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NASA's Consolidated Launch Schedule

NASA's Launch Schedule features the planned dates and details for missions by NASA and the partner nations in the International Space Station Program, including Russia, European Space Agency and Japan. To learn more about how the schedule is arranged and what it includes, check out Launch Schedule 101.

2014 Launches

Date: Feb. 5 Mission: Progress 54 Launch Vehicle: Russian Soyuz Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Description: Progress 54 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station.

Date: Feb. 27 Mission: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory Launch Vehicle: H-IIA Launch Site: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima Island, Japan Launch Window: 1:37 to 2:37 p.m. EST Description: GPM is an international satellite mission led by NASA and JAXA to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide.

Date: March 16 Time: 4:41 a.m. EDT Mission: SpaceX-3 Commercial Resupply Services flight Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 40 Description: SpaceX-3 will be the third commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).

Date: March 25 Mission: Expedition 39 Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 38 Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Description: Soyuz 38 will take Steve Swanson, Oleg Artemyev and Alexander Skvortsov to the International Space Station.

Date: April 28 Mission: Progress 55 Launch Vehicle: Russian Soyuz Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Description: Progress 55 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station.

Date: May 1 Mission: Orbital 2 Commercial Resupply Services flight Launch Vehicle: Antares Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility

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Launch Pad: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A Description: Orbital 2 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station.

Date: May 28 Mission: Expedition 40 Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 39 Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Description: Soyuz 39 will take Reid Wiseman, Maxim Suraev and Alexander Gerst to the International Space Station.

Date: June 6 Mission: SpaceX 4 Commercial Resupply Services flight with ISS-RapidScat Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 40 Description: SpaceX 4 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station. It will also carry the ISS-RapidScat instrument, a replacement for NASA's QuikScat Earth satellite to monitor ocean winds for climate research, weather predictions, and hurricane monitoring.

Date: July Mission: Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320 Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Pad: Complex 2 Launch Window: 2:56 a.m. PDT, 1-second window Description: OCO-2 is an Earth satellite mission to study carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and provide scientists with a better idea of the chemical compound's impacts on climate change.

Date: July 24 Mission: Progress 56 Launch Vehicle: Russian Soyuz Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Description: Progress 56 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station.

Date: Sept. 12 Mission: SpaceX 5 Commercial Resupply Services flight with Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 40 Description: SpaceX 5 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station. It will also carry CATS, a laser instrument to measure clouds and the location and distribution of pollution, dust, smoke, and other particulates in the atmosphere.

Date: September 30 Mission: Expedition 41 Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 40 Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Description: Soyuz 40 will take Barry Wilmore, Yelena Serova and Alexander Samoukutyaev to the International Space Station.

Date: Oct. 22 Mission: Progress 57 Launch Vehicle: Russian Soyuz Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Description: Progress 57 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station.

Date: November Mission: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320 Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Pad: Complex 2 Launch Window: 7:16 a.m. PDT, 9-minute window

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Description: SMAP is an Earth satellite mission designed to measure and map Earth's soil moisture and freeze/thaw state to better understand terrestrial water, carbon and energy cycles.

Date: Dec. 1 Mission: Expedition 42 Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 41 Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Description: Soyuz 41 will take Terry Virts, Samantha Cristoforetti and TBD to the International Space Station.

Date: Dec. 5 Mission: SpaceX 6 Commercial Resupply Services flight Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 40 Description: SpaceX 6 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station.

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