{"id":127696,"date":"2025-09-08T11:55:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/127696\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:55:24","slug":"space-calendar-2025-rocket-launches-and-skywatching-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/127696\/","title":{"rendered":"Space calendar 2025: Rocket launches and skywatching dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"30513e19-bb0e-46cc-9c24-1a70caef1626\">2025 is a busy year for spaceflight and exploration with countless launches, mission milestones, industry conventions and skywatching events to look forward to.<\/p>\n<p>With so much going on, it&#8217;s hard to keep track of everything. Never fear \u2014 keep up with the latest events in our 2025 space calendar. You can also Find out what&#8217;s up in the night sky this month with our <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33619-visible-planets-guide.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33619-visible-planets-guide.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">visible planets guide<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16149-night-sky.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16149-night-sky.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">skywatching forecast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"30513e19-bb0e-46cc-9c24-1a70caef1626-2\">Please note: Launch dates are subject to change and will be updated throughout the year as firmer dates arise. Please DO NOT schedule travel based on a date you see here. Launch dates are collected from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/schedule.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/schedule.html\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA events<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Enabling_Support\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Enabling_Support\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESA news<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spacelaunchschedule.com\/category\/russian-federal-space-agency-roscosmos\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.spacelaunchschedule.com\/category\/russian-federal-space-agency-roscosmos\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roscosmos space launch schedule<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/launch-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/launch-schedule\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spaceflight Now launch schedule<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/everydayastronaut.com\/upcoming-launches\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/everydayastronaut.com\/upcoming-launches\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Everyday Astronaut<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercluster.com\/launches\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.supercluster.com\/launches\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Supercluster<\/a> and others.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>Related: Wondering what happened today in space history? <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check out our &#8220;On This Day in Space&#8221; video<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p id=\"4ddd50d7-0a13-4e56-9d5e-34fe0af86ac0\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/live\/rocket-launch-today\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/live\/rocket-launch-today\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is there a rocket launch today?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-september-2025\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>September 2025Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zRzKGcJgU8NB4WNU7XUzyP.jpg\" alt=\"A white rocket topped with a payload fairing stands on the launch pad in a close-up set against a black sky.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zRzKGcJgU8NB4WNU7XUzyP.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zRzKGcJgU8NB4WNU7XUzyP.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zRzKGcJgU8NB4WNU7XUzyP.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchSpaceX, Falcon 9,: Starlink 17-9<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/mission\/?missionId=sl-17-9\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Sep. 6 \u2014 SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California<\/p>\n<p>September 6, 11:42 p.m. EDT (0342 GMT, Sep. 7): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a> satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), fromSLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. SpaceX&#8217;s megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provide low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with more than 8,000 currently in the orbital network.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JqoYem6V3rHWXFxtqfLpib.jpg\" alt=\"a white rocket lifts off through a greyish-blue sky \"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JqoYem6V3rHWXFxtqfLpib.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JqoYem6V3rHWXFxtqfLpib.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JqoYem6V3rHWXFxtqfLpib.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>CASC, Long March 6A: unknown payload<\/p>\n<p>Sep. 6 \u2014 TSLS, China<\/p>\n<p>Sep. 6, 12:35 p.m. EDT (1635 GMT) Technology Corporation (CASC) is expected to launch an unknown payload. The mission will liftoff on a Long March 6A rocket from the Taiyuan Space Launch Site, in China. <\/p>\n<p>Skywatching<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NrAGvApVSoJFn2TY3EeBEH.jpg\" alt=\"A total lunar eclipse.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NrAGvApVSoJFn2TY3EeBEH.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NrAGvApVSoJFn2TY3EeBEH.