2026 Extraterrestrial Materials Academy for Undergraduates
Houston TX, USA10-week paid summer academy for analytical and laboratory skills in planetary sample science. At LPI, near NASA Johnson.
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NET Jul — Hayabusa 2, Asteroid 98943 Torifune Flyby
Asteroid 98943 Torifune TrajectoryJAXA Hayabusa 2 mission to flyby S-type asteroid 98943 Torifune this month and rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26 in 2031, after returning samples from (162173) Ryugu to Earth in 2020.
NET Jul — Launch Falcon Heavy / Astrobotic Griffin Lander / Astrolab FLIP Rover
SLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center FL, USAAstrobotic Griffin to attempt Nobile Crater / Moon South Pole landing with Astrolab FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover; originally slated to carry with NASA Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER).
NET Q3 — Launch Falcon 9 / Intuitive Machines IM-3 Nova-C Lander
SLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center FL, USANET Q3 — Under US$77.5M NASA CLPS contract, IM 3rd mission using Nova-C, to Reiner Gamma ‘lunar swirl’ 7.5°N, 59.0°W with 4 NASA payloads: Lunar Vertex, CADRE, MoonLIGHT retroreflector, LUSEM; various private payloads.
