SPACE MISSIONS

Rocket Lab: Electron

Flight 89

Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket is a 18 meter height launch vehicle mainly dedicated to the small satellite launch market. Electron's first stage is powered by 9 Rutherford engines and has a maximum payload of 300Kg. The Rutherford engine is the first oxygen/kerosene engine to use 3D printing for all primary components.

2020 Timeline Click to expand

• Total missions: 7

• January 31, 2020✔
  Flight 11: "Birds of a Feather"
• June 13, 2020✔
  Flight 12: "Don't Stop Me Now"
• July 4, 2020✖
  Flight 13: "Pics or it didn't happen"
• August 31, 2020✔
  Flight 14: "I Can't Believe It's Not Optical"
• October 28, 2020✔
  Flight 15: "In Focus"
• October 28, 2020✔
  Flight 16: "Return to Sender"
• December 15, 2020✔
  Flight 17: The Owl's Night Begins

2021 Timeline Click to expand

• Total missions: 6

• January 20, 2021✔
  Flight 18: Another One Leaves The Crust
• March 22, 2021✔
  Flight 19: They Go Up So Fast
• May 15, 2021✖
  Flight 20: Running Out of Toes
• July 29, 2021✔
  Flight 21: It’s a Little Chile Up Here
• November 17, 2021✔
  Flight 22: Love At First Insight
• December 9, 2021✔
  Flight 23: A Data With Destiny

2022 Timeline Click to expand

• Total missions: 9

• February 28, 2022✔
  Flight 24: The Owl's Night Continues
• April 2, 2022✔
  Flight 25: Without Mission A Beat
• May 2, 2022✔
  Flight 26: There and Back Again
• June 28, 2022✔
  Flight 27: Capstone
• July 13, 2022✔
  Flight 28: Wise One Looks Ahead
• August 4, 2022✔
  Flight 29: Antipodean Adventure
• September 15, 2022✔
  Flight 30: The Owl Spreads Its Wings
• October 7, 2022✔
  Flight 31: It Argos Up From Here
• November 4, 2022✔
  Flight 32: Catch Me If You Can

2023 Timeline Click to expand

• Total missions: 10

• January 24, 2023✔
  Flight 33: Virginia is For Launch Lovers
• March 16, 2023✔
  Flight 34: Stronger Together
• March 24, 2023✔
  Flight 35: The Beat Goes On
• May 8, 2023✔
  Flight 36: Rocket Like a Hurricane
• May 26, 2023✔
  Flight 37: Coming to a Storm Near You
• June 18, 2023✔
  Flight 38: HASTE-1 Launch (Scout's Arrow)
• July 18, 2023✔
  Flight 39: Baby Come Back
• August 23, 2023✔
  Flight 40: We Love The Nightlife
• September 19, 2023✖
  Flight 41: We Will Never Desert You
• December 15, 2023✔
  Flight 42: The Moon God Awakens

2024 Timeline Click to expand

• Total missions: 16

• January 31, 2024✔
  Flight 43: Four of a Kind
• February 18, 2024✔
  Flight 44: On Closer Inspection
• March 12, 2024✔
  Flight 45: Owl Night Long
• March 21, 2024✔
  Flight 46: Live and Let Fly
• April 23, 2024✔
  Flight 47: Beginning Of The Swarm
• May 25, 2024✔
  Flight 48: Ready, Aim, PREFIRE
• June 5, 2024✔
  Flight 49: PREFIRE And Ice
• June 20, 2024✔
  Flight 50: No Time Toulouse
• August 2, 2024✔
  Flight 51: Owl For One, One For Owl
• August 11, 2024✔
  Flight 52: A Sky Full Of SARs
• September 20, 2024✔
  Flight 53: Kinéis Killed The RadIoT Star
• November 5, 2024✔
  Flight 54: Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
• November 24, 2024✔
  Flight 55: HASTE-2 Launch (HASTE A La Vista)
• November 25, 2024✔
  Flight 56: Ice AIS Baby
• December 14, 2024✔
  Flight 57: HASTE-3 Launch (Stonehenge)
• December 21, 2024✔
  Flight 58: Owl The Way Up

