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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.

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SNC-1 Dream Chaser Release & Reentry

The Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC-1 Dream Chaser will be unberthed from the ISS before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere and landing at Kennedy Space Center. Location: International Space Station.

Boeing Starliner-1 Undocking

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its first operational mission. Following the deorbit burn the capsule will renter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the 'White Sands Missile Range' using its parachutes. Location: International Space Station.

US EVA-95

Two astronauts will replace a high-definition camera on camera port 3, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft, called a planar reflector, on the Harmony module’s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper — a flexible hose assembly that connects parts of a fluid system — along with other jumpers on the station’s S6 and S4 truss. Location: International Space Station.

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Boeing Starliner-1 Docking

The Starliner-1 spacecraft will dock autonomously to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station. Location: International Space Station.

Europa Clipper Earth Flyby

NASA’s Europa Clipper will fly by Earth for a second and final gravity assist on its way to Jupiter. Location: Earth.