2025 is a busy year for spaceflight and exploration with countless launches, mission milestones, industry conventions and skywatching events to look forward to.
With so much going on, it’s hard to keep track of everything. Never fear — keep up with the latest events in our 2025 space calendar. You can also Find out what’s up in the night sky this month with our visible planets guide and skywatching forecast.
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 NASA events, ESA news, Roscosmos space launch schedule, Spaceflight Now launch schedule, Everyday Astronaut, Supercluster and others.
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September 2025Rocket Launch
Rocket LaunchSpaceX, Falcon 9,: Starlink 17-9
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Sep. 6 — SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
September 6, 11:42 p.m. EDT (0342 GMT, Sep. 7): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), fromSLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. SpaceX’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.
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CASC, Long March 6A: unknown payload
Sep. 6 — TSLS, China
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.
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SkywatchingTotal lunar eclipse
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Sept. 7 2025 — visible from Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe
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’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 “blood moons” due to the reddish appearance the moon takes during the eclipse.
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Read more: Total lunar eclipse September 2025: Live updates
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SpaceX, Falcon 9: Nusantara Lima
NET Sep. 8 — SLC-40, CCSF, Florida
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.
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SpaceX, Falcon 9: SDA Tranche 1
NET Sep. 9 — SLC-4E, VSFB, California
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.
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Rocket launchRoscosmos, Soyuz 2.1A: Progress MS-32 (93P)
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Sept. 11 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
September 11, 11:54 am EDT (1554 pm GMT): The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, will send a Soyuz 2.1A rocket up to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a progress and resupply mission. The rocket will launch from the Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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Rocket launchSpaceX, Falcon 9: NG-23
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Sep. 15 — LC-39A or SLC-40, FloridaSkywatching
SkywatchingPartial solar eclipse
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Sept. 21 — visible from New Zealand, Australia’s eastern coast, parts of Antarctica and some Pacific islands.
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 will be visible from New Zealand, Australia’s eastern coast, parts of Antarctica and some Pacific islands.
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Read more: Partial solar eclipse September 2025: Live updates
Space Industry
Space IndustryNASA Astronaut Class announcement
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Sep. 22 — Johnson Space Center, Houston
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.
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Space IndustryNASA Artemis 2 preview
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Sep. 22 — Johnson Space Center, Houston
September 23: NASA will host a series of media briefings 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.
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Rocket launchSpaceX, Falcon 9: IMAP
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NET Sept. 22, 2025 — LC-39A, KSC, Florida
NET September 22, 2025: SpaceX has a launch planned for the Falcon 9 rocket which is part of a rideshare mission carrying two spacecraft for NASA and one for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Onboard is NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), which has 10 instruments to study the Sun’s heliosphere.
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Rocket LaunchULA, Atlas V 551: Project Kuiper (KA-03)
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Sep. 24 — SLC-41; CCSF, Florida
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’s Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida.
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Rocket LaunchRocket Lab, HASTE: JAKE 4
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NET Sep.— LC-2; Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
NET September: Rocket Lab will launch a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 2, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia. The payload, JAKE 4, is a classified government payload.
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Space explorationJuno mission ending
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NET Sept. 2025 — JupiterRocket Launch
Rocket LaunchBlue Origin, New Shepard: NS-35
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NET Sep. — B.O. Launch Site-1, West TexasRocket Launch
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NordSpace, Taiga: Getting Screeched In
NET Sep. — SLC-02; ASX, Canada
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’s Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), in Newfoundland, Canada. The mission, “Getting Screeched In”, will launch Taiga on a low-altitude flight to test its primary systems.
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NET Aug. 30 — LC-2; Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
NET August 30 : Rocket Lab will launch a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 2, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia. The payload, JAKE 4, is a classified government payload.
Space explorationSpace explorationJuno mission ending
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NET Sept. 2025 — JupiterRocket LaunchRocket LaunchBlue Origin, New Shepard: NS-35
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NET Sep. — B.O. Launch Site-1, West TexasRocket LaunchRocket Launch
NordSpace, Taiga: Getting Screeched In
NET Sep. — SLC-02; ASX, Canada
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’s Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), in Newfoundland, Canada. The mission, “Getting Screeched In”, will launch Taiga on a low-altitude flight to test its primary systems.
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Rocket launchBlue Origin, New Glenn: ESCAPADE
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NET Sep. 29 — LC-36; CCSFS, Florida
NET Sep. 29: Blue Origin will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE mission on the second flight of the New Glenn rocket. Liftoff will take place from Launch Complex-36, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in 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’ magnetic field.