2025 Timeline Click to expand

• Total missions: 21

• February 8, 2025✔
  Flight 59: IoT 4 You and Me
• February 18, 2025✔
  Flight 60: Fasten Your Space Belts
• March 15, 2025✔
  Flight 61: The Lightning God Reigns
• March 18, 2025✔
  Flight 62: High Five
• March 26, 2025✔
  Flight 63: Finding Hot Wildfires Near You
• May 17, 2025✔
  Flight 64: The Sea God Sees
• June 2, 2025✔
  Flight 65: Full Stream Ahead
• June 11, 2025✔
  Flight 66: The Mountain God Guards
• June 26, 2025✔
  Flight 67: Get The Hawk Outta Here
• June 28, 2025✔
  Flight 68: Symphony In The Stars
• August 5, 2025✔
  Flight 69: The Harvest Goddess Thrives
• August 23, 2025✔
  Flight 70: Live, Laugh, Launch
• September 23, 2025✔
  Flight 71: HASTE-4 Launch (Jenna)
• October 1, 2025✔
  Flight 72: HASTE-5 Launch (Justin)
• October 14, 2025✔
  Flight 73: Owl New World
• November 5, 2025✔
  Flight 74: The Nation God Navigates
• November 18, 2025✔
  Flight 75: HASTE-6 Launch (Prometheus Run)
• November 20, 2025✔
  Flight 76: Follow My Speed
• December 14, 2025✔
  Flight 77: RAISE And Shine
• December 18, 2025✔
  Flight 78: Don't Be Such A Square
• December 21, 2025✔
  Flight 79: The Wisdom God Guides

2026 Timeline

• January 22, 2026✔
  Flight 80: The Cosmos Will See You Now
• January 30, 2026✔
  Flight 81: Bridging The Swarm
• February 28, 2025✔
  Flight 82: HASTE-7 Launch (That's Not a Knife)
• March 5, 2026✔
  Flight 83: Insight at Speed is a Friend Indeed
• March 20, 2026✔
  Flight 84: Eight Days a Week
• March 28, 2026✔
  Flight 85: Daughter Of The Stars
• April 22, 2025✔
  Flight 86: HASTE-8 Launch (Bubbles)
• April 23, 2026✔
  Flight 87: Kakushin Rising
• May 22, 2026✔
  Flight 88: Viva La StriX
• June, 2026
  Flight 89
• July, 2026
  Flight 90

General information:   Official Site • Wikipedia(1) • Wikipedia(2)

Griffin Mission One: Moon Lander + Rovers

Launch

Astrobotic's Griffin Mission One moon lander will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

Its primary goal is to deliver scientific and technological payloads to the Moon's South Pole, specifically the Nobile Crater region near Mons Mouton.

Originally intended to carry NASA's VIPER rover, the mission was reconfigured after VIPER's cancellation in July 2024. It now carries a diverse suite of payloads, including Astrolab's FLIP Rover: A 500 kg precursor to the FLEX rover and Astrobotic's CubeRover: A small mobile unit for mobility demonstrations.

The mission supports the broader Artemis program by testing autonomous navigation, hazard avoidance, and lunar resource prospecting in rugged terrain.

Mission Timeline

• July, 2026
  Launch

Mission information:   Astrobotic Site (1) • Astrobotic Site (2) • Wikipedia(1) • Wikipedia(2) • NASA

SpaceX: Falcon Heavy

Mission 13: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Falcon Heavy is a partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle produced by SpaceX. The rocket consists of two strap-on boosters made from Falcon 9 first stages, a center core also made from a Falcon 9 first stage, and a second stage on top.

