Roman Telescope Pre-Launch Media Briefing
Press Event
NASA will host a virtual news conference to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30. Participants in the briefing, who will provide an overview of the mission and its status, include: - Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington - Jackie Townsend, Roman telescope project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland - Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA Goddard - Jeremy Perkins, Roman telescope integration and test scientist, NASA Goddard
US EVA-96/97/98 Preview News Conference
Press Event
NASA will discuss the upcoming US EVA-96, 97 and 98 spacewalks during a news conference at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA participants include: - Bill Spetch, deputy manager of Commercial, Low Earth Orbit Program - Chris Dobbins, spacewalk flight director - Chloe Mehring, spacewalk flight director
SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Overview News Conference
Press Event
The Crew-13 mission leadership will host a mission overview press conference with the following participants - Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA Johnson - Mathieu Caron, director, Astronauts, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine, CSA - Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX
SpaceX Crew-13 Crew News Conference
Press Event
The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission will participate in a news conference from NASA Johnson Space Center. Participants include: - Jessica Watkins, commander, NASA - Luke Delaney, pilot, NASA - Joshua Kutryk, mission specialist, CSA - Sergey Teteryatnikov, mission specialist, Roscosmos
US EVA-96
EVA
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon will install hardware that will modify the station’s 3B power channel and prepare it for the future installation of an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA), which will provide additional power to support critical station operations, including its safe and controlled deorbit.
Total Solar Eclipse in Europe
Celestial Event
On 12 August 2026, a solar eclipse will be visible across parts of Europe and the north Atlantic. The path of totality will cross Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a small area of northeastern Portugal. Other parts of Europe will see a partial solar eclipse.
US EVA-97
EVA
Two NASA astronauts will replace a Space-to-Ground antenna, a critical communication system NASA uses to transmit data and high‑speed communication between the Mission Control Center in Houston and the space station, on the orbital complex.
US EVA-98
EVA
Two NASA astronauts will connect power channel cables and data relay systems as part of ongoing maintenance, including preparations for the space station’s future de-orbit. The astronauts also will replace a navigational aid used for spacecraft docking on the Harmony module’s forward port.
Juice Earth Flyby
Flyby
Third flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.
BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion
Orbital Insertion
Orbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.