List of proposed Solar System spacecraft
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This is a list of proposed spacecraft that are planned to focus on the exploration of the Solar System, ordered by date of spacecraft launch.
Planned or scheduled edit
Mission name | Launch date | Description | Ref(s) |
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Blue Ghost M1 | Q3 2024 | Lunar lander | [1][2] |
MMX | September 2024 | Martian moon sample return mission | [3][4][5] |
Europa Clipper | 10 October 2024 | Jupiter orbiter, Europa multiple flyby | [6][7][8] |
Hera | October 2024 | Asteroid 65803 Didymos rendezvous | [9] |
VIPER | November 2024 | Lunar rover | [10][11][12] |
Rocket Lab Venus Probe | 30 December 2024 | Venus atmospheric probe | [13] |
DESTINY+ | 2024 | Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby | [14][15] |
Tera-hertz Explorer | 2025 | Mars orbiter and lander | [16][17] |
Tianwen-2 | May 2025 | Asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa sample return, comet 311P/PanSTARRS orbiter | [18] |
Artemis II | September 2025 | 4-person lunar flyby | [19][20] |
Artemis III | September 2026 | 4-person lunar flyby, 2-person lunar landing | [19][21] |
Chang'e 7 | 2026 | Lunar south pole lander, rover and flying probe | [22] |
Luna 26 | 2027 | Lunar orbiter | [23] |
Dragonfly | July 2028 | Titan rotorcraft lander | [24][25] |
Luna 27 | 2028 | Lunar lander | [23] |
Tianwen-3 | 2028 | Mars sample return mission | [26] |
DAVINCI | June 2029 | Venus orbiter and atmospheric probe | [27] |
Tianwen-4 | September 2029 | Jupiter and Callisto Orbiter, Uranus flyby | [28][29] |
Comet Interceptor | 2029 | Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet | [30][31][32] |
VERITAS | 2029 | Venus orbiter | [27] |
Luna 28 | 2030 | Lunar sample return mission | [33] |
Long-term proposals edit
Mission name | Preliminary launch date estimate | Description | Ref(s) | ||
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Estimated launch date | Estimate by | Estimate as of | |||
Hakuto-R Mission 2 | 2024 | ispace | 2019 | Private lunar lander and rover | [34] |
Shukrayaan-1 | 2024 | SpaceNews | 2020 | Venus orbiter | [35] |
Mars Orbiter Mission 2 | 2024 | Business Standard | 2019 | Mars orbiter | [36] |
Europa Lander | 2025 | SpaceNews | 2019 | Europa lander | [37][38] |
Orel spacecraft | 2026 | RIA Novosti | 2018 | Uncrewed lunar orbit | [39][40] |
NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return | 2026 | The Space Review | 2020 | Mars sample return mission | [41] |
ExoMars | 2028 | European Space Agency | 2022 | Rosalind Franklin, Mars rover | [42][43][44] |
Venera-D | 2029 | Russian Space Research Institute | 2021 | Venus orbiter and lander | [45] |
See also edit
References edit
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Chodas said that Europa Clipper now has a launch readiness date of 2024, a year later than plans announced last year.
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- ^ Jones, Andrew (5 August 2020). "China is moving ahead with lunar south pole and near-Earth asteroid missions". SpaceNews. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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- ^ "NASA New Frontiers 5: Third Community Announcement". NASA Science Mission Directorate. 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
The launch date for Dragonfly, the fourth mission in the New Frontiers Program, has been delayed to June 2027.
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