Timeline

• February 6, 2018✔
  First Flight: Tesla Roadster
• April 11, 2019✔
  Mission 2: Arabsat-6A
• June 25, 2019✔
  Mission 3: USAF STP-2
• November 1, 2022✔
  Mission 4: USAF AFSPC-44
• January 15, 2023✔
  Mission 5: USAF-67
• May 1, 2023✔
  Mission 6: ViaSat-3 Americas
• July 29, 2023✔
  Mission 7: Jupiter-3
• October 13, 2023✔
  Mission 8: Psyche
• December 29, 2023✔
  Mission 9: USSF-52
• June 25, 2024✔
  Mission 10: GOES-19
• October 14, 2024✔
  Mission 11: Europa Clipper
• April 29, 2026✔
  Mission 12: ViaSat-3
• September, 2026
  Mission 13: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
• Coming in 2026
  Mission 14: Griffin Mission One
• Coming in 2027
  Mission 15: Griffin Mission Two

General information:   Official Site • Wikipedia

SpaceX: Crew Dragon

Crew-13 Mission

SpaceX's next-generation spacecraft designed to carry humans to the International Space Station and other destinations.

Timeline

• March 2, 2019✔
  Demo-1 Uncrewed Mission to ISS
• January 19, 2020✔
  In-flight Abort Test
• May 30, 2020✔
  Crewed Dragon Demo-2 Launch
• May 31, 2020✔
  Crew Dragon Demo-2 ISS Docking
• August 21, 2020✔
  Crew Dragon Demo-2 Return to Earth
• November 15/16, 2020✔
  Crew-1 Mission Launch
• November 16/17, 2020✔
  Crew-1 Mission ISS Docking
• April 23, 2021✔
  Crew-2 Mission
• April 24, 2021✔
  Crew-2 Mission ISS Docking
• September 15, 2021✔
  Inspiration4 Launch
• September 18, 2021✔
  Inspiration4 Splashdown
• November 10, 2021✔
  Crew-3 Mission
• April 1, 2022✔
  Axiom-1 Mission
• April 27, 2022✔
  Crew-4 Mission
• October 5, 2022✔
  Crew-5 Mission
• March 2, 2023✔
  Crew-6 Mission
• May 21, 2023✔
  Axiom-2 Mission
• August 26, 2023✔
  Crew-7 Mission
• January 18, 2024✔
  Axiom-3 Mission
• March 4, 2024✔
  Crew-8 Mission
• September 10, 2024✔
  Polaris Dawn Mission
• September 28, 2024✔
  Crew-9 Mission
• March 14, 2025✔
  Crew-10 Mission
• April 1, 2025✔
  Fram2 Mission
• June 25, 2025✔
  Axiom-4 Mission
• August 1, 2025✔
  Crew-11 Mission
• February 13, 2026✔
  Crew-12 Mission
• September, 2026
  Crew-13 Mission
• Coming in 2026
  Axiom-5 Mission
• Coming in 2027
  Crew-13 Mission
• Coming in 2027
  Vast-1 Mission

General information:   Official Site • Wikipedia • Space.com • Nasa

SpaceX: Starship

Flight 13

Starship is a two-stage, 100% reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under active development by SpaceX since 2018.

The first launch of a full Starship was in April of 2023 and until now has already flown 12 times, with some successful flights and also some failures.

2019 Timeline Click to expand

• April 3, 2019✔
  Starhopper Tethered Test 1 (Alt: Few centimeters)
• April 5, 2019✔
  Starhopper Tethered Test 2 (Alt: 1 meter)
• July 25, 2019✔
  Starhopper Hover Test 3 (Alt: 20 meters)
• August 27, 2019✔
  Starhopper Hover Test 4 (Alt: 150 meters)
• September 28, 2019✔
  Starship Update Presentation
• November 20, 2019✖
  Starship MK1 Explosion

2020 Timeline Click to expand

• February 28, 2020✖
  Starship SN1 Explosion
• April 3, 2020✖
  Starship SN3 Explosion
• May 30, 2020✖
  Starship SN4 Explosion
• June 23, 2020✖
  Starship SN7 Test Tank Rupture
• August 4, 2020✔
  Starship SN5 test Flight 1 (Alt: 150 meters)
• September 3, 2020✔
  Starship SN6 Test Flight 1 (Alt: 150 meters)
• December 9, 2020✖
  Starship SN8 High Altitude Flight Test (Alt: 12.5 Km)