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NrAGvApVSoJFn2TY3EeBEH.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>SkywatchingTotal lunar eclipse<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Sept. 7 2025 \u2014 visible from Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe<\/p>\n<p>September 7, 2025: A total lunar eclipse will happen the evening of September 7 as the Earth, Sun and moon all align, with the Earth blocking the Sun&#8217;s light from the moon and causing an eclipse. This will be the longest total lunar eclipse since 2022. Full totality can be seen from Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe. These often are called &#8220;blood moons&#8221; due to the reddish appearance the moon takes during the eclipse. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/news\/live\/lunar-eclipse-live-updates\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/news\/live\/lunar-eclipse-live-updates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Total lunar eclipse September 2025: Live updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JH5A3nsL7iRZv6vh8MzoMS.jpg\" alt=\"a rocket streaks across the night sky reflected in water\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JH5A3nsL7iRZv6vh8MzoMS.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JH5A3nsL7iRZv6vh8MzoMS.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JH5A3nsL7iRZv6vh8MzoMS.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX, Falcon 9: Nusantara Lima<\/p>\n<p>NET Sep. 8 \u2014 SLC-40, CCSF, Florida<\/p>\n<p>NET September 8, 7:52 p.m. EDT (2352 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Nusantara Lima, an Indonesian telecommunications satellite. Liftoff will take place from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCFS), in Florida. The satellite will launch into a geostationary orbit, and is a replacement for Nusantara-2, which failed to reach orbit when it launched in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CF9wXGubsAEZonERHNPnPM.jpg\" alt=\"satellite in orbit around earth\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CF9wXGubsAEZonERHNPnPM.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CF9wXGubsAEZonERHNPnPM.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CF9wXGubsAEZonERHNPnPM.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX, Falcon 9: SDA Tranche 1<\/p>\n<p>NET Sep. 9 \u2014 SLC-4E, VSFB, California<\/p>\n<p>NET September 9: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Tranche 1 Transport Layer B payload, one of six missions by the Space Development Agency. Liftoff will take place from Space Launch Complex-4E (SLC-4E), at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), in California. <\/p>\n<p>Rocket launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hxC8U5gubNGD6HNLQaSX7M.jpg\" alt=\"Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifts off on Sunday, October 2, 2011, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. \"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hxC8U5gubNGD6HNLQaSX7M.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hxC8U5gubNGD6HNLQaSX7M.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hxC8U5gubNGD6HNLQaSX7M.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket launchRoscosmos, Soyuz 2.1A: Progress MS-32 (93P)<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Sept. 11 \u2014 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan<\/p>\n<p>September 11, 11:54 am EDT (1554 pm GMT): The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, will send a Soyuz 2.1A rocket up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International Space Station<\/a> (ISS) as part of a progress and <a href=\"https:\/\/tlpnetwork.com\/launches\/progress-ms-32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">resupply mission<\/a>. The rocket will launch from the Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan. <\/p>\n<p>Rocket launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LEb27HseD2QYTH9weTakmN.jpg\" alt=\"a spacecraft is held by a robotic arm above Earth.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LEb27HseD2QYTH9weTakmN.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LEb27HseD2QYTH9weTakmN.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LEb27HseD2QYTH9weTakmN.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket launchSpaceX, Falcon 9: NG-23<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Sep. 15 \u2014 LC-39A or SLC-40, FloridaSkywatching<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nb4FPLwBSp3fvsDf5NZSVK.jpg\" alt=\"A partial solar eclipse, as observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in February 2012.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nb4FPLwBSp3fvsDf5NZSVK.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nb4FPLwBSp3fvsDf5NZSVK.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nb4FPLwBSp3fvsDf5NZSVK.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>SkywatchingPartial solar eclipse<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Sept. 21 \u2014 visible from New Zealand, Australia\u2019s eastern coast, parts of Antarctica and some Pacific islands. <\/p>\n<p>September 21, 2025: A partial solar eclipse will occur on the evening of September 21, as parts of the south-eastern hemisphere see the Sun partially blocked by the moon. The partial eclipse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/solar\/2025-september-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">will be visible<\/a> from New Zealand, Australia\u2019s eastern coast, parts of Antarctica and some Pacific islands. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/news\/live\/solar-eclipse-live-updates\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/news\/live\/solar-eclipse-live-updates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Partial solar eclipse September 2025: Live updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Space Industry<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ByVBjXRF2axxtnqr6WUxs7.jpg\" alt=\"NASA's 23rd group of astronaut candidates pose together with their fellow trainees, Mohammad AlMulla and Nora AlMatrooshi from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ByVBjXRF2axxtnqr6WUxs7.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ByVBjXRF2axxtnqr6WUxs7.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ByVBjXRF2axxtnqr6WUxs7.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Space IndustryNASA Astronaut Class announcement<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-announce-new-astronaut-class-preview-artemis-ii-moon-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Sep. 22 \u2014 Johnson Space Center, Houston<\/p>\n<p>September 22, 12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT): After evaluating more than 8,000 applications, NASA will debut its 2025 class of astronaut candidates during a ceremony at the Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Space Industry<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ACZursA3VpkTkrC8H8XyVU.jpg\" alt=\"four astronauts in orange spacesuits pose for a portrait\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ACZursA3VpkTkrC8H8XyVU.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ACZursA3VpkTkrC8H8XyVU.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ACZursA3VpkTkrC8H8XyVU.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Space IndustryNASA Artemis 2 preview<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-announce-new-astronaut-class-preview-artemis-ii-moon-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Sep. 22 \u2014 Johnson Space Center, Houston<\/p>\n<p>September 23: NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-announce-new-astronaut-class-preview-artemis-ii-moon-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">will host a series of media briefings<\/a> on Tuesday, Sept. 23, and Wednesday, Sept. 24, to preview the upcoming Artemis II mission, slated for no later than April 2026. The test flight, a launch of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on an approximately 10-day mission around the Moon. <\/p>\n<p>Rocket launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dzdwqW7nph4ugxp6Y8opMY.jpg\" alt=\"NASA\u2019s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft has completed a critical design review and is on track for its scheduled 2025 launch.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dzdwqW7nph4ugxp6Y8opMY.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dzdwqW7nph4ugxp6Y8opMY.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dzdwqW7nph4ugxp6Y8opMY.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket launchSpaceX, Falcon 9: IMAP<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sept. 22, 2025 \u2014 LC-39A, KSC, Florida<\/p>\n<p>NET September 22, 2025: SpaceX has a <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/launch-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">launch planned<\/a> for the Falcon 9 rocket which is part of a rideshare mission carrying two spacecraft for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/38700-nasa-history.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/38700-nasa-history.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA <\/a>and one for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/39333-noaa-goes-satellites.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/39333-noaa-goes-satellites.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NOAA<\/a>). Onboard is NASA&#8217;s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-imap-interstellar-dust-2025-launch\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-imap-interstellar-dust-2025-launch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IMAP<\/a>), which has 10 instruments to study the Sun\u2019s heliosphere. <\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26UEuw4yeRQFxDjZroyYKN.jpg\" alt=\"A ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the first two prototypes for Amazon's Project Kuiper internet constellation makes its way to the launch pad on Oct. 5, 2023.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26UEuw4yeRQFxDjZroyYKN.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26UEuw4yeRQFxDjZroyYKN.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26UEuw4yeRQFxDjZroyYKN.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchULA, Atlas V 551: Project Kuiper (KA-03)<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-reveals-astronauts-spacex-crew-10-mission\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-reveals-astronauts-spacex-crew-10-mission\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Sep. 24 \u2014 SLC-41; CCSF, Florida<\/p>\n<p>NET Sep. 24: United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch an Atlas V 551 rocket to deliver the second batch of Project Kuiper megaconstellation internet satellites to low-Earth orbit. Liftoff for the KA-02 mission will take place from ULA&#8217;s Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" alt=\"Rocket Lab's HASTE suborbital vehicle launches on the &quot;HASTE a La Vista&quot; mission for the U.S. military from Virginia on Nov. 24, 2024.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchRocket Lab, HASTE: JAKE 4<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/wallops\/2025\/07\/08\/nasa-wallops-to-support-launch-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sep.\u2014 LC-2; Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia<\/p>\n<p>NET September: Rocket Lab will launch a\u00a0HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron)\u00a0rocket from the company&#8217;s Launch Complex 2, at NASA&#8217;s Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia. The payload, JAKE 4, is a classified government payload.