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Mission: SpaceX 3 Commercial Resupply Services flightĭescription: SpaceX 3 will be the third commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). The mission's goal is to determine the role that loss of atmospheric gas to space played in changing the Martian climate through time.ĭescription: Soyuz 37 will carry three Expedition 38/39 crew members to the International Space Station. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.ĭescription: MAVEN will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. Mission: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) A thorough understanding of these influences will help researchers understand how future exploration may shape the lunar environment and how the environment may affect future explorers.ĭescription: Soyuz 36 will carry three Expedition 37/38 crew members to the International Space Station.ĭescription: Progress 53 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station.

In this image the reusable orbiter, its two fuel tanks and. Launch Pad: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0Bĭescription: LADEE will gather detailed information about conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. On April 12, 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia begins a new era of space transportation when it lifts off from NASA Kennedy Space Center. Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility, Va.

Mission: Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE)
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Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstanĭescription: Progress 52 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station. Review Space Shuttle day-of-launch trajectory optimization operational concepts Demonstrate how the Day-of-Launch Initialization-Load Update process, or DOLILU, can improve launch probability three-fold Offer Shuttle DOLILU methodology for future launch vehicles to build on ApBrianHarringtonATS2010-DOLILU. Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.ĭescription: IRIS is designed to provide significant new information to increase our understanding of energy transport into the corona and solar wind and provide an archetype for all stellar atmospheres. Mission: Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) To learn more about how the schedule is arranged and what it includes, check out Launch Schedule 101. NASA's Launch Schedule features the planned dates and details for missions by NASA and the partner nations in the International Space Station Program, including Russia, European Space Agency and Japan.