2021/2022 Timeline Click to expand

• February 2, 2021✖
  Starship SN9 High Altitude Flight Test (Alt: 10 Km)
• March 3, 2021✔
  Starship SN10 High Altitude Flight Test (Alt: 10 Km)
• March 30, 2021✖
  Starship SN11 High Altitude Flight Test (Alt: 10 Km)
• May 5, 2021✔
  Starship SN15 High Altitude Flight Test (Alt: 10 Km)

Recent Timeline

• April 20, 2023✖
  Flight 1: Starship S24 + Booster 7
• November 18, 2023✖
  Flight 2: Starship S25 + Booster 9
• March 14, 2024✖
  Flight 3: Starship S28 + Booster 10
• June 6, 2024✔
  Flight 4: Starship S29 + Booster 11
• October 13, 2024✔
  Flight 5: Starship S30 + Booster 12
• November 19, 2024✔
  Flight 6: Starship S31 + Booster 13
• January 16, 2025✔
  Flight 7: Starship S33 + Booster 14.1
• March 6, 2025✔
  Flight 8: Starship S34 + Booster 15.1
• May 27, 2025✖
  Flight 9: Starship S35 + Booster 14.2
• August 26, 2025✔
  Flight 10: Starship S37 + Booster 16
• October 13, 2025✔
  Flight 11: Starship S38 + Booster 15.2
• May 22, 2026✔
  Flight 12: Starship S39 + Booster 19
• Coming in 2026
  Flight 13: Starship S40 + Booster 20
• Coming in 2026
  Flight 14

General information:   Wikipedia(1) • Wikipedia(2) • SpaceX

Blue Origin: New Glenn

NG-4: Amazon Leo

The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle developed by Blue Origin.
First successful booster landing for New Glenn was achieved in the second flight in 2025.

Timeline

• January 16, 2026✔
  NG-1: Blue Ring Pathfinder
• November 13, 2025✔
  NG-2: NASA Escapade + Viasat
• April 19, 2026✔
  NG-3: BlueBird 7
• Coming in 2026
  NG-4: Amazon Leo

General information:   Official Site • Wikipedia

Space Launch System (SLS)

Artemis-3

The Space Launch System is an American Space Shuttle-derived heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle. It is part of NASA's deep space exploration plans including a crewed mission to Mars. It will be the most powerful rocket ever built with a total thrust greater than that of the Saturn V, putting the SLS into the super heavy-lift launch vehicle class of rockets.

Artemis Timeline (Credit: Nasa)

Artemis-1 Mission was the first flight of the SLS and the second flight of the Orion spacecraft. It was launched on November 16, 2022 and sent the uncrewed Orion capsule on a loop around the Moon to test the hardware in deep space. The mission duration was 25 days.

Artemis-1 Details (Credit: Nasa)

Artemis-2 Mission was launched on April 1st, 2026 with four astronauts and performed a lunar flyby test and safely returned to Earth.

Artemis-2 Details (Credit: Nasa)

Mission Timeline

• November 16, 2022✔
  Artemis-1 Uncrewed Orion Launch
• December 11, 2022✔
  Artemis-1 Uncrewed Orion Return
• April 1, 2026✔
  Artemis-2 Crewed Moon Flyby Launch
• April 11, 2026✔
  Artemis-2 Return
• Coming in 2027
  Artemis-3
• Coming in 2028
  Artemis-4 Crewed landing on the Moon

Global information:   Official Site • Wikipedia(1) • Wikipedia(2)

Artemis-1 links:   Wikipedia (Artemis 1) • Space.com(1) • ArsTechnica • Space.com(2)

Artemis-2 links:   Wikipedia (Artemis 2) • Space.com • CNN • ArsTechnica

ESA: ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover

Launch

ESA's ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin is headed to the red planet in 2028, on a mission to search for potential signatures of past or present life, specifically by looking at environments where water could have flowed. It also will carry a drill that can penetrate up to 2 meters (6 feet) below the surface.

It will land in Oxia Planum, a plain in the Red Planet's northern hemisphere that shows lots of evidence of ancient water activity.

Mission Timeline

• Coming in 2028
  Launch

Mission information:   Official Site • Wikipedia