<\/p>\n<p>Space exploration<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" alt=\"This illustration shows NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting over Jupiter's south pole. The probe has just completed its eighth science flyby of the gas giant.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Space explorationJuno mission ending<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sept. 2025 \u2014 JupiterRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" alt=\"A hexagonal mission patch that says NS-35.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchBlue Origin, New Shepard: NS-35<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/new-shepard-ns-34-mission\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sep. \u2014 B.O. Launch Site-1, West TexasRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" alt=\"A Canadian rocket flies in space\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>NordSpace, Taiga: Getting Screeched In<\/p>\n<p>NET Sep. \u2014 SLC-02; ASX, Canada<\/p>\n<p>September: NordSpace will launch the first test flight of its suborbital Taiga rocket. The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-02 (SLC-02) at the company&#8217;s Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), in Newfoundland, Canada. The mission, &#8220;Getting Screeched In&#8221;, will launch Taiga on a low-altitude flight to test its primary systems.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" alt=\"Rocket Lab's HASTE suborbital vehicle launches on the &quot;HASTE a La Vista&quot; mission for the U.S. military from Virginia on Nov. 24, 2024.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchRocket Lab, HASTE: JAKE 4<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/wallops\/2025\/07\/08\/nasa-wallops-to-support-launch-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Aug. 30 \u2014 LC-2; Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia<\/p>\n<p>NET August 30 : Rocket Lab will launch a\u00a0HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron)\u00a0rocket from the company&#8217;s Launch Complex 2, at NASA&#8217;s Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia. The payload, JAKE 4, is a classified government payload.<\/p>\n<p>Space exploration<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" alt=\"This illustration shows NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting over Jupiter's south pole. The probe has just completed its eighth science flyby of the gas giant.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Space explorationJuno mission ending<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sept. 2025 \u2014 JupiterRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" alt=\"A hexagonal mission patch that says NS-35.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchBlue Origin, New Shepard: NS-35<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/new-shepard-ns-34-mission\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sep. \u2014 B.O. Launch Site-1, West TexasRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" alt=\"A Canadian rocket flies in space\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>NordSpace, Taiga: Getting Screeched In<\/p>\n<p>NET Sep. \u2014 SLC-02; ASX, Canada<\/p>\n<p>September: NordSpace will launch the first test flight of its suborbital Taiga rocket. The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-02 (SLC-02) at the company&#8217;s Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), in Newfoundland, Canada. The mission, &#8220;Getting Screeched In&#8221;, will launch Taiga on a low-altitude flight to test its primary systems.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UGULztTvbWhh76A8ADNXKg.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Origin's first New Glenn rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UGULztTvbWhh76A8ADNXKg.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UGULztTvbWhh76A8ADNXKg.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UGULztTvbWhh76A8ADNXKg.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket launchBlue Origin, New Glenn: ESCAPADE<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/blueorigin\/status\/1956120764295397452\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"TWITTER\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a>NET Sep. 29 \u2014 LC-36; CCSFS, Florida<\/p>\n<p>NET Sep. 29: Blue Origin will launch NASA&#8217;s ESCAPADE mission on the second flight of the New Glenn rocket. Liftoff will take place from Launch Complex-36, at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33926-cape-canaveral.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33926-cape-canaveral.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cape Canaveral Space Force Station<\/a>\u00a0in Florida. The two ESCAPADE probes were built by California-based company Rocket Lab, and will be operated by the University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory. The mission will analyze Mars\u2019 magnetic field. <\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" alt=\"Rocket Lab's HASTE suborbital vehicle launches on the &quot;HASTE a La Vista&quot; mission for the U.S. military from Virginia on Nov. 24, 2024.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchRocket Lab, HASTE: JAKE 4<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/wallops\/2025\/07\/08\/nasa-wallops-to-support-launch-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Aug. 30 \u2014 LC-2; Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia<\/p>\n<p>NET August 30 : Rocket Lab will launch a\u00a0HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron)\u00a0rocket from the company&#8217;s Launch Complex 2, at NASA&#8217;s Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia. The payload, JAKE 4, is a classified government payload.