used for future maintenance work on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

International Space Station

ESA Press Conference at the 17th European Space Conference

ESA is holding a press conference at the 17th European Space Conference

17th European Space Conference, Brussels, Belgium

OSIRIS-Rex science results media call

NASA will brief media to provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission, which delivered a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in September 2023. Participants in the teleconference include - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Danny Glavin, senior scientist for sample return, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland - Jason Dworkin, OSIRIS-REx project scientist, NASA Goddard - Tim McCoy, curator of meteorites, Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Washington - Sara Russell, cosmic mineralogist, Natural History Museum, London

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US EVA-92

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will remove a radio frequency group antenna assembly from the station’s truss, collect samples of surface material for analysis from the Destiny laboratory and the Quest airlock to see whether microorganisms may exist on the exterior of the orbital complex, and prepare a spare elbow joint for the Canadarm2 robotic arm in the event it is needed for a replacement.

International Space Station

Axiom-4 Crew Press Conference

Axiom Space will hold a virtual press conference with the assigned astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), the company’s fourth commercial astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The assigned Ax-4 crew plan to highlight their training and experiences, preparedness, and mission objectives; this will be the first opportunity for reporters to engage with the full Ax-4 crew. The assigned Ax-4 crew includes Commander Peggy Whitson of the United States, Mission Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of the European Space Agency (ESA)/Poland, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary.

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NASA SPHEREx Preview News Conference

NASA will host a news conference to discuss a new telescope that will improve our understanding of how the universe evolved and search for key ingredients for life in our galaxy. Agency experts will preview NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission, which will help scientists better understand the structure of the universe, how galaxies form and evolve, and the origins and abundance of water.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA

NASA PUNCH Media Teleconference

NASA will hold a media teleconference to share information about the agency’s upcoming PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, which is targeted to launch no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 27. The agency’s PUNCH mission is a constellation of four small satellites. When they arrive in low Earth orbit, the satellites will make global, 3D observations of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, and help NASA learn how the mass and energy there become solar wind. By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.

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Nova-C IM-2 Science Media Teleconference

NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon. The mission is part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence. Briefing participants include: - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Niki Werkheiser, director, technology maturation, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Trent Martin, senior vice president, space systems, Intuitive Machines

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Booster 15 Static Fire

SpaceX will static fire booster 15 in preparation for IFT-8.

Starbase. Texas

SPHEREx Live Q+A

Q+A with experts from the mission, both at Vandenberg Space Force Base and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. You'll hear from: - Jenn Rocca, SPHEREx project systems engineer, JPL - Phil Korngut, SPHEREx instrument scientist and inflation scientist, Caltech

Vandenberg Space Force Base

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.

Venus

Nova-C IM-2 Lunar Science & Tech media teleconference

NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon. The mission is part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence. Briefing participants include: - Joel Kearns, deputy associate administration for exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Niki Werkheiser, director, technology maturation, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Jackie Quinn, PRIME-1 principal investigator, NASA Kennedy Space Center - Daniel Cremons, LRA deputy principal investigator, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Bethany Ehlmann, Lunar Trailblazer principal investigator, CalTech University - Trent Martin, senior vice president, space systems, Intuitive Machines - Thierry Klein, President of Bell Labs Solution Research, Nokia

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SPHEREx and PUNCH Science Overview News Conference

SPHEREx and PUNCH Science Overview News Conference - Shawn Domagal-Goldman, acting director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters - Joe Westlake, director, Heliophysics Division, NASA Headquarters - Nicholeen Viall, PUNCH Mission Scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center - Rachel Akeson, SPHEREx science data center lead, Caltech/IPAC - Phil Korngut, SPHEREx instrument scientist, Caltech

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Progress MS-28 Undocking

The Progress MS-28 spacecraft will undock from the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. It will then de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.

International Space Station

Europa Clipper Mars Flyby

NASA’s Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what’s known as a gravity assist — a maneuver to bend the spacecraft’s trajectory and position it for a critical leg of its long voyage to the Jupiter system. The close flyby offers a bonus opportunity for mission scientists, who will test their radar instrument and thermal imager.

Mars

Progress MS-30 Docking

The Progress MS-30 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Zvezda module of the ISS.

International Space Station

Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Landing

Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander has landed in Mare Crisium near Mons Latreille.

Mare Crisium, Moon

Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Post-Landing Press Conference

Press Conference following the successful landing of the Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander on the moon.

Mare Crisium, Moon

SpaceX Starship S34 Rollout

SpaceX is rolling out Ship 34 at Starbase Texas in preparation for Starship Flight 8.

Starbase Texas, USA