The probe was delayed from 2022, and headed for the asteroid Psyche, using a Mars-gravity assist and not arriving until August 2029. 10: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy to send NASA’s Psyche probe into space launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39-A. Flying are NASA astronaut and mission commander Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut and pilot Andreas Mogensen, and two more passengers yet to be announced. It’s the seventh SpaceX operational mission under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Mid-August: SpaceX Crew-7 mission on a Falcon 9 launching a Crew Dragon from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39-A. Both Gillis and Menon are SpaceX employees. Also flying are Scott Poteet, given the title of mission pilot, specialist Sarah Gillis, and specialist and medical officer Anna Menon. It’s the first of up to three planned Polaris missions, and will feature a tethered spacewalk. The private orbital mission will bring billionaire Jared Isaacman to space for a second time after 2021′s Inspiration4 mission.
TBD, summer: Polaris Dawn mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 topped with the Crew Dragon Resilience from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A.
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Also flying will be another human remains payload for Celestis Inc., this time brining the ashes of more than 150 people to space including “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and actor James Doohan who played “Scotty” on the TV series. TBD June/July (Delayed from May 4): First-ever launch of United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur on Certification-1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41: Slated to carry commercial company Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander to the moon, and the first two test satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet constellation. Delayed from April 20 when during routine pre-launch processing the team discovered a flight valve that exhibited off-nominal behavior. This is the second-to-last Delta IV Heavy launch with the final one expected in 2024. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37B. June 21 (delayed from April 20): United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy on NROL-68 for the U.S. The first stage booster is flying for the ninth time with planned recovery landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. Backup opportunities Tuesday are at 2:45 a.m. Forecast calls for 85% chance of good conditions Monday with 85% chance if delayed until Tuesday. Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron puts the launch window from 2:20-4:52 a.m. SpaceX says target launch time is 3:10 a.m. June 12: SpaceX Falcon 9 on Starlink 5-11 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 with 53 of the company’s internet satellites.
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