<\/p>\n<p>Space exploration<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" alt=\"This illustration shows NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting over Jupiter's south pole. The probe has just completed its eighth science flyby of the gas giant.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Space explorationJuno mission ending<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sept. 2025 \u2014 JupiterRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" alt=\"A hexagonal mission patch that says NS-35.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchBlue Origin, New Shepard: NS-35<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/new-shepard-ns-34-mission\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sep. \u2014 B.O. Launch Site-1, West TexasRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" alt=\"A Canadian rocket flies in space\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>NordSpace, Taiga: Getting Screeched In<\/p>\n<p>NET Sep. \u2014 SLC-02; ASX, Canada<\/p>\n<p>September: NordSpace will launch the first test flight of its suborbital Taiga rocket. The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-02 (SLC-02) at the company&#8217;s Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), in Newfoundland, Canada. The mission, &#8220;Getting Screeched In&#8221;, will launch Taiga on a low-altitude flight to test its primary systems.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" alt=\"Rocket Lab's HASTE suborbital vehicle launches on the &quot;HASTE a La Vista&quot; mission for the U.S. military from Virginia on Nov. 24, 2024.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cw7Zf4KtUizCS2brcz76nL.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchRocket Lab, HASTE: JAKE 4<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/wallops\/2025\/07\/08\/nasa-wallops-to-support-launch-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Aug. 30 \u2014 LC-2; Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia<\/p>\n<p>NET August 30 : Rocket Lab will launch a\u00a0HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron)\u00a0rocket from the company&#8217;s Launch Complex 2, at NASA&#8217;s Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia. The payload, JAKE 4, is a classified government payload.<\/p>\n<p>Space exploration<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" alt=\"This illustration shows NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting over Jupiter's south pole. The probe has just completed its eighth science flyby of the gas giant.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MF6Lj5pqPRT36xBfyH6WXA.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Space explorationJuno mission ending<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sept. 2025 \u2014 JupiterRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" alt=\"A hexagonal mission patch that says NS-35.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc9hm4MLpyWNtMjcm77TVZ.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchBlue Origin, New Shepard: NS-35<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/new-shepard-ns-34-mission\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Sep. \u2014 B.O. Launch Site-1, West TexasRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" alt=\"A Canadian rocket flies in space\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>NordSpace, Taiga: Getting Screeched In<\/p>\n<p>NET Sep. \u2014 SLC-02; ASX, Canada<\/p>\n<p>September: NordSpace will launch the first test flight of its suborbital Taiga rocket. The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-02 (SLC-02) at the company&#8217;s Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), in Newfoundland, Canada. The mission, &#8220;Getting Screeched In&#8221;, will launch Taiga on a low-altitude flight to test its primary systems.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/grvJm8SAkDWKVKgX6cHZDd.jpg\" alt=\"A Minotaur 4 rocket sits on its launch pedestal here Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. The Minotaur 4 will carry DARPA's hypersonic HTV-2 aircraft scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in August 2011.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/grvJm8SAkDWKVKgX6cHZDd.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/grvJm8SAkDWKVKgX6cHZDd.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/grvJm8SAkDWKVKgX6cHZDd.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchNorthrup Grumman, Minotaur IV: EWS OD-1<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nro.gov\/Launches\/launch-nrol-174\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Summer 2025 \u2014 SLC-8; Vandenberg Space Force Base, California<\/p>\n<p>NET Summer 2025: Northrup Grumman will launch the EWS OD-1 payload for the United States Space Force. The Electro-Optical\/Infrared Weather System (EWS) Operational Demonstration-1 (OD-1) is a weather satellite made by General Atomics launching into low-Earth obit (LEO) on a Minotaur IV rocket from Space Launch Complex-8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), in California.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-october-2025\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>October 2025Skywatching<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9N2j6Ajzq7LXyGCq2NPA5R.jpg\" alt=\"Photographer Brad Goldpaint captured this spectacular view of the Orionid meteor shower over Middle Falls outside the city of McCloud, Calif., near Mount Shasta in 2011. The photo, called Nighted Veil, is a composite of many meteors streaking through the Milky Way galaxy over the lighted falls. \"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9N2j6Ajzq7LXyGCq2NPA5R.