Planetary Defenders
Join planetary defense experts on Wednesday, April 16, at 4:30 p.m. EDT, for an interactive screening of NASA’s new documentary, “Planetary Defenders,” and step inside the real-life efforts of scientists and engineers working to detect, track, and mitigate potential asteroid threats.
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All times listed are in U.S. Eastern, which equates to UTC-4 until 2 a.m. EST Nov. 2, 2025. After that it will equate to UTC-5.
Wednesday, April 16
4:30 p.m. | Premiere of NASA’s new documentary, Planetary Defenders. Stream on YouTube
Friday, April 18
2:40 p.m. | International Space Station change of command ceremony. Aleksey Ovchinin to hand over command to Takuya Onishi. Stream on NASA+
Saturday, April 19
2 p.m. | Coverage of the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft hatch closing at the International Space Station. Hatch closing scheduled for 2:25 p.m. Stream on NASA+
5:30 p.m. | Undocking coverage of the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft from the International Space Station. Undocking scheduled for 5:57 p.m. Stream on NASA+
8 p.m. | Coverage of the deorbit burn and landing of the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft in Kazakhstan. Deorbit burn scheduled for 8:26 p.m. Landing scheduled for 9:20 p.m. near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Stream on NASA+
Monday, April 21
3:55 a.m. | Launch coverage of the 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Launch scheduled for 4:15 a.m. Stream ion NASA+
Tuesday, April 22
6:45 a.m. | Coverage of the rendezvous and docking of the 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Docking scheduled for 8:20 a.m. Stream on NASA+
