A wispy aurora australis arcs across the Indian Ocean
as the Milky Way protrudes above Earth’s atmosphere in this photograph taken at
approximately 8:55 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it
orbited 270 miles above the planet.
NASA/Chris Williams
After reviewing the International Space Station flight schedule, NASA and
its partners are adjusting launch opportunities for several upcoming missions.
This update to the schedule better aligns mission
planning, logistics, and timing for upcoming flights to support
space station operations.
The targeted no-earlier-than-launch opportunities with NASA crew
and cargo, pending operational readiness, are:
- Tuesday, May 12: NASA’s SpaceX Commercial Resupply
Services-34 mission is targeted to launch more
than 6,400 pounds of cargo and payloads from
Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in
Florida.
- July 14: Soyuz MS-29 mission will
launch NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts
Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina on a long-duration
mission aboard the space station.
- Mid-September: NASA’s SpaceX
Crew-13 is moving forward from November 2026 to help
increase the frequency of U.S. crew rotation missions
to the space station. Launch is planned from Space Launch Complex 40.
- Fall: NASA’s SpaceX Commercial Resupply
Services-35 mission is targeted to launch more
than 7,200 pounds of cargo and payloads,
including International Space Station Roll Out Solar
Arrays, from Space Launch Complex 40.
- Fall/Winter: NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial
Resupply Services-25 mission is targeted to
launch approximately 11,000 pounds of cargo from Space
Launch Complex 40.
Launch opportunities for NASA’s uncrewed Boeing Starliner-1
cargo mission remain under review as teams continue
working through technical issues discovered during the Crew
Flight Test in 2024, as well as
final actions from the Program Investigation Team
report. The agency is assessing operational
readiness and space station traffic to determine the
earliest feasible launch window.
NASA will review operations and make future adjustments, as necessary, to
support the space station’s needs, crew safety, and maximize science
capabilities aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Learn more about station activities by following the space
station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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Mark A. Garcia
Source: NASA, Partners Update International Space Station 2026 Flight Plan - NASA