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9N2j6Ajzq7LXyGCq2NPA5R.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9N2j6Ajzq7LXyGCq2NPA5R.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>SkywatchingOrionid meteor shower peaks<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Oct. 20-21, 2025 \u2014  Northern and Southern Hemispheres (weather permitting).<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 20, (12 am ET, 0400 GMT, Oct. 21): The Orionid meteor shower will be active between Sept. 26 to Nov. 22 2025 and will peak on Oct. 20-21 between midnight and dawn. The meteors are some of the fastest among meteor showers because Earth is hitting the stream of particles from Halley&#8217;s Comet almost head-on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/34373-orionid-meteor-shower-guide.html#section-when-is-the-best-time-to-view-the-orionid-meteor-shower\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/34373-orionid-meteor-shower-guide.html#section-when-is-the-best-time-to-view-the-orionid-meteor-shower\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orionid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unVP3gLkbgAfWXRtsMKeuf.jpg\" alt=\"a black and white space plane stands on end in folded up in a hanger.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unVP3gLkbgAfWXRtsMKeuf.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unVP3gLkbgAfWXRtsMKeuf.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unVP3gLkbgAfWXRtsMKeuf.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchULA, Vulcan Centaur: Sierra Space \u2014 Dream Chaser<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Summer 2025 \u2014 SLC-41; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FloridaRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UjMqVwuJwtdmVrw5XWqQhD.jpg\" alt=\"a orange rocket lifts off during day time as a huge cloud of smoke forms beneath it\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UjMqVwuJwtdmVrw5XWqQhD.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UjMqVwuJwtdmVrw5XWqQhD.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UjMqVwuJwtdmVrw5XWqQhD.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchMitsubishi Heavy Industries, JAXA, H3: HTV-X<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sierra-space-unveils-dream-chaser-space-plane-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Late fall 2025 \u2014 Yoshinobu Launch Complex, JAXA Tanegashima Space Center<a id=\"elk-november-2025\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>November 2025Skywatching<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6GQAB5xxhje54uymsQ3C7m.jpg\" alt=\"This false-color video still from 2002 Leonid meteor shower, seen through a camera operated by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office at Marshall Space \"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6GQAB5xxhje54uymsQ3C7m.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6GQAB5xxhje54uymsQ3C7m.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6GQAB5xxhje54uymsQ3C7m.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>SkywatchingLeonid meteor shower peak<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40951-soyuz-spacecraft.html\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40951-soyuz-spacecraft.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Nov. 16-17 2025\u2014 Northern Hemisphere<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 16, 8 pm ET (0000 GMT Nov. 17) : The Leonid meteor shower is active from Nov. 3 to Dec. 2 this year and will peak on Nov. 17. The best time to look for the Leonids will be late on the night of Nov. 16 until dawn on Nov. 17. The shower can result in impressive fireballs producing long, bright and colorful meteor streaks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/34500-leonid-meteor-shower-guide.html#section-when-is-the-best-time-to-view-the-leonid-meteor-shower\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/34500-leonid-meteor-shower-guide.html#section-when-is-the-best-time-to-view-the-leonid-meteor-shower\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leonid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9f9c7i6J9DT2TMnuGVLA25.jpg\" alt=\"The Russia Soyuz spacecraft in front of an aurora, as captured by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick on the International Space Station during Expedition 71 in 2024.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9f9c7i6J9DT2TMnuGVLA25.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9f9c7i6J9DT2TMnuGVLA25.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9f9c7i6J9DT2TMnuGVLA25.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchRoscosmos, Soyuz rocket: Soyuz MS-28<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40951-soyuz-spacecraft.html\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40951-soyuz-spacecraft.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Nov. 2025\u2014 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan<\/p>\n<p>NET November: NASA astronaut\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qlwo8rfbb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001Ld0FEsjncDHQvzRdhtBJ-CJcda5liORPedXA-FdcmfVm6Pi9nji6iNFIWxKNx9Hk8rcr79zWwIWe4bg0LMRlTmODHme0nDvIM6UfAc2Avs83xScLf2SVz2sOQG6Yb6fFeWsV5ggTJQV0mDcFINyb0A8rKkcFOeIqmCDYr7UtgcICYx1_wwD3ftBF6apEC8SViwa71HrOGVF8h4GBl3Vp9rYFi9MehYlJ&amp;c=wny5hp_8YnJh3C-OEDsbZ0X6TTZwTHt3TVs3w47QrOjNVw8FFF9a6g==&amp;ch=JvIJqhEhCO_YiZm25qCnGeeehD2iJSPffZ9OzGAfOUvzhRSSAFVCEw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chris<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/qlwo8rfbb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001Ld0FEsjncDHQvzRdhtBJ-CJcda5liORPedXA-FdcmfVm6Pi9nji6iNFIWxKNx9Hk8rcr79zWwIWe4bg0LMRlTmODHme0nDvIM6UfAc2Avs83xScLf2SVz2sOQG6Yb6fFeWsV5ggTJQV0mDcFINyb0A8rKkcFOeIqmCDYr7UtgcICYx1_wwD3ftBF6apEC8SViwa71HrOGVHUQKWTEgNG38uAlIbEcKNM&amp;c=wny5hp_8YnJh3C-OEDsbZ0X6TTZwTHt3TVs3w47QrOjNVw8FFF9a6g==&amp;ch=JvIJqhEhCO_YiZm25qCnGeeehD2iJSPffZ9OzGAfOUvzhRSSAFVCEw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Williams<\/a>\u00a0will launch on his first mission to the International Space Station, serving as a flight engineer and Expedition 74 crew member.