Upcoming Space Events:

Hera is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission launched on 7 October 2024 to visit the asteroid Didymos and its moon Dimorphos as part of the NASA/ESA Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) collaboration. On 7 March 2025, it will fly by Mars (within 6000 km) and Deimos (~1000 km).

Event Location: Mars & Deimos

UTC Event Time: March 12, 2025, midnight

Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/international-space-station-change-of-command-ceremony/

NASA and SpaceX will hold a news conference following the launch of the Crew-10 mission towards the International Space Station. Participants include: - Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate - Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Kennedy - Dana Weigel, manager, International Space Station Program, NASA Johnson - Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX - Mayumi Matsuura, vice president and director general, Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, JAXA

Event Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

UTC Event Time: March 13, 2025, 1:30 a.m.

Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-spacex-crew-10-post-launch-news-conference/

The Crew-10 Crew Dragon will dock autonomously to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.

Event Location: International Space Station

UTC Event Time: March 13, 2025, 10 a.m.

Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-spacex-crew-10-rendezvous-and-docking/

The Moon will pass into Earth’s shadow and appear to turn red on the night of March 13 or early in the morning of March 14, depending on time zone.

Event Location: Pacific and America

UTC Event Time: March 14, 2025, 3:57 a.m.

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq5CH-d4IuU

The Crew-9 Crew Dragon will undock from the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts. It will then reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico.

Event Location: International Space Station

UTC Event Time: March 16, 2025, 1 p.m.

Watch the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw7F1B-4Pz8

The Northrop Grumman NG-21 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.

Event Location: International Space Station

UTC Event Time: March 21, 2025, 11:35 a.m.

Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-northrop-grumman-cargo-resupply-services-21-departure/

NASA and its partners will participate in an overview news conference covering preparations for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch in March and the agency’s crew member rotation launch on Soyuz in April.

Event Location: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

UTC Event Time: March 31, 2025, 7 p.m.

Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/expedition-73-overview-news-conference/

NASA and its partners will host a crew news conference in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch in March and the agency’s crew member rotation launch on Soyuz in April.

Event Location: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

UTC Event Time: March 31, 2025, 9 p.m.

Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/expedition-73-crew-news-conference/

Flyby of the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohansen asteroid by NASA's Lucy mission.

Event Location: (52246) Donaldjohansen

UTC Event Time: April 20, 2025, midnight

Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-spacex-crew-10-rendezvous-and-docking/

Japanese company ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander will attempt a lunar landing in Mare Frigoris.

Event Location: Mare Frigoris, Moon

UTC Event Time: June 5, 2025, 7:24 p.m.

Watch the Event: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/expedition-73-crew-news-conference/