#Space shuttle launch today full#

#Space shuttle launch today full#

25: January's full moon, known as the Wolf Moon, or Micro Moon, will rise.įeb. 12: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the IM-1 mission with the Nova-C lander built and owned by Intuitive Machines from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four crewmembers include a former NASA astronaut, a European Space Agency reserve astronaut and a passenger who flew to suborbital space with Virgin Galactic earlier this year. 10: Axiom Space's third private astronaut mission will launch to the ISS from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, using SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket.

Viewing conditions for the Quadrantids is good for 2024 as there will be a 47% illuminated waning crescent moon in the constellation Virgo during the peak, providing much less of a hindrance to meteor viewing compared to 2023. 4, which favors eastern North America, as previously reported on. 3-4: The time of the shower's peak is set for about 4 a.m. 27).ĭecember: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the USSF 51 mission for the U.S. 26: The full moon of December, known as the Cold Moon, will occur at 7:33 p.m. It will lift off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.ĭec. 24: A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its inaugural flight with the Peregrine commercial lunar lander for Astrobotic. 21: The Ursid meteor shower peaks tonight! The shower is active from Dec. 21: Today is the winter solstice for the Northern Hemisphere and the summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere.ĭec.

14: The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight! The shower is active between Dec. 12: The new moon will arrive at 6:32 p.m. 1: Russia will launch a Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress MS-25 spacecraft to the International Space Station on a cargo and resupply mission.ĭec.