<\/p>\n<p>Williams will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft in November, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. The trio will spend approximately eight months aboard the orbiting laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/R96u7KkS7U6kN3xhZFQQcG.jpg\" alt=\"Falcon 9 rocket.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/R96u7KkS7U6kN3xhZFQQcG.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/R96u7KkS7U6kN3xhZFQQcG.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/R96u7KkS7U6kN3xhZFQQcG.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchSpaceX, Falcon 9: Sentinel-6B<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40951-soyuz-spacecraft.html\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40951-soyuz-spacecraft.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Nov. 2025\u2014 SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California<\/p>\n<p>NET November: SpaceX will launch its Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Sentinel-6 mission. The <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/launch-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sentinel-6B <\/a>\u201cwill use a radar altimeter to bounce signals off the ocean surface and deliver continuity of ocean topography measurements,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/38700-nasa-history.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/38700-nasa-history.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<\/a>. The missions is designed through a partnership between NASA, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22562-european-space-agency.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22562-european-space-agency.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">European Space Agency<\/a> (ESA), and the European Organization for the Exploration of Meteorological Studies.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-december-2025\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>December 2025Skywatching<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PZzuFJJzCUtquoz6KbP8aT.jpg\" alt=\"Photographer Matt Payne blended 2 hours of photos into one composite for this image taken at the Paint Mines Interpretive Park in Colorado on Dec. 13, 2012..\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PZzuFJJzCUtquoz6KbP8aT.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PZzuFJJzCUtquoz6KbP8aT.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PZzuFJJzCUtquoz6KbP8aT.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>SkywatchingGeminid meteor shower peaks<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-reveals-astronauts-spacex-crew-10-mission\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-reveals-astronauts-spacex-crew-10-mission\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Dec. 14 2025 \u2014 Northern Hemisphere and Southern HemisphereSkywatching<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/RdTizhmPA2u5b6MYLodvUA.jpg\" alt=\"This NASA graphic shows where the Ursid meteor shower will appear to radiate out from a part of the northern night sky during the 2016 Ursids peak on Dec. 21 and 22. \"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/RdTizhmPA2u5b6MYLodvUA.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/RdTizhmPA2u5b6MYLodvUA.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/RdTizhmPA2u5b6MYLodvUA.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>SkywatchingUrsid meteor shower peaks<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-reveals-astronauts-spacex-crew-10-mission\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-reveals-astronauts-spacex-crew-10-mission\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>Dec. 21 2025 \u2014 Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere<\/p>\n<p>Dec 21, 8 pm ET (0000 GMT Dec. 22): The Ursid meteor shower is active between Dec. 13 to Dec. 26 and will\u00a0peak on Dec. 22.\u00a0The\u00a0best time\u00a0to look out for Ursids is the\u00a0evening\u00a0of\u00a0Dec. 21\u00a0through dawn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/34973-ursid-meteor-shower-guide.html#section-where-can-you-see-the-ursid-meteor-shower\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/34973-ursid-meteor-shower-guide.html#section-where-can-you-see-the-ursid-meteor-shower\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ursid meteor shower 2025: Everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spaceflight<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/v3EwVRfCE4updLrtL6Gi7h.jpg\" alt=\"A Soyuz TMA-11M space capsule lands with Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on May 14, 2014.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/v3EwVRfCE4updLrtL6Gi7h.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/v3EwVRfCE4updLrtL6Gi7h.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/v3EwVRfCE4updLrtL6Gi7h.