Rocket LaunchRocket LaunchRocket Lab, HASTE: JAKE 4
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NET Aug. 30 — LC-2; Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
NET August 30 : Rocket Lab will launch a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 2, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia. The payload, JAKE 4, is a classified government payload.
Space explorationSpace explorationJuno mission ending
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NET Sept. 2025 — JupiterRocket LaunchRocket LaunchBlue Origin, New Shepard: NS-35
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NET Sep. — B.O. Launch Site-1, West TexasRocket LaunchRocket Launch
NordSpace, Taiga: Getting Screeched In
NET Sep. — SLC-02; ASX, Canada
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’s Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), in Newfoundland, Canada. The mission, “Getting Screeched In”, will launch Taiga on a low-altitude flight to test its primary systems.
Rocket LaunchRocket LaunchRocket Lab, HASTE: JAKE 4
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NET Aug. 30 — LC-2; Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
NET August 30 : Rocket Lab will launch a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 2, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia. The payload, JAKE 4, is a classified government payload.
Space explorationSpace explorationJuno mission ending
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NET Sept. 2025 — JupiterRocket LaunchRocket LaunchBlue Origin, New Shepard: NS-35
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NET Sep. — B.O. Launch Site-1, West TexasRocket LaunchRocket Launch
NordSpace, Taiga: Getting Screeched In
NET Sep. — SLC-02; ASX, Canada
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’s Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), in Newfoundland, Canada. The mission, “Getting Screeched In”, will launch Taiga on a low-altitude flight to test its primary systems.
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Rocket LaunchNorthrup Grumman, Minotaur IV: EWS OD-1
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NET Summer 2025 — SLC-8; Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
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.
October 2025Skywatching
SkywatchingOrionid meteor shower peaks
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Oct. 20-21, 2025 — Northern and Southern Hemispheres (weather permitting).
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’s Comet almost head-on.
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Read more: Orionid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see it
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Rocket LaunchULA, Vulcan Centaur: Sierra Space — Dream Chaser
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NET Summer 2025 — SLC-41; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FloridaRocket Launch
Rocket LaunchMitsubishi Heavy Industries, JAXA, H3: HTV-X
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Late fall 2025 — Yoshinobu Launch Complex, JAXA Tanegashima Space CenterNovember 2025Skywatching
SkywatchingLeonid meteor shower peak
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Nov. 16-17 2025— Northern Hemisphere
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.
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Read More: Leonid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see it
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Rocket LaunchRoscosmos, Soyuz rocket: Soyuz MS-28
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NET Nov. 2025— Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
NET November: NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on his first mission to the International Space Station, serving as a flight engineer and Expedition 74 crew member.
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.
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Rocket LaunchSpaceX, Falcon 9: Sentinel-6B
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NET Nov. 2025— SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
NET November: SpaceX will launch its Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Sentinel-6 mission. The Sentinel-6B “will use a radar altimeter to bounce signals off the ocean surface and deliver continuity of ocean topography measurements,” according to NASA. The missions is designed through a partnership between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Organization for the Exploration of Meteorological Studies.
December 2025Skywatching
SkywatchingGeminid meteor shower peaks
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Dec. 14 2025 — Northern Hemisphere and Southern HemisphereSkywatching
SkywatchingUrsid meteor shower peaks
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Dec. 21 2025 — Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
Dec 21, 8 pm ET (0000 GMT Dec. 22): The Ursid meteor shower is active between Dec. 13 to Dec. 26 and will peak on Dec. 22. The best time to look out for Ursids is the evening of Dec. 21 through dawn.
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Read More: Ursid meteor shower 2025: Everything you need to know
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SpaceflightSoyuz MS-27 astronauts return to Earth
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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.
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NordSpace, Taiga: Suborbital Flight Test 2
NET 2026 — SLC-02; ASX, Canada
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’s Atlantic Spaceport Complex, in Newfoundland, Canada.
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NASA, SLS: Artemis 2
NET Feb. 2026 — Kennedy Space Center, Florida
NET Feb. 2026: Artemis 2 is the second scheduled flight of the Artemis program and the first crewed Artemis mission. Three astronauts from NASA and one from the Canadian Space Agency will use on a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket aboard the Orion spacecraft on the lunar flyby mission.
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NASA commander Reid Wiseman, NASA pilot Victor Glover, NASA mission specialist Christina Koch and CSA mission specialist Jeremy Hansen will fly around the moon on a roughly 10-day-long mission.
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Rocket Lab, Electron: NASA, Aspera smallsat
Q1 2026 — Launch Complex 1; New Zealand
Q1 2026: Rocket Lab will launch an Electron rocket with NASA’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.
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Rocket LaunchSpaceX, Falcon 9: Vast — Haven-1
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