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: 1:07 to 3:07 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
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
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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