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>SpaceflightSoyuz MS-27 astronauts return to Earth<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-reveals-astronauts-spacex-crew-10-mission\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-reveals-astronauts-spacex-crew-10-mission\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET Dec. \u2014 Kazakhstan <\/p>\n<p>NET Dec: Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim return to Earth aboard their Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft. They are scheduled to touchdown in Kazakhstan, wrapping up a six-month stint aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-2026\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>2026<a id=\"elk-january\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>JanuaryRocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" alt=\"A Canadian rocket flies in space\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2vHSHBKzospdUvEM35gxSe.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>NordSpace, Taiga: Suborbital Flight Test 2<\/p>\n<p>NET 2026 \u2014 SLC-02; ASX, Canada<\/p>\n<p>NET 2026: NordSpace will launch the second test flight of its suborbital Taiga rocket. The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-02 (SLC-02) at the company&#8217;s Atlantic Spaceport Complex, in Newfoundland, Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-february\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>February Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NoR7vVphcJGj4NdnMjoTDC.jpg\" alt=\"two massive side booster spew yellow orange fire lifting the core stage of a rocket as two main engines also ignite \"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NoR7vVphcJGj4NdnMjoTDC.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NoR7vVphcJGj4NdnMjoTDC.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NoR7vVphcJGj4NdnMjoTDC.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>NASA, SLS: Artemis 2<\/p>\n<p>NET Feb. 2026 \u2014 Kennedy Space Center, Florida<\/p>\n<p>NET Feb. 2026: Artemis 2 is the second scheduled flight of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/artemis-program.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/artemis-program.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artemis program<\/a> and the first crewed Artemis mission.\u00a0Three astronauts from NASA and one from the Canadian Space Agency will use on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33908-space-launch-system.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33908-space-launch-system.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Space Launch System<\/a>\u00a0(SLS) rocket aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/27824-orion-spacecraft.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/27824-orion-spacecraft.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orion spacecraft<\/a> on the lunar flyby mission. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>NASA commander Reid Wiseman, NASA pilot Victor Glover, NASA mission specialist Christina Koch and CSA mission specialist Jeremy Hansen will fly around\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/55-earths-moon-formation-composition-and-orbit.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/55-earths-moon-formation-composition-and-orbit.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the moon<\/a>\u00a0on a roughly 10-day-long mission.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r7ConueiLjBK9x2tJ8RjKe.jpg\" alt=\"A Rocket Lab Electron booster is decked out with a big NASA logo ahead of the company's first launch for the U.S. space agency from its New Zealand launch site, on the North Island's Mahia Peninsula. Liftoff is scheduled for Dec. 12, 2018.\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r7ConueiLjBK9x2tJ8RjKe.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r7ConueiLjBK9x2tJ8RjKe.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r7ConueiLjBK9x2tJ8RjKe.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket Launch<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Lab, Electron: NASA, Aspera smallsat<\/p>\n<p>Q1 2026 \u2014 Launch Complex 1; New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Q1 2026: Rocket Lab will launch an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/electron-rocket.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/electron-rocket.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Electron<\/a>\u00a0rocket with NASA&#8217;s Aspera smallsat satellite. Aspera will examine hot gas in the space between galaxies, called the intergalactic medium. The mission will study the inflow and outflow of gas from galaxies, a process thought to contribute to star formation. <\/p>\n<p>Rocket Launch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PdY6sn4pKr4Vnc7Qc3c87.png\" alt=\"Illustration shows the first the first Haven-2 module, scheduled to be operational  in 2028\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PdY6sn4pKr4Vnc7Qc3c87.png\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PdY6sn4pKr4Vnc7Qc3c87.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PdY6sn4pKr4Vnc7Qc3c87.png\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>Rocket LaunchSpaceX, Falcon 9: Vast \u2014 Haven-1<\/p>\n<p>Social Links Navigation<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-social   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/vast-space-private-station-spacex-launch-2025\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"WEBSITE\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/vast-space-private-station-spacex-launch-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>NET May 2026 \u2014 Cape Canaveral, Florida<a id=\"elk-past-events\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>Past Events<a id=\"elk-b15acbcb-1b65-4512-89b6-67be057bc9ee\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 is a busy year for spaceflight and exploration with countless launches, mission milestones, industry conventions and skywatching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":{"0":"post-127696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}