January 2025
January 30, 8:00 a.m. ET (1300 GMT): NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin the station's 274th spacewalk, U.S. EVA 92 early Jan. 30, at approximately 8:00 a.m. EST (1300 GMT). The duo will spend about 6.5 hours outside the International Space Station (ISS) to disconnect a piece of communications equipment and collect surface sample swabs to look for microbes on the exterior of various ISS modules.
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January 29, 8:34 p.m. ET (0134 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a a Spanish communications satellite, SpainSat NG-1, into a geostationary transfer orbit, as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Pacis 3 project. The mission will liftoff from Launch Complex-39A (LC-39A), at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. A two-hour launch window opens at 8:34 p.m. EST (0134 GMT on Jan. 30).
January 28, 7:53 p.m. ET (2453 GMT): The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a GPS satellite, known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark II (GSLV Mk II) rocket. The mission will liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
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January 28, 11:00 a.m. EST (1600 GMT): Colorado-based Boom Supersonic's XB-1 test vehicle is scheduled to takeoff on its 12th test flight from California's Mojave Air & Space Port today. The piloted demonstration is expected to exceed Mach 1 — the speed of sound — about 25 minutes later. Boom will webcast the mission live via its website beginning at 10:45 a.m. EST (1545 GMT). If the company makes the stream available on YouTube, Space.com will carry it.
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Read more: Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today: Watch live
January 27, 2:21 p.m. ET (1921 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from SLC-40, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, in Florida. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provide low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
January 24, 8:54 a.m. ET (1354 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provide low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
January 21, 10:45 a.m. EST (1545 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provide low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
January 21, 12:24 a.m. EST (0424 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from Launch Copmlex-39A; at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provide low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
January 23: The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is expected to launch an unknown payload on a Long March 3B heavy-lift rocket. The mission will liftoff from LC-2, at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in China. The Long March 3B rocket is capable of lifting large payloads to geostationary transfer orbit.
January 23, 12:14 a.m. ET (0514 GMT): The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is expected to launch an unknown payload on a Long March 6A rocket. The mission will liftoff from LC-9, at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, in China.
Jan. 16, 5:37 p.m. EST (2237 GMT): SpaceX will launch its seventh integrated flight test (IFT-7) for its Starship megarocket. The mission will liftoff from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas. The launch will fly a newer version Starship, with iterative upgrades.
Booster return: Pad-A, Starbase, Texas
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Starship return: Splashdown, Indian Ocean
January 15, 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT): The two lunar landers — Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, and Resilience, built by the Japanese company ispace — will liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Jan. 15 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) here on Florida's Space Coast. from Launch Copmlex-39A; at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida.
Jan. 14, 2:09 p.m. EST (1909 GMT): SpaceX will launch a As its name suggests, Transporter 12 is the 12th mission in SpaceX's Transporter series, part of the company's SmallSat Rideshare Program to provide small satellite operators with affordable, regularly scheduled Falcon 9 rideshare missions to orbit.
January 13, 11:47 a.m. EST (1647 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from SLC-40; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provide low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
January 10, 2:11 p.m. EST (1911 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from SLC-40; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provide low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
Jan. 10, 10:53 p.m. EST (7:53 p.m. PDT, local time, 0353 GMT, Jan. 11): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. SpaceX is planning to land this booster at Landing Zone-4; Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
January 8, 10:27 a.m. EST (1527 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from Launch Copmlex-39A; at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provide low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
January 6, 3:43 p.m. EST (2043 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), from SLC-40; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX's megaconstellation of LEO Starlink satellites provide low-cost internet to locations around the globe, with nearly seven thousand currently in the orbital network.
January 4, 8:27 p.m. EST (0127 GMT): SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 tonight, in what should be another busy year for the company. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off on Friday (Jan. 3) at 8:27 p.m. EST (0127 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, launching the Thuraya 4 spacecraft to geosynchronous orbit.
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