Artemis II Daily Mission Status Briefing (April 8)
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Artemis II Lunar Flyby
Video during the lunar flyby may be limited while the spacecraft flies through an eclipse. The crew also is expected to temporarily experience a loss of communications with Earth as the Orion flies behind the Moon’s far side. Location: Cislunar space.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-27
Launch by SpaceX. A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. From Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Artemis II Live CSA Downlink Event (April 4)
The Artemis II crew will participate in live conversations throughout the mission, known as downlink events. Location: Cislunar space.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-24
Launch by SpaceX. A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. From Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Artemis II Daily Mission Status Briefing (April 5)
NASA provides daily Artemis II mission status briefings from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston beginning Thursday, April 2, except for April 6, due to lunar flyby activities. Location: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on December 24, 2026. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles. Location: Venus.